NBA Elite 11 Interview with Creative Director David Littman

[Dewie12]

Reading this confirms my assumption more and more again. EA games are more about trying to win a video game. Which is fine and great. But not what I am looking for in my sports title.

I want to win a game of basketball, not a video game representation. Those are two different elements and invoke a whole different set of challenges. As far about as online vs. offline.

Good luck to NBA Elite I hope people enjoy it for the sake of the NBA.

[BiggD]

I'm done with reading interviews and Blogs... wake me up when there is something to look at...

[Earl1963]

Great read. The producers sound confident that this game will change everything when it comes to hoop games. They seem like they're really looking forward of the release of the demo just to see gamers reaction to the new way of playing.

Can't wait for this demo!

[Live_4real]

Quote: Originally Posted by Da_Czar

Live that was a very wide generalization you made what people are you referring to that don't care about basketball ? Did you take a poll or something ? If you talking mainly about people on OS I can't even see that statement as being correct man. But maybe your talking about another crowd. Oh and its Hockey Dude !!! ROTFLOL

My post was for those that don´t care about basketball, not you, not me, no one in particular, there is no need to point fingers

You know that people who think like that, are well aware of what they do, and what they like in a video game

And there is a reason why good looking sports video games (or video games in general) sell great

It is like looking at a replay, where you had total control of your player, the play was beautiful, full of bball fundamentals well displayed, but when I zoom in LBJs face I see that he looks like Yao mings son, and you look closely and he is using generic shoes, and his jump shot looks like Marion, and I bet with you that the first post (or impression of a casual gamer) of a non basketball guy, will be that LBJ doesn´t look like LBJ even if he plays like LBJ.

In live/elite forum, is the usual robotic moves, or the overall bad graphics, that simply out-shines what is basketball related

This is not a OS problem, this is a general gaming problem, people overrate the beauty of what they see, instead of enjoying or not, the controller in your hand...

And when some gamers notice this, it is too late, and Madden is a pure example of that, great visuals, and horrible gameplay, but hey, why change if they keep selling millions, and why is that??? because it is a visually appealing game

And this is why I love the APPROACH of NBA elite, FEEL the game of basketball, the other game will outsell elite (even if jordan wasn´t on the cover) simply on graphics (and I am not saying that this game has only great graphics)

Some people question why did the NHL franchise rebuilt was so talked about, and for me it is simple, it was based on user control, it was based on Hockey fundamentals, and not about how well it looked, or even if they had many game modes, no they built a fun game to play, simply because they made controls more complex/more intuitive at the same time, a huge aspect gameplay wise

This does not mean that graphics or these little things are worthless for me, that means that these companies should have priorities, and the consumer should demand the fundamentals first (if they care about the sport), I recall people demand player sig shots, when last year Live didn´t even had post game.... this means something about what some consumers demand...

My opinion

PeAcE

[Earl1963]

Quote: Originally Posted by tdplaya04

I'm not sure I like this new shot stick mess, remember this is a video game not real life basketball, i should be able to make shots according to how good the player can shoot, I dont want to miss open shots with ray allen all the time because I didnt aim strait on shot stick!!!

Ray Allen's margin of error is bigger, he has larger accuracy area than someone like Rodney Stuckey from 3 point range.

Have any of you read the previews or watched vids?

[TUSS11]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dewie12

Reading this confirms my assumption more and more again. EA games are more about trying to win a video game. Which is fine and great. But not what I am looking for in my sports title. I want to win a game of basketball, not a video game representation. Those are two different elements and invoke a whole different set of challenges. As far about as online vs. offline. Good luck to NBA Elite I hope people enjoy it for the sake of the NBA.

So you don’t want your video game to be a video game representation of the real thing? You want your video game to be the real thing. That’s theoretically impossible. There's nothing as real as the real thing.

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It is about giving the gamer the exact same tools that a pro athlete has and letting gamers create their own brilliance. It is about giving you the feeling that you are on the ice/court in front of 20,000 fans. It is about making the gamer the star online and becoming the best virtual athlete in the world. It is about making a shot with no time left to win a game for your team, knowing that it was YOUR skill that did it.

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While animation is obviously important in FIFA, NHL and MLB: The Show…that is not why people love these games. People love them for the overall gameplay feel. It feels like you are PLAYING the sport, not just influencing the sport.

Isn't this the closest thing to what you want?

[BDM313]

good read, no offense tho but the interviews are growing tiresome its about time we see some gameplay videos to see what elite really has to offer...from the lack of videos elites losing steam

[Suave35]

What ever you prefer. Just comes down to what you prefer!