NBA Elite 11 Videos and Impressions From the Boost Mobile Elite 24 Event

[JayMizzle]

I've seen better and its name is NBA 2K11...in my opinion.
Did Durant-cula really get his input implemented in this game?

[The 24th Letter]

I just hope its not a situation where Shaq is hitting funny looking leaners\fades near the basket b\c his inside rating is high...

Im w\ 23's stance as far a contextual animations

[23]

Quote: Originally Posted by jrose57

But the quality seems like it...not a good idea to let these guys play the game make us think the game is worse than it acutally is...bad idea to use USERS...

LOL alright man... Id love for you to explain to me why the great quality video had Ron Artest jumping from almost the ft line and dunking on Rasheed with no impact is any better.

[Tha_Kid]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

Animation should be contextual and I can think of more appropriate ones

I agree with this stance. Moreover, I don't see the point in defending the Shaq fadeaway for future iterations.

[jr2424]

There is a level of polish that 2k has that Elite doesn't this year. With Elite adding the new controls and physics, this was expected. I got to play it at E3 and it was raw but it was tough making shots. There is a level of skill to hitting shots and the controls take a lot of time to get used to (especially if you play 2k a lot). This is just not their year, but the demo should show that the shooting does take a great deal of timing and precision.

[dat swag]

That Boozer dunk just may have sealed the deal for me...

[VDusen04]

I hop around through the Elite forums every now and again just to get a pulse on what these guys are working on year by year so I apologize in advance if I'm not entirely caught up on the latest news but, what's the story here? I recall NBA Live 10 looking pretty smooth and solid last year. I even recall the demo playing a pretty legit game of basketball. But in all honesty, I saw these Elite 11 videos posted on another website and had to come here to confirm they were not from the Wii or NBA Jam.

So if I may, I have a couple of probably stupid questions:

- Did EA go away from last year's direction or did I not get a good grasp on their product from a season ago? I thought last year was fairly realistic in the way it looked and played. Is this more of an overhaul than say, building on what they did last year?

- How old is this build?

- Are these dunks normal for the NBA Live/Elite series? Again, I don't recall seeing the rocket dunks in the demo last year.

[Jano]

Quote: Originally Posted by VDusen04

- Did EA go away from last year's direction or did I not get a good grasp on their product from a season ago? I thought last year was fairly realistic in the way it looked and played. Is this more of an overhaul than say, building on what they did last year? - How old is this build? - Are these dunks normal for the NBA Live/Elite series? Again, I don't recall seeing the rocket dunks in the demo last year.

Yep EA changed a lot about the game this year. The main thing being that they got rid of two player animations (canimations) and replaced that with a real time physics system.

Its the main reason why the game looks so crazy, the two player animations kept things in line. Where as now everything is user controlled from the way you play on ball D to the way you dribble.

And yes some of the dunks are normal the rocket ones were in last year but not nearly as terrible as they were in some of the vids. You didnt have players jumping from the freethrow line in the halfcourt setting.

Overall after playing the game I would just say wait on the demo and the dev's videos this week. That way you can get a good idea of how the game should look..