NBA Elite 11 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

[butie120]

Quote: Originally Posted by NS HeLLaDOPe

Well i was hoping this demo would hold me over until Nba 2k11 drops but after reading these 1st impressions i see that it wont. Still goin to download for my 360 tho, i could use a good laugh.

Use a good laugh? Really not necessary man. Show a little respect for the developers who put a lot of time into this product. If you can't do that, leave the forums. Plain and simple.

[bigball12]

Trying to keep it short and sweet.

With the very solid review from last season, and Live 10 being the strongest Live to date, why was there a need to make this extreme 360, and completely change the series? With the Demo impressions extremely negative at this point, and stating that the demo is nearly the final product, it will not look like a strong year for the EA team, and I am really curious as to why the series changed? If you stayed on track from last year, made the graphics even better than they already were, fix glitches, add features and even more authenticity, you are on for a solid year. This years graphics have gone back to a much lower quality, the gameplay is jerky, and it is not an AUTHENTIC NBA experience. Gamers, and people in general like comfortability. This may mean that they need to get warmed up to the new game, however it is a big risk to take. 2K has maintained it success by offering virtually the same product year in and year out, but by enhancing their product each year, the series manages to dominate. I know that I am not alone on this, and I am sure that many more of us would have preferred a smoother, more authentic version of Live 10, than this extreme version of a video game, that lacks authenticity.

[authentic]

I think the demo actually is ok. The game feels a lot better than 2k in my opinion. I've always said that 2k just moves weird, even though this is a very new engine, and you can tell that they did start from scratch, I think that they did a very good job in developing this in just one years work. Graphics will come, but I think they finally did what most game devs don't do...they focused on the gameplay over graphics. Demo's are always a little glitchy and don't really feel right. NCAA Football felt the same way to me, I think I will end up buying Elite and trying it out to see what they can do with the retail version. I think it has a lot, A LOT, of potential...

[BEARYChi]

i LIKEd the Pratice(high on it) but the 5on5(threw me off) was terrible.

[Boilerbuzz]

Quote: Originally Posted by NS HeLLaDOPe

Well i was hoping this demo would hold me over until Nba 2k11 drops but after reading these 1st impressions i see that it wont. Still goin to download for my 360 tho, i could use a good laugh.

Dude! Don't base your decision around what other people think. I think that would be a mistake, but you're a grown man... I think.

[pies]

OK after checking the controls menu, y'all might have something here, I'm feeling the new controls, gone take a little practice though, I'm still thinking "Live" and this is "Elite".

[IV THA UNITY]

I want to cry for how bad this game is. The controls are not intuitive at all. There is some input lag on the ps3 version. The game seems like its trying to move to fast but at 30 frames per second with some of the jittery animations that i have seen. I truly don't understand why Ea took a step backwards. I am so mad because I wanted it to be good but this demo confirms exactly what i saw in the vids.

[rEAnimator]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Nice response. Guess it would pertain more to the individuals that are multi-platform then. If you have a 360, I'd avoid this and wait for the demo there. If you're stuck with PS3 only, then obviously this wouldn't be something that pertains to you. Frame-rate seems very rough here and doesn't accurately portray the game. Reminds me of The Orange Box on the PS3 (inferior to the PC and 360 versions).

Question: Are the refs moving?