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

[RubenDouglas]

Am I doing something wrong. Where is the icon passing. I need to catch Kobe on the break and the middle man is either Gasol or Bynum slowing things down.

On a controls front, Is there a camera relative/basket relative option? Going left to right when my guy should, in control theory, go up to down, is throwing me off. I'm giving this game a fair shot

[Dachozen1]

I liked the presentation and the beginning of the demo. the tutorials were good, and I liked the control scheme it presented..not a big learning curve like 2k11 and good ideas as far as the controls, it showed promise in practice mode. Got to the game, liked the crowd and the noise, not bad commentary...and Tip Off time... after the 1st minute, I was ready to turn the game off, I had to push myself to finish out this quarter of bad basketball could not believe how terrible the game looked and how the AI played. Don't know the direction they wanted to go with this one, (Sim or Arcade) but they definitely went BACKWARDS. I enjoyed playing NBA 09 more than this, definitely not a game I can see myself playing for a year's time... If anything...EA should bring back NBA Street like it was for the PS2, this game is disgusting, NBA Live 10 was 10 times better than this and 10 times more fluid.

[rEAnimator]

Quote: Originally Posted by Stickz24

Damn .. I don't like when companies do this man .. now that reAnimator guy has to sit on the battle front and fight all these troops ... I feel your pain man. I know you wont admit it .. but damn. For a second.. I was like .. relatively speaking .. EA will get their money .. but a lot of Live's fans will be dissappointed. Man, this will probably feel like a 12 year old getting clothes for Christmas when his best friend got Sega Genesis ... Wooow. Hang in there tho man - I hope you're on clock for these posts.

Nope, this is being done on my own time here.

I'm as much of a video game geek as everyone else here, so it's something I enjoy.

I was hoping to play Red Dead for the first time tonight (Elite took me out of the video game world for too long) but responding here was just too tempting.

Maybe tomorrow...

[junot18]

I think the big lesson here is if you want to make an arcade game, make NBA Jam. You can't straddle the fence with some type of sim/arcade hybrid. You guys were on to something with Live 10. Change the name back and build on it instead of trying to reinvent the wheel. Just throw rims on it!

Seriously though, if you want to get your arcade basketball development jones off, you should just focus on Jam. You don't see the Madden devs making some weird Madden/Blitz hybrid. Pick a side man....

[ryan36]

Let's keep things respectful and constructive here guys... I don't know how else to say it. No 2k comparisons, impressions only...people will be looking for impressions on the demo , not on 2k's demo, not on EA's corporate strategy. Your posts should basically follow the format of pro-con. Again, be constructive.

[bigball12]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dantecamp21

My savings are geared (heavily I should add) towards my gaming needs, so it's not a matter of spending an extra 60 Bucks for this game. I know I'm an idiot and I'll end up buying it. It's just sad that I'll do it for the wrong reasons.

With the 2 of us though, is it really for the Wrong reason? We are clearly attached to this series because of memories, and the association with these games can bring us back in time as well. Throw in NBA Jam, and that is money well spent to me. I wish that this was marketed as NBA Jam w/ NBA Elite 11.

[KeepItReal420]

I wonder if Mike Wang is allowed to comment in this topic? I wonder what turned him off from NBA Elite, if not everything. I was really liking what he did for the past few seasons of NBA Live, but 2K had too much earlier success and it basically left Live playing catch up.

Now Elite gives us a completely new product, I don't know if hardcore basketball games who love Live/2k have the patience to test out this game. Anyways, I'm getting used to the passing and I'm enjoying getting the ball into the paint to Gasol and scoring with him.

Anyways I just read the mod's comment, I'll stop mentioning 2k.

[thcchoi]

Quote: Originally Posted by 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.

Agreed 100%

Hey EA, keep Live 10 online alive until whenever the next Live series will be back.