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

[ceej989]

After patiently waiting and being excited for this demo, I do have to take a step back. I'm going to preface this by saying I only did play this for 10-15 mins last night and these are just my very quick first impression. First off, let me say, I think the control scheme can and should be a part of the series for the years to come. It really does feel great to have the ability to really control each player individually. The tutorial was great and really does help to get a feel for the controls, hats off to EA Canada for that. The announcing was great and the menus have always been easy to use and to navigate.

That being said, I was disappointed with the look of the 5 on 5 game. I know it may be harsh, but I thought I was looking at a game that came out when the system just launched. The player faces look very good, but overall still look "plasticky". And please tell me why the circle and the text underneath the currently controlled player looked like someone took some smaller font and blew it up to make it legible. The overall flow of the team game just felt off for me. I really really want this game to do well, as competition only makes people do their best work.
I'll give EA props for definitely trying something different for the individual player's game. I haven't written the game off yet, I'm still going to play around with the demo, maybe try it out on the 360 as well since I'm not too fond of the PS3 controller anyway.

[ultralow]

@reanimator..................what up playa... I see were y'all are headed with this game the control is nice alittle arcade flava......but its all good ..hoped the gfx was better but there ok not great not bad........the one thing I had playing this demo was just pure fun......now I don't know if ill drop 60 bones on it yet..but it was fun.......Have we all forgot why we started playing games in the 1st place....it was to have FUN.....

[fatleg3]

Quote: Originally Posted by RubenDouglas

Jumped on the 360 version. -Went straight to the alternate controls. Much better. ReAnimator, Is ICON PASSING (LT+RTplus button) any faster in the retail version. The activation of it and the initial pressing takes too long. its basically useless. -ON ALLSTAR, a hand in the face or not, the CPU scores at will. There is no context to them making or missing. -LOTS of in the paint ball mrphing THROUGH other players. I can't play D like that. It's wrose than LIVE 10 -anyone finding it hard to gain separation with Kobe against Ray Allen -CPU teammates leave their man and arent quick enough to realize that they need to rotate back. I can see the potential on a USER vs. USER front, as there is great control (not enough contact still imo) but a decent amount.. USER vs. CPU players, look away.

i was having trouble getting separation with everyone but i think as you become more familiar with controls and know what you are doing then it will change.

[Mr. Poppycock]

I don't mean too be rude at all but my god NBA Elite 11 Demo is just awful!

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by RubenDouglas

ReAnimator, Is ICON PASSING (LT+RTplus button) any faster in the retail version. The activation of it and the initial pressing takes too long. its basically useless.

Wait a second.. it should be one of the bumpers plus face button. Is that not the case?

[renewill27]

I truly respect what the dev's or trying to do with this game. On the other hand tho imo its not really good. The controls feel sluggish, graphics or a step down,and why do the defenders stick to you like glue. Im a lil disappointed by the demo, thought it was going to be better. I even tried the old alt controls, still no good. The lack of animations is killing the game for me. Like a few people said, its like playing sony nba 09. I really wanted to play to bball games like last year with my son. Seems like that wont be happening this year. To the guys who like the game more power to you, but for me its awful its to darn stiff

[qontrolz]

EA quote : "nba elite is the first basketball game to feel like nba basketball."


downloaded - played tutorial + 1 min of game - deleted.

i'll be back to try elite 12

[idrisguitar]

overall pretty poor. i enjoyed the tutorials, and had fun playing in the practice mode and playing 1-1 with my bro, but as soon as we got into the real game, it fell apart.

i could and probably should go into details, but the fact is it just felt arcadey and too rough gameplay wise to feel like a fair and rewarding game.

i haven't played the 2k demo,. but i have seen enough videos to see that it has WAY more momentum, way more animations, way more realism. etc.

i think thats the thing that got me the most. there is a real lack of momentum, the dribbling and crossovers were too fast too responsive. there should be legitimate weight on both sides of the ball and i couldn't feel it at all.