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

[gameova24]

this game is good...i dont see 1 thing wrong with it and before ppl start goin crazy on me.....its only the first year of this game give it time....if u dont like it go play 2k...thats why we have two games

[da ThRONe]

I think this game is an excellent base for a basketball game. But at this point I dont think people want a base they want a polished product. And Elite is not polished. I guess I wasnt expecting much because when the direction of a game is scrapped the 1st year usually is a base game.

There are some positives ,but as of now the negatives strongly out weight the good.

[PVarck31]

Gentlemen, if you think this game is terrible that's fine. However, you can't just post "this game sucks" without backing it up with reasons you feel that way. Same goes with posting "this game is great".

[Dachozen1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Peter_OS

Played the demo, and one word sums up my impressions. Dissapointment. After playing the 2K demo I don't understand how someone would want to play, and buy this game. I hate the controls. Had to turn them off, and go back to the classic controls. They weren't as responsive as I wanted them to be in the demo. I would go up for a dunk, and instead my player would do a leaning jumpshot. The player graphics are average at best, (looks like NBA 09 Inside) they have this bland and glossy look, which I don't like at all. It's time for EA to overhaul the graphics, and animation system in this game!! I couldn't play more than 10 minutes of the demo. It was frustrating to see. Uninstalled the demo, and I asked myself why did I waste my time with this game?!? Thank God for the competition!

This is exactly how I felt when I played it the first go around, played it a 2nd go around and had to delete it. I love the NBA and this was not a good representation. To me the gameplay just isn't fluid and is just not ahead of the competition.

[RubenDouglas]

What a weird feeling. The game has a bit of a fun factor. but thats only obtained after throwing out any expectations about CPU AI or teammates, and just sitting down and freestyling it up. I could see this as being as fun user vs. user party game.. an NBA "Simulation" it is not.

On a nba sim scale, I would give it a 6 of 10. As a basketball game in general, a solid 7

[XuanWu]

In all seriousness, this game will not win over any 2k fans. It's totally inauthentic. What I mean is, all the players look and feel essentially the same. There's no uniqueness to players. Everyone is just a carbon copy of each other that is either taller or shorter and faster or slower. When you play 2k's extremely limited demo you can see Kobe be Kobe and even Garnett be Garnett. When I play this Elite 11 demo, I don't feel any of that. That being said, perhaps Live/Elite fans don't care about that.

As for Live/Elite fans, I think some more will be lost this year. The move to Elite will undoubtedly alienate fans of Live 10 - it's too much of a change. The inclusion of NBA Jam, however, will mask their loss as even fans of 2k probably want to play NBA Jam. So my final conclusion is: If Elite 11 didn't have NBA Jam included, this would be a devastating year for EA Sports basketball. By including it though, they can mask the fact that their product has diminished in quality again because there's no real way of distinguishing a sale of Elite 11 based on the pure want for Elite 11 vs. sympathy/nostalgia buys for NBA Jam.

[cree ross]

love the controls.........i dont like the graphics or animations of players. I had a lot of hope for elite, but i'll pass. maybe next gen.....

[Walt Clade]

i really hate the controls and im using classic control

dribbling don't work,no turbo,the way players gather is so fake looking cmon ea so many years and this game still feel like im play live 03