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

[Tears2040]

This is by far the worst basketball game I have ever played. First and foremost horrible controls, the devs killed the game with that alone. Secondly the physics are horrible, when your player jumps and the way he comes back down is like a sack of potatoes.


Honestly this is by far the worst game of Live I have ever played, I deleted the demo immediately. Every person who worked on this game should be fired!

[Jano]

Quote: Originally Posted by The 24th Letter

Yeah, besides losing the glossy effect from last year, I dont really see the big improvement in graphics...but hey im not a graphics guy in the first place....All I know is I put in Live 10 right after playing the demo, my eyes had to adjust to that POP Live 10 gives off...noticably lacking from Elite IMO...That was part of Lives appeal to me... The whole game just seems dull in general...If this were a one off game...like a pick up basketball game or something to that effect, itd be great...I think thats why EASBA (I think thats what it is) will be so fun\appealing....The control gives you a chance to see some rare creativity and individuality in the game... making for some legit pick up ball experiences... From a NBA standpoint though.....just horribly generic....and the thing is, this was expected and I was still caught off guard. I know the WOW factor was supposed to be the "feel", and it feels great in some spots....but how much pride can I have in controlling some of these weird looking moves? Sure, the fact I completely controlled it is GREAT, but its like having full contol over a Pinto sometimes...

LOL! great post man and I completely understand where you are coming from, I feel the same way a lot of times. I continue to play the game though for some reason even with all of its obvious faults.

For some reason the game is still fun for me despite everything I'm seeing.

[BOSsTOwN]

What they got here is a good engine to build a 1-1 game from.

The five on five tho looks looks years away from being good.
Fast breaks are terrible .
Players don't seem to move right.

[RayRay34]

Quote: Originally Posted by oOausarOo

I agree it actually does feel good that there is no magical turbo boost, but change of pace is a part of basketball. I mean guys do explode with a quick first step. Guys do sprint. Is that represented in this game? If so, where? How? I'm just learning it now so I don't know.

It seems like there is an automatic lil burst of speed, IF, you can beat the defender off the dribble.. I also found that if your close to the paint and want to attempt a layup or dunk move toward the hoop, Hit the LT button as you get close to the paint and push up on the right stick, your player will do a step through move, which seems a lil quicker than a regular dribble, and he will go in for a layup. That seems to help get by defenders a lil quicker.
OHH AND oOausarOo, me living in packer country I have to agree...Browns In the super bowl..just not this year. GO BROWNS!!!!!

[NDIrish98]

just tried the demo. it isn't as bad as a lot of the people have been saying it is, but IMO, it's not good either. if you don't take the time to learn the controls, of course, you're not gonna like it. very steep learning curve this year, but once i started getting the hang of it, the control felt pretty good, but only when i had the ball. the control on defense really needs some work. i just felt like when i move my player, his momentum would carry him way too much and i would just totally be nowhere near my guy, giving him an open jumper or a clear path to the basket.
i saw way too many over the back rebounds, and even with the over the backs, it was as if their was hardly any contact when it happened and obviously, no fouls called.
the main thing that turned me off though has to be the graphics, player models and animations. didn't like the looks of the players, and the overall look of the game looks as if it were 2008 again.
sometimes i'd take a long jumper and it would look like the ball just goes through the basket instead of in, and also, when i see a guy jump for a rebound, the animation just does not look the way it should and bothers me everytime i see it.
not everything about the game was bad, i mean, even after all the little quirks and stuff i didn't like, i still kept playing it because i wanted to get better at the controls, because the more i played it, the more i liked that aspect of the game, example- you hear guys talk about the ballhandler strafing a lot but you yourself have to crossover on your own to keep from having him strafe like that and i like that about the game.
to sum up the demo for me, if EA takes this next year and works on nothing but graphics, animations and AI, Elite 12 should be a hell of a game, but i just don't think Elite 11 is gonna appeal to a lot of people w/o the visuals being where they should be in 2010.
(i apologize in advance, seems like i was everywhere in that post lol.)

[coolcras7]

Quote: Originally Posted by oOausarOo

I agree it actually does feel good that there is no magical turbo boost, but change of pace is a part of basketball. I mean IRL guys can explode with a quick first step effectiveness depends on the player. Guys do sprint. Is that change of pace represented in this game? If so, where? How? I'm just learning it now so I don't know.

I have to disagree changing of speed is an important aspect of play in the NBA the players that can do it the best have a clear advantage, the fact that Artest can catch Rondo in this game is not a good thing the controls a re not good enough where pushing hard in one direction is giving fast players an advantage.

[RubenDouglas]

HOME and AWAY playcalling is set to manual by default. When I turned it on, CPU went into attack mode with a true emphasis on playing BASKETBALL.

It still doesnt discount the fact I have crappy teammates due to their AI being bad, but I;m finding some gems in the gameplay

[MiNiDiTkA]

Quote: Originally Posted by coolcras7

The game was created for the wii so how is it not the full game, having online has nothing to go with being a full game, Jam on the wii is the complete retail version, Jam that comes with Elite is not.

If it was complete it would have the online mode, it doesn't which makes neither one the complete version.