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

[thesniper321]

I'm back to post my top 3 wooow moment the RTP is amazing!!!!

1 I'm down by 1, 3 seconds left. I call a TO, give it to pierce, pump fake artest jumps, I go for the easy layup (I think) bynum SMASHES my ball off the backboard, garnett gets the ball (he thinks ) gasol deflects it, THEN the ball ends near ray ray 1 second left he goes for it with basket in his back I shoot, he throws a turnaround learner buzzzeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer the ball hitting the inside of the rim like a flipper ball and ......IT'S IN WOOOOOOOOOOOW I won I won ( I was jumping like a fool lol)

2 Still with the C, kobe blows by me (in all star or superstar he's a demon hitting fadeway and all lol) he goes for the dunk, I switch to Jermaine I go for the block but kobe is to my left so i think '"damn here come the poster" but Jermaine adjusts his block attempt and SWAPS kobe with his left hand then he lands on somebody and fall on the ground O_O, Rondo gets the ball I pass it to ray ray he's slightly ahead fisher so I think "here comes the self alley oop" I throw it off the back board but fisher catches me and ray ray reacts with him and can't go for the dunkn THEN out of nowhere there comes garnett he jumps and Throws is down HARD with 2 hand on Fisher who can only protect himself (again jumping like a fool)

3 Ron Ron beat me off the dribble and nobody is around the basket but Rondo, I switch to him and try to foul ron ron by jumping in him, but he does the mike miller dunk where he barely jumps and POSTERIZES rondo who is not strong enough, Rondo jumped, and........got PULVERISED BY RON RON LIKE A TRUCK O_O and ended on the floor... Poor Rondo..........

[Glenn33]

I played the long awaited demo - my thoughts:

The Good:

• The demo itself is solid. Alot to do - alot to digest. kudos to EA for putting themselves outher like that.
• The presentation - top notch. That stuff matters to me.
• The audio - good stuff.
• The graphics - I actually like them. The detail could be much better - but I have always been partial to EA graphics.
• The Gamplay was solid - if not spectacular.
• Be a Legend mode - something i could definitely get into.

The not so good:

• I thought the off the ball movement was much better last year. Players seemed a little to static for me.
• The CPU used the hop step at least 5 or 6 times each game I played(on AllStar). That seemed like an awful lot and kinda cheap.
• The speed of the game - way to fast(as previosuly said). i am hoepful aslider can address this.
• Something about rebounding didn't seem "right" - alittle scripted if you will.
• My defender seemed awfuly slow on defense. I feel with little to no momentum in this game I will be at the mercy of the cPU one on one. This was the one thing I HATED about NBA2K10 - it dissapoints me to see it here.

The just plain "I don't like it"

• The controls don't feel natural or intuiative. I know - I know it will take practice..but I expected something more user friendly. It just seems like an odd strategy for a game that's already a few steps behind it's competitor to make controls with such a steep learning curve. It's a tough sell to have people make the switch.
• I played for an hour straight - I didn't see or notice any real physics at all. That was a big selling point for me and I din't feel or see any difference in how players react as opposed to past iterations of this same game. Again - I was just expecting "more."

That's all I got. I tried to be as constructive as I could. I wish you well Elite team - I will be definitely pulling for you.

[scottyp180]

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 the same problem if I'm on a fastbreak or in full sprint the controls work well but in a one on one situation I couldn't even blow by Gasol with Rondo and that's not good. Maybe I need more work with the controls, I played a lot of user vs user games so I'll see what happens when I play against the cpu some more. This game just doesn't demonstrate the speed and quickness of the game well, something I think is done better in both Live 10 and the 2k demo.

Quote: Originally Posted by oOausarOo

When you use direct icon player select on defense or to pass the ball there's a delay before the icons pop up. I don't like that at all. There are times I need to see the icon before I make the pass. The delay is a hinderance.

yeah passing is terrible. I don't like the RT/R2 being the pass button, especially since its very inconsistent but at the same time icon and freestyle passing is delayed and doesn't pass the ball quick enough.

I wish EA decided not to release a game this year and instead took another year to really implement everything they wanted. I'm excited to see where this game is next year but this year there is just too much missing, it just seems dull.

[Earl1963]

Was looking forward to this demo, and I just could not get into it.

[only1ymd]

Quote: Originally Posted by nron

All day I read terrible things about this game. I dreaded coming home, downloading the demo, and playing it. People made the graphics sound bad, the controls too weird, and compared it way too much to the competition. It is a totally different game, and may not be as sim as people would like, but it's fun. it's different! The graphics may not be stellar, but i'm hoping they'll be sharper in the retail version. The controls are tough to master, but very rewarding...especially when you sink that first jumper. I started with the "Become Legendary" mode. Very similar to the competition's "My Player" mode, from what the demo portrayed, anyway. I got a 3.3/10 score, 29th in the draft. It told me I could import my place in the draft in the retail version...and I'm going to! i can't wait to see who drafts me! I then played the 4th Q of Lakers/Celtics. It will take some getting used to, I couldn't do all the things I was used to doing at the drop of a hat. I still don't know how to get around defenders with the crossovers, etc. But it was fun. The new commentators were refreshing. We really needed something new. And the presentation was great. Not stellar, but better. NBA on ESPN music playing was nice to hear in an EA game. All in all, they took a step in the right direction. I will buy this game, and like it! I hope anyone that was hesitant to download the demo before reading this will at least give it a try. It's worth it, and it might surprise you.

good analyzation.

[seemoe]

anyone else getting frame rate problems on PS3?

[rEAnimator]

Quote: Originally Posted by RayRay34

I thought the same at first Tomba, but just remember Left hand= left on the stick, Right hand = right on the stick, Once I got that implanted into my head while playing I was able to pull of some great moves while in broadcast view. I wish I had a video cam running so I could show the way I schooled D-Fish with Rondo, It was Sick!! and it was in Broadcast camera view.

That's the same progression guys on the dev team made as well. N/S is easier to learn, broadcast looks better (still not sure why it is so much different).

Once you get the controls down to the point that you aren't thinking about it, broadcast isn't any more difficult to play in.

[Jballer81]

I liked the grading scale in BL mode. I also liked the satisfaction of ripping up John Wall. Controls are cool but could improve. Everything else...meh.