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

[rEAnimator]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tha_Kid

But on defense this doesn't hold true. The arm controls are flipped, so it isn't natural. On N/S, left will always move the arm that is to the left, but on broadcast, left moves your right arm and vice versa. That needs an option to change.

I agree. It was brought up during development but never got addressed.

[dwiley747]

GIGANTIC FAIL!!!!... like i said on the MADDEN posts, EA NEEDS TO EITHER SCRAP EVERYTHING AND START ALL THE WAY OVER, OR JUST HANG IT UP AND LEAVE IT UP TO 2K SPORTS... this is HORRIBLE!!! played the game for 4 min and HATE IT. this junk looks GENERIC.... even though the 2k demo has far more less stuff to do, its at least 50x better than this GARBAGE.... LMAO. EA sports ruined FIGHT NIGHT, MADDEN, NCAA, AND NOW LIVE(ELITE).... they are in for some LOW sale numbers come Oct... I predict: EA goes out of business, late 2015. MARK MY WORDS

[DR Russell]

Looks like the more I get used to the controls the more I am enjoying the game. The gameplay could use more animations and that may help it appear smoother between animation transitions. I went back and played Live10 and immediately noticed why they chose this direction. Too many long drawn sequences which you could not break. So the idea and direction are solid. Although in my opinion, Live10 jumpshots momentum was the best ever. It felt very natural and had a nice flow.

Something I'm noticing is that unless I call a play, I'm pretty much playing one on one vs the pointguard at times. I guess I need to call more plays. (Not sure if this is because DNA has not been implemented in the demo).

On the graphics subject, aside from the 'way too shiny' Live10 models, I was hoping for something similar to it.

The commentary is well done.

The crowd waving the towels simultaneously does't look well. I think I see that during freethrow cutscenes.

Would have also liked a turbo button, but overall the game can be fun.

[tdplaya04]

I like how some people get on here and try to be as nice as possible when rating ea sports games, c'mon son lets be real, nba elite 11 SUCKS, to many glitches, the controls are weird and the graphics are dry! I tell you the truth i think they downgraded from nba live 10. No wonder mike wang went back to 2k sports these guys at EA have no idea how to make a basketball game, after years and years and years how can you not get it right????????

oh but the presentation and sound is beautiful, but it always is tho nothing new

[fatleg3]

does anybody notice that today it says nba Wednesday and yesterday it said nba Tuesday at the bottom of the scoreboard. So im guessing that changes based on what day it is

edit:nothing major but adds a lil something to the game and presentation

[ataman5]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

Pretty much, Rub. There are definitely things I like about this game beyond the controls but the AI is just poor. I may pick this game up once the price drops significantly to play online. I can't justify purchasing this game early on to solely play it online since I rarely venture online. Live 10 was the same way (hum vs hum against a sim player was GREAT IMO) but the AI was still better. Maybe the other games' demo has me more jaded too since that kinda blew me away. Next year priorities 1 and 1A have to be animations/sig stuff and AI. You can see some potential here but in this day and age you need a well rounded game for it to do well and right now the two things I mentioned are well below average IMO. I don't think we'll see more of the EA "three-year cycle/reset" next year since FIFA and NHL preceded Elite with the RTP. I think EA will settle in with their course this time around and improve each year - hopefully. Kudos to the dev team on here for sticking around and trying their hardest. I hope you guys are on the right path to successful game.

My thoughts exactly! The price drops then i buy it.

Elite 12 could be a day 1 purchase, we'll see.

[StickeeGreen]

Quote: Originally Posted by magicman32

Just finished playing for another 45 minutes. This game is horrible. The controls are too much for a basketball title. R2 is passing. Now how does that make sense? Everything and I mean everything is on the right stick. Shooting and dribbling. Come on!!!! And lastly the animations are last gen and worse than Live 10. The way this game is animated, it's not worth mastering the weird controls scheme. Plus there is no turbo. I even tried the become a legend mode. Just horrible and as a basketball head since I was 9 years old, this Elite isn't cutting it. This is 2010. I'm 33 years old and know better. Wow!!!! I was going to delete this crap from my hard drive. It's almost a gig. But my 9 year old hasn't played it yet. If he likes it (which I doubt). Then I may have to buy this garbage. But I won't be pay $60 bucks for it.

This...EA has to be catering this game for the young bucks, thats why NBA Jam is package with this...I'm 33yrs old also and playing this game reminds me of when I first got my SEGA Genesis.

[ataman5]

Quote: Originally Posted by fatleg3

does anybody notice that today it says nba Wednesday and yesterday it said nba Tuesday at the bottom of the scoreboard. So im guessing that changes based on what day it is

Yea a nice little touch i guess.