NBA Live 13 Gameplay Video - Miami Heat vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

[bawlinb]

at this point i wouldnt be surprised if the gameplay video was secretly released by EA's "unofficial channels"

[KyotoCarl]

Quote: Originally Posted by bawlinb

at this point i wouldnt be surprised if the gameplay video was secretly released by EA's "unofficial channels"

Why would they want to release something that looked like this? Unless they want to do what I suggested in my previous post but that just sounds like dumb marketing and EA has a pretty good marketing department.

The reason why we haven't heard much since E3 is because of that fact; they have a good marketing department.

[RIZDRAVER]

Quote: Originally Posted by KyotoCarl

I highly doubt this was released by EA. Unless their game looks awesome and plays awesome and they just wanted to show this one first, get a bunch of negative comments, tell us it's months old, then release the real version and turn us all around. I doubt that.

Seems like a classic soft reveal. After months of silence EA accidentally "leaked" this footage, oopsie-wink-wink, to test the waters and see the public reaction to a game they most likely had strong reservations about.

If the reaction is negative they can claim it's not an official PR release, is old, is not representative of the game, etc. They played the same early-build card with Elite. We all knew those videos were of a final build. No developer ever releases a pre-alpha video only a few weeks before final submission of the final game.

[coolcras7]

Quote: Originally Posted by KyotoCarl

Why would they want to release something that looked like this? Unless they want to do what I suggested in my previous post but that just sounds like dumb marketing and EA has a pretty good marketing department. The reason why we haven't heard much since E3 is because of that fact; they have a good marketing department.

This is the same company who thought Elite was ready to be released, if it was not for the backlash about the demo it would have been, even after all the negative comments developers were still defending the game and were shocked by all the negative comments, this could be just more of the same.

[Thunder Storm]

Quote: Originally Posted by KyotoCarl

Why would they want to release something that looked like this? Unless they want to do what I suggested in my previous post but that just sounds like dumb marketing and EA has a pretty good marketing department. The reason why we haven't heard much since E3 is because of that fact; they have a good marketing department.

You give them too much credit. (for their marketing)

but any ways I agree, I doubt that this was a calculated leak. As at the beginning of the video you can see an xbox 360 notification pop up on the screen. No company would purposely leak something like that. Im glad it was leaked tho. Now we can move on.

If they really did leak it willingly then there is no hope.

[KyotoCarl]

Quote: Originally Posted by RIZDRAVER

Seems like a classic soft reveal. After months of silence EA accidentally "leaked" this footage, oopsie-wink-wink, to test the waters and see the public reaction to a game they most likely had strong reservations about. If the reaction is negative they can claim it's not an official PR release, is old, is not representative of the game, etc. They played the same early-build card with Elite. We all knew those videos were of a final build. No developer ever releases a pre-alpha video only a few weeks before final submission of the final game.

Seems plausible, but considering what 2K has put out, with the Gamescom videos and screenshots, EA should've internally known and seen that it wasn't up to par so there would be no reason for them to "test the waters". If I made an inferior version of the Mona Lisa I would see and know it was inferior and not show it to anyone.

There are a few things in the video that's for the assumption that's it's an early build;

1. the camera doesn't pan the whole way to the right (you can't see a player in the corner even though the ESPN graphics are fully centered the whole time)

2. The menu is veeery basic. There'd be much more info in a build two months from release.

3. After the cool ESPN intro; when the two teams logos come toward the screen to dissappear, the Thunder's top of the 3d logo sticks for a second at the bottom of the screen. That tells me they've just put the graphics in to test how it would all come together.

4. Player movement animations are jerky. Not at all in line with what finished animations would look like.

[liberaluser]

EA shot themselves in the foot if this is actually early footage that was leaked. They could have released carefully edited videos that got people excited and tricked bunches of people into buying Live.

Now the bad impression this video has left has done irreversible damage. You can't polish a turd once everyone thinks the game is a total joke, just one month before release.

[Jet Sufferer]

They should make this a free download if you buy season ticket.