NBA Live 14: Hands-On Preview from GamesRadar

[El_Poopador]

Quote: Originally Posted by jdawg1234

Just don't understand why anyone would buy this game. Maybe if someone HAS to have a basketball game and hold a vendetta against 2K sports or something? Not only inferior graphics and gameplay, but EA has more or less admitted that this is a test run to try and lay a foundation for future iterations. Why anyone would pay $60 for that is beyond me. But to each their own.

if live has competent ai good ball awareness and decent controls i will gladly pick it up over 2k. ai is key for me when it comes to sports games since you can only control one player at a time. if live can do it well then they have a great chance.

i listened to the podcast of the live gameplay and i love the sound of being able to execute a pick and roll properly. that is a major part of the nba and 2k hasnt been able to get it right.

[WTF]

For those of you saying that they're "giving us" a demo, are wrong. PS4 is giving us the demo. A few weeks ago, the Live team was saying "NO DEMO". They were wanting the blind sales.

However, the PS4 gives a 60 minute trial to any digital game that is released, therefore, we get a demo.

It wasn't like Live was saying "Just wait til the demo is released, get your hands on it". They were singing a different tune 3-4 weeks ago. Now that PS4 is forcing their hands on a demo, now you hear them telling you to feel it by downloading the demo.

I'll give the demo a go, but the whole way this has been presented/marketed just reeks.

[A69Scorelord]

Im a graphics/realism guy.. I hate constant reminders that im playing a video game..

Even if gameplay is great, I just don't want to play a game on next gen that has current gen graphics..

[A69Scorelord]

Just look at it... It doesn't look good..

[GisherJohn24]

Quote: Originally Posted by King_B_Mack

Still talking 2K huh? Pretty awesome how you give EA credit for historically good sports games but then say that 2K has one good sports game. I seem to remember 2K having a really good NHL game at one point. A really good college basketball game as well. Oh and a really really really good football game. Yet people come in here tossing around "2K fanboy" with no problem at people bringing up legit concerns with this franchise.

I never thought 2ks hockey was good. NHL destroyed it every year. Baseball? Haha! Um no. College football back in the day? Terrible. All pro football was OK. I was making it a point that ea makes other sports titles and generally, they're very good franchises. I hope finally Live can be included. Glory days coming back is my hope

[GisherJohn24]

Quote: Originally Posted by A69Scorelord

Im a graphics/realism guy.. I hate constant reminders that im playing a video game.. Even if gameplay is great, I just don't want to play a game on next gen that has current gen graphics..

Graphics are fine. The guys from operation sports on that podcast described everything looking Solid

[King_B_Mack]

Quote: Originally Posted by GisherJohn24

I never thought 2ks hockey was good. NHL destroyed it every year. Baseball? Haha! Um no. College football back in the day? Terrible. All pro football was OK. I was making it a point that ea makes other sports titles and generally, they're very good franchises. I hope finally Live can be included. Glory days coming back is my hope

Actually 2K's hockey game dominated NHL for a while and forced them to make a better hockey game. It "destroyed" it every year in the same sense that Madden destroys other football games, it sells better because of the name on the box and not the quality inside. Their baseball series was solid before the license. Who brought up college football? The point is you said 2K makes one good sports title trying to limit them to the sports games they currently have while giving EA credit for every good sports title they've ever made. FOH with that. Now let's get back on topic of Live, please.

[Valentine Narcisse]

Quote: Originally Posted by King_B_Mack

Still talking 2K huh? Pretty awesome how you give EA credit for historically good sports games but then say that 2K has one good sports game. I seem to remember 2K having a really good NHL game at one point. A really good college basketball game as well. Oh and a really really really good football game. Yet people come in here tossing around "2K fanboy" with no problem at people bringing up legit concerns with this franchise.

2k hockey was trash, so too are their iterations of MLB baseball, college basketball was decent. 2k was great, but is growing stale due to its dependence on animation laden gameplay and lack of user control.

Both companies have a history of good titles, but EA has definitely been more consistent with their work. Here's to them returning to the basketball genre with a respectable effort.