NBA Live 15: Trailer and Features List Reaction (Roundtable)

[CaliDude916]

I've watched the trailer a dozen or so times now and I really love what I see. Graphics are great, animations are good, the shoe game is crazy, the attention to detail is insane, and everything seems to run smooth.

My only gripe, and it's a well known issue, is the names on the back of the jerseys are so small. I was completely and pleasantly surprised with this trailer. I've been waiting for this franchise to return in a big way, and we may just get that.

[Izzy Snow]

+1 for Robert. Sean O'Brien said it himself. What good are new modes if the gameplay isn't up to par? So this year the focus is on graphics, gameplay, and onboarding. Next year we will see features added. But adding auction house to LUT is major. It is hands down the most popular mode in all EA Sports games.

I agree with everyone else though. Anyone can make a sizzle trailer just like 2K did with #yakkem. We need to see the game in motion being played by someone. Preferably a developer.

[Izzy Snow]

Quote: Originally Posted by watermark

The problem with words like 'yawn', 'vieled', 'dead in the water' and so on, is you are once again looking like a biased bunch of immature kids writing this site. It's clear the connections with 2K and their staff go back quite a bit, but for you to honestly welcome EA devs to this board and expect them to take you seriously is laughable. Spend a few minutes browsing the bball headlines for all of your recent stories and the tone is very obvious. You may certainly criticise 2K in articles, but never so damning in article headlines like you do EA. Again, if I was an NBA Live dev, seeing writers for a site even have the nerve to 'yawn' and pronounce my game 'dead in the water', I wouldn't give them a second of my time in a future interview or insight through forum posts. OS used to seen as a professional website with unbiased opinions, conveyed in a mature, sensible manner. But now we just get trolling from the writers, plain and visible bias and quite frankly, judging from what was written about Live 14, not a lot of videogame knowledge.

I agree. Thanks for pointing this out. I was going to bring this up also but you did it for me. "Yawn" and "Dead in the Water" stood out for me. Robert was the only one that didn't sound biased.

[Dr. Banner]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

Why would you accept this game not being the best it can be? I don't understand this logic one bit. It's like a cop out. They need to be pushed to raise the standard as well as any other game out there.

Not sure why you don't get what he's saying. He's right it doesn't heave tobe better than 2k, and no way will it be, it just has to show the necessary improvements and steps to improvements in the future. NBA live has been so bad, that any decent improvement is something. Hopefully this year be a year we can finally say that live on to something there.

[Dr. Banner]

Can't really blame them for not being focus on dynasty mode, which is my favorite type of mode, but they need tobe mostly focus online, cause that's where 2k clearly sucks at and we been giving a past to for ten years. They servers been trash a long time. So EA should be thinking how they can compete there because they nut gonna beat 2k in anything else.

[Dr. Banner]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

Well we know you don't try to deny yours. It's just amazing how you love to point out some bias but can't see yourself standing in the same crowd with them. And once again another obvious post. It's gotten real old seeing you do this stuff

The pots calling the kettle black all over this article. :-)

[Dr. Banner]

Quote: Originally Posted by King_B_Mack

BTW, why the hell is a dude that just joined the site in the last two days or so talking about what OS "used" to be? Uhhhh huh.....

I've been coming to this site for years, but have only had a account for months or close to a year or whenever I made this name. So it's definitely possible to know if things changed around here but not being a member for long.

[shutdown10]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dr. Banner

Not sure why you don't get what he's saying. He's right it doesn't heave tobe better than 2k, and no way will it be, it just has to show the necessary improvements and steps to improvements in the future. NBA live has been so bad, that any decent improvement is something. Hopefully this year be a year we can finally say that live on to something there.

You have to realize that EA told us that their Ignite Engine could not be ran on last gen because it was a highly advanced tech that was going to make sports game feel alive and have true player motion. Looking at those Live 14 and now Live 15 videos, we cannot take them serious yet because they still are holding back from making this game move right. There is an improvement in Live 15, but it's not enough imo, and you will see that when the consumers speak with there wallets again this year. They need to seriously look into finding a developer that can help them fix this serious issue with the movement and animation quality. Stuff like this would have been accepted last gen, but you cannot be critical of people who do not want to see that anymore on 400 to 500 current gen consoles with more power and tech capabilities. I told people on here that all of their excuses are gone, and they now have to deliver. The pressure they are facing are from the cancellations and the sub-par games they have released throughout the years.