NBA Live 15 Available Now For EA Access Subscribers, Post Your Impressions

[dubplate]

Really struggling with two things so far.

The shot release timing is way too early. Feels like you have to quickly tap the button for a good release which throws out any type of rhythm.

Second is lack of play art. Unfortunately I can't run an NBA offense without any indication of what my players are doing. Makes it really difficult to get open shots.

I'm enjoying the game so far otherwise.

[Gorilla Glass]

Quote: Originally Posted by dubplate

Really struggling with two things so far. The shot release timing is way too early. Feels like you have to quickly tap the button for a good release which throws out any type of rhythm. Second is lack of play art. Unfortunately I can't run an NBA offense without any indication of what my players are doing. Makes it really difficult to get open shots. I'm enjoying the game so far otherwise.

Yeah release at the top of jumpers are my gripe.

It's definitely different.

[stonemsmj23]

live is a great game this year, plenty of areas need improvement, but its a very fun game. I find myself wanting to keep playing it. The shots are early release, but once you get used to it, you get the hang of it. 16 will be much better I belive and might beat 2k hands down.

[uponablackstar]

Quote: Originally Posted by stonemsmj23

live is a great game this year, plenty of areas need improvement, but its a very fun game. I find myself wanting to keep playing it. The shots are early release, but once you get used to it, you get the hang of it. 16 will be much better I belive and might beat 2k hands down.

Although there's obviously no way to know for sure as of now, I would have to agree that there's a real chance for that to be the case.

As of right now though, I think Live 15 is about 2-3 big patches away from being a super solid alternative to 2k14. It just depends on how much EA Sports will want to invest in improving this year's game, or whether they want to save their bigger improvements for Live 16 to give it more selling points for us to buy it. I hope they don't do that, but EA might.

[wallofhate]

Hearing ppl say this is a quote "great game" just lets me know how weird ppl can be I guess like sports video game sports can be similar. It's like when they said Harold minor was baby jordan lol ppl just over praise and over criticise.If you say you like it that's fine but great is not just a stretch it's laughable. Look this game has some good things going for it. The atmosphere and sound it's great even some of its visuals are also great but the animations for the most part are almost ps2 like. I'm been trying not to say much due to the back and forth but I couldn't bite my tongue. I'm not saying it's not decent and has some things going for it but great game come on that's why these companies give us sub par stuff

[Cam Fan]

Quote: Originally Posted by BL8001

One thing I am really liking about live is game flow. What I mean is this, in the other game the CPU is deadly so I feel like I am always trying to get as close as I can to the basket so my shots succeed because the games play out in a 1 for 1 bucket trading contest. The CPU is so relentless about scoring I feel if I have an empty possession I am going to lose. Live for me has done a better job of replicating runs. I will score 5-6 points, then go luke warm while the CPU scores 4-5 points and we keep trading these little mini runs through the game, to me this better represents what I see in real basketball games. In that opening thunder v. Cavs contest I went down big, like 16 down. But I clawed my way back to within 4 before time ran out. This feels more organic to me. If I go down 10 in the other game we just trade baskets and I stay down 10. Just feels to me that every time I miss I go down a basket whereas in live I can force the CPU into missing by playing solid D, plus the CPU shooting percentages just seem more toned down in live too which gives me more freedom on my offensive end to shoot midrange jumpers without fearing the deadly miss constantly.

Perfect explanation. With Live, your defense is rewarded on a more consistent basis.

[Rockie_Fresh88]

Quote: Originally Posted by wallofhate

Hearing ppl say this is a quote "great game" just lets me know how weird ppl can be I guess like sports video game sports can be similar. It's like when they said Harold minor was baby jordan lol ppl just over praise and over criticise.If you say you like it that's fine but great is not just a stretch it's laughable. Look this game has some good things going for it. The atmosphere and sound it's great even some of its visuals are also great but the animations for the most part are almost ps2 like. I'm been trying not to say much due to the back and forth but I couldn't bite my tongue. I'm not saying it's not decent and has some things going for it but great game come on that's why these companies give us sub par stuff

What's your impression on gameplay ? Was it fun ?

[ckarlic]

I must say, that after playing the EA trial some more and setting motion to auto and the difficulty to All Star, I am having a lot of fun with this game. I think that I am going to get this game after all since it is fun for me to play.

Once I switched to All Star, the games I have played have been getting better. On Pro, it seemed that the CPU would nail everything on me. Once I switched to All Star, the FG % for both me and the CPU have hovered around the 50% mark.

I just need to work on my post game. Been playing better D as well. I think EA has done a great job with improving the game and making it fun to play.