NBA Live 15 and First In-Game Update Available Today, Post Your Impressions

[pdawg17]

Quote: Originally Posted by blackceasar

Ive played about 4 online games.. all 4 were pure cheese. Until EA can really start putting thought into physics and animations, this game becomes NBA Jam when playing someone else online.

There is potential for good games though. Had a great triple overtime game yesterday that had maybe 8 dunks combined. Both teams shot under 50% fg. Very fun.

[dubplate]

Only played half a game with ten minute quarters but I can tell I'm going to have fun with this game. It may not be a hardcore simulation of the sport but it's close and that's good enough for me since it's FUN to play.

I wish I could say the same about 2K15 but I'm just not feeling their next gen efforts. To me playing 2K15 feels like work and Live feels like a vacation.

[alexthegreat]

Don't know if its still like this offline, but the in-game substitutions and rotations are horrible online.

One game I decided not to mess with it and let the CPU handle it. They changed the entire starting lineup in the 2nd half, and kept Dame out for an entire quarter.

[pslieber]

Concur with many of the sentiments above. NBA Live is arguably more 'fun' to play...with 2K the more well-rounded product.

What Live offers is something different, not necessarily better. Much like The Show - while an outstanding game - 2K began to get stale for me. I wanted something a little more free flow.

Also and as a near solely offline player - I don't have any mates who own the same sports titles I do - having a fun game keeps me coming back for more.

Still, there are some very glaring issues with Live that need fixing. The same can be said for UFC and NHL: two very criticized games, but ones EA seems committed to fixing post release via consistent patches. These titles made me confident Live will get similar TLC toward better subsequent product.

As a game reviewer for multiple sites, I can respect sentiments that a launched product @ full price should not be borderline beta. Still, I'd rather see a publisher committed to continuous improvement than a one and done (when earlier console generations didn't afford a patch opportunity).

Hopefully the Live team will keep doing its thing.

[JLowden717]

I got the post patch Ea Access version and it played the Halftime show and Post game show

[WTF]

Yeah, you all don't have the "in game" update that happens with the full version I don't think. That's the thing that made the highlights glitch.

Looking forward to having them back. They actually were picking really good highlights for the end of quarters, halftime report, and post game report.

[nba2kpdx]

Just judging from the improvement from live 14, I think EA will need 2 more cycles to catch up to where the competition is now.

There are some nice individual elements but as an overall Sim style bball game this title is lacking.

[nick_sr]

Quote: Originally Posted by nohgoon001

Overall, I enjoyed the game play this year. But, what makes really annoying me is every point gaurd's fatigue is hardly reduced during the entire game without substitution. Is there anyone who aware of it? Will that be fixed in next update?

Was the same last year. Hopefully it can be fixed