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

[bigeastbumrush]

I haven't seen all that.

I did see:
-More misses by the CPU in the paint (not including layups)
-More wide open 3s for the human due to less quick CPU rotations
-8 minutes quarters on Superstar, CPU Dallas shot 4/10 from 3 for 40%
-I still see big men hook shots. Plenty of them actually.
-Human shot release is the same. This is my biggest pet peeve.

[BL8001]

Gotmadskills,

You think #2 might be because they eliminated the hesitation hitch when you start the fast break?

I haven't played yet, just hoping that got cleaned up.

I like a lot of the possible changes you posted. Can't wait to try it out in a few.

[tha_show256]

I don't expect Live to be perfect right away, but I do expect it to get the fundamentals right! SMH

[WTF]

Fast breaks were a ton more fluid. I hit an outlet pass from Love to Kyrie, who swung it quickly to Lebron in the middle of the floor, getting up the floor quickly for an uncontested dunk. Very nice. Here's a few videos of my last game against the Bulls and overall stats.

My favorite of the game:



I lost Rose on the play, as I was watching Noah after Rose passed out of the shot. Very nice to see.



I hadn't seen this push shot prior to today, and I've played a bunch.

Here's a D-Rose attempt to draw the foul at the end of the quarter



Here's slow mo



Another look at it:



Lastly, here is the quick rebound, outlet and pass to Lebron. Very fluid



Lastly, the stats:



Held them to 43% shooting, they had 0 blocked shots. I ended up winning big, but only because of 6 FT's at the end of the game.

[Walt Frazier]

Double teaming is done really nicely this season....unlike live 14.

I had Tim Duncan make 6 straight buckets one on one against Phoenix (Morris)

Was a bit concerned they had let me play one on one so long, but then the cpu really reacted...

The next three possesions I went down low to Timmy and on one had Dragic come to double team...next possesion had Bledsloe come...and the third time had Tucker come and aggressively trap as the double teamer. The doubles all came differently depending on where on the floor I posted up Timmy.

Great stuff....the more I play, the more I realise how much they have improved the CPU AI from Live 14.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Entire game was on Superstar 10 minute quarters

Just finished the game against the Lakers. Not one of their bigs did a hook shot in the post. They all did pump fakes and spin moves. Lakers finished 4 for 14 from 3pt line. They clearly changed their tactics when they were losing, it became the Kobe show in the second half, Kobe got the ball a lot.

Lakers were 9 for 13 from the free throw line.

5 steals for the Lakers, 8 steals for me with the Bulls. I must say they do jump the passing lane more.

One thing I didn't like though is in the second half the USER side consistency drops off big time. I didn't like that with crash boards on, all of a sudden in the 2nd half my team couldn't rebound at all, like they did in the 1st half. Sad thing was, they were no where near the basket. It is like I release a shot my teammates would move away from the basket.

I don't know if that is built in CPU catch up logic programmed in or what. But it was definitely noticeable and felt deliberate that I was missing shots and rebounds I was making and getting in the 1st half.

EA definitely needs to tone done the CPU ability to dunk in traffic down the middle. 4th quarter Kobe was able to do this too much, where as in the 1st half he was missing these dunks, so it felt like CPU come back cheese to me.

CPU FG % is still too high though, 54%. I noticed in the second half Lakers was running pick n roll for Nash and Linn a lot.

[WTF]

FWIW, synergy from the Cavs and Bulls game is already updated, showing right stats and %.

[The 24th Letter]

Posted this in the vids thread, but I was really impressed by the physics here...even though CP3 got a clutch basket...