NBA Live 15 Title Update #2 Available Now For PS4, Coming Soon For Xbox One

[Walt Frazier]

Quote: Originally Posted by TSGuy

I swear in 2K if there is an injured player you can't play with them in play now/exhibition mode. I remember in 2K14 I wanted to play with bulls but rose was hurt

2K has active and injury free roster options when you load a quick game.


It also has tonnes of community rosters you can use for quick games.


LIVE has one single opition..........and that means you are stuck with whatever roster played last night's NBA games. If LeBron gets injured for 6 weeks, you won't be able to use him etc.


They really need to allow community rosters via share.

[Calvenn]

On the plus side with the Synergy Rosters I'm now seeing new faces that were buried deep in the bench previously especially for the cpu. Big baby Davis in this game is scaled accurately my goodness . They should simply give us the 2 roster option to allow us well...options! I must say, the game is playing very well at this moment (and I can say this after having just played the other game with it's recent fantastic patch update!). I previously refrained from updating from Synergy due to the whole LeBron not being in the game debacle. However, I must be honest here and say that this game is playing the best basketball yet ( I'm guessing Synergy and coaching defensive strategies modifications and off course the patch all contribute to this experience)

As WTF pointed out I'm now seeing the quick decisions by the cpu on offense, some very nice sequences and animations that are clearly new. On defense, no more automatic points as pre patch especially in the paint, more contacts and collisions leading to body contortions and missed shots, good results! Even seeing double blocks and behind the back blocks now! On the subject of defense, teams that are highly capable defensively truly shine post patch ( have to utilize more screens and create better spacing etc while playing against such teams) and it really shows up in the fg%'s! Prior to the patch this was less evident it seemed due to a lack of defense all around. The best thing is that games have become somewhat sufficiently challenging again! More patches to address other issues hopefully soon and I expect others to give the game due credit. Still more work to do. Steals are still a bit too easy to accomplish.

[Playmakers]

Quote: Originally Posted by longranger

Remember if u wanted if it's in the game it's in the game, well u got it w the rosters. I'm a huge 2K fan, but I got this 4 30 bucks and having fun w it.

don't go there because if that was true then "Lob City" would be in the game right?

[Walt Frazier]

Quote: Originally Posted by Playmakers

don't go there because if that was true then "Lob City" would be in the game right?

Exactly...

Synergy is an absolute myth and the guys trying to hype it up are doing everyone a massive disservice. I just tried a game v the Cavs and Kyrie brought the ball up almost every time and, when he didn't, they passed it to him immediately upon crossing the half court. In other words, an entirely point guard dominated offense. LeBron? Spot up shooter plus fast breaks only.

And yet in real life Lebron carries the ball most of the time. Isn' synery 'supposed' to reflect that.

EVERY team in NBA Live has a point guard dominated offense because it is generic basketball and nothing at all team specific....not even close. The Knicks don't have a triangle offense. No teams have their own offenses.

Yet synergy is touted as this great tool that puts realistic nba play into the game.

Absolutely not true. It is a complete myth.

[rudyjuly2]

Quote: Originally Posted by maafla1

I admit I'm comparing it to the version I used to play on my PC in the late 90's. That version was awesome. Where did EA Sports lose its way?

For me it was the PS2. Live was awesome on SNES and PS1 but the first game on PS2 was terrible. Next one not a lot better and I gave up on bball games for a long time. I did like Live 10 and then they quit.

[ruggedrum]

The good thing I pull out of all of these comments is nobody is saying that the game play is terrible. All the comments are about synergy and I can live with that but I understand the frustration. In defense of online play in 2k last year I remember when Kobie was out you couldn't play with him online until the season was over so what is the big issue here.

[WTF]

They snuck in Chris Anderson





Tattoo's and detail look incredible.

I'm going to find some time to play to see if I can replicate some late game AI issues. All 3 games I've played thus far have been good. I'm trying to convert my Bucks/Clippers game. It had 1 part that had me scared, thinking it was going to bug, but the last 2 possessions were good.

[The 24th Letter]

Quote: Originally Posted by ruggedrum

The good thing I pull out of all of these comments is nobody is saying that the game play is terrible. All the comments are about synergy and I can live with that but I understand the frustration. In defense of online play in 2k last year I remember when Kobie was out you couldn't play with him online until the season was over so what is the big issue here.

I can understand online, I think players being inactive offline when you want to play a quick game is my and a lot of others issue.

As far is the gameplay, it's not 'terrible' and has never been IMO...just a couple of issues that hurt the experience. As of right now, I'd have to say I've enjoyed my games against the CPU more pre patch. All the misses on green releases gives that 'cheap' feeling to the game that I didn't really feel before, and it seems like the A.I just spams the paint for most of their points now...