NBA Live 16 Gameplay Video (IGN)

[Junior Moe]

Quote: Originally Posted by thedream2k16

This game will never be animation based like 2k so that "stiffness" you guys see will be there. Surprised its so hard to understand

The game doesn't have to animate like 2K to not look "stiff". It has nothing to do with 2K, honestly. It almost seems as if the some of the movements aren't motion captured. That's why they stand out, because others actually look quite good.

[JODYE]

There are some subtle things I really enjoyed.

First of all, I didn't expect every wonky animation to be gone immediately. That is so unrealistic to expect, especially with the amount of work it takes to mo cap and design these animations.

But I'm optimistic that this team in place gets it and is focused on those little things. It may be so subtle, but watch how Klay Thompson comes up the court after the tip off. Watch how Barnes settles after cutting through the lane. It's the little things like that that immerse you in the experience and when you show the willingness to focus on subtle things like that, good things will happen.

Is this perfect? No of course not. But I saw a lot of good things.

That Curry pull up off the dribble in the first possession looked one million times better than last year. The way Kyrie walked up the court with the ball looked so smooth.

I also didn't find the Mozgov possession that egregious. Could he have went straight to the basket? Of course but the bounce pass from LeBron looked really really good and I thought the actual drop step move itself looked really smooth.

The ball itself is still a little floaty, but I'm hoping that will be tweaked. I also think the size up moves are a bit much but that is user controlled so you don't have to do that every time down the floor.

But man oh man, that hesitation move and the way Curry attacked the basket and shot the floater was maybe the best combination of animations I've seen in a Live game in a long time. Really good stuff.

There is also a lot of win in the possession that starts at 6:11 in the YouTube version. First of all the down screen Thompson sets on Thompson looks absolutely incredible and I love the contact animation and again when he comes back to set another one, although there is a little sliding, the contact animation is beautiful and different. Tells me that what we see is going to be dynamic and that picks are going to have a real effect in moving a defender off his course.

Again, is it perfect? Definitely not, but man there is a lot to be excited about and it's good to see this team is on the right track.

[Haval93]

Overall pretty damn good. Some bad animations no doubt, I'm looking at the Bogut rebound, that animation needs to be scraped and the ball is still a bit too floaty. As for dribbling, it seemed a lot more fluid. Shooting the ball looks like an improvement and that Curry floater was nice. The best part was the dribble hand off to Klay with the pull-up. It was smooth and looked very realistic.

[The 24th Letter]

If "physics" is the supposed reason we see that horrible transitional animation from Mosgov on the P&R then we need an explanation on how their physics work.

Very surprised folks are on board with that, especially with the whole being in "control" theme I've been hearing...it's not about just looking nice....if that's a situation where the D is playing tighter, that hesitation takes you from a easy 2 points to a contested layup....just like it did in Live 15.

Definitely interesting.

One thing I wanted it point out that I liked though, it appears that the defender isn't glued to offensive player anymore....that was a clean blow-by by Steph....

[Cabish]

Looks dead boring ,I'm sorry

[nick_sr]

Well hopefully they some some early feedback n fix things. Watched it again like it even m.ore

Around the rim game play must be seriously address.

[nick_sr]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cabish

Looks dead boring ,I'm sorry

No between the leg dunk over a defender without jumping?

They were just showing things off.

[Rob. D]

Seeing some animations I don't like and floaty passes. Looks like 15 with better contrast, I need to see more. Ive played to much 15 cmon EA show me something new...