NBA Live 16 Demo Available For Xbox One and PS4, Post Your Impressions

[CookNBA03]

It's not there yet for PS4, I keep checking every two minutes lol

[jmaj315]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kurupt_XxX

game isn't in the psstore

It might be like that one time where somebody put PST when it was PDT, so we had to wait an extra hour

[stillfeelme]

What I like I played after few play now games

Control is good as far as small movements
Plays develop nice and a nice wrinkle to calling plays
shooting feels smooth

What I don't like

Animations how they get triggered. Players are triggering a layup from way too far away and it seems the speed is too fast and you can't always contest well.

Animations in the paint are just wonky. Players are moving too fast like they are skipping a frame from a standstill when going to a shot. Something is wrong with how the players accelerate to drive to the hoop. They are not necessarily warping but they are moving too fast.

Contesting in the paint I didn't like, you can block shots but the contact in the paint and paint defense overall is just not realistic enough. It is a combination of a bunch of things the shot selection animation offense and crazy layup animations.

Spacing: It is almost too good you can feel how open guys get by the court to player size being to big. Basically I think this can be manipulated for open looks.


I would say a bunch of things I don't like have to do with paint and animations

[sneezor01]

Anybody got the demo on ps4 yet? I started downloading the xone this morning around 3:30 ct

[23]

Quit trying to incite a flame war and stay on topic

This is the NBA Live forum and NBA Live alone...

Quit this us vs them nonsense. It's OLD

This is an impressions Sticky. Going off course of that will get you banned

[BQ32]

At first I was shocked by my initial impressions. It looked great, felt great, rebounding was legit, player celebrations were fantastic while not interrupting the gameplay and the graphics overall were fantastic. I felt the last two iterations were unplayable but this game sucked me in quickly and thought this might just actually be the best basketball game available.
However paint scoring though drastically improved is still just to overpowered. Some of the physicality is absolutely fantastic but then at times it just goes away and players glide right to the rim. Also a lot of weird contact off balance shots near the hoop go in. Should either have them miss much much more frequently or have some of them called fouls.

More on the plus side though:
-When physicality is right it is something to behold. I saw lebron truck his defender shoving off with one hand and power to the hoop with uncanny realism.
-The difference in player feel is very evident. John wall just blowing by people and quickly realize you have to back up. Curry shooting with impunity coming off the pick and realizing you can never hedge back. Lebron trucking people. GREAT.
-Rebounding felt very good comparatively to past basketball games. Gone are the days of teams getting way more offensive rebounds then defensive rebounds which was just stupid.
-Shooting meter is great with the real world percentage. Eliminates a lot of frustration wondering why shots go in or are missed. A perfect opportunity will still miss and a horrible one will still go in but it is great to understand the percentage of time the shot will be made and trusting that taking better shots will pay off significantly as the game progresses.
-Some of the layup animations look really stunning, so far especially with Kyrei Irving.
-Pick and Roll control is phenomenal and feels so smooth. So much more effective and real feeling in this game.
-The movement, spacing and decision making of the AI is really pretty amazing. By far the best I have seen on a basketball game yet.
-New camera is superb, especially since I lay on a 60inch tv and it allows me to see the whole court while maintaining positional control.
Overall very impressed. Hope they can just adjust the paint play and this game can be a real winner.

[Black Bruce Wayne]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

Quit trying to incite a flame war and stay on topic This is the NBA Live forum and NBA Live alone... Quit this us vs them nonsense. It's OLD This is an impressions Sticky. Going off course of that will get you banned

Thank you sir. I absolutely hate when people do that. Its unnecessary, especially since alot of us like both games.,

[Calvenn]

Quote: Originally Posted by BQ32

At first I was shocked by my initial impressions. It looked great, felt great, rebounding was legit, player celebrations were fantastic while not interrupting the gameplay and the graphics overall were fantastic. I felt the last two iterations were unplayable but this game sucked me in quickly and thought this might just actually be the best basketball game available. However paint scoring though drastically improved is still just to overpowered. Some of the physicality is absolutely fantastic but then at times it just goes away and players glide right to the rim. Also a lot of weird contact off balance shots near the hoop go in. Should either have them miss much much more frequently or have some of them called fouls. More on the plus side though: -When physicality is right it is something to behold. I saw lebron truck his defender shoving off with one hand and power to the hoop with uncanny realism. -The difference in player feel is very evident. John wall just blowing by people and quickly realize you have to back up. Curry shooting with impunity coming off the pick and realizing you can never hedge back. Lebron trucking people. GREAT. -Rebounding felt very good comparatively to past basketball games. Gone are the days of teams getting way more offensive rebounds then defensive rebounds which was just stupid. -Shooting meter is great with the real world percentage. Eliminates a lot of frustration wondering why shots go in or are missed. A perfect opportunity will still miss and a horrible one will still go in but it is great to understand the percentage of time the shot will be made and trusting that taking better shots will pay off significantly as the game progresses. -Some of the layup animations look really stunning, so far especially with Kyrei Irving. -Pick and Roll control is phenomenal and feels so smooth. So much more effective and real feeling in this game. -The movement, spacing and decision making of the AI is really pretty amazing. By far the best I have seen on a basketball game yet. -New camera is superb, especially since I lay on a 60inch tv and it allows me to see the whole court while maintaining positional control. Overall very impressed. Hope they can just adjust the paint play and this game can be a real winner.

Good impressions of the game. Please make use of the provided sliders to tweak the game to your liking. There are contact sliders that apparently improve the physicality in the paint and in general. Someone set his to 80 and witnessed good improvements. Patches will also improve most of these issues going forward.