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

[TreyIM2]

Quote: Originally Posted by mrprice33

BTW I was able to confirm that the demo does NOT contain the Day 1 Patch. Hoping to get a better sense of what's going to be in that patch soon. Can't believe we're still 2 weeks away. Kinda crazy.

Gunna need that patch for this demo even if they release a modified version of it when they patch the retail game.

[WTF]

I'm thinking that once the Day 1 patch, it will transfer over to the demo as well, so if you're having issues right now, make sure you try back once it drops. I can vouch that it fixes a TON of stuff.

[jpollack34]

After trying the demo, my complaint unfortunately is the same complaint I have for all EA sports titles. The game lacks soul/a heartbeat. It feels generic and has that "mass-produced" kind of feeling. That is to say, there's not enough individuality/player-specific-animations that make you feel like your playing anything other than just a video game.

[Philstat]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpollack34

After trying the demo, my complaint unfortunately is the same complaint I have for all EA sports titles. The game lacks soul/a heartbeat. It feels generic and has that "mass-produced" kind of feeling. That is to say, there's not enough individuality/player-specific-animations that make you feel like your playing anything other than just a video game.

MY thoughts exactly, felt the same way with Madden 16 this year.

[Ragnar53]

This game isn't bad.

Positives:

I love the shooting meter and the percentages that pop up.

I like some of the post up animations they do have in the game.

I like some of the dunks. The crossovers are good (gotta get more used to them to explode out at the correct time). Triple Threat is so good at getting that little bit to pull up for a jump shot without it showing up as heavily guarded.

Negatives.

HATE. HATE. HATE. The teleport layups. Only way to block/contest those is to time your jump way earlier than you should have too. Just got 3 blocks with both Durant and Ibaka doing just that (as far as timing wise). And when you do get the block it kinda feels like bullying because on one hand, why the **** are they teleporting from 18 feet out straight to the rim, but on the other hand so long as you time it...it's a block 50% of the time. Other 40% of the time results in a miss. Which means unless they beat you with jumpers, no way should the computer be scoring inside unless it's with a post player or off of an offensive rebound.

The rebounding animations are bad. I hate the fact the meters/percentages aren't there on postup shots. Face up animation is terrible.

Animations in general are not up to industry standard.

Can't speak on Pro-Am, because I'm stuck at 29% (any fixes for that? Just tried resetting and that didn't work).

All in all, it's not bad. There are a lot of positives to be had, also a lot of negatives.

[mrprice33]

Btw, whatever the issue is with sock lengths, it is not present in the learn live section of the game. Weird.


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[iFnotWhyNoT]

So i just played a ton of games, as far as tip off games go with NBA teams its rough to say the least. I played on superstar and with the contact slider up, i saw SOME semblance of interior defense but you get sucked right out of enjoyment when your constantly pausing and replaying weird animations. The transition between animations is the worst part. When you drive, euro-step, and press a pass they spazz a bit. The free-throw animations are terribly ugly too. When your not using the meter like myself, i watch for the form to know when to release and the release is really rough looking, its like a push/jerk. I noticed some AI issues as well, the late game intentional fouling, but we know its been talked about to death.


As for Pro-Am...besides the gameplay with funky animations, when you get a good team its really fun... I HAVE TO SAY THO, EA please fix the broadcast camera for guys who choose to play with that camera on PRO-Am. The camera stays on the ball, so after you score you cant see where your player is in relation to who hes guarding until the ball is in-bounded and brought up court. By then you lose track and its easy buckets for the other team. If your going to have the camera available at least make it functional on offence and defense. It's not the totally sim experience i was hoping it would be with the whole class restrictions and whatnot but its still too early to tell.

Overall no surprises, i never liked the look/fluidity of the animations for live and its still a problem for me today. I see the progress, but im also wondering why this wasn't what we got, gameplay wise, for Live 14 because this should not be three year next-gen basketball.

[Flightwhite24]

Damn this looks nice



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