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

[veryhonestgamer]

This is not a very good game at all. The amount of fault I found while playing was almost embarassing, especially when u realize everything in this game was out doen by 2k8 by itself.

The animations arent realistic by the standards set by 2kk, the gameplay lacks strategy or any kinda cohesiveness when it comes to playing the game of basketball.

I felt silly and insulted even playing the game. I understand some people may like this arcadey approach but it just feel like a lazy cash in, therw is no love or soul in this game, it feels like a 1998 game.

[blingballa333]

My last post was a bit rash so I a going to extrapolate a bit.

Positives:
-The hand off mechanic. Looks good and works pretty well.
-Graphics: some of the players look great!
-Some of the signature shots look awesome

Negatives:
-Rebounding, passing, and dribbling. Which makes it hard to play the game. Passers warp as they pass. My guys go into slow motion trying to rebound. I can't start a fast break, period (but the CPU can). I try to go around a pick to pull up for a jumper and as i press the shot button, my guy takes two steps in and ruins the opportunity and it is absolutely maddening.
-Drives to the basket: I can't even count how many times the CPU drives straight to the hole as if I'm not even there. No resistance by my defenders.
-Interior shots are simply horrifying to look at at times.
-My AI team mates constantly leaving their man wide open for no reason. In one instance I saw Klay Thompson just walk away from his man and let him shoot an open three.
-Animation quality in general is still odd and warpish. The off ball animations look nice though.

In general, this game just seems to be a chore to play for me. Maybe I just suck at the game, but I really don't think that's it. It's just "off".

P.S. The game gets so much worse on All-Star difficulty. The game is way more enjoyable on Pro with adjusted foul and shooting sliders.

[syncinatti]

Ok, based on the pro am gameplay I saw on YouTube, I decided to give the demo a chance. I played one game (the finals game while it finished installing on xb1). My impression at first was it isn't as bad as I thought it would be. As the game progressed I found it easier and easier to drive and dunk. And harder to stop the cpu from doing the same. Still it was a bit fun. The animations was a bit jarring but I was overlooking that. Unfortunately my experience was ruined towards the end of the game. After trailing by 13, I just repeatedly drove and dunked with either Westbrook or Durant. I noticed my center was gassed battery icon drained. I tried to sub him out. Three deadball situations happened and he just wouldn't sub out. The sub was "pending" but just wouldn't happen. Mozgov then scored 3 consecutive dunks. Luckily I was able to keep up with my own dunks. Then down 3 with 40 seconds left I was able to get an and 1 dunk with Durant. I admit at this point I was excited and having fun. Then the free throw meter disappeared while I was shooting. Very late missed free throw and still no substitution. They inbounded the ball 32 seconds left Lebron was slowly walking up the court, I'm thinking one stop (even though my center was useless at this point). The clock is down to 19, I noticed somehow the shot clock and the game clock WAS NOW IN SYNC! And my teamate wasn't fouling him to stop the clock. I switched to Durant and repeatedly pressed the steal button to foul. But for 15 seconds nothing happened, not even a swipe at the ball Durant just stood there and game clock just ran out. Game over.
Now naturally I'm like wtf? My experience was ruined.

[abuC]

Tried it and it's pretty bad, after the Cavs vs Thunder finals I wanted to give the Pro Am a shot but the installation got hung at 45% after 2 hours of downloading, restarted my PS4 and another hour and it was only at 57%. Ended up deleting it.

[WALTERBERRYPAOK]

The live demo is a joke.
No depth in the gameplay,
passing is warped and crazy fast,
the off ball movement is nice but without proper passing and momentum it's just an aesthetic addition.
defence is non-existent.It's just a force field that a player is engaged for a second or two and then when he disengages he has a free pass to the lane for a dunk.
No help defence.
No contextual interactions lead to animations without purpose.
And the demo as it is(12 min games) just goes to show that after a month the game it's going to be budget priced.
Why should i buy this ?
I really feel sorry for easports and i can't understand how such a big company is unable to produce a contender for nba 2k.Can't they just put the fifa game producers to help them?

[Wildcats302]

Quote: Originally Posted by Traceur

The demo was horrible IMO and sadly I think this will be the final nail in the coffin for EA's NBA franchise. Shooting % is ridiculously high for human and cpu teams. Players warping to the rim and warped passes are out of control. Players movement and animation is very choppy and jerky. I did like the player and court/arena graphics but not much else. Maybe a Day 1 patch will correct some of these issues but regardless this is NOT a $60 game. For $25-$30, it might justify purchasing it as an alternative for the other game but EA is generations behind their competition. Either blow it up and start from the bottom up OR throw in the white towel and move on. They can't keep putting out "stuff" like this year in and year out. It's really sad considering how great Live 10 turned out to be.

I just played one game with OKC vs. Cleveland and noticed that Defense was non-existent. I really gave up after a while because no matter what I did Cleveland seemed to always make a contested jumper over my guys. So in the 4th I just started leaving random guys open from 3 or close to it that were not known jump shooters (good ones anyways) and they were hitting every shot (think 80% for the quarter). I managed to only lose by 11 due to my guys own fairly unrealistic shooting percentages.

I definitely got an arcade vibe feel to the game. That is fun enough, but not something I'd be interested in investing time into or playing a season of 82 games doing. I need defense to matter. The few times the Cavs did drive inside and got to the rim and my guys resisted and got a block the animations/block mechanics did not look great either.

This may entertain me until 9/25, and that is all I can ask for...but do not see this as a purchase for me until a price drop if ever.

[bateman11]

I'm somewhat shocked at some of the negative remarks Im seeing. I've played five games of OKC vs CLE while the demo is installing (horrible ISP). Im very optimistic. If you play realistic basketball you get excellent results. I feel this could possibly be the best on court experience EA has ever given us. I will expand on that once I play the full demo.

[abuC]

Quote: Originally Posted by bateman11

I'm somewhat shocked at some of the negative remarks Im seeing. I've played five games of OKC vs CLE while the demo is installing (horrible ISP). Im very optimistic. If you play realistic basketball you get excellent results. I feel this could possibly be the best on court experience EA has ever given us. I will expand on that once I play the full demo.

The rebounding is terrible, I don't see how you can have a basketball game in 2015 with such bad rebounding. That alone put me off of the game.