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

[iLLWiLL]

Once you get past the amazing advancements in graphics (without a doubt, best in class, IMO), the game still feels the same as Live 15.


I honestly just haven't seen many new animations that affect gameplay (obviously other than the highly advertised dribble handoffs). Haven't seen any new dunks. Some layup animations still don't very good and are completely unrealistic and not contextual. Shots close to the basket still use the same old clunky, awkward animations as in year's past. And usually these shots cannot be stopped defensively. Passing is still bad, and slow to animate, which results in turnovers.

The defensive assist button L2(LT) still doesn't feel like it actually does anything. A lot of times I'll press triangle (sometimes I'll even have to press it twice) to block a shot and nothing happens. (That's usually with my Live Run player; possibly because my block shot rating is extremely low?)

In general the game just feels slow. Players lack speed or burst; Live 15 was the same way. I don't know if EA moved in this direction because they thought it would appease sim fans, but it takes some excitement out of the game, and from a real life game featuring some of the fastest and greatest athletes in the world.

To my surprise, Live Run is incredibly fun -- didn't expect to have as much fun as I have. It was a really great idea for EA to force people to play to develop their skills as opposed to letting people pay money to become better players. Hopefully it stays that way.

The Live Companion app seems like a bad joke on many with Android phones, as the front-facing cameras vary amongst all the different phone models, and for some phones (like my HTC One m7), the app is just incapable of scanning your face. I had to scan with my girlfriend's iPhone 5s.


All that said, I am looking forward to next Friday ... when 2K16 arrives.

[FD247]

I think what is happening is some people are getting kicked out or leaving a match but there player is still in the game just standing there.

I had a match like that were my teamate that was matched up with me never moved for the whole game. I had to play 1 vs 2 players with remaining cpu players but was still able to win the match.

I think once stats are increased in steals then on ball steals will be able to happen more often.

[danchi23]

Like most have said, i was a live player before and now 2k of course. The demo was better than i expected and the flow of the game to me was really good for my taste. The rebounding and pass are just simply a joke too slow or nothing happens at all. For that most part i may keep a close eye on Live to see if theres any improvements down the line, but to me may be worth the buy.

PSN: danchi23

[OG_Almighty]

Quote: Originally Posted by champjames11

hello anyone can help it says 44% installing full game only lets me play finals game how long doe si take install full game

If you're on PS4, just reset your system. It should jump significantly when you start the demo back up. I reset mine in mid-download maybe 5x and downloaded the demo in under 4 hours shortly after it came out on the 15th. Times should be much better now.

It helps to download from ethernet instead of wifi as well.

[OG_Almighty]

Quote: Originally Posted by sroz39

I think they need to update the Pro-Am and allow 3v3. Played a couple of 5v5 where everyone was controlled by a human...it was awful. Hero ball, And1, whatever you wanna call it...it was all the guys did and it was frustrating. At least 3v3 you can't be ignored. 5v5 you can freeze 2 or 3 guys out completely. Sent from my LG G4 using Tapatalk

That's a community issue, not an EA issue unfortunately. I believe they did their best in making sure your teammate grade and leveling up suffers if you play hero ball.

I don't subscribe to hero ball tactics myself but I had a high teammate grade when I scored 2 points one game but a super low grade when I dropped 12 in the next. I like EA's formula though. It's a TEAM MATE grade, not a performance grade. When 2k16 comes out, i think you'll see more serious players. The hero ball doesn't win games and I've personally seen my 2k15 friends rage quit because of that.

Anyway, I love 3v3 on 2K15 but for every point it gets for lack of confusion, subtract it because 3v3 is the breeding ground for hero ball.

[Dione2014]

Live 16 is definitely an improvement over 15. But it falls short in the animations and with collision detection. I wont go into detail because that's an issue that's easily noticeable from the start. Shooting felt good but also much to easy, and so was driving to the basket. Scoring in general felt to easy (my opinion of course) Pro am is super fun, but make sure you have a team before you play Live run as guys tend to not have a pass button on their joysticks. Overall i will be buying NBA Live 16, just not on day one. Also i captured this glitch last night while playing



I don't know what that was but i hope to never see it again.

[Glenn33]

Quote: Originally Posted by OG_Almighty

Anyway, I love 3v3 on 2K15 but for every point it gets for lack of confusion, subtract it because 3v3 is the breeding ground for hero ball.

What he said.

[CookNBA03]

Just played Wizards vs. Warriors(me) at the Oracle, crazy fun game game with an amazing atmosphere. It actually felt like I was watching it on ESPN with the crowd chants, Washington ended up beating me 88-83 after they went on a run at the end of the 3rd/beginning of the forth and I made I late push with allay and Steph. Steph and John we're going back and forth, Steph had 36 and 5 asts while John was filling up the stat sheet with 31 pts, 8 rebs, and 12 asts.