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

[Walt Frazier]

Quote: Originally Posted by nick_sr

Anyone noticing more mid range j's? Hopefully they fix guys not cutting to the basket in transition

Yeah, there is basically no midrange game now.

It is entirely guys attacking the hoop...or pulling up for three. That is literally the entire CPU game plan for every team.

[nick_sr]

Quote: Originally Posted by Walt Frazier

DeAndre Jordan is great fun to use in this game...only player I feel really in control of re rebounding. And his blocks are great.

Having too much fun using Blake n I dislike the clippers in real life.

Kevin durant does a lot of shots off the dribble n mid range j's to answer ur earlier questions.

[swac07]

Quote: Originally Posted by SpritePuck

I agree EA needs to hear what is wrong and Live like all games needs improved upon. Statements like it looks like an Adroid game will however not get the devs attention. Come on the game looks as good as the other one. We can not compare the games in this forum or I would illustrate a graphics area that Live smashes most sports games in. Talk about things that really need addressed. Some layup animations need to be fixed. Teleporting should never occur. But the game graphics are actually good. They are equal to and better in some areas than any other sports game. Arena lighting is superb. Jerseys oddly in all basketball games look wonky but these are improved and better than any game to date. Yep, EA needs the real scoop. I want them to fix what is wrong and having to sort through ridiculous complaints that are not accurate will not help them do so.

I mean honestly it doesnt look as good far away...but up close the game looks great...so calling it a ps2 game, who cares?? Lol... and you dont HAVE to compare games to prove live looks good thats what photo n video threads are for!!! Folks be so ready to compare it to the other game on some stuff, BUT when you get to really dissecting it and it doesnt compare "then its not fair!!the dev team had little time/less to work with etc/their new/less funds.. " Stop trying to use the other games as a crutch then!!!...Let Live stand on its own merit(Not you per se Sprite i'm just speaking in general)!! It looks good graphically in some areas and in some it doesnt to me but overall its Cool. They dont have to sort through a ridiculous amount of complaints on here because they can just simply ignore them, but in the same token just because you might feel its "ridiculous" doesn't mean its not true either!!! I'm sure the Live team has its big boy pants on when they read these forums and comments they'll be aight...

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[RandomPerson]

Live has definitely made progress, but they're still so far behind.

I don't think it's too long before the series is scrapped entirely. 2K has a stranglehold on the market, and they did it without having to get the exclusive license. I would love to have two great basketball games, but I just don't think EA are the ones to provide it. Maybe Sony should give it another go.

Have you people looked at the sales for Live over the past few years? Absolutely atrocious. There's no way EA can justify making it for much longer. That's just reality. It's actually incredible how much 2K sells every year considering it's a pretty niche genre.

[Basketball GURU]

Really enjoying this game, didn't play the last previous years. There still a couple of funky animations but I do like the player models, court size, color, graphics and the way offense runs. Hearing that the dynasty mode is terrible is the reason I'll have to wait to purchase this.

[The 24th Letter]

Just a couple of observations....thankfully mprice has mentioned this to the devs....but they really need to tweak your AI teammates transition logic....got burned here by Iggy running straight down. the middle and there were two Clippers ahead of everyone.

https://vid.me/mXYi

I'd like to see this sequence happen faster:

https://vid.me/je94

I hit the pass button about a second before he passed it, and Instead of a quick move BG takes some unnecessary steps to finish

One nice play though is this anticipation steal by Lance

https://vid.me/S7bO

I think someone mentioned this before but there a bit of a delay when you switch on to a defender....when your switching over to a helper this delay kills you. I think this would help with some interior D complaints


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[strawberryshortcake]

Quote: Originally Posted by Walt Frazier

Yeah, there is basically no midrange game now. It is entirely guys attacking the hoop...or pulling up for three. That is literally the entire CPU game plan for every team.

Your observation looks to be right. The CPU either shoots 3 or drives to the basket. I decided to count the actual number of midrange shots in my last game. Warriors (me) vs. OKC (cpu).

1st quarter: 2 midrange shot
2nd quarter: 6 midrange shot
3rd quarter: 4 midrange shot
4th quarter: 3 midrange shot

With the exception of 2 or 3 midrange shot, the other ones were taken because the 24 second clock was winding down to 0. I was playing on ball defense taking away driving lanes. Now that you guys mention it, I can't unthink it. This definitely needs to be patched.

If synergy is suppose to track players tendencies and whatevers, could synergy be the solution to the lack of midrange.

Darn it. Now I'm back on the 50/50 train (to buy or not to buy live16). Fun demo, but without the midrange ...

I'll have to test it out with other teams.

[odbman]

Yes 2k is great I am tired of it I really enjoy the demo and the gameplay. I am planning on buying live this year as a change of pace. I love the ESPN interface. The differ feel has got Ben me a renewed interest. I hope they keep moving the game forward . Big improvement over last year .