NBA Live 16: First Impressions Roundtable

[cmehustle]

I never played Live 10. I thought 2K10 was better, even with the flaws. IMO I think Live has gone downhill since 10. I played 15 on EA access, and played 16 for a minute. First off, its not even comparable at all to 2K, I would still take 11 over this Live. I am more of a sim style guy, so Lives arcadey style doesnt fit me anyway since thats the direction they seem to be headed. My quiestion here is has it finally gotten back to where Live 10 was before they decided to go off in another direction? Most people seem to agree that Live 10 was the pinnacle of the series.

[Playmakers]

Quote: Originally Posted by cmehustle

I am more of a sim style guy, so Lives arcadey style doesnt fit me anyway since thats the direction they seem to be headed.

What do you consider SIM?

Every Live game I can remember has always ventured on borderline arcade style of play out of the box...

But depending on what you consider SIM I know for a fact you can tweak the gameplay to play more along those lines which has been the case throughout the series history

IMO most of the arcade gameplay is influenced by the USER behind the stick more so than the CPU AI itself....

If you play SIM or edit the game to play along those lines then you'll get a form of SIM results in return.

[Badasi12b]

Quote: Originally Posted by Playmakers

What do you consider SIM? Every Live game I can remember has always ventured on borderline arcade style of play out of the box... But depending on what you consider SIM I know for a fact you can tweak the gameplay to play more along those lines which has been the case throughout the series history IMO most of the arcade gameplay is influenced by the USER behind the stick more so than the CPU AI itself.... If you play SIM or edit the game to play along those lines then you'll get a form of SIM results in return.

This right here is one of the most intelligent responses I have ever read regarding this game. The term "SIM" when it comes to these games is all about what you make of it. I hate when people uses it to validate why they don't like live, but then turn around and play 2k making demigods and doing eastbay funk jams in traffic on people. "SIM" is all about what to u make of it. Live 10 vs 2k10 was a great example of this. I thought live 10 was more realistic that year. I like live because I can control my style more whereas in 2k yo u sometimes feel like the game is controlling you and the action on screen. The game is designed to exploit the engine too much. Don't even get me started on how in 2k13 there were games that were impossible to win in some playoff games! You could not get a sweep in a series no matter how well you played! The game wouldn't let you! You miss layups with dirk, lebron would hit half court buzzer beaters to tie games, etc... live moreso let's the user dictate what happens. There's a reason why the term "cheese" gets brought up so much with 2k.

[PS4FR3Ak]

Great game so far it's also a fun game to play.

[GisherJohn24]

Quote: Originally Posted by PS4FR3Ak

Great game so far it's also a fun game to play.

Me too. Loving it the more I play.

[jnb5001]

got the EA access version and my trial just ended. not without some quirks but I love it thus far. getting retail Friday when I get paid. Btw why is the demo locked I need it to get my Live fix until Friday lol

[Calvenn]

Quote: Originally Posted by jnb5001

got the EA access version and my trial just ended. not without some quirks but I love it thus far. getting retail Friday when I get paid. Btw why is the demo locked I need it to get my Live fix until Friday lol

Apparently you're supposed to delete your existing demo and re-download a new version that's out.

[econoodle]

Quote: Originally Posted by Calvenn

Apparently you're supposed to delete your existing demo and re-download a new version that's out.

New version? Do tell.


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