One last push...help me understand some things about the game...

[The 24th Letter]

Im at the point of returning this game for a trade in, I cant say ive had a "fun" game in a long while....Ive been playing on All Star (lately trying to beat the Magic) and I simply want to understand some things about the game....hopefully the community here can help save my experience....im currently playing most of my games offline on all star...I know how to play "sim", and ive played organized basketball IRL more then ill ever play on my XBOX...Im just wondering about these things from a the games standpoint.

Blowing by you defender: I seriously havent seen this in the game...Ive heard some say they can do it, but I havent experienced this...are there certain quick dribbling move im missing?

Finishing at the rim: The mid air collision animation....good lord man, its driving me nuts...am I not pressing the right things to finish? if I go past a defender and the Center is guarding me left...I press right and X to finish that way at the rim right? is that logic wrong? more often than not, no matter what angle I have im being sucked into a collision...ill euro step, and get stoped dead in the middle of it to restart another animation. I wouldnt even have a problem with it most of the time, if they made the shot more often, or even called fouls when I have the proper angle....whats even more frustating is he CPU seems to be able to draw fouls from it, and even amimate through my D at will.

Defense: What is a "contest" in this game? IM having VC and R Lewis pull up in my face off a pass while the defender is right there with a hand up....do I need to manually jump at everything? I genuinely like playing as the PG...

I use OBC, run plays, picks....and shoot mid range J's.....and thats fine....but I want to experience the atheletic side of the game as well...im just not feeling its there right now....

If you guys have input, thatd be great.....

[DC]

You can contest a shot by tapping Y

[The 24th Letter]

I know how, I was asking if its more beneficial to individually guard everyone this way ...b\c my team AI sucks at it...

[dave374]

I always love these threads.
Hell, I've created a few myself.
You know you're taking the plunge Letter.
Just do it.

I find it highly unlikely you will regret it.

[phant030]

Increasing CPU Close Effectiveness will help ur CPU u players defend shots better.

[The 24th Letter]

Quote: Originally Posted by dave374

I always love these threads. Hell, I've created a few myself. You know you're taking the plunge Letter. Just do it. I find it highly unlikely you will regret it.

Im in the water man, im just asking that you guys help me see that its not a terd im seeing at the far end of the pool...

[GHUGHES]

I'm trading mine in today also just take it back maybe next year they'll deliver Once your at the point of trading it in there no need to convince your self to stay same ole crap year after year. They add some that means they have to take something else away

[braz18]

I dont know. I really started enjoying myself more when I switched to pro and used Left4dead's sliders but just adjusted them a bit. Feels alot more realistic and teams actually play like they do IRL whereas I didnt feel like they did on all-star. Just seemed like point guard domination on all-star to me. And the results of the games are actually realistic.

So far ive been blown out by the lakers with the grizzlies, won by 8 vs the rockets with utah, had a 1 point win over the nuggets with celtics, beat the mavs by 7 with the lakers then got blown out by detroit with golden state.

I also love the fastbreaks in pro.

You should try it, may work for you.