ESPN Camera angle / overall presentation

[kennytomson]

really want to give EA credit for their 'ESPN camera angle' for 2019. First time playing Live in probably over a decade, and the overall presentation is the best I've seen in any sports game. Not positive, but it feels like every team has a unique camera angle which mimics their real life one for tv. At first I though Charlotte and New Orleans had the same angles, or Portland and Dallas were the same, but it seems that there are slight differences between them all. Really want to give props to ea for this, I'm someone who's always looking for that 'broadcast' feel, and i've never seen this attention to detail before in a videogame.

Overall, for 2019, Live's presentation and graphics are superior to 2K's. And in terms of controls/animations, I think Live went from a D+ to a B-. 2k still has them beat in this department, but they only went from a B+ to an A- this year. I truly believe 2020 we will see some fierce competition if the live team keep this momentum up. To me they clearly won the 'looks like i'm watching a real game' award this year. And at $40 it's the clear winner for me which nba game to buy for this season. keep up the good work live team, and once again competition is always best for the consumer.

[Justonepost]

Totally agree. Great post.

The camera angles are definitely different in various arenas. It’s a brilliant feature and always the view I play.

[EA Rocky]

Quote: Originally Posted by kennytomson

really want to give EA credit for their 'ESPN camera angle' for 2019. First time playing Live in probably over a decade, and the overall presentation is the best I've seen in any sports game. Not positive, but it feels like every team has a unique camera angle which mimics their real life one for tv. At first I though Charlotte and New Orleans had the same angles, or Portland and Dallas were the same, but it seems that there are slight differences between them all. Really want to give props to ea for this, I'm someone who's always looking for that 'broadcast' feel, and i've never seen this attention to detail before in a videogame. Overall, for 2019, Live's presentation and graphics are superior to 2K's. And in terms of controls/animations, I think Live went from a D+ to a B-. 2k still has them beat in this department, but they only went from a B+ to an A- this year. I truly believe 2020 we will see some fierce competition if the live team keep this momentum up. To me they clearly won the 'looks like i'm watching a real game' award this year. And at $40 it's the clear winner for me which nba game to buy for this season. keep up the good work live team, and once again competition is always best for the consumer.

Thanks for the kind words! We used the NBA broadcast manual to identify the actual locations for our gameplay cameras.

[Smallville102001]

Quote: Originally Posted by kennytomson

really want to give EA credit for their 'ESPN camera angle' for 2019. First time playing Live in probably over a decade, and the overall presentation is the best I've seen in any sports game. Not positive, but it feels like every team has a unique camera angle which mimics their real life one for tv. At first I though Charlotte and New Orleans had the same angles, or Portland and Dallas were the same, but it seems that there are slight differences between them all. Really want to give props to ea for this, I'm someone who's always looking for that 'broadcast' feel, and i've never seen this attention to detail before in a videogame. Overall, for 2019, Live's presentation and graphics are superior to 2K's. And in terms of controls/animations, I think Live went from a D+ to a B-. 2k still has them beat in this department, but they only went from a B+ to an A- this year. I truly believe 2020 we will see some fierce competition if the live team keep this momentum up. To me they clearly won the 'looks like i'm watching a real game' award this year. And at $40 it's the clear winner for me which nba game to buy for this season. keep up the good work live team, and once again competition is always best for the consumer.

The camera thing sounds like mlb the show and how you get different pitching camera for different teams. I didn't know the game had that its something very cool because it is another way to make like playing vs different teams different. I agree that the graphics are better than 2k and that is something because 2k graphics are pretty good to. The crowds sound great again something that live seems to be pretty good at. Live really needs to improve franchise mode but the over all improvement from 17-18 based of playing just the demo was incredible and I am not going to get this years game most likely because of franchise mode but seems like 19 is even better based of the demo and what people are saying that have gotten to play the full game.

[rockchisler]

Quote: Originally Posted by Smallville102001

The camera thing sounds like mlb the show and how you get different pitching camera for different teams. I didn't know the game had that its something very cool because it is another way to make like playing vs different teams different. I agree that the graphics are better than 2k and that is something because 2k graphics are pretty good to. The crowds sound great again something that live seems to be pretty good at. Live really needs to improve franchise mode but the over all improvement from 17-18 based of playing just the demo was incredible and I am not going to get this years game most likely because of franchise mode but seems like 19 is even better based of the demo and what people are saying that have gotten to play the full game.

They have been using those espn cameras angles since 16


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[Smallville102001]

Quote: Originally Posted by rockchisler

They have been using those espn cameras angles since 16 Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

Didn't know that but nba live was pretty bad before 18. NBA 18 and 19 are so much better.

[Schnoodle321]

Just need the ability to customise camera angles now in terms of height and zoom and they have it covered

[SincerelYourz]

Quote: Originally Posted by EA Rocky

Thanks for the kind words! We used the NBA broadcast manual to identify the actual locations for our gameplay cameras.

its time to go for that crown, and you and the team know what needs to be done to take that crown

...depth within franchise mode