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# 21 Altimus @ 08/26/08 03:58 AM
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Originally Posted by KDRE_OS
Some animations are still to fast and it makes the movements look weird and jerky....especially the jumpers



Blocking the fadeaway J.... come on EA good lord!
Some of the animations looked forced still. The interactions aren't really that fluid yet.
 
# 22 bateman11 @ 08/26/08 07:13 AM
Looked Okay.

Passing is worst part of the game no doubt. Passing, rim physics, animation smoothness, and blocking need work.
 
# 23 Muzyk23 @ 08/26/08 07:47 AM
Passing looks absolutely horrible, the ball seems to be glued to the hands, blocking also looks bad, dribble animations look stupid and slow, I could go on and on but...
 
# 24 rebe1 @ 08/26/08 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Greene_Flash03
Me likey! So are the Raptors going to drop the purple starting next season?
Raptors stopped using Purple a few years ago....
 
# 25 videobastard @ 08/26/08 08:16 AM
This video had a better flow to the other ones posted. But the animations still need some work.
 
# 26 DaveDQ @ 08/26/08 09:37 AM
I'm impressed, but as others have noted, the game still has a little bit of quirkyness going on. The ball trajectory seems to be very stiff. The players aren't sliding much, which is nice, but they seem to lack aggressiveness.

I'd be very interested in seeing how EA goes about programming their games with animations because the animations have a very Madden-like look to them. It lacks the natural feel 2K has been able to produce.
 
# 27 Mintsa @ 08/26/08 09:55 AM
I played lots of 08 and with this gameplay movie 09 looks MUCH improved. The rebounding especially looks good. Players just box out and grab the defensive board.


PS: I will give the people at ea one thing. They get the Raptors down to the T in Live. Everyhting from jerseys, stadiums, courts are all PERFECT. Thats how it should be with EVERY team in all videogames.
 
# 28 blingballa333 @ 08/26/08 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Mintsa
I played lots of 08 and with this gameplay movie 09 looks MUCH improved. The rebounding especially looks good. Players just box out and grab the defensive board.


PS: I will give the people at ea one thing. They get the Raptors down to the T in Live. Everyhting from jerseys, stadiums, courts are all PERFECT. Thats how it should be with EVERY team in all videogames.
True, the court looks AMAZING. Although, the players really don't. I honestly can't tell who's who sometimes because of the player models in Live. I have no problem with 2k, they seem to get the likeness of a player so down pat it's scary! For example, I couldn't even recognize Calderon for a while, he certaintly didn't have a sig shot. The only player that I KNEW for sure was Moon, Parker, Bosh, and Durant. I found westbrook just because they had the name under the ballhandler. They made him look SO thin, its just very hard to decifier who's who in Live somtimes. And it's not my b-ball knowledge because I know pretty much every player in the NBA today.
 
# 29 BobbyColtrane @ 08/26/08 10:57 AM
i used to be a HUGE Live fan going back to the first game, then i switched to 2k in 2006 and haven't really looked back. i'm going to give this game a try because there are still things that really bug me about 2k:

the spacing
iso-motion doesn't feel right to me
lack of control and the animations
lackluster franchise mode
lack of separate layup and jump shot buttons

if Live is playable, then I'm going to probably just play that this year.
 
# 30 tabulaRasa @ 08/26/08 11:13 AM
the ball looks floaty and somehow the players look more cartoony than 2ks, but still , looks decent.
 
# 31 ehh @ 08/26/08 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BigTigLSU
Again this looks like another solid effort by EA but there is something about the movement that just doesnt feel right.
It's still a little odd but it's a huge improvement over 08. I love the triple threat animations in this vid. The jumper animations/sig styles still look very weak though. This game looks promising, no two ways about it. It'll be comical if EA figures out basketball before football.
 
# 32 agentxa123 @ 08/26/08 12:57 PM
that looks horrible
 
# 33 blackngoldfan @ 08/26/08 01:41 PM
I liked the video, but I would like to see more missed/made shot variations for jump shots. In all of the Live '09 videos, it has been dominantly brick or swish.
 
# 34 trobinson97 @ 08/26/08 02:08 PM
As Seth said in Superbad when referencing vaginas by themselves, "Ehhh not for me."

These last few videos have convinced me. I'll still play the demo, just in case, but going from these videos, Live won't be getting my money.
 
# 35 rebe1 @ 08/26/08 03:34 PM
- Spacing is a problem

- Iso-Motion is easy to pull off if you spend like 30 minutes in practice mode.

- You'll get more control this year, but animations??? You're looking at Live and complaining about 2K animations?

- Have you seen the crap caused by the separate layup and jump shot buttons in Live? Well, at least it should be fixed in Live 09, but there's nothing wrong with how its handled in 2K.


Quote:
Originally Posted by WinstonWolf
i used to be a HUGE Live fan going back to the first game, then i switched to 2k in 2006 and haven't really looked back. i'm going to give this game a try because there are still things that really bug me about 2k:

the spacing
iso-motion doesn't feel right to me
lack of control and the animations
lackluster franchise mode
lack of separate layup and jump shot buttons

if Live is playable, then I'm going to probably just play that this year.
 
# 36 Jano @ 08/26/08 03:56 PM
I think he was talking about the lack of control he has on some animations not the way the players animate.
 
# 37 Mintsa @ 08/26/08 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by blackngoldfan
I liked the video, but I would like to see more missed/made shot variations for jump shots. In all of the Live '09 videos, it has been dominantly brick or swish.
I agree with this.....it's a little too generic. It needs a little more variety.
 
# 38 slvicick @ 08/26/08 04:05 PM
That dunk at around 2:39 looked reaaly good. I wish all the dunks animated that well
 
# 39 Krayzie13 @ 08/26/08 04:29 PM
NBA Live's lack of many signature shots is what bothers me most.
 
# 40 Bodsy_lol @ 08/26/08 05:49 PM
Hows the shooting mechanic this year?
 


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