05:36 AM - September 4, 2008 by wurstman3000
The NBA Live 09 demo has been released, please download it and post your impressions here.
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05:36 AM - September 4, 2008 by wurstman3000NBA Live 09 Videos
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# 421
bigeastbumrush @ 09/06/08 12:03 PM
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Think about that for a minute...
For you 2kers, coming from a 2k player here are my pros and cons.
Pros:
The new Pick-and-Roll feature is awesome. It might be too easy to pull off.
The blocking and stealing animations look good but the defensive players are more often than not slow off of their feet when the button is pressed.
Shooting is spot on. I love the fading animations you can fluidly fade in almost any direction. Unlike in 2K8 where your player kind of stops sets up and then fades.
The new lay-ups/dunks look more fluid than last year's. No more ******** weird bending knees and floating, referring to Live 08.
The presentation is crazy good. I like the player specific celebrations. The the player models IMO are amazing. They have animated faces after a foul or out of bounds call. My favorite animation is when you knock over someone in the practice gym and when players get up they jaw off and swing their arms.
Cons:
The controls are sticky and are less intuitive than 2k8 IMO. For 2k8 you have the benefit of using ball handling moves on the left directional stick while still being able to control where you want to go. While in Live 09 it's separated onto the sticks.
Passing is messed up. You can never get it to the right person unless you use direct passing which is an extra button press.
Game seems to slow down because of spacing problems. Offense is slower and sometimes I end up doing stuff I don't mean to do. Like when trying to back away from the basket to reset and the defensive player is playing me close I end up bumping with the defender and get sucked into the driving animation.
Defense is difficult sometimes. The animations for trying to pick off a pass or blocking a shot are too slow. Compared to 2K this would be the opposite. In 2K it was too easy to pick off a pass but that's the thing... If a defender can predict the pass they should definitely pick it off or deflect it(if that makes any sense). But the animations have improved over Live 08.
Quickstrike is cool and all but it's too general. All players have the same set of moves and there is no variety in speed between players.
Overall Live 09 is too slow. It tends to slow down enough to see all of the flaws. I hope this is changed before it is released.
Overall I would have a hard decision in choosing between NBA Live 09 and NBA 2K8. Even though I'm a gameplay guy I can see that the presentation is just so much better in Live 09 that it will make me think twice. We'll see what happens when the 2K9 demo comes out.
Pros:
The new Pick-and-Roll feature is awesome. It might be too easy to pull off.
The blocking and stealing animations look good but the defensive players are more often than not slow off of their feet when the button is pressed.
Shooting is spot on. I love the fading animations you can fluidly fade in almost any direction. Unlike in 2K8 where your player kind of stops sets up and then fades.
The new lay-ups/dunks look more fluid than last year's. No more ******** weird bending knees and floating, referring to Live 08.
The presentation is crazy good. I like the player specific celebrations. The the player models IMO are amazing. They have animated faces after a foul or out of bounds call. My favorite animation is when you knock over someone in the practice gym and when players get up they jaw off and swing their arms.
Cons:
The controls are sticky and are less intuitive than 2k8 IMO. For 2k8 you have the benefit of using ball handling moves on the left directional stick while still being able to control where you want to go. While in Live 09 it's separated onto the sticks.
Passing is messed up. You can never get it to the right person unless you use direct passing which is an extra button press.
Game seems to slow down because of spacing problems. Offense is slower and sometimes I end up doing stuff I don't mean to do. Like when trying to back away from the basket to reset and the defensive player is playing me close I end up bumping with the defender and get sucked into the driving animation.
Defense is difficult sometimes. The animations for trying to pick off a pass or blocking a shot are too slow. Compared to 2K this would be the opposite. In 2K it was too easy to pick off a pass but that's the thing... If a defender can predict the pass they should definitely pick it off or deflect it(if that makes any sense). But the animations have improved over Live 08.
Quickstrike is cool and all but it's too general. All players have the same set of moves and there is no variety in speed between players.
Overall Live 09 is too slow. It tends to slow down enough to see all of the flaws. I hope this is changed before it is released.
Overall I would have a hard decision in choosing between NBA Live 09 and NBA 2K8. Even though I'm a gameplay guy I can see that the presentation is just so much better in Live 09 that it will make me think twice. We'll see what happens when the 2K9 demo comes out.
The more i play it the more i like it. Im looking forward to this more than 2k right now. (Until the 2k demo comes out lol)
I think nba 2k9 is gonna be equally impresive as well, its good to have 2 solid games this yr, I can't wait 2 see wht both offer in 2010 I personally feel is gonna be a big year for basketball games, maybe seca will join as well if there not tired of coming in 3 every year.
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Same with the NBA Playoffs in LIVE... madden has this same issue that its Playoff games feel no diffrent then its preseason games...sorry to say this an dim sure you all know what im saying anyways but LIVE hasnt did much on this neither....really, there hasnt been any videogame but NFL2k5 that even tried enhancing the atmosphere for its playoffs and championship games.. this NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED... us gamers what to be rewarded with something when we make it into the playoffs and superbowl, championship games,etc
# 426
MustangMan @ 09/06/08 03:01 PM
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Anyone played with Player Lock on?
I just did it with Kobe and the flow of the game is ten times better. This makes me think that the weird CPU offensive decisions happen because of my bad defense.
Using one player I can fit better with my man, and the CPU moves the ball around the perimeter searching for a good shot.
In the offensive side, as I don't call the plays, a spot appears in the court, indicating me where I have to stay to start the play.
And all of these to say that Be a Pro mode will be extremely fun. I played a lot of BAP in FIFA 08, and I'm impressed with the same mode in the NHL 09 demo. Very cool idea by EA. Gotta love trying with Rudy Fernandez and some others of my favourites.
I just did it with Kobe and the flow of the game is ten times better. This makes me think that the weird CPU offensive decisions happen because of my bad defense.
Using one player I can fit better with my man, and the CPU moves the ball around the perimeter searching for a good shot.
In the offensive side, as I don't call the plays, a spot appears in the court, indicating me where I have to stay to start the play.
And all of these to say that Be a Pro mode will be extremely fun. I played a lot of BAP in FIFA 08, and I'm impressed with the same mode in the NHL 09 demo. Very cool idea by EA. Gotta love trying with Rudy Fernandez and some others of my favourites.
# 428
SageInfinite @ 09/06/08 04:34 PM
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. EA really needs of heavy dose of this.
# 429
sportsdude @ 09/06/08 05:30 PM
I like the demo a lot and I'll probably get the game but my one major complaint is defender jump. I swear I press jump to try to block a shot and about 5 seconds later the guy leaves his feet. Kind of annoying.
# 430
blingballa333 @ 09/06/08 05:57 PM
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# 431
Stumbleweed @ 09/06/08 06:20 PM
Here's another video that I made last night but forgot to post here. Nothing too special -- just some more gameplay (and I check some Lakers hotspots, so you can see those also) for those fiending because of PSN or whatever.
My camera was zoomed in a little bit to far, so part of the right side was cut off (like when Kobe got fouled on the deep right corner shot). I'll make another vid tonight probably using the Celtics.
My camera was zoomed in a little bit to far, so part of the right side was cut off (like when Kobe got fouled on the deep right corner shot). I'll make another vid tonight probably using the Celtics.
# 432
bigeastbumrush @ 09/06/08 07:20 PM
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@Vujacic showing off his And1 dribbling skills.Nice video.
Thanks Stumble and I find it amazing neither Chase nor Pared went on in their reviews and QA's about unresponsive shot blocking
Im telling you some of that stuff they have nailed down
That KG mid range shot from the left was SAWEEETTT
Kobe's shooting form and him taking a quick 3 from that exact spot that he always does (and makes sometimes) too looked just like him.
Oh yes, and that rebound KG pulled down and away from someone (radman?)and dunked 2 handed looked like he wanted it more and was also a sweet play
That KG mid range shot from the left was SAWEEETTT
Kobe's shooting form and him taking a quick 3 from that exact spot that he always does (and makes sometimes) too looked just like him.
Oh yes, and that rebound KG pulled down and away from someone (radman?)and dunked 2 handed looked like he wanted it more and was also a sweet play
Wanna know how I know the game will be solid?
Because all of you guys including the old heads are still playing it.
Because all of you guys including the old heads are still playing it.
# 437
Stumbleweed @ 09/06/08 08:12 PM
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Hey is anyone else having an issue getting shots off with Kevin garnett vs Gasol when just trying to do a turnaround jumper but turning towards the paint as opposed to the baseline.
There seems to be an overcompensation for height when playing a mismatch situation. The defense is easily able to block those shots. Same thing happens on perimeter with pierce vs lamar odom...
There seems to be an overcompensation for height when playing a mismatch situation. The defense is easily able to block those shots. Same thing happens on perimeter with pierce vs lamar odom...
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I think its in the controller setup menu. Right under Select sice in the Pause Menu. Hope you can find it.
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