3) Generally speaking, I feel like some degree of control has been taken from me. I felt like i was in control of my player's movements nearly all of the time pre patch.
This has always been one of my favorite things about live. I rarely felt that a guy didnt try to do sopmething I specifically wanted him to do. Now I'm seeing some some canned "sucked in the vortex" annimations happening now, that werent happening before.
Yes. That great control was what really set live apart this year.
Finally gritted my teeth and played a post-patch game....and I still love it. Thank goodness. There are definitely some warts and AI gaffes, but nothing that has bothered me much. Stuff I really like about the patch:
-Smoothness of animations
-No more rocket dunks
-Toned down lighting, making the game look less cartoony
-Ability to dribble in traffic without constantly losing the ball
-Quick sub menu works better
I'm also hoping that the DNA updates continue to improve the gameplay experience as more and more data is compiled. There's a lot of room for improvement, but I'm still having fun with this game. Looking forward to jumping into Dynamic Season once I get my difficulty/slider options set.
Finally gritted my teeth and played a post-patch game....and I still love it. Thank goodness. There are definitely some warts and AI gaffes, but nothing that has bothered me much. Stuff I really like about the patch:
-Smoothness of animations
-No more rocket dunks
-Toned down lighting, making the game look less cartoony
-Ability to dribble in traffic without constantly losing the ball
-Quick sub menu works better
I'm also hoping that the DNA updates continue to improve the gameplay experience as more and more data is compiled. There's a lot of room for improvement, but I'm still having fun with this game. Looking forward to jumping into Dynamic Season once I get my difficulty/slider options set.
right you are!!!
try all-star default...has been by far the best experience for me
I don't get the quick sub menu, seems the same to me. What changed?
Pre-patch, the menu would continually close during certain moments (i.e. - when the game cuts to replays or during free throw attempts), that would normally be a good time to queue subs. Now, it stays open during those moments, so you can complete your subs.
So glad Sony is taking their sweet @$$ time with getting PS3 owners this patch. It's ticking me off. I've been turning on my Live multiple times a day to find no cigar. I keep reading some of the "problems" with the patch and it seems like different experiences for different people. Some things are concerning by what I read when multiple people sight the same issues but, then again, the game isn't perfect pre-patch and I still love it, regardless.
I just hope EA hasn't told Sony to hold off on the patch since 360 owners have pointed out probs with it so they can update the patch THEN release it on the PS3. Gimme the patch, now. I don't care if it's causing new issues. I understand the nature of patches and I can live with it.
Im glad that ea put out a patch to fix some things but what still bothers me is the way players still watch the ball roll past them off a missed rebound or loose ball.
I like the way bigs don't lose the ball in the paint right after they get a rebound but my gripe w/ the bigs is why don't they finish strong after a rebound or receive a pass in the paint. They always do a layup high off the glass. Even w/ dwight 90% of the time he do a layup but irl 90% of the time he dunks.
One other thing i would like to see is some "dunk on animations". I like the fact that you cant just run to the hole and dunk all day but sometimes when you blow by your man you should be able to dunk on someone if the help d rotates to late or you have someone like lebron with that explosive leaping ability. Not all the time but sometimes. That would add so much excitement to the game. Trust me.
Are you new the MS/Sony patch issue? Seriously some of you guys need to stop complaing about things you have no control over. MS and Sony are two different companies and how and when they put out patches will not change. Get over it and move on.
really my only complaint is the on the fly subs which are damn near impossible to do, but if they would make it to where you could do it during the cutscenes w/o it skipping the cutscene would be wonderful. as of now, the only way to do it is to pause the game and i hate that. other than that, the game still plays wonderful, like i read somewhere before, people in here only talk about the negatives and the positives "FAAAAAAAAR" outweigh the negatives.
In fact nobady said the patch was going to be out today, except gamespot (they maybe said that because the psn updates every thursday). They had no source to this information.
Most of the people said it will be released before the end of the week, but no date were anounced.
Maybe i'm wrong but i'm not sure it will come out today.
Guys, stop saying the patch is releasing today since Sony updates the PSN Store on Thursdays. The patch has nothing to do with the Playstation Store Thursday Updates. Patches can be uploaded and shared any day of the week.
The STORE IS WHAT UPDATES ON THURSDAYS, NOT PATCHES> I have had games have 2 different patches in 1 week.
After reading some of these comments, I don't know I that should download the patch lol. At what point is someone from EA gonna chime in on what people are talking about???