Hey guys...we will be putting out more and more videos as we drive to finish the game. Next week's videos will be direct capture, because these videos look a bit fast when just filmed with a camera in front of a TV. We will also have more gameplay that has not been seen yet...like put backs, more in-air collisions, hook shots, etc. As we get different dev guys playing the game, they each have different styles, so each set of videos will be different. We will focus on the CPU next week also. I will say that until you feel this game with your own hands (when you get the downloadable demo), it will be tough to understand how much control you truly have over the outcome of the game."
If it's not in there right now, it won't get in this year. But I have no idea if it made it or not. Everything was re-recorded with the new audio this years so who knows.
After three games and watching my son play a few to me it just seems like the game doesn't have enough strengths to justify its weaknesses. The game let me advance in the block tutorial by hacking Durant. I got no ball and it was like "god job". Blocking and contesting shots has no rhyme or reason and the shooting is ridiculous. I'm playing on Allstar and I dont need to do anything special to score. Just give it to a decent shooter and shoot.
I could care less about graphics. CH 2k8 was my fave sports game this gen and its graphics are mediocre but it makes me wonder what did they get when they traded graphics for gameplay. And the animations... The animations are so bad they kill the immersion which affects the gameplay.
I'm in the camp that belives this game should not be released. If I was an exec with enough power I would pull the game. Even though there was a lot more put into ELITE and I think its a better game than Live 07 I say pull it. I can see myself having fun when I get the feel of the game down yet I can see this game hurting the brand just a much as Live 07 because most people are less open minded than me and unlike the last two years the comp really has its act together this year.
Would you really though ? EA probably invested a lot of money ( and time ) into the game. I would think as an exec. you'd let it collect at this point.
Yes, no question about it. I would hold it for next year kinda like NHL 2k. All the money they paid Durant, all the preorders, and the advertisements arent as costly as another Live 07. Live 10 sold close to a million less than 07 because of 07. Gamers have a fanboyish streak. You have to really club them before they turn on you. Even though ELITE is a fundamentally better game than Live 07 I suspect its going to be received the same way because gamers are resistant to change and the change (controls) are arguably the best thing it has going for it.