NBA Elite 11 News Post

NBA Elite 11 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

01:52 AM - September 21, 2010 by Pared

The NBA Elite 11 demo is available for PS3 users. If you don't see it, just use the search function in the PSN Store, it weighs in at 923 MB.

The 360 demo should be arriving at around 5:00 - 9:00AM EST. When it is available, we will update this post.

UPDATE: The 360 demo is now up. Queue it up right here.

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Please limit this topic to IMPRESSIONS only.

This does not mean posts such as:

"Cool is it really out?"

"When will it be out for 360?"

"25% finished."

Download the demo, play it, give your thoughts. Simple.

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# 881 fatleg3 @ 09/23/10 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Flashstriker101


	The error with this game is far beyond presentation itself but that it does not accurately reflect player skill i find ray allen wide open in the game but miss the 3 because i was slightly off with my shots. This is wrong, not that the chances of the shot shouldn't be depended on by me but that ray allen would more than likely make that shot. Just because i'm training with O neal in the practice mode making 3's dosen't mean i should be able to shoot them in a game it does not reflect simulation

When you are shooting the sweet spots, or the green areas that you have to get the bar in does reflect the player skill and it is up to you to get it in that area. With the ray allen example the "sweet spots" would be so large that you should make that shot. In every basketball game if you are off with the timing no matter if you are open or not you are going to miss the shot. That is why i said a video game can not truly replicate things that make a shot go in like bending the wrist, follow through, the proper power from you jumping, the guide hand, etc, etc. But elite to me has done the best to date to mimic that with the power and accuracy part of the shooting mechanics. I feel that is pretty realistic to me seeing the fact that you cant replicate those things i said that determine weather i shot goes in

# 882 ryan36 @ 09/23/10 05:05 PM

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I hope this helps, guys....people don't want to read a bunch of banter or arguments. Just post your impressions

# 883 fatleg3 @ 09/23/10 05:14 PM

my bad ryan

I have one gripe about rtp. It is producing things that will not happen

For example i have seen artest drive the lane a couple times and dunk hard on people. I think the is happening becasue rtp takes in account weight and strength. Correct me if im wrong. And i know artest strength and weight is high but that is just not artest game and i think thats were dna should kick in and be a bigger factor and tell artest(the a.i.) that he should not drive to the lane and dunk on people.

Plus i dont think he is that athletic lol but thats where ratings need to be changed

# 884 fatleg3 @ 09/23/10 05:29 PM

Also on free throws i have been messing with the stick to see how drastically you can miss or be off and there are times when the ball does not hit the rim but the play goes on

I believe that should result in a dead ball. Re is there any way this can be fixed or patched in?

# 885 Vast @ 09/23/10 05:43 PM

# 886 Jamesmaster @ 09/23/10 05:43 PM

There are many things in this demo that amaze me, but this stands out:

How is it possible that the rocket dunks were patched last year, yet they are in the game AGAIN this year and have to be adjusted AGAIN because people are complaining about it.

Same for the verticals. People are complaining about this time and time again. Why is this not fixed? This can't be time demanding.

Bad and lack of animations are in the game AGAIN and worse than ever. Even though the whole department focused on controls, I can't understand that animations actually got worse because of that.

AI is worse than ever (the AI is doing no look layups in an open lane, how is this possible in 2010?)

Graphics took a huge step back (that's maybe the least of our concerns).

Game speed: seriously, people were already pointing this out when the first short videos of Elite appeared. How on earth don't the devs realize that the game pace should be lowered?

# 887 videlsports @ 09/23/10 05:52 PM

I think Ea did a good job on this one, I like the controls. The passing will take some time to get used to, but I will buy Both this year.

# 888 ataman5 @ 09/23/10 05:54 PM

Well after 2 days of excessive play i think i'm done with the demo and unfortunately with the full game,too i believe.

It's just you feel somethings missing badly and you just can't replace those things only with controls which i loved.

I really appreciate devs and this game has definitely an immense potential but not quite there where it should have been in late 2010.

So i was really hyped and at first i really liked what i sense especially in the hangar with 1 player but then the gameplay restrictions put you off. 5vs5 is not there.

I don't know that's my opinion as of now.

# 889 Playmakers @ 09/23/10 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Jamesmaster


	There are many things in this demo that amaze me, but this stands out: How is it possible that the rocket dunks were patched last year, yet they are in the game AGAIN this year and have to be adjusted AGAIN because people are complaining about it. Same for the verticals. People are complaining about this time and time again. Why is this not fixed? This can't be time demanding. Bad and lack of animations are in the game AGAIN and worse than ever. Even though the whole department focused on controls, I can't understand that animations actually got worse because of that. AI is worse than ever (the AI is doing no look layups in an open lane, how is this possible in 2010?) Graphics took a huge step back (that's maybe the least of our concerns). Game speed: seriously, people were already pointing this out when the first short videos of Elite appeared. How on earth don't the devs realize that the game pace should be lowered?

yeah there is definetly some weird shot selections going on by the AI...

I'd prefer they just attempt to the dunk the ball that way it takes away half those ugly layup animations.

Not sure about Rocket dunks it's something we've seen for like 3 years now out of the box.

But i think they said it's going to be patched later.....gamespeed slider is badly needed not sure how EA forgot to include a gamespeed slider. I wonder if that can be added with a patch

# 890 Bornindamecca @ 09/23/10 06:16 PM

I like the dribbling and jumpshooting controls. Everything else is a very poor effort.

# 891 RayDog253 @ 09/23/10 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Playmakers


	yeah there is definetly some weird shot selections going on by the AI... I'd prefer they just attempt to the dunk the ball that way it takes away half those ugly layup animations. Not sure about Rocket dunks it's something we've seen for like 3 years now out of the box. But i think they said it's going to be patched later.....gamespeed slider is badly needed not sure how EA forgot to include a gamespeed slider. I wonder if that can be added with a patch

Yeah, no Game Speed slider is kind of disappointing. In live 10 I was always tweaking it. Slower for less sliding and a better looking game over all, or faster to help the transition game.

I was always switching between the two, even mid game some times haha. 'Til this day I haven't found a speed setting I like yet.

But, yeah, I was pretty disappointed when I found out it isn't in the final game.

# 892 rEAnimator @ 09/23/10 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sportyguyfl31


	Hey rEAanimator. Is there a way to contest a shot without jumping for a block? Last year, we could trigger a hand in the face animation, but either that's been taken out of the game, or I do not know how to do it.

I think I answered this one already, but it's 45 degrees up on the right stick for a one handed contest, and R2 and RS up for a two handed contest.

# 893 daniverson1973 @ 09/23/10 07:40 PM

i posted earlier, but have had more time off and on today to play the demo, now that im getting more used to the controls (although still really wierd) im starting to like it and getting more comfortable with it

this year, im spending a little extra money and renting the game from BB first before i buy. maybe this demo is just flat out glitchy and goofy

# 894 lamoyou401 @ 09/23/10 07:50 PM

hook shot from 3=smh

# 895 sportyguyfl31 @ 09/23/10 07:58 PM

LOL...Playmakers..I began playing the gme faster...and it is playing 100 times better.

Screw this walking the ball up court crap..the game is meant to be played fast.

# 896 sportyguyfl31 @ 09/23/10 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Playmakers


	I'll be using Dallas so the uptempo style doesn't bother me.... Takes away half the ugly animations you'd see in teh half court sets IMO. If only they had a game speed slider

And the CPU comes right back at ya aggressive also

# 897 pdawg17 @ 09/23/10 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Court_vision


	That's the stuff that's dissapointed me. I don't care about JC being in that vid as it's a bug. No big deal. But the hook shot for 3........and he's not even facing the basket, so it's actually a reverse hook shot for 3...is farcical. I am really dissapointed as I was led to believe the whole "real time physics" would fix all that stuff. Instead, we've got some of the worst looking / most unrealistic animations I've ever seen in a basketball game. Hook shots for 3 = WTF...and there's tonnes of stuff like that. How did they let all that stuff get into the game? It looks like a BETA.

I think I'm missing what the complaint is with the hook shot...you do realize the user CHOSE to do a hook shot right? He must have pushed L1 which made him post up and then pushed left or right to do the hook shot...

If you know how to use the controls then you wouldn't let that happen...sure the animation for the hook shot looked bad but I don't understand why you are upset about the hook itself...it that unrealistic? Of course but just don't make your player do it then...

Or am I missing your point?

# 898 yungflo @ 09/23/10 08:37 PM

Go watch hard8times "THANK YOU EA SPORTS" youtube video. I can't post it here, warning: profantiy but view the cpu vs cpu gameplay on there. It actually isn't so bad. with a few tweaks in a yr or two, its good.

they lack alot of stuff, but all that shouts out to me is animation and speed.

they are not playing a fast game as a user is.

that cpu v cpu vid that he posted gave me hope.

yall were making the comparisons to live 07, nope just go watch, its at least playable.

# 899 Jonesy @ 09/23/10 09:47 PM

Played it a fair bit yesterday and I don't think i'll be buying it this year. If the gameplay was smooth and the other issues (clipping, bugs etc) weren't present it might be worth it but it's really lacking polish and needs another year (again).

The problem we have now is that the controls are getting so advanced for both nba games and are now so totally different simply making the swap from one to the other is more difficult. While i respect the direction Elite is trying to take it's simply not worth putting up with all the quirks and generic feeling to try and master them when the other game is so polished.

It's not like the battle between PES and Fifa where the controls are quite similar these basketball games have almost totally opposite complicated control scheme's so they both take a lot of practice to get it down (at least for an old fart like me

).

I really liked live 10 and really believe they were on the verge of something great but this massive change of direction seems like it will put it back to square one for a few years yet again.

# 900 Bornindamecca @ 09/23/10 09:51 PM

This game is worse than I thought. After really learning the controls, you can just Euro step through everything because the physics are so bad. Rebounding is like something out of a basketball acid induced nightmare. You have these strange skeletal figures bursting out of the ground and clasping the ball with their boney hands.

That LTrigger/L2 gather function is a cheeser's wet dream. It should be called the Matrix button, because you press it and your player moves like an Agent. Don't even bother playing the game. Just pick random spots on the court to press the L2 and push up on the right stick. Awful.

I don't know if there is even the core of a good game to build on here. Right now, there are clearly people in the process over at EA that don't get it.

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