NBA Live 13 News Post

NBA Live 13 Gameplay Video - Miami Heat vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

11:48 AM - August 21, 2012 by 22cedric

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Here it is, our first glimpse of NBA Live 13 in action.

Thoughts?

UPDATE: EA has taken down the video. Look through the comments section and you might be able to see a few pop up there, until they are removed as well.

UPDATE #2: Kotaku has it online.

UPDATE #3: EA Sports has responded... (via Owen Good, Kotaku)

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	EA Sports responds: "The video appears to be captured from a pre-alpha build months ago and is not an official EA SPORTS release. It does not represent a final build or feature set for NBA Live."

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# 341 sportjames23 @ 08/21/12 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 22cedric


	I think the footage that we are seeing is from a early build.

You are loyal to the end, bro.

# 342 23 @ 08/21/12 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by OGKing


	No one is trying to make excuses at all. If the EA devs is telling me that this is an old build, i'm going to believe them rather than believing what 2 guys are telling what they saw at E3. Personally, i think this is ridiculous as well, and if it is a current build, then shame on EA. Let's wait until EA actually release some videos of their own, of the current build, before bashing them 100%. Because who knows, it could very well be a months old build. You don't know for sure.

They said that same thing l when I posted the Venice Beach elite videos and it was really the final build we were playing... ask Jano and jtdribbles...they were there with me to see it

EA is not beyond lying, and to be honest with you the guys who posted the E3 videos back in E3 confirmed what EVERYBODY who saw the game said

This is not some amateur job going on here... and this is not EAs first time trying to pull a fast one on people either

# 343 DaveDQ @ 08/21/12 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 23


	In perspective..looking at videos of Live 10, Elite, and NBA 09 What exactly has changed or improved in 2 years?

If it's an Alpha build, then maybe they have something there where it's a foundation and they are going to build on it, but I don't like to speculate like that.

The whole thing is just messy to me. You really have to wonder why they continuously flub this title. I felt that Live 10 had promise. From the time they announced Elite to now, EA Sports made a debacle of this title.

# 344 Fitnessboy @ 08/21/12 04:52 PM

OK maybe this is a Pr� alpha build but common 2 years in development.
With this crap EA do you really think we fans will like to buy such a game.

It's now there move to convince us with a new build video so we can see that we are wrong and you still got it, but I doubt they will do it.
Its not in there strategy i think.

Damn EA THink fast, because this footage was indeed crap except for the nice presentation with the logo and stuff for the rest DAMN.

# 345 23 @ 08/21/12 04:55 PM

Besides the gentlemen who actually saw the game

Can someone here prove that this a pre alpha build according to what they saw?

# 346 Jasong7777 @ 08/21/12 04:56 PM

I really hope this is a super early build, but something tells me it's not.

# 347 luda06 @ 08/21/12 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 23


	In perspective..looking at videos of Live 10, Elite, and NBA 09 What exactly has changed or improved in 2 years?

Actually playing Live 10 and looking at Elite and 13, little has changed, and none positive.

Graphically speaking, the series is virtually unchanged since Live 06. However, the art direction has regressed.

The character models have always appered to be more slim or athletic in contrast to other basketball simulations, but in Live 13 they look anemic. The same also applies to the horrid art design for the team uniforms.

That's just the tip of the iceberg.

Gameplay-wise, I enjoyed Live 10. Outside of big men such as Dwight and Gasol being capable of agile moves (euro-step, "pro"-hop) the gameplay mechanics were sound. Plays could be ran, every team had unique sets, post moves were initiated naturally, and so-on. There were instances of canned animations and sliding, but it was tolerable.

With Live 13, I see a game that appears to be built on an older build of the series, I just don't see exactly which one. It would pain me to know this iteration was built from scratch. They obviously need another 3-4 years at this rate.

# 348 noshun @ 08/21/12 05:00 PM

The sad thing in all of this is that the Live devs only popped up after this video surfaced. Its Live 13 dev groundhog day. Its not like they were going show up on their own.. its all reactionary/ damage control for them now.

# 349 JimLeavy59 @ 08/21/12 05:02 PM

No way this thing is an alpha build.

# 350 Blue @ 08/21/12 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Jasong7777


	I really hope this is a super early build, but something tells me it's not.

Well put it together, the 2k team up guy said the menu was missing something( i dont remember exactly and that post is way back) and the Nets logo was greyed at e3. This video had those two things. What it didn't have was Ray Allen on the Heat who signed the first week of July. So that puts the build timeline somewhere between Jun 5 and July 15 assuming they could have done the build and not bring it to e3 or took awhile to update the roster(it could be wider than this since it took them a month to add the nets logo). Now it's likely the addition of the Nets logo would have included improvements in the gameplay. I may not know much about the process with builds but June was not that long ago...

# 351 23 @ 08/21/12 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by luda06


	Actually playing Live 10 and looking at Elite and 13, little has changed, and none positive. Graphically speaking, the series is virtually unchanged since Live 06. However, the art direction has regressed. The character models have always appered to be more slim or athletic in contrast to other basketball simulations, but in Live 13 they look anemic. The same also applies to the horrid art design for the team uniforms. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Gameplay-wise, I enjoyed Live 10. Outside of big men such as Dwight and Gasol being capable of agile moves (euro-step, "pro"-hop) the gameplay mechanics were sound. Plays could be ran, every team had unique sets, post moves were initiated naturally, and so-on. There were instances of canned animations and sliding, but it was tolerable. With Live 13, I see a game that appears to be built on an older build of the series, I just don't see exactly which one. It would pain me to know this iteration was built from scratch. They obviously need another 3-4 years at this rate.

I happen to agree and I remember all of the slider sets you did for Live 10.. we played that game a ton, and as I was asking, I hardly see any improvements from then as well... matter of fact some stuff looks worse.. that stiff sideways layup Lebron did in the video was from Live 10 also

# 352 CMH @ 08/21/12 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by 23


	They said that same thing l when I posted the Venice Beach elite videos and it was really the final build we were playing... ask Jano and jtdribbles...they were there with me to see it EA is not beyond lying, and to be honest with you the guys who posted the E3 videos back in E3 confirmed what EVERYBODY who saw the game said This is not some amateur job going on here... and this is not EAs first time trying to pull a fast one on people either

All we have from EA is that they are working hard on making the release date.

Even if this is from one month ago, EA knows the quality isn't up to par, hence they haven't released any video.

We all agree the quality needs a bump. I'm sure EA knows this.

EA never said this is two years old. They said it was a pre alpha build.

I'm going to treat it as such until I see a more recent build. And if that build looks just as bad, trust me, I'll be right there talking about EA blowing it.

But, this? I'm not going to even bother making a comment about the quality of the gameplay when it's clear to me it's still a work in progress. Leaked footage is leaked footage for a reason.

# 353 OGKing @ 08/21/12 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 23


	They said that same thing l when I posted the Venice Beach elite videos and it was really the final build we were playing... ask Jano and jtdribbles...they were there with me to see it EA is not beyond lying, and to be honest with you the guys who posted the E3 videos back in E3 confirmed what EVERYBODY who saw the game said This is not some amateur job going on here... and this is not EAs first time trying to pull a fast one on people either

Regardless. If it's an early build, or not. It's simply wrong how EA takes extra time to make this game, and it's looks like this.

Even if it's an early build, it's still a shame, considering when you take an extra year off to improve your game, an early build should look way better than this.

Not that it concerns me though, i wasn't planning on buying live regardless. I'm just highly curious in seeing how it would turn out this year.

# 354 23 @ 08/21/12 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by CMH


	All we have from EA is that they are working hard on making the release date. Even if this is from one month ago, EA knows the quality isn't up to par, hence they haven't released any video. We all agree the quality needs a bump. I'm sure EA knows this. EA never said this is two years old. They said it was an alpha build. I'm going to treat it as such until I see a more recent build. And if that build looks just as bad, trust me, I'll be right there talking about EA blowing it. But, this? I'm not going to even bother making a comment about the quality of the gameplay when it's clear to me it's still a work in progress. Leaked footage is leaked footage for a reason.

Peter Moore said they had a working copy of the game back when Elite got cancelled... they have had a long time to get this game together

All they said was this game is a 3 year project and nothing else until Owen Good lit a fire under their behinds writing the articles on their silence on Kotaku

If EA knew they needed a bump they would've done it long ago. I lean more on the side of bad decisions being made by people in charge... You dont put a hockey guy over your game in place of Mike freaking Wang and talk about quality

The only reason the footage is even worse is because EA has seemingly been hiding information completely and people have been questioning if its even going to be released, only to see a video that seems recent that they pulled down because it looks bad

# 355 Blue @ 08/21/12 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by OGKing


	Regardless. If it's an early build, or not. It's simply wrong how EA takes extra time to make this game, and it's looks like this. Even if it's an early build, it's still a shame, considering when you take an extra year off to improve your game, an early build should look way better than this. Not that it concerns me though, i wasn't planning on buying live regardless. I'm just highly curious in seeing how it would turn out this year.

Did they ever even confirm they have spent two years on this game? I could have sworn I read they'd only been working on it for 11 months...

# 356 23 @ 08/21/12 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by OGKing


	Regardless. If it's an early build, or not. It's simply wrong how EA takes extra time to make this game, and it's looks like this. Even if it's an early build, it's still a shame, considering when you take an extra year off to improve your game, an early build should look way better than this. Not that it concerns me though, i wasn't planning on buying live regardless. I'm just highly curious in seeing how it would turn out this year.

I would wager to say many people would get the game if it turns out well..."but after all of this time" is the mantra you're going to hear simply because they destroyed a great base of a game only to come meandering like this years later with nothing to show for it

"After 2 years" is something that you will hear alot because its unheard of that a sports game gets that much time to make a game...especially when the competition is setting all kinds of standards and bars in less time

# 357 CMH @ 08/21/12 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBlueDude


	Did they ever even confirm they have spent two years on this game? I could have sworn I read they'd only been working on it for 11 months...

Exactly what I've heard and honestly, before I trash what I've seen, I'd trash EA for only working on the project for 11 months. That's inexcusable.

I'm not sure where Moore said they had a working copy of Live 13 since Elite was canceled. I don't even know what that means. A working copy could mean one guy shooting a basketball.

# 358 bigeastbumrush @ 08/21/12 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 23


	I think NBA 09 has better presentation, FAR more superior to this Watch the demo and see how they integrated TNT

I'm not even trying to be funny...but this looked a whole lot better than that Live 13 video I saw today. Players had weight to them and animated better.

# 359 authentic @ 08/21/12 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by bigeastbumrush


	I'm not even trying to be funny...but this looked a whole lot better than that Live 13 video I saw today. Players had weight to them and animated better.

How anyone cannot agree with this....

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# 360 Culture Rot @ 08/21/12 05:16 PM

We are about to enter damage control mode. EA is getting all videos taken down from websites like youtbue, pastapadre, etc. Hope someone saved the video while they could

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