NBA Live 16 News Post

NBA Live 16 Features Improved Lighting and Visuals - New Screenshots

01:20 PM - July 2, 2015 by Steve_OS

The NBA Live 16 team posted a new blog today detailing the improved lighting and visuals in the game. As seen in the screenshots, the improvements are very noticeable. Not only are player faces scanned, they have also scanned jerseys, shoes, socks, environments and much more.

While it's great to see more player faces in the game, the team has also added many facial expressions. Whether the player is happy, upset, excited or maybe showing off the occasional mean mug, it will be on display without the zombie look in their eyes.

The lighting system has been completely overhauled, thanks to color corrections made across the board on nearly every asset in the game. They have also improved the jersey colors, skin tones and sweat effects. More details on the improved lighting and visuals are scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks.

SOURCE - EA Sports

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# 21 WTF @ 07/02/15 09:56 PM

Check out @EASPORTSNBA's Tweet: https://twitter.com/EASPORTSNBA/stat...662646272?s=09

Another look at Kobe

# 22 Walt Frazier @ 07/02/15 10:35 PM

Looks great....love the way it pops. Looks like the real NBA.

I am just praying they have fixed the atrociously bad end game AI.

Once I see that is fixed, I will be buying the game.

# 23 Jrocc23 @ 07/03/15 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Live2K


	What's with all this Kobe love.. Can't believe people are still all about him and his game. Nobody wants to play with you Kobe

He's a legend and still one of the most popular players in the league despite being hurt these last few years.

Also has more 5 more rings than the entire Suns organization[emoji23]

# 24 BiggD @ 07/03/15 03:06 AM

Love the look of these,

On a side note: those clippers uniforms are um, yeah......

# 25 CaliDude916 @ 07/03/15 03:57 AM

These screens look absolutely beautiful!

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# 26 grodbetatted @ 07/03/15 12:08 PM

In my opinion the ball color is correct.. It's an orange-ish color.. On the other company they have it brown and brown isn't the right color

# 27 TalenT @ 07/03/15 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jrocc23


	He's a legend and still one of the most popular players in the league despite being hurt these last few years. Also has more 5 more rings than the entire Suns organization[emoji23]

Lol ETHERED!

Screens look great though. Something just doesn't look right w/ the jerseys to me though. I don't know what it is.

# 28 JBulls @ 07/03/15 01:13 PM

Are the Lakers using the old wordmark on their jerseys for the 2015-16 season or did they just scan the old jerseys by mistake?

# 29 DIRK41NOWITZKI @ 07/03/15 02:52 PM

Found a new one of Westbrook

# 30 iLLWiLL @ 07/03/15 05:23 PM

THESE are next-gen graphics. We'll have to wait for the finished product -- and for 2K to release their updated graphics -- but right now this game is looking like the most impressive sports title visually ...

# 31 The 24th Letter @ 07/03/15 07:52 PM

Forget what 2k does, I want to see how THIS game looks in motion first before declaring it the best looking sports game...

# 32 strawberryshortcake @ 07/04/15 06:32 AM

Don't we already know how the game is going to be in motion from the small taste we got with IGN's gameplay demo live at E3? Animations already been motion captured right? Nothing is going to change drastically from now until release date, correct?

I like the way Live 16 looks in the second video below better and it's peaking my interest, but there are still some quirks that I don't like, one of which is very characteristic of EA's player models, the hunchback. And some of two handed passing motion looks strange. Secondly, near the end when Curry was dribbling around the three point line back and forth, it looked quite rough (@3:11 - 3:20 mark second video)

Looking forward to the demo.

EDIT: Some may say you can't say much based on the videos because the gamer didn't know what he/she was doing, however, each team is composed of 5 players on the court. There are a total of 10 players on the court. Just watch the movements of the other 9 players on the court.

Here's another Live 16 gameplay video:

# 33 mlp111 @ 07/04/15 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by CLEgend


	The jerseys do look to have that "painted on player model" visual to them. But you know what I'll take that over the elastic water waved 2K jerseys any day!

lol... the wave effect, but nothing come close to 2k skintone textures.... but 2k tatts are another story lol

# 34 hesko @ 07/04/15 11:45 AM

wow that young kobe on mid career kobe is a miss 2k. the jerseys look nice in live 16. 2k need to take notes on how it looks visually. i think they make their jerseys too baggy. plus the live 16 pic has a lil more "life" to it.

# 35 strawberryshortcake @ 07/04/15 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by mlp111


	lol... the wave effect, but nothing come close to 2k skintone textures.... but 2k tatts are another story lol

The wave effect is real. It happens and it would be nice if Live could incorporate it during high adrenaline sequences.

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Originally Posted by hesko


	wow that young kobe on mid career kobe is a miss 2k. the jerseys look nice in live 16. 2k need to take notes on how it looks visually. i think they make their jerseys too baggy. plus the live 16 pic has a lil more "life" to it.

# 36 2_headedmonster @ 07/04/15 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by strawberryshortcake


	The wave effect is real. It happens and it would be nice if Live could incorporate it during high adrenaline sequences.

jersey is fine, but young Kobe looks like he had a hard life on 2k.

on topic: I like live's graphics, but they always seem to decrease when you zoom out.

# 37 Earl1963 @ 07/04/15 03:15 PM

Are the free throws still ridiculously easy?

# 38 Vic Viper @ 07/04/15 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by strawberryshortcake


	The wave effect is real. It happens and it would be nice if Live could incorporate it during high adrenaline sequences.

Most players wear their jersey tight or normal fit. Kobe is one of the FEW players who wear it loose or baggy. It's not that big of an issue and I rather the development team worry about this next year. They need to focus on gameplay and I haven't heard anything since E3.

# 39 Vic Viper @ 07/04/15 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Earl1963


	Are the free throws still ridiculously easy?

No, they say they tweaked Free Throws and shooting.

# 40 nick_sr @ 07/04/15 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Earl1963


	Are the free throws still ridiculously easy?

Didn't u see in the video they added some of meter when shooting free throws?

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