NBA Live 10 Impressions From Da_Czar

[Blickey]

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Been a long time member although I haven't posted much in the last few years. I took a break from sports gaming for a bit but now I am back. It has been a few years since I bought a pro hoops game and was going with 2K at that time. Actually, my roots are from an old Bird vs Dr. J game and Lakers vs Celtics. Anyway, I finally am feeling some really good vibes from NBA Live this year and decided to take the plunge again.

Just wanted to say thanks for the impressions and am looking forward to seeing more in the coming weeks.

[dat swag]

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Czar,

Thanks for your coverage...A couple of questions on the game:

1. Baseline Exploitation - Is this an area that has been addressed?...in previous versions it was far too easy to go baseline and score at will.

2. Transition Defense - Do forwards and Centers get back on D as they should?...Last year it killed me to see Yao Ming outrunning Amare or other smaller post players in the transition game.

3. Manual Rebounding/Boxiing out - Talk to me about it...Does it work and did you feel like you could have a manual impact on going for bounds?

4. Zone Defenses - Your thoughts on how they were implemented in the game...effective and more importantly over-effective???

5. Mid Range game - I always thought most cyber hoop games were too many dunks and too many 3's...How does the mid range game feel in LIVE

Thats all dogg and looking forward to Czarisodes

[MarvellousOne]

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Yo Czar I got a question for you here my dude, not sure if it was answered already but there is so many pages to this thread so I thought I'd ask. How does the A.I. respond to clutch time situations? I never really played live 09 to long to see how it was in the clutch but from experiences with 2K where the A.I. just doesn't seem to have a sense of urgency in the clutch, I was wondering if Live 10's A.I. has that clutch time logic to try and get quick baskets when trailing in a close game. Appreciate it in advance man.

[idrisguitar]

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Hey Czar, i just wanted to say that i think you are the greatest guy i have ever seen on any internet forum . you seem to have the exact tastes in sim gaming as me, and i am VERY confident i will love live 10 becuase of this article and your comments.

have a quick question; will you be releasing a czarisode on wednesday?

basically i will be leaving thursday morning for a week and wont get intenernet access for 10 days. although no problem if your busy and all and cant answer it

anyway it should be a great year for bball games, i know 2k10 will be great, and if live plays as good as it looks then ill have a massie smile on my face for months.

oh and congrats on the baby

~
Idris

[FlyRice]

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Yo Czar I got a question for you here my dude, not sure if it was answered already but there is so many pages to this thread so I thought I'd ask. How does the A.I. respond to clutch time situations? I never really played live 09 to long to see how it was in the clutch but from experiences with 2K where the A.I. just doesn't seem to have a sense of urgency in the clutch, I was wondering if Live 10's A.I. has that clutch time logic to try and get quick baskets when trailing in a close game. Appreciate it in advance man.

It'd be nuts if the game used DNA to determine how players and teams played in the clutch, for example being down a certain amount of points with under 2 minutes remaining. I'm pretty sure stats like that are tracked. Also, it'd be really cool if the AI was up by three with four seconds left, they would foul and not allow your team at a chance to tie. Whether they foul or not should be determined by DNA.

[MarvellousOne]

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It'd be nuts if the game used DNA to determine how players and teams played in the clutch, for example being down a certain amount of points with under 2 minutes remaining. I'm pretty sure stats like that are tracked. Also, it'd be really cool if the AI was up by three with four seconds left, they would foul and not allow your team at a chance to tie. Whether they foul or not should be determined by DNA.

Oh yeah most def, I would love for the game to present this much logic to determine what it needs to do in certain situations in the final minutes of a game, that would be crazy and add a large amount of realism to the game.

[goh]

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goh i didn't really look at any of that stuff at all man. I don't recall seeing it in the menus but like i said i was just playing games for the most part. i also didn't notice or take note of any unlockables.

I'm getting concerned for the dunk contest now. I asked in the ask the dev topic and they didn't answer.

During the main games was there anyway to choose a flashy dunk,basic dunk etc.? I know they've been reduced,just wondering about the control or even if it's like lay ups and you can choose right,left or 2 hands?

[inkpimp007]

Question I forgot to ask and I hope it's not a repeat.

1) Did you feel challenging shots on D affect offensive success more realistically in Live 10, unlike 09?

2) Did they fix the substitutions during free throws? In 09 you couldn't properly sub players in between free throws (please tell me this is fixed).

Thanks.

[Da_Czar]

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Thanks for the read Czar. I had two question. I heard that the PS3 demo of live will be coming out a week later from the 360? Also had did the Cavs look in the game?

As far as I know your correct about ps3 coming out a week later but i have no official inside info on that. Just what i have heard steph say here.

Cavs looked great. Playing with Lebron is a definite advantage and very very fun. They will be a difficult team to defend against. i used a bunch of their different Jerseys and they all looked great. Also loved the arena in cleveland. Never been to a game there but looked just as good as on tv in game to me.

[Da_Czar]

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When can we expect a czarisode cuz unfortunately i have a ps3 so im hoping to see as much gameplay videos for the week i have to wait for the demo

Hopefully by wednesday !!! If not i may not be invited back ...LOL

[Da_Czar]

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When will you be able to put up the video Da_Czar?
Or atleast give me a glimpse of Lebron James by taking a Sreenshot of the video?

cool i have not been authorized to take screen shots. As you can tell by the lack of screenshots anywhere on the internet (all game sites previews using same pictures) they are keeping a close lock on those.

As soon as they release me to though i would have no problem putting up a few shots of the King.

[bigeastbumrush]

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2) Did they fix the substitutions during free throws? In 09 you couldn't properly sub players in between free throws (please tell me this is fixed).

^^This is a great question!

[Da_Czar]

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Hey Czar,

You mentioned that one of the things that bothered you was that Yao Ming sometimes jumped too high. I felt that aspect was really inaccurate in the 2k series where Ming and others with low vertical ratings would elevate what would appear to be 3 feet off the ground. In general is there a visual distinction between good and poor leapers in Live 2010? Is it evident when rebounding, shot blocking, layups?

Thanks

love that screenname man....Hey actually Yao is the only player that stuck out to me. It was weird becuase i don't recall that happening with anyone else. seemed really out of place to my eyes so i am assuming it was only him.

It is does exhist with other players I just didn't notice it. But in my mind it was not an issue with anyone other than Yao. Further gameplay will let us know for certain.

The second part about visual distinction I will have to look for when i get the game to be certain.

[Da_Czar]

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Im converting. I had 2k last year. It was a great game, but it got boring really quick. Ea sounds like they are bring something new to every possession, something that 2k sucks at tremendously.

LOL to be fair though its a new year and 2k may very well improve ! I'm expecting the best 2k game of this generation this year. the question is will that be enough to hold off a heck of a game from the live squad ????

I look forward to finding out.

[Da_Czar]

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Been a long time member although I haven't posted much in the last few years. I took a break from sports gaming for a bit but now I am back. It has been a few years since I bought a pro hoops game and was going with 2K at that time. Actually, my roots are from an old Bird vs Dr. J game and Lakers vs Celtics. Anyway, I finally am feeling some really good vibes from NBA Live this year and decided to take the plunge again.

Just wanted to say thanks for the impressions and am looking forward to seeing more in the coming weeks.

Oh yea baby bird vs Dr J !!! Thats what I'm talking about man. Hey after a brief hiatus I can't see how you wouldn't love this game !!!

welcome back to the SIM Nation LOLOL !