NBA Live 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

[bigeastbumrush]

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This game is the TRUTH!!

Man, I just had this give and go from Pietrus to VC for a throwdown!

I had a couple of WOW moments. One was Gasol just sending my shot back into next week with a sweet block.

Man, Czar was giving y'all the real deal. I got stripped so many times using Dwight Howard just trying to dribble in the lane instead of simply backing down.

I might get one more game in before I go to work but damn. When I get home, I'm working on Locomotion because I really don't understand it right now. The only thing that really concerns me at this point is getting used to the Momentum. Kobe got called out of bounds once when he was trying to receive a pass.

But as far as the demo goes....this is top shelf right here.

Wish I knew how to change the camera angle. But you get used to it.

I'm gonna have some fun with this. Geez.

Mike/Steph/anyone-
what is the figure that comes up on the left side of the screen during free-throws? Is that for subs and strategy?

[rockchisler]

Re: NBA Live 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

I think it will be hard for people to cheese on this game..

[4UP]

Re: NBA Live 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

Just wondering, how big is the download?

[DaoudS]

Re: NBA Live 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

As far as graphics... I know Live had had nice graphics, but my issue has been that similar to Fifa the visual style itself was cartoonish looking. It's one reason I felt that 2k looked closer to a TV broadcast because their players had more definition to them. Could anyone comment on that too?

that part of the graphics was a worry for me too but you can tell who is who on the court. They don't look cartoonish at all nor do they have chicken legs they had a couple of years ago. My only complaint is that the hoop looks a bit too big - maybe i am just used to the congestion of 2K. Man this demo is amazing. I have been in the hanger now for quite a while.

I think it will be hard for people to cheese on this game..

I sure hope so. I wish you could play defense in the hanger as well.

[bigeastbumrush]

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BTW, with the pace of the game, this is gonna have to be played in 12 minute quarters.

The CPU runs their offense.

The days of the user just pick & rolling his way to the hole are over.

There is collision. Mostly on layup attempts.

Adjusted shots are there.

[DaoudS]

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Just wondering, how big is the download?

720 mbs i believe.

[bigeastbumrush]

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I think it will be hard for people to cheese on this game..

Yep. You can't just shoulder your way too the hole. Or "freestyle" your way to the hole.

The man in front of you guards you. And the Help D is nasty.

The put a hell of a product together. Imagine when we get the retail.

[RayAP19]

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Ugh, everything seems like a chore in this game...

-Since you have to hold B to call for a screen (and if you let go of B, the screener rolls/pops), you can't use the right analog stick to make moves while the screen is in place

-Every time I try to pass to someone with icon passing, I switch to that player. I don't want to do all that, I just want to pass him the ball

-You can't body up on a defender like you could in Live 09... don't know why, it was a great animation and feature

-Like I feared, it's hard to pull up for a short stop-and-pop fadeaway jumper right outside the paint-- you end up shooting a layup instead

-Every time I tried to call for an iso, I ended up doing so and then immediately throwing an alley-oop

Not to mention the fact that I wasn't feeling the player likenesses at all-- don't look like themselves in the face IMO. The crowd is good, though... but I hated the music, ugh...

I had more fun in the hangar than in the actual 5-on-5 tbh.

Now go ahead. Flame me, make fun of me, all because I didn't enjoy the demo.

[bigboy75]

Not your cup of tea, so be it but to me......Gold Jerry! Pure gold!!!! (Sorry for the Seinfeld reference).

[RubenDouglas]

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few things that caught my eye..

the bad:
-vince carter went into this "big man" style shaq-esque dunk as he laid a facial on derek fisher.. a two handed monster power dunk.. the change in animation wasnt too clear. we can definetly expect these weird animation hiccups.. just thought id mention it.

-two out of maybe 20 cpu possessions so far have been where the CPU holds the ball for 20 seconds as theres no movement at all and they chuck up a 35 foot three.

-derek fisher syndrome? I leave him open for just an instance and he drives at will, never making a shot, half of them getting blocked.. everything here on ALL PRO btw (fisher 1-6. kobe 3-5. artest 0-4)

-on occassion, it feels like I can wreckless use TURBO+ RIGHT STICK movements to get in the paint with vince carter, almost on a cheesy level. too much sliding? not enough animations there? not sure right now.. good news and ill say it here, more often than not, you force a bad shot and a TO. you cant win with this method of play

the good:
-no joke. I had a player who wasnt looking at me as he was moving around a screen and cutting. I pass it and the ball misses him. You truly have to watch what your teammates are doing out there. they wont magically warp and move to get open.

-i bumped fisher as hes going up court. he was rather close to the out of bounds line and he infact does go out and throws the ball up in the air as hes going out.

-kobe forces me baseline and I do too much dribbling and just run the ball out of bounds as he anticipates my every move.. no animations here that kept me in bounds.. user error caught finally

-kobe's midrange game is tough to guard...

-howard tipped a rebound to himself and dunked it back home.. sickening lol

more impressions to come.

[DaoudS]

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this is my first live game since the late 90s and it will take a while for me to get used to the controls and camera view.

[bigeastbumrush]

Re: NBA Live 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

Ugh, everything seems like a chore in this game...

-Since you have to hold B to call for a screen (and if you let go of B, the screener rolls/pops), you can't use the right analog stick to make moves while the screen is in place

-Every time I try to pass to someone with icon passing, I switch to that player. I don't want to do all that, I just want to pass him the ball

-You can't body up on a defender like you could in Live 09... don't know why, it was a great animation and feature

-Like I feared, it's hard to pull up for a short stop-and-pop fadeaway jumper right outside the paint-- you end up shooting a layup instead

-Every time I tried to call for an iso, I ended up doing so and then immediately throwing an alley-oop

Not to mention the fact that I wasn't feeling the player likenesses at all-- don't look like themselves in the face IMO. The crowd is good, though... but I hated the music, ugh...

I had more fun in the hangar than in the actual 5-on-5 tbh.

Now go ahead. Flame me, make fun of me, all because I didn't enjoy the demo.

Shocking...

Anyway...had another game. Enjoyed it.

Figured out the icons during FTs...which are for subs and the like.

Man, I've been getting stripped left and right. Too much dribbling.

Anyways...I'm off to work. Can't wait to fire it back up tonight.

[cvandy25]

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Do you have to be an XBOX LIVE GOLD member to download the demo?

[RayAP19]

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Shocking...

Now was that really necessary? Of course it wasn't, but no one will care and they'll try to make me look like the bad guy just because I didn't like the demo.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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Damn I love the hanger. I'm starting to get ****ing busy with these moves.