NBA Live 14 - The Science of BounceTek

[The_Wise_One]

Need to see more of this. Still looks behind 2k

[thedream2k13]

Need to see more of this. Still looks behind 2k

2K let's u wiggle the stick to easily get past defenders smh if the ball is independent of the players it should take timing to pull off dribble moves which is something 2k suffers

[ccoaxum]

Need to see more of this. Still looks behind 2k

based on what...lol...on what they just showed..how can you judge off a tek demo?

[juicey79]

I can't believe they showed us about 26 secs of NBA Live 10 dribble animation and then about 13 secs of a WIP dribble animation. I'm about to read the blog hopefully there is more detail in the blog than what was visually presented.

[Guapo516]

So nobody mentioned the Lebron siloette.

[bigeastbumrush]

Re: NBA Live 14 - The Science of BounceTek

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EA Sports has posted an NBA Live 14 blog detailing BounceTek, their dribbling mechanic. The videos show that they have eliminated some of the flaws seen in the dribbling animations that were seen in NBA Live 10. They are looking to squash all of the canned animations and bring you more responsiveness.


NBA Live 14 will only release for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles, later this year.

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Check out the blog and let us know what you think of BounceTek.

[Detroitfan4life1993]

I hope this game is good, I would love to have 2 good basketball games to choose from.

[TreyIM2]

Cool although I was hoping NOT to see a bunch of tech demos...

Anyway, the problem I have with the demos is the dude's hand dribbling the ball doesn't seem naturally connecting with and controlling the ball. Maybe it's just me. Seems like that old school Live paddle like effect dribbling.
There needs to be more carry in the dribble, as well, because most NBAers carry like a muuuggg but usually get a way with it.

[Taylor_0330]

Re: NBA Live 14 - The Science of BounceTek

I like how Live 14 showcases how the ball never gets stuck in the player's hand. The dribble seems and how he changes pace with each dribble seems fluid. Looking back on Live 10 that was terrible! Seems like the fundamentals are back baby!!!! Live 14 "EA It's in The Game!"

[youvalss]

Re: NBA Live 14 - The Science of BounceTek

Nice little info, not much. The video is meaningless for me. As long as it's not shown during actual gameplay, I don't consider it something to watch.

Maybe they should release a X-Ray version of Live 14 with the red and green lines. Release the tech, not the game.

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Maybe when they have an AI blog, they can let us download 500 pages with calculations.

[Rasco11]

Re: NBA Live 14 - The Science of BounceTek

Looks way better than Live '10 dribbling no doubt, but still hard to see complete translation to new physics. Definitely a positive building block though. For now, wait and see.

[Jano]

Re: NBA Live 14 - The Science of BounceTek

The video was ehhhh.. I mean I feel I already knew most of that. I would have much rather seen how it plays out in traffic or get a look at what happens when they lose the ball. That honestly looked like 2K13 in dribbling department I didn't see anything there that separated it from that game.

But I guess since they using Live 10 as their reference point then yes it DOES look better. But next time it will be great to see how this Bounce Tek changes the one on one and transition game. I hope they release some videos like that next.

[thedream2k13]

Re: NBA Live 14 - The Science of BounceTek

The video was ehhhh.. I mean I feel I already knew most of that. I would have much rather seen how it plays out in traffic or get a look at what happens when they lose the ball. That honestly looked like 2K13 in dribbling department I didn't see anything there that separated it from that game.

But I guess since they using Live 10 as their reference point then yes it DOES look better. But next time it will be great to see how this Bounce Tek changes the one on one and transition game. I hope they release some videos like that next.

I hope it's not like 2k13 where u can dribble while never losing control in traffic. I hope this dribble mechanic requires timing to perform the moves. No bball game has had that yet

[Jano]

Well that's what I'm thinking will be the case in the end thedream2k13. But it would have been nice to see more emphasis there, maybe I'm expecting too much right now...

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[Gramps91]

This certainly isn't bad news but dribbling is really only one aspect. I hope they focus on other areas of the game too. That being said, the dribbling does look very nice!