NBA Live 16 Demo Available For Xbox One and PS4, Post Your Impressions

[zrohman]

Re: NBA Live 16 Demo Available For Xbox One and PS4, Post Your Impressions

Yep. I spent 2 years going back and forth between Live and 2k. I liked Live's movement (as far as feeling "free") and loved their dribbling system and some other things.

But two years later, and Live still looks 4 years behind.

After a full year all they did was make gameplay slightly better/balanced, and add pro am.

Dynasty mode untouched, late game a.i still present, and you can score in the paint at will via forced animations.

Again. I expected this from Live 14. And was ready to support it all the way. Surely they could make a great game after 2 years right? No.

They really damaged their brand. They should have not released Live 14, or 15 and spent that entire time on Live 16. Maybe if they weren't busy patching up all of the issues they created, they could have made a decent game. It takes time but not 3 years.

3 years and half of the bugs are STILL present. We aren't even asking for greatness. No late game ai problems, no driving the paint at will, and at least don't have Andrew Wiggins scoring over 30 PPG in Dynasty.

The worst part is they have apologized for how terrible their game was 2 straight years. Yet they didn't even drop the price a dime. And now they are releasing at $60 again expecting to win people over from 2k.

We love Live. I bought the last two years hoping for changes. But if we love them enough, sometimes we just have to let them go. Maybe they will learn....

[G5XL]

the install for the game has nothing to do with psn. thats EA and the way they have their files set up, in the download

Can't be EA. I downloaded the demo on Xbox One last night in 1 1/2 hours. Truth is I don't know
who it is, but I can't be paying for 100mb/s and have this type of stuff happening.

[Rockie_Fresh88]

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I thought it was well known but this has been happening with psn since last gen. I have both consoles last gen and Xbox always downloaded much faster and the games itself lagged a lot less online .and this is still true ...

[Scofield]

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10 char..........

[MrBallaBoy21]

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Loving the demo so far. The gameplay is more fluid than 15 and players aren't as stiff. I still have some user rebounding and pick and roll defense gripes but so far so good imo.

Also, how do you do floaters in this game? I've seen dudes in Live run do it every time they drive but I can't figure it out in practice mode.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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I've never had anything download this slow on PSN before. I've had it going since late this afternoon and it's only done 5 gigs. I don't know what's going on.

[Antonioshellz]

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Anyone know how to fix the camera in the shootaround mode? My camera is stuck below the player's feet.

[The 24th Letter]

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Late game A.I

https://vid.me/bzkN



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[WTF]

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Late game A.I

https://vid.me/bzkN



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Thanks. Will send it on right now.

[WTF]

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the install for the game has nothing to do with psn. thats EA and the way they have their files set up, in the download

Go to your PS Homepage, to the Notification page, click Downloads, and it will show you that it IS still downloading the main files from PSN. The only thing that downloads initially is the files to play the Thunder/Cavs game. The rest downloads in the background while you play.

I'm at 18.801 GB/24.364 GB right now, still saying 3 hours left to download. I'm also at 77% "installing" . What is 18.801 GB divided by 24.364 GB? That's right, it's 77%

The main files are still being downloaded, thats what the "installing" is referring to.

[mrprice33]

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I imagine it doesn't help that The Taken King came out today.

[ClevelandinDistress]

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Thanks. Will send it on right now.

So I guess this means they don't test the game and instead expect consumers to do it for them?

Game breaking moment right there. NBA Inside Drive 2005 had late game AI. No excuse for this game not to.

[bigeastbumrush]

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Can't get the game to install fully and there's no way I'm leaving this thing on to download overnight.

Impressions of the Cavs/OKC

Positives:
-Game is leaps and bounds better than Live 15 simply because of the off ball movement (more on this later) and actual plays.
-It actually seems like a legit option this year as far as being playable and fun.
-Can't speak on the sliders but they may help in some areas.
-LeBron denying me as Dion Waiters from guarding my man. He literally was like a brick wall and didn't let me move. Super cool.

Negatives:
-Control. Simply put...there is none. Control used to be one of Live's strengths. Not sure why this is so over the top animation driven. Sliders can't fix this. You're basically a slave to whatever animation is playing out.
-Post up drop step turnaround jumper. Maybe I don't know the button controls for this. But I pressed one button and the post player goes into this routine that I can't branch out of.
-Off ball movement. I think it's great. But when the play call breaks down and you're basically freelancing, it seems to trigger what I call "false movement" sort of like what happened in Live 15 when you pressed Auto Motion. Wing players normally curl to the outside for a jumper and bigs maybe flash to the lane when a play breaks down. In Live, any guy on the perimeter will start to curl to the wings. I've seen Enes Kanter and Steven Adams both curling to the wings and beyond the 3-point line like they were Reggie Miller. Not sure if this can be fixed because it seems to be something that is triggered.
-The play call wheel. I'm so glad they have actual plays this year and a lot of them. But this playcall wheel is poorly implemented IMO. Too hard to get the play you want.

Overall:
Huge step in the right direction. Play books, sliders, etc.

But there are some major things that is holding it back. I can't justify dropping $60 on this. Even for fun or a change of pace.

Having little control over players is my biggest gripe.

I think the slider guys can get a good game out of this because all things being said, it is fun.

But I'll wait for the price drop then consider it.

[DIRK41NOWITZKI]

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Wow I was in the middle of a game and had to stop and post what I just saw.

So I was trying to drive with Westbrook but Kyrie stopped me and I had no where to go. Immediately I see Ibaka set a screen for Durant. He then cuts towards the hoop and curls behind me. I hit the pass and and he hands it off to Durant for the easy layup. Everything was so smooth and it just caught me off guard. Hand off mechanic is a lovely addition.


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[Gotmadskillzson]

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I suggest you guys restart your PS4. I did that when mines got stuck at 90% installing. I restarted my PS4 and just left Live 16 closed. After that it quickly finished installing.