NBA Live 09 Gameplay Video

The animations still don’t seem that fluid, a lot of jurkyness

It’s nice to see Oklahoma City in the game, even if the jerseys or arena isn’t correct. Gameplay vids on Youtube are always hit and miss. Sometimes they are great, other times not so much.

Much improved over Live 2008. The AI is much improved. Took me a second to realize that Oklahoma was the CPU. Thought it was user vs. user for a minute.

i’m so hype rite now i cant wait for this game 2k9 should be sweet too though cant wait 4 either of tha games 2 come out

looks good

my only problem from what i saw is 3 seconds in

the player look too cartoon-y

Is there any word on whether or not a patch with OKC’s jersey’s, arena, and logo is going to be available??

Dunks definately look better. Gameplay still isn’t fluid enough though it’s making strides. Still saw players going through other players. Passing is still off. Dribbling is still herky jerky. They still don’t have fluid net physics. Some players look way to muscular. Overall it looks like a small improvement over 08. I might rent it.

[quote comment="33471"]Is there any word on whether or not a patch with OKC’s jersey’s, arena, and logo is going to be available??[/quote]

I don’t think it’s going to happen, I don’t know for certain though.

the fact that the bradley center is no even close to accurate is enuf to buy 2k for me…cmon ea..step up

alot of animation pausing for the low post moves, and the dunks by the big men looked like a delay thingy going on to, PG(calderon) was dribbling and about to go thru his legs, the animation stops and he fires a bullet pass to his teammate, all in one motion? the drive move by westbrook looked like he went thru the defender animation clipping again. Overall it has the look, and the sounds in LIVE have always been top notch, I just don’t see the game a.i acting right, and some of the animations dont show a fluid and animate as a 2k bball game. If I can’t stand watching the moves, I cant play the game. The moves don’t look right, which 2k has had problems with in the past. I’m sure my live fanboy friends will run to pick it up, but for 4 years now, 2k.

looks good

Oklahoma City plays it’s opening preseason game in Billings, MT, my hometown, I’m anxiously awaiting their jersey announcement, can’t wait to get a first look.

It’s amazing how long it takes, doesn’t surprise me now that Memphis kept the Grizzlies moniker then.

lol you can call me a 2k fanboy for saying this but watching this has got me hyped for 2k9…. cant wait to start my fantasy franchise and draft bosh!

Hey Pasta, did you hear from Julian about Team Play substitutions?

gameplay still looks choppy,but i like the improvements they made.

kind of looks like 2k lol…

I am not impressed at all, at 1:04 the OC player just walked thru his defender, many moves, coming after another, do not have any connection, the animation feels like artifical, not digitalized. Player models are still like 14 years old high schools players with pulmonary disease, O’Neil or Bosh looks like the 12 years old Garnett from the far sideline view.

Cheering girls are great, living with the game, I liked the camera angles on playbacks.

OFF: EA and Take2 are having meetings again about selling Take2. Hope it wont happen, coz then the entire 2ksports lineup will be cancelled, as EA assured it.

User using toronto is a chucker. couldn’t make a three to save his life. he should been going down low all game.

Players going thru each other still occurs in 2k hoops game…I think Live looks great thus far. The gameplay looks fluid enough to me…Not sure why there are complaints…Hopefully the game will be tight

Afro, I played hundreds of 2k7 and 2k8 ballgames, and never noticed, that a player is just running thru another one. I agree, 2k has got its own downsides, but this got to be a Live disease.
Probably this is the new HYPER FEATURE, if You press LB with the DOWN arrow, your player get invisible, and just simply runs thru the defender for an easy dunk…
But seriously, complaints are good, another thing is, how the developers are listening to these critics. LIVE community is praying since next gen to make the player models more realistic, more mascular, more like an athlete, who is excercising all day, weight-lifting, body-building, more like a MAN, not a child. The player models in Live09 are like in Live06.

Im a post it later but who else agrees that the first next gen Live had the best graphics. Just look at the review video on gametrailers

LOL. And 2K players with broad shoulders like wrestlers? Or how about the “fluidity of 2K basketball games” Feels like you are playing a game underwater. I agree with Reignman that we must point out flaws, but I’m sure the “going through defender” issue won’t be in the final release. People who play those demos are playing a build from 4-6 weeks prior. I’m waiting for 2K to release their “secret” online feature, because it doesn’t sound like they are doing anything with regards to game play from what I’ve been reading/hearing (and fan boys, don’t say its because the game play is perfect, because its far from it…they are hoping Live flops again, and won’t go back to the drawing board until Live closes the gap..maybe this year).

Some things that I liked after viewing this video about a dozen times (yes I have free time)

* The pass that Calderon made as he was going out of bounds
* The A.I’s offense, it took me a minute to realize that this was a user vs. CPU game. The CPU did a pretty good job running the offense and the break.

* Cheerleader, mascot interactions. They are in the game, but don’t distract from the game play.

* Rebounding mechanics, so much more improved

* Quick strike ball handling + ankle breakers is improved. Would eventually like to see a later build with a PG that handles the ball a lot in their offense (Nash, Paul) and see how the CPU utilizes them.

Things I didn’t like:

* Post moves seem a little too dominant, but then again it was J.O. against the Oklahoma (Nick Collison) so maybe I should reserve this judgment.

* Layups from the baseline in a lot of these vids are way too high. This needs to be toned down.

* Blocking physics. If you swat the ball it should go further away, not fall to the floor within a foot and barely even bounce. The ball should go in different directions (up, down, to the side, out of bounds, in the stands)

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Side note. Is it just me, or does NBA 09 seem to have a better TV style presentation? I was looking at those videos. Game play sucks, but I like their TV style presentation over Live and 2k.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/8912.html
what are your thoughts

I think the graphics have improved since 2006. I think in the current gen we aren’t seeing that “wow” factor any more when we see screen shots when it comes to NBA Live as we did in previous generation games. In previous generations, the graphics seemed to improve substantially year after year. I think in the current gen, Live has made improvements and added granularity, but there is only so much they can do.

from this vid the only thing I take question with is chest passes look like they have the same speed as the more lobbed passes. Did you notice this when you played the game, padre?