NBA Live 09: NBA Rewind

by pastapadre
Posted October 5th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

While I work on finishing up my full impressions of NBA Live 09 (should be up early Monday) I thought I could provide a look at the NBA Rewind feature. Coming out of the community event I believed that NBA Rewind would have wide appeal especially as the season progresses. Thanks to Live 365 every game is added the very next day which will allow people to replay match-ups that may have intrigued them or that turned out to be memorable. They may simply choose to follow along with their favorite team’s season via Rewind. There are many reasons why this could offer an interesting and unique way to play. In addition to each game this coming season that will be downloaded daily EA also included games from last season on the disc.

A couple notes on how this works. The DNA, rosters, and depth chart of the teams for that specific game are used. The starting lineups will match the starting lineups from the game and if a player was injured at the time they will not be available to use in the game. What it won’t do is attempt to replicate what happened in real life. It isn’t as though a player that fouled out will foul out because of that in the Rewind game.

For players no longer in the NBA, such as Josh Childress in the example I am about to display, they have a generic look but play with the DNA and ratings they had at the time of the game. For Rewinds of playoff games they are treated as though they are exhibition games without the presentation and atmosphere that would be found in a dynasty playoff game. Rewinding to a Sonics game from last season will not produce the Sonics instead they remain as the Thunder.

To try out NBA Rewind I took Game 7 of the Hawks and Celtics from the first round of the playoffs. Continue on to watch a video of the first quarter of that game.

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Jonathon

[quote comment="40559"]Pasta I’ve been playing Live for the 360 since Saturday, and have noticed that the achievements aren’t available as of yet. Do the achievements go live when the game hits the street date or is there an issue there that needs to be addressed?[/quote]

what difficulty level are you playing on? how long are your quarter lengths? are you playing solo vs. the CPU or against another player? there seem to be a lot more specific situations this year in order to attain the achievements…what achievement wasn’t registering for you?
r00tabaga

Pasta, how do I control another player on pass-ins? I can pass to other players w/the icons but they get either pick’d off or missed. I don’t always want to pass to my PG especially w/the trap on…………any help??? I wanna control my SG or SF.
r00tabaga

Pasta, how do I control another player on pass-ins? I can pass to other players w/the icons but they get either pick’d off or missed. I don’t always want to pass to my PG especially w/the trap on…………any help??? I wanna control my SG or SF.
r00tabaga

Pasta, how do I control another player on pass-ins? I can pass to other players w/the icons but they get either pick’d off or missed. I don’t always want to pass to my PG especially w/the trap on…………any help??? I wanna control my SG or SF.
dynastyliv3s

[quote comment="40566"][quote comment="40559"]Pasta I’ve been playing Live for the 360 since Saturday, and have noticed that the achievements aren’t available as of yet. Do the achievements go live when the game hits the street date or is there an issue there that needs to be addressed?[/quote]

what difficulty level are you playing on? how long are your quarter lengths? are you playing solo vs. the CPU or against another player? there seem to be a lot more specific situations this year in order to attain the achievements…what achievement wasn’t registering for you?[/quote]

I’ve been playing on Superstar level…5 min quarters…vs. CPU. I played the Knicks vs Bobcats and beat them. This should have unlocked the David and Goliath achievement (Defeat any team rated 10 points or higher in a solo match on Superstar difficulty vs. the CPU). When the game ended no achievement. I also played Be A Pro mode with Chris Paul and finished with an overall pro rating of 85 which should have unlocked BAP MVP(Win a Be a Pro game, receiving an 80 or higher Be a Pro rating with your player solo vs. the CPU).

I haven’t tried to unlock Academy achievements yet.
dynastyliv3s

[quote comment="40566"][quote comment="40559"]Pasta I’ve been playing Live for the 360 since Saturday, and have noticed that the achievements aren’t available as of yet. Do the achievements go live when the game hits the street date or is there an issue there that needs to be addressed?[/quote]

what difficulty level are you playing on? how long are your quarter lengths? are you playing solo vs. the CPU or against another player? there seem to be a lot more specific situations this year in order to attain the achievements…what achievement wasn’t registering for you?[/quote]

I’ve been playing on Superstar level…5 min quarters…vs. CPU. I played the Knicks vs Bobcats and beat them. This should have unlocked the David and Goliath achievement (Defeat any team rated 10 points or higher in a solo match on Superstar difficulty vs. the CPU). When the game ended no achievement. I also played Be A Pro mode with Chris Paul and finished with an overall pro rating of 85 which should have unlocked BAP MVP(Win a Be a Pro game, receiving an 80 or higher Be a Pro rating with your player solo vs. the CPU).

I haven’t tried to unlock Academy achievements yet.
dynastyliv3s

[quote comment="40566"][quote comment="40559"]Pasta I’ve been playing Live for the 360 since Saturday, and have noticed that the achievements aren’t available as of yet. Do the achievements go live when the game hits the street date or is there an issue there that needs to be addressed?[/quote]

what difficulty level are you playing on? how long are your quarter lengths? are you playing solo vs. the CPU or against another player? there seem to be a lot more specific situations this year in order to attain the achievements…what achievement wasn’t registering for you?[/quote]

I’ve been playing on Superstar level…5 min quarters…vs. CPU. I played the Knicks vs Bobcats and beat them. This should have unlocked the David and Goliath achievement (Defeat any team rated 10 points or higher in a solo match on Superstar difficulty vs. the CPU). When the game ended no achievement. I also played Be A Pro mode with Chris Paul and finished with an overall pro rating of 85 which should have unlocked BAP MVP(Win a Be a Pro game, receiving an 80 or higher Be a Pro rating with your player solo vs. the CPU).

I haven’t tried to unlock Academy achievements yet.
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@ chad i’m NOT gonna come @ U 4 ur opinion (I DON’T agree wit it but wuteva)

365 4 me @ least isn’t a BIG deal i’ve bin rewindin games since dey 1st implemented da ability 2 jump in @ N e quarter in da game

I would watch KOBE put up 56, 62, 81 & jump in 2nd half or 4th quarter & make him drop dat in da game
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@ chad i’m NOT gonna come @ U 4 ur opinion (I DON’T agree wit it but wuteva)

365 4 me @ least isn’t a BIG deal i’ve bin rewindin games since dey 1st implemented da ability 2 jump in @ N e quarter in da game

I would watch KOBE put up 56, 62, 81 & jump in 2nd half or 4th quarter & make him drop dat in da game
http://pastapadre.com sdot

@ chad i’m NOT gonna come @ U 4 ur opinion (I DON’T agree wit it but wuteva)

365 4 me @ least isn’t a BIG deal i’ve bin rewindin games since dey 1st implemented da ability 2 jump in @ N e quarter in da game

I would watch KOBE put up 56, 62, 81 & jump in 2nd half or 4th quarter & make him drop dat in da game
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r00tabaga- Actually that is something I noticed too and haven’t figured out if there is a way to change from controlling the PG.
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r00tabaga- Actually that is something I noticed too and haven’t figured out if there is a way to change from controlling the PG.
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r00tabaga- Actually that is something I noticed too and haven’t figured out if there is a way to change from controlling the PG.
r00tabaga

that might be an issue although my friend was only able to generate a few TO’s w/the fullcourt trap………………

-so much for my prediction on the Hawks game. My Bills got pounded worse though! Btw, I watched Kenny Mayne on ESPN recently when he was the honarary 12th man at Seattle’s last home game and finally get where your gravatar comes from……haha-
r00tabaga

that might be an issue although my friend was only able to generate a few TO’s w/the fullcourt trap………………

-so much for my prediction on the Hawks game. My Bills got pounded worse though! Btw, I watched Kenny Mayne on ESPN recently when he was the honarary 12th man at Seattle’s last home game and finally get where your gravatar comes from……haha-
r00tabaga

that might be an issue although my friend was only able to generate a few TO’s w/the fullcourt trap………………

-so much for my prediction on the Hawks game. My Bills got pounded worse though! Btw, I watched Kenny Mayne on ESPN recently when he was the honarary 12th man at Seattle’s last home game and finally get where your gravatar comes from……haha-
Geoff

idk know if its just me but the rewind isn’t working for me like the hawks celtics game isn’t showing up
Geoff

idk know if its just me but the rewind isn’t working for me like the hawks celtics game isn’t showing up
Geoff

idk know if its just me but the rewind isn’t working for me like the hawks celtics game isn’t showing up