NBA Live 09: NBA Rewind
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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.
October 5, 2008 at 9:26 pm
man how could you put that game up there! we were so close to the upset it still hurts me to think about how close we were if we could have won one game in boston. its alright the hawks will be back in 09!
October 5, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Thanks good write up.
October 5, 2008 at 10:03 pm
I am excited about Live. It looks to be a huge improvement over last season and appears to be much more “sim” style. I am interested in playing with as close to realistic stats as possible, what quarter length is needed to get there? How is fatigue? I know with 5 min quarters it isn’t really a big deal, but I hope with longer periods it will matter.
Chad
*for the 2k guys that will surely feel the need to come in and let me know I am a moron for buying Live two points. I like it better(there really shouldn’t need to be another) and after how 2k treated it’s baseball buyers this year I vowed to never buy another 2k product and I won’t.
October 5, 2008 at 10:15 pm
I really wanted the Hawks to win in Game 7 if somehow bibby could have come up huge in that game maybe we would have won.
October 5, 2008 at 10:24 pm
it was so easy to steal the ball from the inbounce in 07….not as easy in 08 but still somewhat easy…are they ever going to fix that? i couldnt help but take full advantage of stealing the ball like that…that would never happen in real life
October 5, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Great video, i see your starting to get the hang of the game pasta
October 5, 2008 at 10:59 pm
i just cant wait to edit players!
i have waited a year for this
my portland trail blazers.
cheers
October 5, 2008 at 11:51 pm
the game still looks weak 2 me, alot of warping, and the defense reacts 2 slow. one of these days live will get it.
October 6, 2008 at 12:52 am
I have seen enough of nba live 09 I want to see Ncaa Basketball 09! I think that game will be 10x better then LIVE. Sure LIVE looks good and i am buying it but Ncaa Basketball 09 they say the gameplay is smoother their running off the LIVE 09 engine so the rebounding will be WAY BETTER! and with Authentic Schedules finally Ncaa Basketball should win over alot of ppl.
I can’t wait to get a write up on it! Do you know when we will Pasta?
October 6, 2008 at 4:47 am
hey pasta is there gonna be a patch on the courts? cuz the celtics play on the td ameritrade center not the celtics arena
October 6, 2008 at 6:55 am
where are the playoffs logos on this gm?
October 6, 2008 at 6:57 am
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?
October 6, 2008 at 7:05 am
I have one achievement, I’m not aware of any issues with them but I’ll keep an eye on it.
October 6, 2008 at 7:36 am
@ aby
Pasta said that playoff games are treated as exhibition games and they don’t get any of the special treatment of dynasty (or real NBA) playoff games
October 6, 2008 at 7:36 am
Pasta you’re getting a lot better at the game. I liked the JJ cross over and dunk. I’m hoping that PlayMaker can start working on the sliders for this game right away.
October 6, 2008 at 7:44 am
NBA Live 09 got a solid 8.5 review rating at
http://www.teamxbox.com/
October 6, 2008 at 7:55 am
[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?
October 6, 2008 at 8:04 am
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.
October 6, 2008 at 8:31 am
[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.
October 6, 2008 at 8:35 am
@ 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
October 6, 2008 at 8:44 am
r00tabaga- Actually that is something I noticed too and haven’t figured out if there is a way to change from controlling the PG.
October 6, 2008 at 9:09 am
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-
October 11, 2008 at 10:30 pm
idk know if its just me but the rewind isn’t working for me like the hawks celtics game isn’t showing up