First NCAA Basketball 09 Gameplay Video

by pastapadre
Posted November 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 am

Operation Sports has provided the first opportunity to see gameplay from NCAA Basketball 09 with a video of North Carolina @ Duke. It goes from the loading shoot-around through just over the first four minutes of the first quarter.

Just some quick observations I made from the video:

There is little info given pre-game, with the lineups showing nothing but the player # and name (or in this case their position). It isn’t giving any info to use such as you see with Live’s DNA. There should really be some type of info provided there because many people aren’t going to know the skills of the individuals in a college game.

You can definitely recognize the NBA Live engine though having a longer video or in getting to play the demo later this week I’m sure much more differentiation between the two games will be realized. Apparently this will especially be seen in the additional animations and the tempo feature.

Love the court spacing, it seems even more wide open than Live which should prove beneficial.

You can watch the video here. Make sure to leave your thoughts on it in the comments.

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nba2k

Duke crowd cheering for UNC player during warm ups?? Never happen. I dunno it looks good though.. Im sure the March Madness fans will enjoy it.
nba2k

Duke crowd cheering for UNC player during warm ups?? Never happen. I dunno it looks good though.. Im sure the March Madness fans will enjoy it.
Josh

Wow! Allen Iverson to the pistons for Chauncy Billups!
Josh

Wow! Allen Iverson to the pistons for Chauncy Billups!
nolesfan

[quote comment="44034"] I’m pissed because I love college basketball games & EA is forcing me to stick with College Hoops 2K8.[/quote]

Look at the bright side….College Hoops 2K8 would still be the same in 2K15, so your saving $60.00 a year.
nolesfan

[quote comment="44034"] I’m pissed because I love college basketball games & EA is forcing me to stick with College Hoops 2K8.[/quote]

Look at the bright side….College Hoops 2K8 would still be the same in 2K15, so your saving $60.00 a year.
Morzikei

06:05… no backcourt violation? I thought EA used footplanting technology. Unless the NCAA is twisted… or this game was played without the backcourt violation rule
Morzikei

06:05… no backcourt violation? I thought EA used footplanting technology. Unless the NCAA is twisted… or this game was played without the backcourt violation rule
Moye2010

Wait…….was that supposed to be K-Love in the shootaround part?
Moye2010

Wait…….was that supposed to be K-Love in the shootaround part?
Josh

[quote comment="44061"][quote comment="44034"] I’m pissed because I love college basketball games & EA is forcing me to stick with College Hoops 2K8.[/quote]

Look at the bright side….College Hoops 2K8 would still be the same in 2K15, so your saving $60.00 a year.[/quote]

Yea & maybe in 2015 EA can finally make a basketball game that is on par with Live 98. Lol
Josh

[quote comment="44061"][quote comment="44034"] I’m pissed because I love college basketball games & EA is forcing me to stick with College Hoops 2K8.[/quote]

Look at the bright side….College Hoops 2K8 would still be the same in 2K15, so your saving $60.00 a year.[/quote]

Yea & maybe in 2015 EA can finally make a basketball game that is on par with Live 98. Lol
pastapadre

[quote comment="44045"]Pasta from that video is that seem similar to the build that you played or is that the final build[/quote]

I haven’t played the game so I don’t know, but generally beta video is close enough to being final that you can make judgments based on them.

I agree with many of the comments made in regard to the video. For numerous reasons I haven’t been excited about NCAA as I’ve gone into in previous articles, and this video didn’t do anything to change that.
pastapadre

[quote comment="44045"]Pasta from that video is that seem similar to the build that you played or is that the final build[/quote]

I haven’t played the game so I don’t know, but generally beta video is close enough to being final that you can make judgments based on them.

I agree with many of the comments made in regard to the video. For numerous reasons I haven’t been excited about NCAA as I’ve gone into in previous articles, and this video didn’t do anything to change that.
nolesfan

[quote comment="44073"][quote comment="44061"][quote comment="44034"] I’m pissed because I love college basketball games & EA is forcing me to stick with College Hoops 2K8.[/quote]

Look at the bright side….College Hoops 2K8 would still be the same in 2K15, so your saving $60.00 a year.[/quote]

Yea & maybe in 2015 EA can finally make a basketball game that is on par with Live 98. Lol[/quote]

Live 98 is better than CH2K8…..that’s why they cancelled that garbage
nolesfan

[quote comment="44073"][quote comment="44061"][quote comment="44034"] I’m pissed because I love college basketball games & EA is forcing me to stick with College Hoops 2K8.[/quote]

Look at the bright side….College Hoops 2K8 would still be the same in 2K15, so your saving $60.00 a year.[/quote]

Yea & maybe in 2015 EA can finally make a basketball game that is on par with Live 98. Lol[/quote]

Live 98 is better than CH2K8…..that’s why they cancelled that garbage
scdb12

That is Kevin Love not a Carolina Player. Just like 07 had Adam Morrison, and Last year was Kevin Durant.
scdb12

That is Kevin Love not a Carolina Player. Just like 07 had Adam Morrison, and Last year was Kevin Durant.
Jose Canseco

This game is garbage already.

Announcers are TERRIBLE. Dickie V sounds like a robot. They are very quiet. Repeat a lot of stuff “Up and IN” for example.

The crowd is no good.

The arena is too dark.

Greg Paulus doesnt shoot the three that well.
Jose Canseco

This game is garbage already.

Announcers are TERRIBLE. Dickie V sounds like a robot. They are very quiet. Repeat a lot of stuff “Up and IN” for example.

The crowd is no good.

The arena is too dark.

Greg Paulus doesnt shoot the three that well.
Demetrius

At some point, too much spacing looks weird. That court looks huge.
Demetrius

At some point, too much spacing looks weird. That court looks huge.
Justin tuck

this is a joke right? this looks worse than last years. I rather play last year’s march Maddness then. but this is gotta be a joke? thats not really the game ? from the ps1 ish crowd to the slow gameply and boring crowd I dont know. I was a big fan of the March Maddness series looks like EA ruined it. looks like I’ll be watching college basketball instead of playing it! go Semionles.
Justin tuck

this is a joke right? this looks worse than last years. I rather play last year’s march Maddness then. but this is gotta be a joke? thats not really the game ? from the ps1 ish crowd to the slow gameply and boring crowd I dont know. I was a big fan of the March Maddness series looks like EA ruined it. looks like I’ll be watching college basketball instead of playing it! go Semionles.
wcb22

The funny thing about the numbers being too small is that the uniforms are actually authentic. That is, Nike has made the numbers that size, not EA. I supposed you can complain to Nike!

[quote comment="44025"]Let me fix my #1 listed point above….I meant to state that the numbers still look too small….[/quote]
wcb22

The funny thing about the numbers being too small is that the uniforms are actually authentic. That is, Nike has made the numbers that size, not EA. I supposed you can complain to Nike!

[quote comment="44025"]Let me fix my #1 listed point above….I meant to state that the numbers still look too small….[/quote]
Josh

This game looks worse than last years. I really thought EA would have their act together this year. I guess that’s what I get for actually thinking EA would make a good basketball game. What happened to EA man? I used to love EA Sports. They fell off quicker than Paul Wall. Lol
Josh

This game looks worse than last years. I really thought EA would have their act together this year. I guess that’s what I get for actually thinking EA would make a good basketball game. What happened to EA man? I used to love EA Sports. They fell off quicker than Paul Wall. Lol
Justin tuck

EA sports are some fat cats man they already got paid so they dont care how the games come out as long as they sell and make a profit they dont care.

kinda like how an NBA player has one really good year and gets paid and for the rest of his career he’s an average joe and lives off his one good year of service.
Justin tuck

EA sports are some fat cats man they already got paid so they dont care how the games come out as long as they sell and make a profit they dont care.

kinda like how an NBA player has one really good year and gets paid and for the rest of his career he’s an average joe and lives off his one good year of service.
Boilers

Oh you mean like Justin Tuck?
Boilers

Oh you mean like Justin Tuck?
Josh

[quote comment="44205"]EA sports are some fat cats man they already got paid so they dont care how the games come out as long as they sell and make a profit they dont care.

kinda like how an NBA player has one really good year and gets paid and for the rest of his career he’s an average joe and lives off his one good year of service.[/quote]

Good point
Josh

[quote comment="44205"]EA sports are some fat cats man they already got paid so they dont care how the games come out as long as they sell and make a profit they dont care.

kinda like how an NBA player has one really good year and gets paid and for the rest of his career he’s an average joe and lives off his one good year of service.[/quote]

Good point
Amar

Hey Pasta,

When will the NBA Live patch be out to fix that horrendous ass gather before the defensive jump?
Amar

Hey Pasta,

When will the NBA Live patch be out to fix that horrendous ass gather before the defensive jump?
kc10785

Wowwwww is this supose to be a duke crowd. LOL if im not mistaking a duke crowd never stop yelling unless there team is getting blown out.I need to see the whole crowd jumping up and down.This is college B-ball we need that type of enviroment.I not going to even talk about gamplay cuz when it comes to ball game i prefer 2k.But the crowd thing mess me up
kc10785

Wowwwww is this supose to be a duke crowd. LOL if im not mistaking a duke crowd never stop yelling unless there team is getting blown out.I need to see the whole crowd jumping up and down.This is college B-ball we need that type of enviroment.I not going to even talk about gamplay cuz when it comes to ball game i prefer 2k.But the crowd thing mess me up
Playmakers

[quote comment="44077"][quote comment="44045"]Pasta from that video is that seem similar to the build that you played or is that the final build[/quote]

I haven’t played the game so I don’t know, but generally beta video is close enough to being final that you can make judgments based on them.

I agree with many of the comments made in regard to the video. For numerous reasons I haven’t been excited about NCAA as I’ve gone into in previous articles, and this video didn’t do anything to change that.[/quote]

That’s the problem….

EA spends 6-8 months on making shorts move, sweat look realistic and adding more gimmicks into the game.

No one gives a rats ass about that crap….how about spending an entire year on just game play, animations amd ball physics for once.

What the hell good is it to add Blue Ribbon when the game play hasn’t recieved a major boost up. I thought they would take this game to the next level after MM 08 which was decent but appearantly having players that move like robots, basketballs that float in the air and annoucers that repeat the same damn lines from MM 07 is what they call Next Gen Basketball.

Do these guys ever listen to their fans or just collect feedback to make it appear as if we have a voice.

For crying out loud can we get one basketball game from EA that has guys looking like they are on the court playing in some Sr citizen’s league. How hard is it to step up the freaking animations for once.
Playmakers

[quote comment="44077"][quote comment="44045"]Pasta from that video is that seem similar to the build that you played or is that the final build[/quote]

I haven’t played the game so I don’t know, but generally beta video is close enough to being final that you can make judgments based on them.

I agree with many of the comments made in regard to the video. For numerous reasons I haven’t been excited about NCAA as I’ve gone into in previous articles, and this video didn’t do anything to change that.[/quote]

That’s the problem….

EA spends 6-8 months on making shorts move, sweat look realistic and adding more gimmicks into the game.

No one gives a rats ass about that crap….how about spending an entire year on just game play, animations amd ball physics for once.

What the hell good is it to add Blue Ribbon when the game play hasn’t recieved a major boost up. I thought they would take this game to the next level after MM 08 which was decent but appearantly having players that move like robots, basketballs that float in the air and annoucers that repeat the same damn lines from MM 07 is what they call Next Gen Basketball.

Do these guys ever listen to their fans or just collect feedback to make it appear as if we have a voice.

For crying out loud can we get one basketball game from EA that has guys looking like they are on the court playing in some Sr citizen’s league. How hard is it to step up the freaking animations for once.