NCAA Basketball 09 Demo Now Available

Will download this in approximately 8 hours to give me impressions 8 minute half is awesome! Finally!

Pasta, will the 1979 and 1982 teams have player names, or any specific players or are they EA generated with ratings?

The DEMO was RAW, they have done a GREAT job with Ncaa Basketball 09.

Move over 2k, EA is making Basketball games!

i hope its better then live cause live is horrible

Interesting that the general response to this demo so far is that it isn’t as good as Live 09. I’m looking forward to spending some time with it tonight, but as has been obvious on the site over the past few weeks I don’t have a whole lot of optimism about it.

it seems like dat cuz itz NOT
dis is EA & even WORST dis is March Madness despite wut dey change deer name 2

Man is it that bad??

I just did the demo. I am not a huge gamer just a casual fan of these games. I am a big fan of 2K8 but who isnt. I feel this game is not as bad as some are saying. I liked the tempo feature it was installed nicely. The coach tips were nice as well, when i got away from my tempo he reminded me to pick it up, complimenting my defensive play and just giving practical useful tips. I will purchase this game when it comes out. I feel once I play it more it will be good. Just my opinion no1 has to care or respond but I feel some of the bashing is unnecessary.

I love everything about this demo except the gameplay. I love the coaches comments, arena looked good, but the gameplay is horrendous. I will rent to delve further into the game, but it’s 2K8 with updated rosters.

1st itz NOT BETTA dan CH2k8 CUT da BULL SH….

“Hav an Opinion & dey gone say U HATIN”

LIVE is like ALL dat Dance Muzik da South puttin out from “Walk It Out” 2 “Bird Walk”
dey gettin $$ off puttin out BULL SH… datz HYPED UP (radio = EA media outlets)

dat SH…. is WEAK & datz NOT hatin datz da just TRUTH

Somebody please explain to me how EA is the richest Sports Video Game Industry in the world but they can’t hire developers that know how to make a good basketball game? I mean for Christ’s sake it’s 2009 & they can’t even get the net animations right? WTF? That’s the 1st thing you need to get right in a BASKETBALL GAME. The game still isn’t fluid, the player models still aren’t right, the passing is still off, etc…Same old crap from EA. When are they gonna get it right? Enough is enough already! I used to love EA basketball games but ever since Next Gen it’s like they forgot how to make basketball games. Now I can’t even play a College Basketball game this year.

Josh, Live did get a lot of good reviews. It’s a personal preference I guess, especially if you back a particular brand. For those who prefer Live, they’ll have gripes about 2K, for those who like 2K, they’ll have gripes about Live or EA. It’s just the nature of the business, but your opinion is not the end all be all. Fact is both games got reviewed favorably and both offer great things towards their base. I’ve been buying NBA Live since 1995, and starting buying both Live and 2K since 2002. When I play one over the other, I miss some of the intangibles of the other game. I guess that’s why I never finish a season. I’ll play a game on Live, and then play a game on 2K and vice versa.

will not be getting this game, demo did it for me.

This game rocks it plays fluidly and the only thing they took out from last year was the overpowering of lock down defense.

I like the way the players move and shoot.

OMGZ YOU DONT LYK TEH GAME U R 2K FANBOY!!!! wow does that get old… sorry im a long time EA guy and i just didnt like MM08 and this demo isnt enough to get me to buy 09 kthnxbai

everytime i see a ea game on here i know what to expect…fanboy time! lol…2k intruders in full effect lol

SERIOUSLY MARK U NEW 2 dis site cuz if ur NOT U already knoi’m NOT switchin how I type

U gotta betta chance of gettin EA 2 make itz 1ST TRU NEX GEN FOOTBALL wit all da “Bells & Whistles” Next Year

dan U hav getin me 2 type in proper in english

Josh, I agree there are things that both franchises need to work on, but neither game makes me want to align with one or the other, where as with 2K7 and 2K8 saw more playing time on my console.

NBA Live has the features, online, graphics and broadcast team, but 2K has better overall game play, animations and presentation. 2K does have more intangibles than Live, but wish they would lean more towards new innovation since their game play has been seen as positive by the community. This would have been a great year for 2K to bring in a superstar mode.

I know you didn’t bring up 2K, not bashing it, just using it to elaborate my thoughts. Live did get good reviews on game play even though there were some gripes. You said you viewed it with your own eyes, and that’s why I say its a matter of personal preference, but not one person’s opinion is end all be all. For example, I didn’t like Gears of War, played it, didn’t like it, didn’t feel like there was much to it, but it got great reviews, but my opinion isn’t end all be all so I’m not going to force my opinion on other people.

I just go off what I see, facts, analysis. People like sdot up there, smh, poor kid. He’s just slow. I just owned him on 10 point guards that I would take before Baron Davis. He thinks if you shoot a low FG% it makes you a better shooter. I’m still laughing at that one, I had to tell my co-workers that one, I just gave them links to this site, so Pasta you have 4 more new visitors coming to this site.

[quote comment="44418"][quote comment="44405"][quote comment="44401"]Josh, Live did get a lot of good reviews. It’s a personal preference I guess, especially if you back a particular brand. For those who prefer Live, they’ll have gripes about 2K, for those who like 2K, they’ll have gripes about Live or EA. It’s just the nature of the business, but your opinion is not the end all be all. Fact is both games got reviewed favorably and both offer great things towards their base. I’ve been buying NBA Live since 1995, and starting buying both Live and 2K since 2002. When I play one over the other, I miss some of the intangibles of the other game. I guess that’s why I never finish a season. I’ll play a game on Live, and then play a game on 2K and vice versa.[/quote]

JR I didn’t say anything about 2K in this post. I understand that it’s not EA’s fault that 2K dropped College Hoops. I really don’t care about reviews I judge with my own eyes. The reason Live got decent reviews is because of it’s features not gameplay. I mean come on JR, 2009 & net animations still aren’t right? I want EA to be good because quite honestly I like EA more than 2K but they have just let me down ever since Next Gen. Since you brought up 2K, EA could take a page out of their book because 2K’s attention to detail is unmatched when it comes to Sports games. At the rate EA’s going I don’t see anything changing in the near future.[/quote]

I havent played the demo so I dont know if it good or not but some of you people need to play other 2k sports game outside of there basketball games. 2K’s attention to detail is unmatched when it comes to Sports games are you kinding me. I wish they could put as much work as they put in there basketball games in there baseball game and hockey game, and plz dont attempt to make another boxing game definatly leave that to EA.[/quote]

We’re talking about basketball games here buddy.

[quote comment="44421"]Josh, I agree there are things that both franchises need to work on, but neither game makes me want to align with one or the other, where as with 2K7 and 2K8 saw more playing time on my console.

NBA Live has the features, online, graphics and broadcast team, but 2K has better overall game play, animations and presentation. 2K does have more intangibles than Live, but wish they would lean more towards new innovation since their game play has been seen as positive by the community. This would have been a great year for 2K to bring in a superstar mode.

I know you didn’t bring up 2K, not bashing it, just using it to elaborate my thoughts. Live did get good reviews on game play even though there were some gripes. You said you viewed it with your own eyes, and that’s why I say its a matter of personal preference, but not one person’s opinion is end all be all. For example, I didn’t like Gears of War, played it, didn’t like it, didn’t feel like there was much to it, but it got great reviews, but my opinion isn’t end all be all so I’m not going to force my opinion on other people.

I just go off what I see, facts, analysis. People like sdot up there, smh, poor kid. He’s just slow. I just owned him on 10 point guards that I would take before Baron Davis. He thinks if you shoot a low FG% it makes you a better shooter. I’m still laughing at that one, I had to tell my co-workers that one, I just gave them links to this site, so Pasta you have 4 more new visitors coming to this site.[/quote]

I hear you..Yea I agree that both Live & 2K have things that the other doesn’t but I guess I’m just frustrated with EA because I used to love their basketball games back in the day. I just wish they would live up to their potential. It’s not like they don’t have the resources to. It just seems like they’re improving at a snails pace on purpose to string us along. You make some valid points though.

Impressive. I am sure the ladies are lining up to jump on your tip due to your rather extensive……vocabulary.

All jokes aside, when you type like that it doesn’t add anything, in fact it detracts from the subject. I honestly couldn’t care less how you talk, I just know you won’t get much respect from people if you talk like that and you are over the age of 15.

Just an observation/suggestion.

[quote comment="44426"]damn U luv to jump on my TIP lady again here U go bringin my name up U
neva owned me ma QUIT IT[/quote]

sdot, do you type like that when you do papers for school?

@ Paul keep ur suggestions dey weren’t ask’d 4

@ Ferris NO but I do take down notes like dis itz faster dan spellin out every word

Just played the demo … I actually enjoyed it … Playing as Kentucky against Tennessee was actually pretty cool to see how important playing in your tempo is for this game … I playen on all-star and for the first like 3-4 minutes of the game I was getting blown out trying to play an uptempo game (playing right into the hands of Tennessee) … It wasnt until I slowed it down and ran plays in the half court that I started to win … Something that is pretty sweet I think … There are a few things that they have improved from the Live engine most noticeable the spacing and fluid interceptions (i.e. not stopping after they catch the ball) … One huge problem that I saw was shot percent both user and computer it was way to easy to score, especially hit threes (that can all be adjusted by sliders) … Truly I can not wait for this game to come out … The whole online stuff sucks without names but im a college fan that likes to play offline with my Michigan Wolverines (Go Blue!!!) and restore them back to greatness like I did in NCAA Football as well … So yeah its definitely at least a rent game if not a purchase for everyone … I will be purchasing it the day it comes out … Oh and for the 2k fan boys the current game is not as fluid as college hoops was last year (I did by college hoops last year and loved the game) but there is something pretty fun and interesting about this game that is really intriguing … Also I got way to good at college hoops … Well thats my 98 cents …

hey pasta,i know this is off subject but what happened to the patch for nhl 09 for the 360?

its here + mgs4 demo!