New NBA Live 10 Screens

by pastapadre
Posted July 16th, 2009 at 7:09 pm

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The website for NBA Live 10 launched earlier this evening and with it came new screenshots and what appears to be the slogan for this year. The site also confirms the already known date of Tuesday October 6th for release.

The slogan is “Authentic basketball experience…all season long”. This is clearly referring to the Live 365 feature but also points towards the desire to produce more of a sim game that has the authentic touches (such as unique player routines) that fans can get really excited about.

There are four new screenshots that can be viewed in the gallery. Leave your thoughts on them in the comments!

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http://intensedebate.com/people/okafor43 okafor43

for starters it doesnt look like him! lol. look at the 2k model and compare it to that model and of course a regular picture of him and you will see the diffrence

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2008/feature…

Really?

http://intensedebate.com/people/okafor43 okafor43

"Graphics: The players are more detailed than last year. The faces and skin textures are better and the arenas look like they should. White players don't look like mutants for once. " quote operation sports or just about any where you will read a reveiw about the 2k. Graphics and models in Live are hit or miss. Cabrillo one day you will realize that everywhere you read except on here that Nba live is getting thrashed in graphics and gameplay compared to 2k basketball. Not even close buddy. Try again this year and we will see. I do live will step it up and force 2k to add more to the game.

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

Okafor, who is comparing 2K to Live? I sure wasn't. You said you didn't like DWill's pic and you told me to reference DWill's 2K9 pic and I did, and that kind of trashed the point you made earlier. Stick to the argument at hand instead of running over the place as you always do.

http://intensedebate.com/people/okafor43 okafor43

for starters it doesnt look like him! lol. look at the 2k model and compare it to that model and of course a regular picture of him and you will see the diffrence

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2008/feature…

Really?

http://intensedebate.com/people/okafor43 okafor43

"Graphics: The players are more detailed than last year. The faces and skin textures are better and the arenas look like they should. White players don't look like mutants for once. " quote operation sports or just about any where you will read a reveiw about the 2k. Graphics and models in Live are hit or miss. Cabrillo one day you will realize that everywhere you read except on here that Nba live is getting thrashed in graphics and gameplay compared to 2k basketball. Not even close buddy. Try again this year and we will see. I do live will step it up and force 2k to add more to the game.

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

Okafor, who is comparing 2K to Live? I sure wasn't. You said you didn't like DWill's pic and you told me to reference DWill's 2K9 pic and I did, and that kind of trashed the point you made earlier. Stick to the argument at hand instead of running over the place as you always do.

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

Reading up on operation sports. Deron William's pic is him biting his upper lip on the pass. Stephenson states that they are implementing facial express in game, interesting. Hopefully its more than 4 different expressions.

http://intensedebate.com/people/okafor43 okafor43

Damn Cabrillo you read operation sports also. Then you should read how much they say live sucks. And they dont have as good player models as 2k's

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

Reading up on operation sports. Deron William's pic is him biting his upper lip on the pass. Stephenson states that they are implementing facial express in game, interesting. Hopefully its more than 4 different expressions.

http://intensedebate.com/people/okafor43 okafor43

Damn Cabrillo you read operation sports also. Then you should read how much they say live sucks. And they dont have as good player models as 2k's

http://intensedebate.com/people/4YM3R1C 4YM3R1C

Come on guys, it's EA Sports. That's the least you can expect from them. Plus, players model have never been an issue with EA Sports (except in their FIFA franchise), it's the gameplay that has plagued NBA Live…

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

Player models have been an issue, in terms of player body types. Most players were too skinny and too cut. Every year felt like a progression in terms of player faces except for NBA Live 09. They weren't necessarily bad, but didn't feel like a step forward for Live 09.
http://intensedebate.com/people/okafor43 okafor43

maybe you didnt see the starving player models they had last year.

http://intensedebate.com/people/4YM3R1C 4YM3R1C

Come on guys, it's EA Sports. That's the least you can expect from them. Plus, players model have never been an issue with EA Sports (except in their FIFA franchise), it's the gameplay that has plagued NBA Live…

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

Player models have been an issue, in terms of player body types. Most players were too skinny and too cut. Every year felt like a progression in terms of player faces except for NBA Live 09. They weren't necessarily bad, but didn't feel like a step forward for Live 09.
http://intensedebate.com/people/okafor43 okafor43

maybe you didnt see the starving player models they had last year.

ryan

if their gamepay is up to the level of 2k, this game will be redic. that Lakers floor looks so damn real, they even made it like right type of wood. insane.
ryan

if their gamepay is up to the level of 2k, this game will be redic. that Lakers floor looks so damn real, they even made it like right type of wood. insane.
JohnZapp

This game looks great!!!!!!!
JohnZapp

This game looks great!!!!!!!
C_Hackettx12

doesnt it look like the players have a gloss around them?
2k all day.

Anonymous

yea they look so cartoony, like i said, 2k10 is going to kill Live 10, just as it has for the last 8 years and counting.

C_Hackettx12

doesnt it look like the players have a gloss around them?
2k all day.

http://intensedebate.com/people/deepen03 deepen03

yea they look so cartoony, like i said, 2k10 is going to kill Live 10, just as it has for the last 8 years and counting.

SwiftyCG

I was a big Nba live fan forever then last i played 2k9 and switch to it bc it feels more real.
SwiftyCG

I was a big Nba live fan forever then last i played 2k9 and switch to it bc it feels more real.
LorenzoAC7

Wow, I'm impressed. Player models actually look buff again instead of skinny little twigs JV basketball players. Let's see how the players move now.
LorenzoAC7

Wow, I'm impressed. Player models actually look buff again instead of skinny little twigs JV basketball players. Let's see how the players move now.
Anonymous

what? these screens are horrible! the graphics look like they have taken a step back. Steve Nash and D-will look nothing like real-life.
http://intensedebate.com/people/deepen03 deepen03

what? these screens are horrible! the graphics look like they have taken a step back. Steve Nash and D-will look nothing like real-life.
Anonymous

btw tony parker looks pretty good, this game is not horrible, its just that they have some work to do gameplay wise before they get even close to 2k.
http://intensedebate.com/people/deepen03 deepen03

btw tony parker looks pretty good, this game is not horrible, its just that they have some work to do gameplay wise before they get even close to 2k.
http://intensedebate.com/people/jonathanglapion jonathanglapion

What i'd like to have some one explain is why EA tends to take things out of the game like the ability to raise your players arms for shot or pass interference. Isn't that a fundamental you learn playing basketball as a kid. I thought part of the selling point for nextgen was the ability to add much more information on disc but instead they just seem to keep making things pretty visually but leaving out even the basics. what's the point of taking features away? What I want is authenticity in gameplay as well as appearance.

stephensonmc

It's in this year my friend

http://intensedebate.com/people/jonathanglapion jonathanglapion

What i'd like to have some one explain is why EA tends to take things out of the game like the ability to raise your players arms for shot or pass interference. Isn't that a fundamental you learn playing basketball as a kid. I thought part of the selling point for nextgen was the ability to add much more information on disc but instead they just seem to keep making things pretty visually but leaving out even the basics. what's the point of taking features away? What I want is authenticity in gameplay as well as appearance.

stephensonmc

It's in this year my friend

Anonymous

lol i love how on one article on the nba live site, the developer is like "NBA Live is back… thats right i said it.. and i mean it" LMFAO!
IT WAS NEVER THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!! 2k has killed live in sim-style gameplay every year for the past 10 years!! The critics have agreed every single year since NBA 2k first came onto the scene.

stephensonmc

Looks like we need to change minds then

http://intensedebate.com/people/deepen03 deepen03

lol i love how on one article on the nba live site, the developer is like "NBA Live is back… thats right i said it.. and i mean it" LMFAO!
IT WAS NEVER THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!! 2k has killed live in sim-style gameplay every year for the past 10 years!! The critics have agreed every single year since NBA 2k first came onto the scene.

stephensonmc

Looks like we need to change minds then

Sean

Why the hell is Deron Williams balding in the first picture (Same one as in the article)?

stephensonmc

It's the lighting against the back of his head. He actually does have a thinner hair spot in real life.

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

Thanks for showing some love here stephenson, you have some hardcore bball gamers on here as well, just not OS & Sean, DWill has been having thinning hair, especially near the top of his head. A few more years and he'll be shaving it.

Sean

How does not knowing that Deron Williams has thin hair on his head have any relation to how much I play basketball video games?

Sean

Why the hell is Deron Williams balding in the first picture (Same one as in the article)?

stephensonmc

It's the lighting against the back of his head. He actually does have a thinner hair spot in real life.

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

Thanks for showing some love here stephenson, you have some hardcore bball gamers on here as well, just not OS & Sean, DWill has been having thinning hair, especially near the top of his head. A few more years and he'll be shaving it.

Sean

How does not knowing that Deron Williams has thin hair on his head have any relation to how much I play basketball video games?

stephensonmc

Thanks for all the feedback guys. Surprised to hear some of you say we've "taken a step back" in visuals.. Keep it coming though!

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

I think for the most part the feedback has been positive with the visuals, but obviously the last two years people have been demanding more out of game play than anything. I'm sure you will get into it soon, but in the mean time, you're not going to win anyone over with the whole "wait and see thing". Until they see it, they won't believe it. Good job on the visuals though, and hopefully you guys can get the Spurs jersey right, I think that has been the biggest complaint on O/S.

stephensonmc

Totally. We know where it counts this year. As for the Spurs jersey, it's the lighting on the jersey making it look "grey," but we'll lighten the sleeve a bit because know accessory should be pitch black like that. That's just a bad image.

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

I think people would be more satisfied to see a darker jersey vice a lightened sleeve. Could you guys compromise? Lighter sleeve and darker jersey….meet half way? Take it as a compliment that people are being this granular, that means you guys are hitting other bench marks when it comes to visuals.

http://intensedebate.com/people/DrLogic DrLogic

I agree with making the jersey darker. One of my biggest pet peeves with NBA 2k9 is that the Spurs black jersey's and Bulls black jersey's look grayish black. It doesnt look right, especially when next to the actual black color of the wristband, elbow pads, etc…

I get the whole lighting thing and the fact that you're going for realism, but in all honesty it looks the opposite of authentic and would look much more realistic if the Spurs jersey didnt looked washed out in lighting for 95% of the game. Plus thats not what they looked like on my tv during the playoffs or in that picture of the Spurs that i believe some posted earlier.

The players models already look a lot better then they did last year. kudos.

Its good to see you really diving into the community stephensonmc. It has really changed my perception of EA's approach. I can imagine how difficult it is to take heavy criticism from fans that may not know much about the creation process, ecpecially while your invovled in that process on a day to day basis. Much Props

stephensonmc

Thanks for all the feedback guys. Surprised to hear some of you say we've "taken a step back" in visuals.. Keep it coming though!

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

I think for the most part the feedback has been positive with the visuals, but obviously the last two years people have been demanding more out of game play than anything. I'm sure you will get into it soon, but in the mean time, you're not going to win anyone over with the whole "wait and see thing". Until they see it, they won't believe it. Good job on the visuals though, and hopefully you guys can get the Spurs jersey right, I think that has been the biggest complaint on O/S.

stephensonmc

Totally. We know where it counts this year. As for the Spurs jersey, it's the lighting on the jersey making it look "grey," but we'll lighten the sleeve a bit because know accessory should be pitch black like that. That's just a bad image.

http://intensedebate.com/people/cabrillo24 cabrillo24

I think people would be more satisfied to see a darker jersey vice a lightened sleeve. Could you guys compromise? Lighter sleeve and darker jersey….meet half way? Take it as a compliment that people are being this granular, that means you guys are hitting other bench marks when it comes to visuals.

http://intensedebate.com/people/DrLogic DrLogic

I agree with making the jersey darker. One of my biggest pet peeves with NBA 2k9 is that the Spurs black jersey's and Bulls black jersey's look grayish black. It doesnt look right, especially when next to the actual black color of the wristband, elbow pads, etc…

I get the whole lighting thing and the fact that you're going for realism, but in all honesty it looks the opposite of authentic and would look much more realistic if the Spurs jersey didnt looked washed out in lighting for 95% of the game. Plus thats not what they looked like on my tv during the playoffs or in that picture of the Spurs that i believe some posted earlier.

The players models already look a lot better then they did last year. kudos.

Its good to see you really diving into the community stephensonmc. It has really changed my perception of EA's approach. I can imagine how difficult it is to take heavy criticism from fans that may not know much about the creation process, ecpecially while your invovled in that process on a day to day basis. Much Props

cae15

Wow jazz in 3 of the 4 screen shots didnt see that one coming, deron i slosing his hair some but not the way that live shows it. Plus they didnt really get his beard. Ak for once actually looks good, i think.
cae15

Wow jazz in 3 of the 4 screen shots didnt see that one coming, deron i slosing his hair some but not the way that live shows it. Plus they didnt really get his beard. Ak for once actually looks good, i think.
http://intensedebate.com/people/walterberrypaok walterberrypaok

..and anyone who thinks 2k has better graphics is bugging cause ea has alwats beat 2k in graphics.-PAT

YOU ARE KIDDING RIGHT? MAYBE YOU WATCH TOO MUCH THAT MJ MOVIE WITH THE LOONY TOONS….HAHAHA

Anonymous

2k's player models in 2k9 were far ahead of live 09!! check ur facts whoever said that.

just compared these pics:

2k9: http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2008/feature…

Live:http://ll-741.ea.com/easportsworld/media2/nba09/4…

there is a drastic difference in those two screens, 2k is by far ahead in graphics as of nba 2k9.

http://intensedebate.com/people/walterberrypaok walterberrypaok

..and anyone who thinks 2k has better graphics is bugging cause ea has alwats beat 2k in graphics.-PAT

YOU ARE KIDDING RIGHT? MAYBE YOU WATCH TOO MUCH THAT MJ MOVIE WITH THE LOONY TOONS….HAHAHA

http://intensedebate.com/people/deepen03 deepen03

2k's player models in 2k9 were far ahead of live 09!! check ur facts whoever said that.

just compared these pics:

2k9: http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2008/feature…

Live:http://ll-741.ea.com/easportsworld/media2/nba09/4…

there is a drastic difference in those two screens, 2k is by far ahead in graphics as of nba 2k9.

http://intensedebate.com/people/walterberrypaok walterberrypaok

truwarier09 must be a big baller… in kindergarden…go play NBA STREET. IT'S EASPORTS.IT'S IN THE GAME….
http://intensedebate.com/people/walterberrypaok walterberrypaok

truwarier09 must be a big baller… in kindergarden…go play NBA STREET. IT'S EASPORTS.IT'S IN THE GAME….
http://intensedebate.com/people/walterberrypaok walterberrypaok

Only a retard would say that lebron ir any other player is better depicted in NBA LIVE.JUST USE YOUR EYES AND SOME COMMON LOGIC.

stephensonmc

Walterberry, curious to hear your thoughts on how you think our NBA LIVE players don't look like their real-life counterparts..

I hear this occasionally, and if it's something we're fundamentally doing wrong, I'd love to know.

Anonymous

Just look at screens and videos of both 2k9 and Live 09 or watch two screens or put two videos of each game side by side, and you will clearly see that 2k9 looks more like a real TV broadcast and if you zoom in, you will see every clear detail on the players faces.

stephensonmc

Figured that would be the reason. 2K9 and LIVE 09 are games of the past, and we agree that LIVE 09 wasn't up to snuff from an all-around perspective. With that said, we've made some major improvements with NBA LIVE 10 that I think you guys will be pleased with.

http://intensedebate.com/people/walterberrypaok walterberrypaok

i played all LIVE games and it's really sad that each version has some of the same old animations.You must understand that your game ,until now,is WEAK and you can't fool all the people all the time.We don't need improvements.We need a new game.BUILT a new game from scratch.That would be awesome…

http://intensedebate.com/people/walterberrypaok walterberrypaok

Only a retard would say that lebron ir any other player is better depicted in NBA LIVE.JUST USE YOUR EYES AND SOME COMMON LOGIC.

stephensonmc

Walterberry, curious to hear your thoughts on how you think our NBA LIVE players don't look like their real-life counterparts..

I hear this occasionally, and if it's something we're fundamentally doing wrong, I'd love to know.

http://intensedebate.com/people/deepen03 deepen03

Just look at screens and videos of both 2k9 and Live 09 or watch two screens or put two videos of each game side by side, and you will clearly see that 2k9 looks more like a real TV broadcast and if you zoom in, you will see every clear detail on the players faces.

stephensonmc

Figured that would be the reason. 2K9 and LIVE 09 are games of the past, and we agree that LIVE 09 wasn't up to snuff from an all-around perspective. With that said, we've made some major improvements with NBA LIVE 10 that I think you guys will be pleased with.

http://intensedebate.com/people/walterberrypaok walterberrypaok

i played all LIVE games and it's really sad that each version has some of the same old animations.You must understand that your game ,until now,is WEAK and you can't fool all the people all the time.We don't need improvements.We need a new game.BUILT a new game from scratch.That would be awesome…

Anonymous

or this

NBA 2k9 :http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article…

Live 09: http://www.juegomania.org/NBA+Live+09/foto/ps3/0/…

the graphics in Live look like they have a glossy effect added to them, while 2k's models look much more suttle and dull like actual people. Just compare them closely and unless you are blind, you can notice that 2k is far ahead of live 09 in graphics. If you put them both side to side on a 1080p HDTV, and asked someone which one looks more like TV, They would say 2k9 by a landslide.
http://intensedebate.com/people/deepen03 deepen03

or this

NBA 2k9 :http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article…

Live 09: http://www.juegomania.org/NBA+Live+09/foto/ps3/0/…

the graphics in Live look like they have a glossy effect added to them, while 2k's models look much more suttle and dull like actual people. Just compare them closely and unless you are blind, you can notice that 2k is far ahead of live 09 in graphics. If you put them both side to side on a 1080p HDTV, and asked someone which one looks more like TV, They would say 2k9 by a landslide.