EA Gives Basketball Another Shot

The dribbling has always looked better and the animations are improved but some of the layup/dunk/collision stuff still looks a bit awkward, and while this is a "visual" (what does that mean? In-engine, actual gameplay) trailer it probably looks more awkward when viewed from the angle the game is usually played at.

Looking and playing are two different things. Sure it looks nice, but I wonder about all the garbage they had to clean up from the last one.

Bouncetek. They put so much into that, that they forgot to make the rest of the game.

I look forward to it though. Having two choices would be nice. Not that 2K is doing a bad job.

DON'T WORRY GUYS, IT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME.

I'd like to see EA produce a worthwhile competitor to 2K, here's hoping it turns out well. EA haven't really made a good Basketball game in forever, though, even before the whole NBA Elite controversy.

I'm actually rooting for this team to pull themselves out of the pile of shit they currently occupy.

I don't really buy sports games, but I'd say that variety in them is probably welcome.

Seems like there is almost always one "good one" and the rest are neglected.

Yeah, it's not that much better. It's kind of embarrassing.

Plus, this still looks NBA Live-y from previous generations. That won't get it done.

This will be the very last NBA Live, I presume. No way it tops out 2K this year with the amazing Shaq/Ernie Johnson stuff.

Awesome music in the trailer, though.

2K15 has better jersey physics. I know what game I'm buying.

I'm from Portland so, you know, honk honk LILLARD TIME ON THE COVER but otherwise...yeah I'll stick with 2K instead thank you very much. The dunk animations in the demo don't look that great just from a quick glance.

But if it means Dame's getting paid as a cover star and the Blazers will be in a demo then I can't complain too much.

No, he's right, they promised to release a patch that would fix some of the broken gameplay, and they did eventually get around to releasing it a few months later. Supposedly it didn't really help much.

Basketball yall