by Nikolai31 on Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:47 pm
im going to refrain from the obvious here (ie tip dunks, be a pro, etc) and go with some more original thoughts-
1. just more animations during halftime, or a tv style presentation similar to that of madden
2. injuries that force players to go to the locker room to get checked out, and its your decision on whether to put them back in the game and risk injury (also like madden)
3. better looking cpu generated players in dynasty mode. i cant describe how much i hate that half the ppl i have to choose from in each draft class are black with long pink hair. why in the hell isnt there more practical hairstyles, similar to lebron james hair or paul pierces. it would be easy to animate, seeing as though its so short
4. more realistic player bios for cpu generated players. my #2 draft prospect was from malaysia and the #5 one was from kuwait. ill bet one million dollars and my left nut that that scenario will never happen in real life. they should just stick to intl. players from spain, china, france, east europe-the countries that actually know a basketball when they see one. even more realisitic colleges would be nice. i dont see any #1 picks coming out of fresno state any time soon...
5. updated rosters for fiba mode.... live 11 will come out two weeks after the world championships, and interest in international basketball will be at an all time high (at least as far as the past decade is concerned, dream team aside) spain and the us will be on a collsion course for the #1 spot in the world (and best of all, ive already reserved my tix. yeee!!). so, now that ea has given spain IR roster slots to accomodate rubio this year, i think they should do the same for not all, but most of the more competitive teams with deeper rosters. the way it should work is that the rosters would be IDENTICAL to the real life ones (no nash or ilgauskas starting for those teams) but any nba stars from those countries would be on the IR list to add to the roster. it would increase replay value for sure. i played with mostly fiba teams in 09, but im already sick of it in 10 cuz the players are all the same. if the option to put Durant on team USA (which he will be in 2010) is available, as well as kaman on germany, etc. im sure ppl would play that mode much more with the added depth.
6. what the hell is up with the 10 or so players in the game who are generic (ie, they look like a young gandhi) player models? and most of them arent even signed to the teams theyre on, like sergio llull and henk norel. does ea plan on creating a patch for this this year, or do they just not care?
7. more responsive directional passing, i think theres a bit of a delay. i tend to use that, because with the right stick passing, you can never be 100% sure who the pass is going to. theres nothing worse than a 2 on 1 fast break that ends in a backcourt violation cuz you passed it to the wrong guy. i remember in past versions of live, if you pressed turbo while passing, the ball would go to the man closest to the hoop. something like that would be nice.
8. coaches retiring in dynasty mode.. i dont see don nelson still coaching well into his 80's
as far as i know, none of these points have been brought up yet, so id appreciate some feedback to see how anyone else feels about this stuff.
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