First Screenshots of NBA Live 13 & Feature Notes

[JaoSming]

Product Description

The NBA LIVE franchise makes its return with key innovations to core gameplay, presentation and online experiences that connect you to your friends and to the real-world of basketball all season long. NBA LIVE 13 delivers the excitement of authentic NBA basketball with smart and spectacular gameplay. The all-new Playmaker Engine leverages world-class animation technology that delivers unprecedented feel, responsiveness and authenticity to NBA LIVE 13. The game will feature a fully integrated ESPN broadcast package, bringing the gold standard of televised NBA games to the franchise. Your favorite NBA players are brought to life with photorealistic heads, authentic body types, signature moves and emotions. With best-in-class online technology, NBA LIVE 13 provides gamers with a meaningful and progressive online experience that gives gamers and friends the ability to connect and compete. So hit the hardwood and start creating your highlight reel with NBA LIVE 13!



Features


· Smart Spectacular Gameplay – NBA LIVE 13 features smart and spectacular gameplay through Basketball IQ which delivers organic team play as your teammates react and respond to the flow of every game. Driven by Basketball IQ, each team has the ability to adjust quickly to any situation where players can analyze and read off of each other. Gamers will experience the feeling of hitting a cutting player at just the right time for an open lay-up or driving the lane to dish to a teammate for an open jumper – this is real, intelligent, team basketball. Relive those wow moments, and experience what it is like to be Jeremy Lin and deliver the perfect pin-point alley oop pass to a high flying Tyson Chandler!

· ESPN Broadcast Presentation – NBA basketball fans will enjoy a fully integrated ESPN broadcast package in NBA LIVE 13. The presentation will look, feel and sound like a real NBA broadcast, from detailed player images and arena modeling, to the on-air personalities of ESPN’s #1 commentary team of Jeff Van Gundy and Mike Breen, to authentic camera angles from ESPN’s TV broadcasts that will immerse players in a realistic NBA game experience.

· Player Authenticity – NBA LIVE 13 features a brand new graphics engine that takes player authenticity to a whole new level! Your favorite NBA players will mirror their real-life counterparts with photorealistic star heads thanks to EA SPORTS state-of-the art technology. In addition to authentic player shoes, tattoos and hair, signature bodies enable NBA LIVE 13 to scale and map every single player to their real-life size and tailor the player model to each individual’s body composition. The game will feature a full package of signature styles for all the top NBA superstars - from look and feel to tendencies and emotions, such as Lebron James’ chase down block.

· Connecting Experiences – EA SPORTS has always delivered great online experiences and NBA LIVE 13 will feature all-new online features that will keep players connected and competing all year round!

[Mavs4Life]

Now with a closer loook, I'm liking the improvements.

[shorty_ubk]

Better than elite series but 2k's still looking better...

[J.Davey]

hmmmm... I didnt like it

Looks like FIFA's ugly texture with thin body

[mlp111]

faces look good, but bodies, i just dont know, and they still have that funny crouched defense stance

[aguifs]

What about the jerseys? My god EA...

[[Q]]

^ I don't know what you guys are smoking, but EA's graphics have almost always been better than 2k's.

[handlez362]

The faces are excellent !!!

[cavs4872]

That pic of KG on Chandler looks pretty realistic, but then you look at Boozer's back and it looks like a comic book character. It's probably just the jersey that makes it look that way though. All in all the graphics look satisfactory.

[JaoSming]

I think the player textures and lighting are dead on, ball looks great as do the arena details and crowd.

....but those jerseys, ugh. Not so much the textures, the but models, too, stiff? They look plastic, and not like cloth, kinda like the Elite 11 uniforms.

Anyone else notice the new shot clock that shows the tenths of a second in one of the screens?

[J.Davey]

... but then you look at Boozer's back and it looks like a comic book character.

well said

[Jhiane]

Cyberface = 95%
Texture = 90%
Jersey = 90%
Court = 85%
Body Model = 75%

for me, the graphics is better than 2k but i think its because it was a console?

[Lagoa]

Better than NBA 2k?

jesus Bro....

[Jhiane]

yes, just do not include the player body

[JaoSming]

nothing wrong with the player bodies IMO, just those uniforms

the press release claims they did body scans, seems accurate to me.

[Jhiane]

Rev30 jerseys now are mostly fits with their body except Lakers. I like their jerseys though, unlike 2k they are color blind thanks to NLSC

[bowdown]

The body types seem awkward to me...not liking the plasticy look on all the players.

[ShadGregoryMoss]

Everything looks good, except that they thought the Miami Heat won last year's NBA Championship. Look at the picture of LeBron, there's a banner up there.

[Jhiane]

yeah I saw that before and i just ignored it though it is 2010-2011

[koberulz]

Pretty sure it says "Eastern Conference Champions", which they were.

[Jhiane]

how about the other one with trophy?

[anastasis16]

That's obviously the championship banner from 05-06 season.

[Jhiane]

oh.. i see..

[ShadGregoryMoss]

Anyways, I think EA's graphics is always better than 2k's. All EA needs to do is to enhance its gameplay and I'm switching back to the Live series.

[k8be24]

I love how the faces look! Spot on!
Don't like the jerseys though, I hope they're still working on them.

Is there another presentation scheduled where we could get see some gameplay footage or was that it?