Reviews from people that played Demo

Yeah I got the demo too .. and played a total of ten games on it .. lol ... the superstar does not make it NBA Street .. I was D- Wade and tryin' to windmill on Duncan or the Wallace brothers was impossible... with Shaq though its a different story but thats Shaq ... the computer fronted and doubled shaq alot thats how they slowed him down alittle ...


to elaborate on freestyle more ... there is also d fense for it .. dependin on who you are its either steals or blocks ... again with D Wade it ws fun cause I got beat with a crossover pressed L1 and square(ps2 version) and he reached aound and poked it from the back looked pretty nice ... there are alot of animations they added ... people ACTUALLY get dunked on this year, you still see some players bouncin' off but for some dunks there is collision detection ... ill .... can't wait for the full version

I also played the demo i played 3 games Heat(me) vs Pistons, Pistons(me) vs Suns, and Suns(me) vs Spurs. The blocks arent as crazy as last year and i noticed that there are no longer any blocks by guards who cant block. I saw Tayshaun block about 3 shots in all the games i played, 2 on the perimeter and one on nash driving to the lane. as for impressions let me see what i remember and just jot a few things down.

- THERE ARE ACTUAL PLAYS!!!!!!!!!!! this was one of my main concerns because it seemed last year was just come down either pick and roll or drive and dish which i didnt like. my favourite play so far is the play i think some of you saw run by the rockets in that video where T-Mac runs baseline and gets picks i was using the pistons and this play was very effective whiles using Rip

If their plays, I'm a lot happier....

It sounds good!

2 happy customers it seems

cant wait for Oct.

2 happy customers it seems

cant wait for Oct.

october? i thought it drops september 26

2 happy customers it seems

cant wait for Oct.

october? i thought it drops september 26

No one knows.

That sounds awesome, cant wait myself. I like the fact that you have plays and can use em effectively. Hopefully there will be a demo for pc sometime soon.

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Fgrep15, where did you find these reviews? Are there anymore of them?

Good to hear that it isn't all flash. I watched the Houston versus Miami game that was on IGN, and I was not impressed at all. Maybe there's hope after all.

http://forums.operationsports.com/vBull ... p?t=139054

From OS, here's the first one from that thread:

Played two games, Spurs at Suns (me) and Heat (me) at Pistons. Games were in no way adjustable as far as sliders and such so both games were played on All-Pro and 5 minute quarters.

First thing I noticed was the terrible repetitive lines from Steve Kerr. Marv is really great in the booth, but Kerr needs more lines. PS2 version looked pretty bad as far as crowds, refs, coaches, etc, but the players looked decent enough. The thing that kinda caught me off gaurd was how much I enjoyed playing. In Live 2004 and Live 2005 I wasn't all that impressed and preferred the 2K series. I haven't played the 2K6 game, but so far I'm really liking Live06 and thinking of buying it. The game kinda had a smooth realistic flow. A little too many blocks and subsequent fast breaks for my taste, but this was default.

I was just really impressed with how much FUN the games were. I lost 60-48 to the Spurs and 63-33 to Detroit, but even when getting beat I had fun. I'm not used to the PS2 basketball controls (played on XBox last 3 years) so I kept hitting Square to shoot jumpers and that was the layup button. I really like the seperate buttons, and the level of control is impressive. The animations are truly top notch. I got plenty of fouls called on All-Pro default. Guys were hanging onto their shorts breathing heavy late in the game. CPU still doesn't sub much at all on default. Spurs and Pistons did play their trademark great defense and I was able to really run the floor with Phoenix (last year's rosters). Jump stop was toned down some more, if you go into a crowded lane with an average player you can count on getting stripped. Dwayne Wade, Amare, and Shaq had some filthy monster dunks that had me pretty impressed. I like the alley oop button, if you aren't in good timing, you will throw it out of bounds or get your guy all outta shape trying to catch it. The 3 on 1 fastbreaks were a thing of beauty for both teams.

Those are my random cobbled thoughts on the demo. I already want to go back tommorrow and play it more.

sounds like they like the game!Can't wait till September 27!

A little too many blocks

Not good. That was one of the major issues last year.

The animations are truly top notch

From the videos I've seen, the dribbling was horrible, and a lot of animations were recycled from last year.

Spurs and Pistons did play their trademark great defense and I was able to really run the floor with Phoenix (last year's rosters)

That sounds good

I don't know whether to be impressed with any of these reviews, because it sounded a bit decieving. We'll see till it comes out, but from what I've seen in the videos, it doesn't sound like these reviews.

Great find! From my perception, I know that the game will be improved but I worried about the sliders, and how to tweak them so that we can get the most enjoyable experience of the game.

A little too many blocks

Not good. That was one of the major issues last year.

Well...

Games were in no way adjustable as far as sliders and such so both games were played on All-Pro and 5 minute quarters.

live will be out on October. EA sport posted an article and the release date that posted there was October

Where can you get the Demo??

gamecrazy ...something like that

From the videos I've seen, the dribbling was horrible, and a lot of animations were recycled from last year.

I don't agree here, the layup animations are definately improve, the dribbling while not doing moves is the same, but the freestyle moves have also improved, except for the part where the players are always upright.

Well...

Games were in no way adjustable as far as sliders and such so both games were played on All-Pro and 5 minute quarters.

Right, so that means we can't adjust sliders when we want to play on "All-Pro" ? oh wait, this is a demo, so that's probably why. nm

I don't agree here, the layup animations are definately improve, the dribbling while not doing moves is the same, but the freestyle moves have also improved, except for the part where the players are always upright.

Well, there are a few layups that I've seen from last year, and the same goes for dunks. Most, if not all of the blocking animations are recycled. The dribbling, I would have to say did not improve, especially when bringing up the ball up the court.

I went to GameCrazy today and they didn't have it. The guy didn't even know what I was talking about..grr..

I think i'm going to be satisfied this year

I went to GameCrazy today and they didn't have it. The guy didn't even know what I was talking about..grr..

same here

Sounds promising...nice to get a preview that doesn't just highlight Freestyle Superstars but actually mentions some of the specific improvements hardcore fans are interested in.

sounds great. hope it doesn't disappoint

Well, happens with all games. You can see 100 videos but only you like or dislike it when you play it.

Does the ps2 version run on 60 frames per second or is it choppy like 2005?

Ok, I played the demo now ...

Before I start to give my impressions, I need to say that this demo was very limited in all aspects and i guess a very early demo too!

1. Only baseline cam and very far away!
2. NO SLIDERS!!! (just in the demo of course)
3. PS2 demo with poor graphic compared to what I am used from xbox/pc
4. Unfortunatly I had to play it on a 12" tv if not even smaller.

You could chose from 4 teams and play a 4x5 mins game. There were no others options than just playing the game, as I said, no camera change, no sliders, nothing.
So the worst thing on the demo was that it was just to slow. I guess the gamespeed was set between 10 to 20. Honestly, that destroyed the most of the gameplay flow because every single movement was just far to slow!
And of course I couldn't see very much with that very far away baseline cam on a 12" tv =)

I wanna rule out all the negative aspects first and then come to the pros!

Two things, that annoyed me the most ...

1. The sliding of the cpu players while dribbling is still there. They almost never did any moves while dribbling, they just slid around all the time, from right and to left and back! That really looked arkwardly! I wonder when EA is ever gonna fix that. It never seems like players are really in contact with the floor and never are really running on it, but gliding or sliding like in any ice hockey game.

2. The worst part I figured out when playing with Marion(scorer). I was inside the perimeter but still to far away from the basket to dunk or make a lay up, but I tried one of his scorer moves and guess what...
As long as you are inside the perimeter and you try one of theese moves, like an up and under layup or whatever, they will attempt it! No matter how far away the rim is!!
I guess you all can imagine how stupid it looks if they try to dunk the ball from such a distiance. It looks like they got a turbo boost or so and try to fly to the rim. At least they never make the basket but turn their layup attempt into some strange looking other kind of shot attempt.
EA defenitly has to work on that, like restricting the range of theese moves to a reasonable distance from the rim!

Besides that the commentary seems be a lot like last years version, except a few new things from Steve Kerr.

Ok, I know some that didn't sound very good at all, but lets get to the good things.

There are a lot of new animations.
What I've seen so far:

-new dribbling animations (a few new, but many of the old ones seem improved)
-new rebound animations
-new dunks/layups
-new steal animations (like stripping the ball from behind)
-new foul animations
-new celebrations
-new passing animations

I also liked the new superstar moves.
The animations look good and if you know how to use them correct, you really got an advantage, but they are defenitly not too strong, like the pro hop in the first year. For the power moves, for example, you really need to be in the right position posting up otherwise you won't be able to execute the move properly. Same with the scorer moves as I said before. If you are too far away from the rim or if you got too many players in your way you will just fail.
The passing animations with Nash (playmaker) can look really good and also can be very useful, like passing behind the back or between the legs. But you really need to have a clear passing lane otherwise it will just turn into a turnover.

I think it really depends on the person that plays Live 06 or any Live game.
All the videos on IGN or elsewhere just look like crap, like it was with last years videos, because there was either cpu vs cpu, what is simply a disaster or the guys playing the game just didn't know how to play it.
I hate it to see someone playing the game and just playing with McGrady for example trying to dunk on every attempt or taking shots always with a defender in his face. All the videos don't show someone who really uses all the different moves Live 06 has and they don't show how it looks if you play the game like a basketball simulation.
If you don't change the sliders and just try to dunk and shoot around and don't know how to use all the moves in the right situation Live looks like a peace of crap. But PLEASE, whoever doesn't understand how to play a basketball game please don't complain about NBA Live!!!
But if you really want to play it as a simulation and if you know how to play it and figure out all the different moves, NBA Live will always be the best basketball simulation out there!

(I always wanted to get rid of this )

Unfortunatly the gamespeed was so slow that the whole game was really destroyed because of that, but all in all I think, with our adjustable sliders and everyones favorite camera angle this game will be improved and better than 2005 and the older versions. In my opinion the game improves and gets better every year anyway.

So with all this new and good looking animations and the new superstar moves, that really are not too overpowered, I'm really looking to forward to the game like I do every year.

The game will have its bugs as usual but I think we will have fun with it for another year until 2007.

And if EA finally decides to get me on board as their physics engine programmer, I think we will have a really great game in a few years, without all that sliding, strange bouncing balls, ugly looking moves and the 10 foot high jumping