Groundbreaking Feature Revealed

[buzzy]

Mercurynews.com has revealed first details on the new feature of NBA Live 09.

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_9875353

EA plans to announce today that the latest version of its "NBA Live" game will include a constantly updated artificial intelligence.

Whenever users log on to the game, the title will connect to the Internet to download data from the latest NBA games, including such details as whether a player like Kobe Bryant is taking more shots from the left or the right side of the floor and his relative success from each spot. The game will use such information to affect how the virtual Kobe Bryant plays in "NBA Live" and how he is guarded.

If they pull that off, it's goin' to be awesome.

[Cartar]

The link doesn´t work, but if they´ll do this, it´s gonna be great.

[Ruthless Outlaw]

wow, that seems very impressive.
if it works out as they want it to, that would be fantastic.

[Cornerthree]

Really, that is ground-breaking, this would make the game really awesome... Imagine, in the middle of the season a trade is finalized and a running team(like GSW) starts playing half-court and you experience it all on NBA Live the next morning... WOW!

[Patr1ck]

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_9875353

This one worked for me.

[rdelizo35]

here's an alternate link:

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9875353?I ... rynews.com

On-topic, if that is the ground-breaking feature, than I think it will be awesome. It will help make NBA Live '09 that much better.

[SHAFT23]

well it's really a nice feature mainly cause it will effect surprise players or break out seasons.........BUT most of the players stick to what they do best and keep doing what they are doing 90% of the time.

Kobe will still be shooting 45 degree threes from standstill and taking most of his shots in the post/ inside or FT area.

Elton Brand will still shoot mostly from 16 feet in etc.

The thing that would be great is that players like Travis Outlaw who suddenly turn up to be good shotoers from mid range will do that in game.

2k8 has a feature i dont know if anyone knows this it keeps track of your profile and what you like to do on defense and offense. Like goes for steal 50% of the time or likes to run fast breaks or runs a certain offense 20% of the time. You can choose a team and choose to play that style for practice.

I really hope they made the gameplay smoother like 2k8 cause live 08 doesnt run smoothly on the court, eventhough it looks way better.

[huddy187]

Great Feature EA im excited to see how it work out durning the season

[havasufalls]

yes this is definitely a feature that will probably benefit breakout players and i assume under achieving players as well. Amazing feature if its done right!

[SHAFT23]

also i think they are gonna use the hot spots for this feature so that means they only know where the player is shooting from, but they don;t know what type of play it is.....is it a set play? An isolation off the dribble play? catch and shoot? fade away? or regular jumper?

[ThaLiveKing]

This could be hit or miss. I wonder how they will gather the info

[rdelizo35]

That's a great point, ThaLiveKing. Maybe Andrew will have more information on that after EA makes the announcement officially and the embargo be lifted so we can hear what he thinks of it. Maybe he has some info that will clarify and explain better how the ground breaking feature works in-game and how it affects gameplay as well.

[huddy187]

here some more infohttp://ps3.ign.com/articles/889/889003p1.html

[rdelizo35]

Corrected link: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/889/889003p1.html

Thanks, Huddy187.

I wonder what Andrew's impressions are about this?

[huddy187]

whats NBA Rewind?

"which will allow players to play any game that happened between two teams for this last year's season as well as the upcoming year's season with the way that each player was performing at that point in time. Not only will you be able to return to one of these previous games and attempt to see if you could have played the game better than it happened in real life, you'll be able to see just how the team developed or diminished across the entire season and see if you can rewrite history. What's more, the stats and gameplay elements that happen in real life will be translated for players, so if Baron Davis, Kobe Bryant and Rip Hamilton get injured, the game will reflect the shift in the Clippers, Lakers and Pistons lineups with the next update."

[SHAFT23]

That's a great point, ThaLiveKing. Maybe Andrew will have more information on that after EA makes the announcement officially and the embargo be lifted so we can hear what he thinks of it. Maybe he has some info that will clarify and explain better how the ground breaking feature works in-game and how it affects gameplay as well.

take a wild guess.........hot spots. like they had last year. NBA keeps track of ecvery shot in every game.

[rdelizo35]

I think hotspots are only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Huddy187, whatever NBA Rewind is, it certainly sounds cool and will add even more depth and playability to NBA Live '09.

Seems like EA is finally going to have a great basketball game out. Amen, it's about damn time.

[Skills]

Wow, that is ground-breaking. It'll make gameplay much better. Hopefully it'll turn out well.

[rdelizo35]

If everything does work out, this ground-breaking feature will be a major coup for NBA Live and EA Sports.

Imagine that:

stat-tracking

hot spots

roster/injury updates

NBA Rewind...

Wow! I was already wanting this game badly, but I think that my anticipation for it went through the roof!

It's a great day to be a gamer and an NBA Live fan.

Bravo, EA, bravo!

[huddy187]

this game is awesome but i need to see some vids

[evMEDIA]

According to pastapadre, all the data will be coming from Synergy Sports Technology. Pastapadre has the details about the new feature on his website.

http://www.pastapadre.com/2722/nba-live-09-365-details

[Tered]

What is the most improved feature from 08?

[huddy187]

What is the most improved feature from 08?

everything really its 10 times better

[rdelizo35]

Tered,

Basically, EA took everything and improved on it: graphics, Dynasty Mode, there's NBA Academy, Be A Pro mode, fixed the dunks, improved the play-calling system and even threw in the ground-breaking feature for good measure. In short, everything has been expanded and improved upon.

http://nbalive09.nba-live.com/communityday/

If you click on the link above, you'll get detailed info about NBA Live '09 courtesy of Andrew, the head administrator for these forums and the nba-live.com site. It's worth a look.

[Andrew]

Well, you guys know what it is now. I've been cleared to talk about it so a new report about NBA Live 365 will be up soon.