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[Pared]

It's really interesting so many people are talking about the court spacing being fixed or address.

Has anyone thought of the possibility nothing was done in this area and it's simply an effect of the camera?

Just some food for thought.

[HeavenlyTouch]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

It's really interesting so many people are talking about the court spacing being fixed or address. Has anyone thought of the possibility nothing was done in this area and it's simply an effect of the camera? Just some food for thought.

They always attempt to improve court spacing yearly, this has been an issue since we were introduced to the new millennium of basketball games.

Even in 2k8 you have a lot of jam up sequences, at times opposing players can clutter you and even if you do a move you'll just end up bumping into another defender.

If you look at the screenshot of the trailblazers clumped up together, in last year's game, I would have never seen that kind of separation during a clump and that is a generic camera angle.

[Bornindamecca]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

It's really interesting so many people are talking about the court spacing being fixed or address. Has anyone thought of the possibility nothing was done in this area and it's simply an effect of the camera? Just some food for thought.

I don't think it's that black and white. It's a subtle issue, and there are a few factors, some real and some questionable.

-court size
-camera angle/lens emulation
-artificial intelligence
-team chemistry

There might even be other factors that I'm not taking into account, but those are the major ones right there. I know for a fact that some people on here are overreacting to camera angles, just by comments I've seen and side by side comparisons.

I don't know if they need to change the court size, or if they have ever thought of changing it. They spoke about player intelligence related to court spacing last year. I think it was Simballer, specifically who mentioned working on improving it.

[reptilexcq]

Quote: Originally Posted by bball_1523

I agree about the crowd. I hope the crowd's animations are fluid and that they react and stand up and do whatever other animations realistically. NBA 09 has a nice animation for when someone launches a three, the crowd stands up and it looks so awesome!

I don't care about crowd animations...from the look of it...it's excellent. What i care about the sound from the crowd. I want them to be f**king raucous and LOUD...give me the Playoffs atmosphere...i don't care if they do the same every game....i want a great experience.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bornindamecca

I don't think it's that black and white. It's a subtle issue, and there are a few factors, some real and some questionable. -court size -camera angle/lens emulation -artificial intelligence -team chemistry There might even be other factors that I'm not taking into account, but those are the major ones right there. I know for a fact that some people on here are overreacting to camera angles, just by comments I've seen and side by side comparisons. I don't know if they need to change the court size, or if they have ever thought of changing it. They spoke about player intelligence related to court spacing last year. I think it was Simballer, specifically who mentioned working on improving it.

But that's more along the lines of what I'm saying.

People are making claims as if it is black and white, saying court-spacing is improved.

Could be the size of the players models as well... but given everything you just listed...

Isn't it possible nothing was touched aside from the AI and their "awareness" of others on the court?

Would that be enough in everyone's eyes?

People are saying that it's an improvement from still images and I'd like to know how they can come away with that...?

[bigball12]

Wow! I only looked through the first 40 and stopped. For PS3 graphics, these are pure ****!! Some of the worst next gen graphic I have seen!! Live is the game this year!!

[mrnoobie]

lol based of pics...smh

[Shakedowncapo]

Absolutely hilarious...

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigball12

Wow! I only looked through the first 40 and stopped. For PS3 graphics, these are pure ****!! Some of the worst next gen graphic I have seen!! Live is the game this year!!

Considering how much time you spend in the Live forums, can you honestly expect anyone believe a comment like that is truly impartial?

Enjoy Live '09. It'll be a great game. But to go out of your way to make a comment like this?

I don't understand the thinking.

[HeavenlyTouch]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigball12

Wow! I only looked through the first 40 and stopped. For PS3 graphics, these are pure ****!! Some of the worst next gen graphic I have seen!! Live is the game this year!!

Why play Live 09, when you can just jump in your time machine and go down to your local early 90's arcade and play some NBA jam, I bet that's a better arcade simulation.