NBA Live 13 News Post

NBA Live 13 Gameplay Video - Miami Heat vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

11:48 AM - August 21, 2012 by 22cedric

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Here it is, our first glimpse of NBA Live 13 in action.

Thoughts?

UPDATE: EA has taken down the video. Look through the comments section and you might be able to see a few pop up there, until they are removed as well.

UPDATE #2: Kotaku has it online.

UPDATE #3: EA Sports has responded... (via Owen Good, Kotaku)

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	EA Sports responds: "The video appears to be captured from a pre-alpha build months ago and is not an official EA SPORTS release. It does not represent a final build or feature set for NBA Live."

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# 701 cepelkey @ 08/23/12 11:42 AM

IGN is reporting a 31 October release... but that may not be accurate... I am still going to remain optimistic that EA will make this happen without too much of a delay... While I am not a big fan of 2K basketball, I will probably pick-up 2K13 since they finally changed their controls this year.

-CP

# 702 authentic @ 08/23/12 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by NealN42


	I still don't understand why it's necessary to release a new sports game every year. The quality is, and has been, atrocious overall this generation, and a company could potentially generate an insanely better game quality wise if they had 2 years per title instead of one. Simply release patches, roster updates, and paid dlc in between the titles, and I'm willing to bet each game would sell substantially more than the current ones do, as gamers could expect to see a tremendous amount of improvements every 2 years (meaning sales would at least average out to what they are now).

If this happened, companies such as 2k, would have to hire more personal. They wouldn't have the staff to work on the current game and develop the next game.

Also, games would be more expensive. They would need a way to make up for not releasing a game every year and the added workers to their company.

There's positives and negatives to everything.

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# 703 23 @ 08/23/12 12:02 PM

How in the world do you successfully, simulate Javale McGee in a video game?

Doesn't sound real but thats exactly what happens when the entire Miami team turns around and goes back down court before Battier even shoots.

# 704 scottyp180 @ 08/23/12 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Blzer


	This is the weirdest thing to say, but the best way I can describe it: When the ball is shot in mid-air, it looks like the equivalent to watching a basketball film and the ball being CGI. Sorry, no other way I could put it haha. I don't doubt that this is a pre-alpha build. I don't think this video should have been released. However, I don't get how a pre-alpha video gets out and EA can't calm the masses a bit with a short glimpse of whatever it is they have now. It doesn't seem like they're nearly complete with the game either way.

I was thinking the same thing. If this is indeed pre-alpha then release a quick clip that proves it. A 15 second clip of an offense running a play would be enough if the current build is better than this. EA really has no reason to not release a video or something at this point. The longer they wait the worse things look for them.

# 705 Thunder Storm @ 08/23/12 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by 23


	How in the world do you successfully, simulate Javale McGee in a video game? Doesn't sound real but thats exactly what happens when the entire Miami team turns around and goes back down court before Battier even shoots.

# 706 jersez @ 08/23/12 02:05 PM

They still don't have a cover athlete, but the shadow figure kinda looks like lebron.....Lebron please don't do this.

# 707 fitzgerald434 @ 08/23/12 02:10 PM

EA needs to back up that statement they made saying its pre-alpha by showing some clips of the build now because right now their getting a lot of negative feedback on the game.

# 708 Boilerbuzz @ 08/23/12 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by NealN42


	I still don't understand why it's necessary to release a new sports game every year. The quality is, and has been, atrocious overall this generation, and a company could potentially generate an insanely better game quality wise if they had 2 years per title instead of one. Simply release patches, roster updates, and paid dlc in between the titles, and I'm willing to bet each game would sell substantially more than the current ones do, as gamers could expect to see a tremendous amount of improvements every 2 years (meaning sales would at least average out to what they are now).

What's atrocious is your expectations. First, if someone were to sit and compare these games year over year, anyone with a discerning eye would notice that they make a noticeable jump in many aspects NOT related to pure tech. The games get better whether you want to acknowledge that or not. Second, sports titles have a 4-5 month play life. This isn't an FPS that isn't seasonal and can be played Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. That creates a dead period for the fans of said sport. Which leads to the 3rd point - there is a CLEAR demand for things as they are. If YOU don't feel the need to buy them annually, I get that. I'm the same way for SOME games. But when it comes to the sports I'm passionate about, I want a fresh title for EACH of the fresh seasons. These games are not just roster updates. You can whine about it all you want, but they are not.

# 709 Boilerbuzz @ 08/23/12 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Blzer


	I don't doubt that this is a pre-alpha build. I don't think this video should have been released. However, I don't get how a pre-alpha video gets out and EA can't calm the masses a bit with a short glimpse of whatever it is they have now. It doesn't seem like they're nearly complete with the game either way.

Please change that "released", to "leaked". That's a major difference. EA can't control the masses in this situation because they may not be able to show anything that would do such a thing. And the term "pre-alpha" just needs to go. I think people need to accept the fact that this is likely a June build. Making it PRETTY indicative of what the final version may look like..

# 710 23 @ 08/23/12 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Boilerbuzz


	Please change that "released", to "leaked". That's a major difference. EA can't control the masses in this situation because they may not be able to show anything that would do such a thing. And the term "pre-alpha" just needs to go. I think people need to accept the fact that this is likely a June build. Making it PRETTY indicative of what the final version may look like..

Thats exactly what happened with Elite, but some people stayed in that early build mindstate until the demo came out and saw for themselves

# 711 23 @ 08/23/12 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Sirlonius


	This is no where near a final version! They still have plenty of time until Oct to fix the animation and physics issues. I think they have a good base to go with. Graphics look fine to me. The atmosphere is great. Good commentary. Signature shots and the Live control scheme. Is it improved from live 10?...no not based on that vid and in the end, the final version will probably be on par with 10.. just not a great improvement.

Man that bland monotone broken unconnected commentary does not sound good

I wish guys would stop coming on here lying to EA about their game... and their graphics leave much to be desired.

I believe based on people with more inside knowledge and past experience that its closer to final than some buzzword thrown around here... this is almost the exact repeat cycle when Elite was being lauded

# 712 cavsfan2 @ 08/23/12 03:13 PM

Yeah, the only reason that people say the commentary sounds good is because of breen and van gundy who people actually hear in real NBA games. The lines are generic and don't offer anything to the game.

# 713 RumbleCard @ 08/23/12 03:14 PM

I'm all for Live making a big comeback. I would love to see the bar raised both for EA and the NBA gaming market but I got to admit I'm shocked to see people defending this footage. I know they're going to be loyalist in almost all walks of life but I would think even the most loyal gamer would at least reconcile the reality of what those 11 or so minutes showed us.

The footage doesn't look built from the ground up. It has the proverbial "Live" or EA personality all over it. So even with an early build I would have expected certain nuances of the game to be present. EA would have been better off just denying that the game was even theirs. Claiming "fan made" would have gone over a lot better.

Looks like this development team has problems that go much deeper than just a bad game. Here's to hoping for huge leaps and bounds over the next couple of months.

# 714 Boilerbuzz @ 08/23/12 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 23


	Thats exactly what happened with Elite, but some people stayed in that early build mindstate until the demo came out and saw for themselves

I wasn't going to say that, but...

# 715 Boilerbuzz @ 08/23/12 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by cavsfan2


	Yeah, the only reason that people say the commentary sounds good is because of breen and van gundy who people actually hear in real NBA games. The lines are generic and don't offer anything to the game.

"FROM DOWNTOWN!!!"

# 716 23 @ 08/23/12 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Boilerbuzz


	I wasn't going to say that, but...

Some people still stayed quiet going against what they saw until hardtimes 8 delivered the finishing blow off of what everybody was already thinking.

Don't get me wrong man, I wish they'd get it together...we've gone from 6 basketball titles in a year to just 1, and I believe us basketball fans have gotten the shortest end of the stick this gen, but all of this start over and redo it stuff makes the company unstable

# 717 Jukeman @ 08/23/12 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mos1ted


	I appreciate your insight in this post. This is all the more reason why publishers should move away from releasing sports titles annually. When you think about it, sports is one of the few, if not the only, video game genres that releases annually. With patching and DLC available, it is even necessary anymore?

I wonder if EASports was one of the first companies to release games every year. That would be interesting to know. I really never felt sorry when I always heard someone say "we have a short dev cycle"

# 718 videlsports @ 08/23/12 03:38 PM

They need to change the player Models, they are ugly, i'M SORRY to insult someones hard work but , EA just needs to re-do the graphics. The ball handling is not good IMO, you can't even drive to get to the cup. Will not buy, but maybe 14? Make the models Bigger EA.

# 719 barimanlhs @ 08/23/12 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 23


	Some people still stayed quiet going against what they saw until hardtimes 8 delivered the finishing blow off of what everybody was already thinking. Don't get me wrong man, I wish they'd get it together...we've gone from 6 basketball titles in a year to just 1, and I believe us basketball fans have gotten the shortest end of the stick this gen, but all of this start over and redo it stuff makes the company unstable

This is the worst part about it....even if half of them were below averge at least every demographic had a choice. Live fans could play Live, 2k fans could play 2k, Street fans could enjoy street, Sony's terrible NBA game could be played by those that thought 1080p on the box made it a good game lol

Im happy that we have a fantastic game left but it is disappointing that there is literally no choice. Honestly the demos do enough to keep basketball fresh for me. I could try out all the games and genuinely choose which one I liked and would eventually buy.

# 720 noshun @ 08/23/12 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by RumbleCard


	The footage doesn't look built from the ground up. It has the proverbial "Live" or EA personality all over it. So even with an early build I would have expected certain nuances of the game to be present. EA would have been better off just denying that the game was even theirs. Claiming "fan made" would have gone over a lot better. Looks like this development team has problems that go much deeper than just a bad game. Here's to hoping for huge leaps and bounds over the next couple of months.

Its not just that if you look at the Live 13 footage, you can see Battier run up the court exactly as Garnett runs up the court in hard8times Elite 11 demo vid. Its the exact same "old man/light jog" run up the court.

See Garnett run from 1:04-1:07 & 1:59-2:03 in the hard8times vid,

compared to when Battier runs in this vid at 3:46-3:49 & 4:25-4:30

It's like a mix of Elite 11 run cycles, with Live 10 run cycles. Theres quite a bit of similarities, so when people say built from ground up, its all hogwash. this vid to too far passed a pre alpha stage, I should know Ive done EA basketball QA..
Not only that, I noticed run cycle tendencies going far back as Live 2001 with Garnett on the cover. Im looking for vids now to show you exactly what I mean. I will edit this post to keep things together when I find the vids etc.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 23


	Some people still stayed quiet going against what they saw until hardtimes 8 delivered the finishing blow off of what everybody was already thinking. Don't get me wrong man, I wish they'd get it together...we've gone from 6 basketball titles in a year to just 1, and I believe us basketball fans have gotten the shortest end of the stick this gen, but all of this start over and redo it stuff makes the company unstable

I agree with you 23

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