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Along with the first screenshots of the game, EA Sports has also released the features list for NBA Live 13. It touts the smarter AI used in gameplay, full ESPN broadcast presentation, individual player authenticity, and the promise of all-new online features. Click Read More to see the entire product description and feature list, as well as an off-screen recording of the clip used in today’s EA E3 conference.
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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!
skin textures look a little better, tatts look great, but beside that, i’m very disappoint in what i saw, rim barely moved, pic show the puppet look still remains, and the off ball defense crouch is still in game, even when ball isnt near the people,
Hopefully they can clean some of that up before it goes gold. The game isn’t finished after all, it’s an alpha build on display.
The graphics is pretty awesome. The player’s face and body looks more realistic but I am not impressed about the jerseys, the jersey’s look so small and has to improve it’s texture. I hope EA could improve it. Can’t wait to see more previous.
I agree about the jerseys. There is something about the player model’s torso in the screenshots that makes the jerseys look small. There is also no movement in the jerseys from what i could tell.
I’ll readily admit that I’m not the harshest critic when it comes to graphics, but I think those screens look pretty good for the most part. I’d agree on the assessment of the jerseys but the lighting looks better than NBA Live 10, the faces are pretty spot on and the player models seem fine. I don’t think either game has completely nailed it as 2K’s bodies still look a bit bulky to me, but for my money both games are doing fairly well in the graphics department.
Some of the snark I sometimes see comparing the graphics in both games to the last generation (or sometimes even the SNES) is just silly, childish hyperbole. That’s not to say you can’t criticise either game’s graphics but we should all do so in a constructive and thoughtful manner. It’s funny because I’ve seen the graphics in both series deemed to be “cartoonish”, which had led to me really disdaining the term. It just feels like a lazy buzzword to cover dissatisfaction with any imperfections in the graphics.
Anyway, like I said I think both games are doing pretty well in the graphics department, though neither of them are perfect. Liking those screens for the most part.