Quote Originally Posted by jaymo76 View Post
I really want to like this game and I keep coming back for more. In all honesty this game has the steepest learning curve of any sports game I have ever played. 2k is pretty easy to learn while with Live I am still mashing buttons trying to figure things out.

Please, please, please patch in a practise court!!! The tutorial videos sort of help but I need a skills trainer. I would love to see a player lock added to D. Basically use what NCAA BBall did... help me get back into position when I blow my coverage. There also needs to be a quicker way to access coach features. The L1 and then bumper pad is time consuming during the play. I would love to see a "re-mapping" of controls to make the game easier to play.
I agree completely on the practice court. Definitely need someway to work on the controls outside of an actual game. I also agree that this game has the steepest learning curve I have ever played. My first time ever playing NBA 2K, I was able to pick it up, and after at least glancing over the controls and button mapping, I was able to dive right into games and go to town. I'm still trying to learn everything here.

I'm also sort of unhappy them having shooting mapped to the Square (PS)/X (Xbox) button. NBA 2K, as well as all of the NCAA basketball games, if I'm remembering right, had the shooting command mapped to the O (PS)/B (Xbox) button. It just seems so odd and unnatural to have to press X to shoot instead of B like normal.

That said, I actually am liking the game. I honestly can't say that I thought very much of this game when watching JB and others streaming it on Twitch. It just didn't look that impressive and I wasn't sure I'd want to play until at least NBA Live 15, after they've had a full cycle to work on it more and try to make it better, but while it absolutely is rough around the edges, there are some things this game does well and other than the aggravation of alternating hot/cold streaks in my Milwaukee/Denver game, I actually was enjoying myself and had fun. Other than the aggravation of not being able to defend Trey Burke in the Rookie Showcase, I was enjoying myself and having fun.

There are some things that are definitely aggravating with this game, some things that desperately need to be tweaked, cleaned up or completely reworked, but overall, after having some hands on time the other night (and more hands on time the next couple days after I get done with work for the week tonight), I actually think EA has a fairly solid foundation here for their first actual release. If they can fix the issues, clean things up and make some needed additions, NBA Live 15 actually could be a pretty damn solid title and quickly start giving NBA 2K a run for their money.