NBA Live 14's gameplay was incredibly stiff and awkward in motion. Shooting never felt natural, team AI was abysmal, and lay-ups and low-post moves all felt so canned and forced. It was like the players were action figures rather than professional athletes. Thankfully, EA Tiburon has been made more than well-aware of that fact that last year's installment was atrocity-incarnate and seem to be hellbent on fixing whatever they can for NBA Live 15.
MyTeam has always been a mode that came off as a distraction rather than a meaty mainstay for Visual Concept's 2K series. Thankfully, the team is hoping to rectify that and have the MyTeam mode become a much more substantial experience in NBA 2K15.
For anyone that was unfortunate enough to quite literally waste money on last year's NBA Live, then you know first-hand that it was barely passable for a PS3/360 game visually. Textures were lifeless and its player models stiff and dull as can be. Well, looks like EA Tiburon has been absolutely hard at work to right all their wrongs and if the much-improved graphical fidelity in the latest trailer really does translate to gameplay well, then NBA Live 15 could actually make NBA 2K15 sweat a little.
EA Sports has decided to go with up-and-coming superstar Damien Lillard as their NBA Live 15 cover athlete. The Portland Trailblazers guard had a breakout season full of clutch shots (I'll never forget the .09 Rockets-killer shot) and an impressive appearance at the dunk contest. With Lillard being chosen, this marks the second year in a row that a point guard has graced the cover of the shakily rebooted NBA Live franchise.
NBA 2K15 is a month and some change out and we've barely heard any information on the title besides its pre-order bonuses. Thankfully, the guys and gals at Visual Concepts have finally put out a trailer that at least hits the minute mark, in order to hold us over. While there's not exactly any new information on game modes or gameplay tweaks, there does seem to be a bigger focus on the game's presentation.
There has been a surprisingly small amount of information on Visual Concept's next installment of their blockbuster basketball franchise, but thankfully, NBA 2K15 has finally shed some light on a plethora of new information, and by "plethora," I mean absolutely nothing.
