I usually don't play those My Player type modes but since I had to for the demo, I did think the inclusion of First Take and the live video story stuff was pretty cool and interesting. Not that he can't do this or wouldn't do it in a game if getting a clear block from someone smaller, but if Paul George is driving to the basket on him i'd expect a regular block in that situation, he just snatched it like it was nothing. There are some things that might need tweaking, for instances Lebron blocked Paul George from behind on a drive and he grabbed the ball with both hands. Outside of the movement the game does play pretty well. With this I feel like it gets into the animation. Even when shooting, I just feel like I have more control over the player, movement, and shot in the other game. When I tried to move into the paint to help on D Paul George was so slow and sluggish moving in that I was way too late to even help. I was sliding in and out of weakside help defense and Westbrook drove to the lane from the other wing. For example, I was controlling Paul George off the ball defending Lebron. The Live models feel like they have weighted vests on. NBA players are quick and make fast twitch movements. It makes the guys feel so sluggish to their movement instead of fast and athletic.

Live i'm feeling like there's too much momentum to the body movement and it feels like such a large weight transfer from side to side on every movement. The other game feels more fluid with movement. Something about it just feels off to me but it's that EA feel to the way the players have always moved throughout live. It's better than what they've been trying to put out in the past no doubt.

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