"Select your dunk"

[Jay-Peso]

You just broke Kobe Bryant's ankles with a flashy crossover dribble. There's no one between you and the basket. Time to show off. Do you perform an explosive tomahawk jam, or spin through the air with a 360? In NBA Live 2005, players will be able to select which dunk they want to perform as they elevate. The days of random slams are finally behind us. Live is scheduled to street just before the NBA opener this fall.

-Game Informer, ISSUE 124 JUNE 2004

[cocobee]

wow! if it's controlled, this will be awesome. Like I hope Shaq can only do power dunks and Carter can't do 360's in a crowded lane. If this feature is tamed down then it will be so awesome!

[LiveRules15]

You just broke Kobe Bryant's ankles with a flashy crossover dribble. There's no one between you and the basket. Time to show off. Do you perform an explosive tomahawk jam, or spin through the air with a 360? In NBA Live 2005, players will be able to select which dunk they want to perform as they elevate. The days of random slams are finally behind us. Live is scheduled to street just before the NBA opener this fall.

-Game Informer, ISSUE 124 JUNE 2004

yeah... Game Pro said the same thing. Thats going to be amazing.

Heres a pic of the gamepro article if no one saw it... yet (you probably did)

http://www.pbase.com/image/28049897

[Jackal]

Well, how exactly would we have total control over the dunk?

There are only so many buttons you know, I'm kind of confused. How would it work? I would miss alot of dunks because I'm very clumsy with the analog sticks.

[Alcoholic]

Maybe button sequences do different 'moves'. Like buttons

1, 2, 4

Would make him do some sort of windmill, and if you do it while doing 360 on the analog stick, 360 windmill, that kind of thing I'm guessing.

That would be tricky to do, but I guess harder dunks should be trickier by nature.

[LiveRules15]

I think you use one of the analog sticks....

"Free Style Air"

[caduzao]

I think you use one of the analog sticks....

"Free Style Air"

Oh if be this it's ok but i think not

[Jay-Peso]

Once I find out further information about this I will post. As of right now I have no clue of how they are going to do this. Once I know I will let you guys know. As of right now I am looking to see

[Nick]

i smell dunk contest.

[LiveRules15]

I think you use one of the analog sticks....

"Free Style Air"

Oh if be this it's ok but i think not

http://www.pbase.com/image/28049897

I think it is considering they are callin it Freestyle air and freestyle use the analog sticks.

[Jay-Peso]

i smell dunk contest.

Man. That is what I was thinking too. I really hope so, it probally will happen because of the freestyle air thing.

[WalleO]

You just broke Kobe Bryant's ankles with a flashy crossover dribble. There's no one between you and the basket. Time to show off. Do you perform an explosive tomahawk jam, or spin through the air with a 360? In NBA Live 2005, players will be able to select which dunk they want to perform as they elevate. The days of random slams are finally behind us. Live is scheduled to street just before the NBA opener this fall.

-Game Informer, ISSUE 124 JUNE 2004

I really fail to see this as a good feature. From the sounds of this, it means that we would only have a handfull of dunks. maybe five at the most if not four. I mean, how many ways can you use the analog stick to get different combinations for dunks? even if somehow ea was to manage 6-7 different combinations, it'll start to get cumbersomer and confusing. i think the surprise element shouldnt be completely taken off. sometimes not knowing what you're going to get builds the excitment.

[Alcoholic]

Hey man maybe you forgot that its not all about dunks, its about adjusting in mid air, instead of simply repressing the dunk button to let go of the ball. And all of the screens I've seen show them tangled up with someone else, trying to 'adjust' to get the ball in.

[Filip]

Ah man this is the coolest news I heard so far. I hope the dunks gets controlled by the analog stick. Everything else wouldn't work good.

[Vi1n5ce]

Hmm...

Somehow I don't think it will be very useful...

If you think about real life basketball, when you jump to dunk/layup/shoot, you determine how you are going to jump and make the necessary adjustment to your shot once the defenders starts to jump and attempts to block you....
This whole process most often last only a second or at most two...

In a computer game, you have two options...
a) Doing the whole process I mention aboce using a controller/keyboard in a second or two... which I personally doubt will be enough time
b) You predetermine what you are going to do and perform the move accordingly at the time you think is good... which I think is more reasonable...

Hmm, real ballers "might" play using option b) sometimes (me too)... but it usually ended up looking very ugly cuz you can't precisely determine how your defender is going to react...

ex. you plan to go up at the defender's left side and quickly swing the ball to the right at the top of the jump and then do a layup under his arm... but then in reality, the defender don't buy the fake and jumps to the right side...... then you are being block "live 2k3" style....

[hmm]

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[Jay-Peso]

in pc it will suck.Like we cant do crossovers with keyboard.

You can buy dual analog controllers like they have for the Playstation 2.

Infact when I buy Live 2004, I am going to buy a controller.

(I havve the PS2 version but it sounds and looks cooler on the PC because of Mods and updates)

[Filip]

Yo Homer you haven't got any controller for live you dumbass?!
Get your ass to the store and buy a Wingman Rumblepad, shouldn't be that expensive

[Jay-Peso]

Heres a link to that controller:

http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.jsp?c ... =51312&m=0

I will be buying that one too.

Slam man, I do not have a controller yet either

[Rokas[LTU]]

I've ThrustMaster FireStorm Dual Power 3 and it's perfect for Live. And it has many buttons..

[Alcoholic]

I use a ps1 controller. Its really ideal for the game.

[Jay-Peso]

I use a ps1 controller. Its really ideal for the game.

How do you do that?

[Old School Fool]

in pc it will suck.Like we cant do crossovers with keyboard

In NBA Live 2003 on PC I could do Freestyle with my fucking keyboard...I could break ankles, I could to Post of shit too

[Filip]

Heres a link to that controller:

http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.jsp?c ... =51312&m=0

I will be buying that one too.

Slam man, I do not have a controller yet either

Lol, how can you guys play NBA live without any controller with two analogs sticks?! It is required to be able to play th game good.
I used keybord from '95-01', but since 03' I have used my Wingman Rumblepad which was required to be able to use the freestylse shit.

It works also great for driving games such as Need For Speed

Good thing is that it's Logitech behind the controller, and who else is better than them on stuff like that

[keithpetty]

I own an XBOX so on nba live 2005 the slam dunk freestyles will probably be controlled with the right analog stick. Like for example you can do 5 dunks with everybody that can dunk good. four dunks you can do can be with the right analog stick after you have press the x button. then one dunk you can do with the x button. it should be lots of fun doing dunks that way for the nba live 2005 on the XBOX version.