The big problem with most basketball video games? Dumb teammates. That leaves players with two options... either call a play on every possession, using a play-calling system that can be terribly clunky... or run enough isolations to make Mike Woodson blush.
Nick Wlodyka and the team developing NBA Live 13 - due out this fall - are trying to change all that.
Wlodyka, cautiously, suggests that the teammate AI in NBA Live 13 may move that expectation, over to the human player recognizing his teammates' movement and acting on it, rather than initiating a play and managing all aspects of it. "It's like, OK , the screen's set, I can work off it and drive, I can work off it and hit the guy rolling off the pick," Wlodyka offers. "The whole idea is you shouldn't have to call plays in order for players to move dynamically. You're the court general, these are professional players. You can call plays if you want--and that's where you can get into the depth of the game, of knowing that this style will work against this opponent, and this style won't.
They get this right, and I may have to invest in an Xbox.
via Kotaku.com - NBA Live Moves with a Purpose to Make You a Better Baller.
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