NBA Elite 11 officially announced

After getting their ankles broken the last few years by 2K, EA decided it was time for a desperation three to try to bring them back into the game (public's wallets).

You have to buy the DLC to see if the shot goes in, though.

EA Sports: It's in the game.

BOOOM SHAKA LAKA!

....oh wait....

My bad :(

my sarcasim detection device is having difficulty on the 2nd paragraph...

...oh wait, I just read the press release. lol @ "dice rolls"

"he new physics system means that players can now move around the court independently without being tied to another player."

What this means for basketball games is huge. Basketball games are one of the only games that really regressed from the 16-bit to 32-bit era, and then regressed again jumping to the generation after that. The reason is because of what this physics-like system tries to fix: As basketball games became more graphically advanced, the developers of every basketball game could only achieve the sort of things you see on TV with 1 on 1 animations.... You do a crossover and your defender gets committed to getting beat on the crossover; either the defender gets beat and he commits to the animation, or he doesn't and he holds his ground. There was very little in the game that the players could really effect by moving properly, most of the game -- like the NBA in many respects -- were isolation moves.

It was always too bad because basketball, perhaps more than any other major American sport, has more small interactions between players that make a big difference. In the animation-based formula for basketball games, how can you replicate the hand and positioning battle between an offensive center and the center defending him? You really can't: it all comes down to an arbitrary animation, either performed by the CPU or by switching to the player and mashing a button.

Since the 32-bit era, basketball games have really suffered from players getting locked into animations and not being able to do anything about it. Basketball games were some of my favorites games then, but I stopped playing them because of how scripted everything became... and it's been like this for almost 15 years.

Hopefully the NBA Live/ELite team takes the same successful steps as the NHL '08/09/10 team and turns out an innovative, unique, and playable game.

This still won't hold a candle to NBA Jam on Wii.

ok now all they have to do is rebuild Madden from the ground up....

Now if EA's contract with the NFL would end, so we can get real football games like the NFL 2K Series. Every year I buy Madden and every year I end up trading it in within a week.

Who are the nba's elite 11? Man I hope Nash is in it. He's so elite.

Doesn't matter how well they make the physics and everything. Still the same game, but with different teams. Can't make a game of football different after all these years.

If it doesn't have that "Online Pass" abomination, I might give it a look.

Shouldn't this technically be NBA Elite "1"; as it's the first "Elite" title? as opposed to "Live 11"

I dunno, I'll just go back to counting Street Fighters

Next.

It's been a while since I've followed basketball and heavily played a basketball game. This upcoming year I was looking to start doing both again, so this is very promising for me!

Live 10 actually kept me from buying 2K10 after all the years of supporting NBA2K. I just enjoyed the level of control and the atmosphere and such. I felt like I was more "in the game" than with 2K10.

As for this new name? Hate it but I LOVE what I've been hearing about the new, real-time physics engine. Think Euphoria Engine, folks, cuz that's what I've been hearing the new Elite 11 engine is comparable to. NHL 11 is going to have the same engine and I would expect Madden 12 to have it, too. Can't wait to see this engine in action.

y not "basketball orgy 2011"

NBA Elite sounds like it's going to be a game changer. Can't wait to see videos trailers.

i think that 2k was good but because of 2k8 i didnt continue with the 2k but with live and with elite that would be a monster of nba gaming experience.