'NBA Live 16' Demo Features Player Avatars That Look Nothing Like Them
The actual game comes out on Sept. 29 (Oct. 1 in Europe), but NBA Live 16 released a demo this week.
It's not going over well.
Let’s ease into this bad boy, shall we?
First off, Jimmer Fredette—whose only legitimate NBA skill is hitting long-range shots—has a significantly lower three-point rating than Boris Diaw:
"NO. NO. NO. pic.twitter.com/ClLwjRSWZc
— Professor Big Tweets (@HoosierWolves) September 18, 2015"
Secondly, and more importantly, several players have avatars that look nothing like them.
Kristaps Porzingis
Willie Cauley-Stein
Luke Babbitt
Justise Winslow
Trey Lyles
D’Angelo Russell
Tyus Jones
"NO. NO. NO. pic.twitter.com/ClLwjRSWZc
— Professor Big Tweets (@HoosierWolves) September 18, 2015"
K.J. McDaniels
"NBA Live 16 Tyus Jones is not realistic pic.twitter.com/mLcSNNoHim
— Professor Big Tweets (@HoosierWolves) September 18, 2015"
Rudy Gobert wanted to know who was responsible for his portrayal in the game:
J.R. Smith—whose love of outrageous shots is well-known—isn’t knocking this one down in real life:
Oh, boy. Has there ever been a better advertisement for NBA 2K16?
EA Sports sought to clarify some of the confusion:
"The players referenced are part of a very small minority who haven’t had their heads scanned into the game yet. In fact, roughly 80% of the league’s players have their face scans representing them in all aspects of the game. Avatars and all other in-game assets are updated as players are scanned, and the results are incredibly realistic.
We’re also allowing fans to scan their own faces this year via our new companion app, which features GameFaceHD and provides the most realistic, detailed player faces ever. Overall, we invite players to judge for themselves by playing the free demo that’s available right now on PS4 and Xbox One."
We believe that in the vast majority of cases fans are going to be very pleased with player likeness in NBA LIVE 16.
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