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EA Sports treats the NBA Live series like a ugly stepchild. They wouldn't pull this kind of stuff for the Madden series. The gameplay itself is a joke, if you just want to play some arcade style basketball its ok but for the diehard fan its an absolute nightmare. First it was on sale for $[.]. Like lets say your editing Clippers players, to get to the last player you have to click 11-12 times to get to the player you want to edit instead of scrolling which the game developers did not put in.Everything about this game is difficult, the developers didn't seem to put much thought into this game, perhaps because it was PC instead of concole. The first thing they should've done is make saving games as easy and effortless as possible.
In short I am done with the NBA Live series, I will switch to the 2K9 series.Oh and the Gilbert Areanas cover with the horribly ugly uniform has got to be the worst nba game cover in the history of mankind. so I thought what the hey and bought it. Any roster or player editing is a pain because you have to individually click to get to the bottom of the player list. Scrubs point guards getting 60 points a game just because they drive to the rim and score even though you have 3 big men guarding the basket. Big mistake. I don't even know where to begin with this game.
The interface is a disaster with cuts of game footage in the background which looks like a bad MySpace page. Modifying to make the game better is impossible and for the life of me I COULD NOT SAVE ANY GAMES.
the music is not exactly what i would like to listen to but the game itself is good
Strongly recommend you buy this game. Your team will actually do worse. When you try and defend someone or steal the ball from them, all that happens is you end up fouling them and it gets pretty annoying. The slam dunks, however are awesome. It is so realistic.
Overall, this games is great. I've found that it is also not the best idea to create the perfect roster. The gameplay is exactly like what would play out in real life. The is game is incredible. The only issue is that it is almost impossible to defend anyone.
I went on a 7 game losing streak with a perfect roster.
Seriously. First, they don't adjust many of the player ratings from like 2005.
Do yourself a favor and get NBA 2K9 if you want a good basketball PC game. Hmmmm.
I own that game, too, and Carlos Boozer is still rated 73, while Kirilenko is still rated 88. I used to be a huge fan, but Live has just gotten more and more insulting each year.
This game is a joke. If you're any kind of basketball fan, you can't seriously like this.
Plus, the collision detection is awful and the gameplay is just sloppy and frustrating.
The reason why I mention this is that none of the live series after 2005 really improve the game from 2005, rather, the series gets worse every year. I wish EA made this game so that the users have complete freedom. It gets very boring very fast plus it has all the issues other reviers had mentioned. Do not waste your money on this piece of junk. EA will not make any patches, updates for the game because couple months after each live series is out, they are already finished making the next one simply chaning the number Live 08 to 09, 09 to 10 etc. Like changing rosters- if they arn't going to give us roster updates, just at least give us freedom to change it easily.
They should just make one solid game and have users buy patches every year and maybe, update the graphics every 2-3 years. I'm so glad the 2k9 came out. I still play 2005 with updated rosters and player ratings adjusted to current players' abilities. Sure, it may look a lil better and players get flashy signature moves or "zones" where they are supposed to get "hot" and make lots of shots.
EA, please consider firing your current live team. and you know what. None of these things matter unless the game is balanced and actually fun to play. The best one was 2005 in my opinion.
I won't re-list all the issues - I agree with almost all of them. This game has no substance, no replayable value. I just gave mine away to my lil cousin. Try blocking shots in this game it feels like nothing.
I "loved" the live series. The graphics, game physics, menus, system have not changed in a long time. EA really needs to wake up.
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