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If you're any kind of basketball fan, you can't seriously like this. Hmmmm.
I used to be a huge fan, but Live has just gotten more and more insulting each year. Plus, the collision detection is awful and the gameplay is just sloppy and frustrating.
This game is a joke. I own that game, too, and Carlos Boozer is still rated 73, while Kirilenko is still rated 88.
Do yourself a favor and get NBA 2K9 if you want a good basketball PC game. Seriously.
First, they don't adjust many of the player ratings from like 2005.
Like changing rosters- if they arn't going to give us roster updates, just at least give us freedom to change it easily. 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. EA, please consider firing your current live team. They should just make one solid game and have users buy patches every year and maybe, update the graphics every 2-3 years.
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. Try blocking shots in this game it feels like nothing. I "loved" the live series. The best one was 2005 in my opinion. The graphics, game physics, menus, system have not changed in a long time. It gets very boring very fast plus it has all the issues other reviers had mentioned.
and you know what. Do not waste your money on this piece of junk. EA really needs to wake up. I wish EA made this game so that the users have complete freedom. 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. I'm so glad the 2k9 came out. I still play 2005 with updated rosters and player ratings adjusted to current players' abilities.
I just gave mine away to my lil cousin. This game has no substance, no replayable value. I won't re-list all the issues - I agree with almost all of them. None of these things matter unless the game is balanced and actually fun to play.
In the end I just didn't enjoy it. Well, I'm not a big basketball fan, but I thought I would give it a shot. For a game made it 2008 this thing looks absolutely primitive.
The dunk and lay-up buttons are together again this year, and it makes it better since before when you attempted a lay-up, it always seemed to get blocked, and so that forced you to dunk the ball since there was a greater chance it would go in.I would recommend this game for any basketball fan. Commentry is also continuing to excel. Red squares indicate where players are hot and blue is where they are cold. It indicates where on the floor a player likes to shoot.
This is the best NBA basketball computer game out there. Even if you do not watch the NBA, you can still have fun because of the addition of HotSpots since then you can see where players can shoot. However players may occasionally make a shot in their cold spots and miss from their hotspots. There are many improvements over NBA Live 07.
This makes the game more authentic since players make shots where they do in real life. This way you know that players like Shaq are dominant near the basket and Ray Allen can drain threes. Substitution and fatigue are better. In addition, the presentation is very good.The new feature Hotspots is cool.
First off, the ratings didn't change at all. It's just about the same as '07.Bottom line: Wait for '09. The FIBA tournament is alright, even if the players ratings on teams from other countries are stupid as can be.-It's still kind of a fun game. Also, rookies (half of whom are missing from the game) have completely messed up ratings. Another problem is that pictures weren't updated, which means rookies have no pictures. Players like Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, and David West, who were all rated in the low 70's in '07 should have gone up at least 10.
I'd be willing to bet that they'll do MUCH more to update next year, because I'm sure they realize how lazy they were in making '08. I bought '07 about eight months ago, loved it, but lost it last week. This was $10 at fry's so I bought it. It took about 3 hours.
I had to edit about 150 players total (rookies plus vets with ridiculous ratings) and save the roster just to make dyansty mode not a total joke. That completely screws up dynasty mode if you do a fantasy draft. Commentators say pretty much the same stuff, graphics haven't gotten any better. If you absolutely can't wait, just get '07, you can probably find it for about $5.
Mostly underground/indie rap, I absolutely love just about every song.-Some decent new features. Alando Tucker is an 86. sure, the graphics aren't bad, and the game is reasonably fun, but it's a new game, shouldn't they have updated it more.The Good:I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 for the following reasons:-The music is absolutely amazing. It is almost exactly the same game.Players:The biggest downside by far.
Not a huge deal, but still it shows how lazy they were in making this game.Gameplay:The same as '07. About 15-20 rookies have messed up ratings like this, in the 80's. But they have the exact same stats as before, as does just about everyone, even players like Steve Francis (82, has sucked for a few seasons now) and Jalen Rose (71, retired). Chris Paul is an 85.
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