Great players can use this move to devastating effect; in fact, it is possible to easily score 30 points a game with players like Paul Pierce and Allen Iverson by using nothing but the Pro Hop and the computer defenders can do nothing about it. Of course, you don't have to use this feature, but it's hard to fight the temptation to abuse it. While the inside scoring is a bit wacky, the game's biggest problem is offensive rebounding -- in that it's nearly non-existent. The rebounding model has been a serious issue with NBA Live for years and the latest version does nothing whatsoever to fix it.
Upon taking a shot, your computer teammates retreat to the other end of the floor without even considering fighting for an offensive rebound. They do this mainly because throwing a full court pass is way too easy to do -- and the pass usually is right on target regardless of how far you throw it.
So if the computer did fight for a rebound, you'd score 40 points a game on fast breaks. It's a serious problem and one that keeps the game from being any form of simulation because basketball without offensive rebounds is like baseball without walks.
Rounding out the game's issues, Live's franchise mode is way behind the other games in the EA Sports library and there is a nasty little bug that causes a few superstar players to not sign big money free agent contracts after the conclusion of a season.
So NBA Live sounds like a real dog, right? Well, not exactly. A great play might be rewarded with a TV-style zoom in on the scorer as he heads back down the court to concentrate on defense. Going to the line always features an up-tight shot of the shooter, complete with his stats for the day. Unfortunately, as impressive as these little touches undoubtedly are, they also slow the game down.
Shooting a pair from the line takes an eternity, with the camera focusing in on the player before each shot. The extended pause before the PC shoots, or before the player is allowed to shoot, is also interminable. On higher difficulty settings with fouls cranked up to a realistic level, this problem falls just short of maddening.
It really interrupts the flow of the game. Hopefully a patch will be issued to speed up or at least allow us to click through these frill animations. In-game audio doesn't keep up with the graphics.
Play-by-play, provided by St. Louis, err, Vancouver Grizzlies broadcaster Don Poier, consists of nothing but bland monosyllables raving about what just took place on the court. Color man Reggie Theus says practically nothing at all, usually confining his similarly brief commentary to introducing the stats between quarters.
He's so rarely heard during on-court action that I at first suspected that a bug was shutting him up. Considering he's promoted on the back of the box, it's hard to believe that he's supposed to be this quiet.
At any rate, it's a long way from the fantastic commentary heard from Kevin Calabro and Marques Johnson in Inside Drive. As disappointing as this is, it's almost mitigated by the incredible soundtrack of tunes featured in the front end.
While the most recognizable track is Naughty by Nature's "Hip Hop Hooray," there are a number of other real gems. Hard to think of better people to contribute to a game's musical score than Clinton and Bootsy Collins. After enduring the boring jam-fests of Live s 98 and 99, and having seen what could really be accomplished in a basketball game in Inside Drive this past summer, I didn't have my hopes up. After two weeks spent playing the actual game, though, I'm more than happy to admit that I was wrong.
This is a very entertaining look at NBA basketball that provides accurate play both on and off the court. It's still tilted toward the arcade side of the table, but this is balanced with a sensibility that seems based in the real world for a change. While hardcore basketball nuts might still be left unimpressed by some of the concessions to excitement over simulation, most of us will be having too much fun too care about finer details.
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Locate the executable file in your local folder and begin the launcher to install your desired game. Game review Downloads Screenshots Playstation 2. People say: 8. But do any of us ever play it? Do we bollocks. No sooner is the game reviewed than the disc is tossed aside like so much used pornography. This year is different though. This year we're not going to get suckered into fawning over it just because it looks good, has plenty of options and delivers a game somewhere in the region of playable.
All of those things are true of NBA Live , but none of them are enough to sustain anything more than a few hours of interest. If the true test of a sports game is its two-player mode, then NBA fails.
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