Comments on: NBA Live 08

By: Austin J. Farier

Austin J. Farier — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:08:02 +0000

i have this game for playstation 3 so i bought it as a present for a friend of mines who owns a 360….i use to constantly read forums who claimes that the game was crap. My advice is to play it for yourself and find out…..no matter how i try i cant put the game down. i love the go to moves….anyway…you wont be disappointed it is a better game that people is giving it credit for.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Dwayne Owensby

Dwayne Owensby — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:21:35 +0000

Man i was almost fooled in to geting the cartoony, NBA2K! Live is just much better. I’ve been a live fan for yrs, and yes last years version sucked. But i think EA got there head out of their azz, and took thier time on this game. The game play is so much better, the controls are not like your playing a fighting game(combos) Its striaght forward! So if you were a live fan since the 90s, you can rest assure this is far better then the SEGA game. Only prob is which one to get ti on PS3-XBOX360?
Rating: 5 / 5

By: I. Leon

I. Leon — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:06:41 +0000

I am one of the many former Live fans, Live 95 being one of the best and funnest games of the series, but with recent iterations of the game being lackluster I have moved onto to greener pastures, also known as the NBA 2K series. So when I saw that Live 08 had made some big improvements over the disaster that was Live 07, I figured why not give it a chance. While this game is significantly better than Live 07, it still isn’t that great a basketball sim. Certain animations seem to be missing making the game seem not as fluid as you would hope especially from a game running at 60 frames per second. Dunk animations in particular are just not right. Guys can go from running or standing still to a dunk in a very quick leap, essentially making the shot unblockable. At best when someone dunks it’s either a foul or a dunk. Blocking the dunk is definitely not an option even with some of the best shotblockers in the league. Also jumpshot animations really have no rhythm so it does not feel very fluid when shooting a jump shot. Watching the game also isn’t that fun. The way players move on the floor has a wonky feel to it, not like watching a real game. All in all I’d have to stay skip this Live and pick up 2K8. Even though 2K has its flaws, one being a terrible roster glitch that screws up all player match ups on defense, it is still a far better gameplay experience than Live. While I was hoping Live would hit its stride next year, I think we’ll have to wait for NBA Live 2010 before this game is relevant again.
Rating: 2 / 5

By: Karim A. Abouseda

Karim A. Abouseda — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:29:12 +0000

quite simply the reason why I had to purchase a Xbox 360… yes it’s true, after playing this at my buddies house, I had to go out and buy the console as well as the game the next day… I, like many, have been extremely disappointed with recent EA NBA live editions for a couple years now, so I wasn’t expecting to much from this one… boy was I amazed by the change of graphics and realism that was implemented into the game!! Although it not a perfect 5 star game, it shows that EA sports is back being number 1 in basketball games.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Mark Richardson

Mark Richardson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:03 +0000

Three stars may be generous for the game. There is really only one way to consistently score: take the ball right to the hoop while using the “juke” moves. Short range jump shots don’t work. Post-up game: forget it. Anything resembling a real basketball game: forget it. But if you do take the ball to the hoop and use the juke moves and you have one of the star players it is unstoppable. Play LeBron: he’llo score every time. If you like a pure arcade-style game then you might like this one.
Rating: 3 / 5