NBA Live 13 Gameplay Video - Miami Heat vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

[LRBTODAY]

Quote: Originally Posted by Boilerbuzz

I am not going to pile on Live, but this post needs a reality check. YOU seem to forget that The Live franchise had a 10 year head start with Lakers Vs Celtics. You forget that the worse versions of 2K were across platform generations, but the series has consistently improved. You forget that for every issue in 2K, a concerted effort to fix those issues pops up quite quickly every subsequent year or two. You list nitpicks of the game, yet you neglect to mention that those same nitpicks and more exist in Live. So, why try to tear down that game to defend Live. Is it VC's fault that people feel disappointed in this video? Stay off the completion. It's called deflection and it's a sad way to defend your apparent favorite title.

Well said there lad.

[Mos1ted]

Quote: Originally Posted by LRBTODAY

You have got to be kidding me right? Wow............ok lets see where this goes.............. I've been playing basketball games since Double Dribble and Hoops for Nintendo so I think I can give insight on this for you bro. For each year I will list the best simulation basketball games out in that yr. 1990-Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs/EA Sports 1991-Bulls versus Lakers and the NBA Playoffs/EA Sports 1992-Bulls versus Blazers and the NBA Playoffs/EA Sports 1993-NBA Showdown/EA Sports 1994-NBA Showdown 94/EA Sports 1995-NBA Live 95/EA Sports 1996-NBA Live 96/EA Sports 1997-NBA Live 97/EA Sports 1998-NBA Live 98/EA Sports 1999-NBA Live 99/EA Sports 2000-NBA Live 2000/EA Sports & NBA 2K/2K Sports (I was playing Live, but I can't deny 2K was far more superior) 2000-NBA 2K1/2K Sports 2001-NBA Live 2002/EA Sports (IMO even though credits say NBA 2K2 was much better) 2002-NBA 2K3/2K Sports (I bought Live 03, but I took it back for it being too arcade for my liking. This is the year the tables turned) 2003-ESPN NBA Basketball/2K Sports 2004-ESPN NBA 2K5/2K Sports 2005-NBA 2K6/2K Sports 2006-NBA 2K7/2K Sports 2007-NBA 2K8/2K Sports 2008-NBA 2K9/2K Sports 2009-NBA 2K10/2K Sports You see the pattern here? Dude if EA took the time to make a good NBA Simulation this wouldn't be a discussion.

Exactly.

I started playing basketball games when Double Dribble was around also, and I vividly remember every title you've listed. EA Sports was definitely the dominant brand in the 1990's. However, once 2K came on the scene at the turn of the century, the pendulum quickly shifted, and EA has yet to recover. If it wasn't for the exclusive license, I doubt EA Sports would even be in existence right now. There's no way they would want to operate with just two ongoing franchises (FIFA and NHL). With the exception of NHL 2K and Don King Boxing (which I never played, but heard it wasn't that great), EA gets beaten by 2K nearly every time in head to head franchises.

And 2K was hellbent on dethroning Madden that they ignored their college football franchise. EA knew this and proceeded to lock up the NCAA Football license after securing the Madden license because they knew 2K would refocus its efforts to that brand without the NFL license. Every time I see a gameplay video from EA Sports, whether it's NBA Live, Madden, or NCAA, I literally shake my head in disbelief and anger and wonder what could have been had 2K football been able to live on through this generation.

[COACH WEBB]

Literally, the only game from EA that I will try is the Madden.

[LRBTODAY]

Quote: Originally Posted by NikeBlitz

Pre-Alpha ? come on.

Yeah. It's not looking good for EA.

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Just watching again after sleeping on it, this game is just painful to look at

After KD hits a shot and runs up the floor..the pan in looks awful

LeBron posting up his own man who slid like 6 feet

Not being able to tell who is who is still a bad art design

Why even claim faces with 100 man hours and you leave the body models that look like puppet corpses still in the game?

In Live 10 they did at least try to differentiate body types, but whats happening here? They still have some of the Fifa running code in the game evident by guys trying to run on a basketball court on their tip toes hunched over with knees bent too far.

Wade's shoulders are bigger than his head... I remember when Shaq has some real diesel sized triceps in what was that, Live 08, 06? this looks like that again.

Edit, I cant even finish

This is disugusting and I dont feel like posting what im seeing, its not even worth it.

[Jukeman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mos1ted

Exactly. I started playing basketball games when Double Dribble was around also, and I vividly remember every title you've listed. EA Sports was definitely the dominant brand in the 1990's. However, once 2K came on the scene at the turn of the century, the pendulum quickly shifted, and EA has yet to recover. If it wasn't for the exclusive license, I doubt EA Sports would even be in existence right now. There's no way they would want to operate with just two ongoing franchises (FIFA and NHL). With the exception of NHL 2K and Don King Boxing (which I never played, but heard it wasn't that great), EA gets beaten by 2K nearly every time in head to head franchises. And 2K was hellbent on dethroning Madden that they ignored their college football franchise. EA knew this and proceeded to lock up the NCAA Football license after securing the Madden license because they knew 2K would refocus its efforts to that brand without the NFL license. Every time I see a gameplay video from EA Sports, whether it's NBA Live, Madden, or NCAA, I literally shake my head in disbelief and anger and wonder what could have been had 2K football been able to live on through this generation.

Yea thats crazy, I remember every title listed even Double Dribble. I couldnt have been no more than 3 years old playing the Vs series.

Its sad that I can remember Lakers vs Celtics but cant even tell you what cover of Live Melo was on even tho he's one of my favorite players and I had the game..That says alot about the product in the last decade.

[Mos1ted]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jukeman

Yea thats crazy, I remember every title listed even Double Dribble. I couldnt have been no more than 3 years old playing the Vs series. Its sad that I can remember Lakers vs Celtics but cant even tell you what cover of Live Melo was on even tho he's one of my favorite players and I had the game..That says alot about the product in the last decade.

I remember when NBA Live '96 first came out. That was one of the first basketball games that allowed you to create players. What was also great is that you could input names of retired and missing players, such as Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson, and the attributes and look for that created player would default to them. It was basically EA's way of putting those players into the game without actually licensing them.

I was 12 when it first released, and I used to rent the game a lot because I didn't have the money to buy to it outright. After returning it, I would wait until the staff put it back on the shelf, then hide the game by putting it in a different section so no one else would find it LOL. That way, the game was guaranteed to be there when I was ready to rent it again (unless, of course, someone found it by accident LOL).

[Jukeman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mos1ted

I remember when NBA Live '96 first came out. That was one of the first basketball games that allowed you to create players. What was also great is that you could input names of retired and missing players, such as Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson, and the attributes and look for that created player would default to them. It was basically EA's way of putting those players into the game without actually licensing them. I was 12 when it first released, and I used to rent the game a lot because I didn't have the money to buy to it outright. After returning it, I would wait until the staff put it back on the shelf, then hide the game by putting it in a different section so no one else would find it LOL. That way, the game was guaranteed to be there when I was ready to rent it again (unless, of course, someone found it by accident LOL).

Haha I remember that.

Being young, I had no knowledge of this "code" so I marked out like the kid I was when I seen Jordan pop up. Only if I knew that all the rookies were "in the game" too I would of had the real Jerry Stackhouse.