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NBA Live 14 Reviews From Around the Web

09:07 AM - November 19, 2013 by nflnutt

NBA Live 14 is available for everyone today. Make sure you check out some of the reviews that have appeared online. As more reviews come in, we'll update this post.

IGN (4.3/10)
Darkstation (2/5)
Bleacher Report (7.8/10)
Gamesradar (2.5/5)
PlayStation LifeStyle (5/10)
Kotaku (NO)
GameInformer (4/10)
GameSpot (4/10)

Game: NBA Live 14Reader Score: 4/10 - Vote Now
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# 161 JBaker1225 @ 11/19/13 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBuddyHobbs


	How anyone can defend this game is way beyond me.

"People just aren't playing it right."

"Sure the graphics aren't great, but it looks like it plays really fun."

# 162 El_Poopador @ 11/19/13 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JBaker1225


	"People just aren't playing it right." "Sure the graphics aren't great, but it looks like it plays really fun."

honestly, go find a game where they are actually running plays and playing smart. its night and day.

# 163 yungflo @ 11/20/13 01:58 AM

OG said play diagrams are in the game. IGN says its not. SOmething tells me, this guy picked up the game and played it for a day or two then wrote a review.

# 164 Tha_Kid @ 11/20/13 02:03 AM

I don't understand why the names on the back of the jerseys in Live are still so small.

# 165 btrapp @ 11/20/13 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by cepwin


	I played the game and I think 4.3 is much lower than I would give it...the 7.8 is closer to my impression. The main omission is a practice/tutorial mode.

If you think this hot garbage is a 7.8/10, then you must have rated 2k14 a 1000/1000.

# 166 daam81 @ 11/20/13 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by jaychitown312


	I feel sorry for you Live fans because first off I have the game and have had it since friday. All I see are people playing the game and looking for exploits and glitches. Tell me this is 2k14 without exploits and glitches? Ill wait. LIVE fans if u try and play the game like its Live and not 2k u will see the difference. It has things that patches can fix but after playing 2k for the past 3 years I am pleased with Lives return.

Play like it's live?

You mean run in circles and proceed to go inside and dunk. Because I have been seeing a lot of that.

Judging from the footage it seems that every player can do dribbling moves evenly well and every player can easily dunk in traffic. It looks a little dated in the gameplay department among other things..

But I will try the demo. Maybe it's fun-ish when playing against another player.

# 167 magicman32 @ 11/20/13 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by El_Poopador


	from the videos ive seen it depends on how you play the game. its night and day from someone who tries to play sim ball vs someone who just runs around and shoots. the few vids ive seen with someone trying to run plays and play smart look really good. a lot of the videos look mediocre at best because people dont play smart and it leads to a lot of awkward looking animations and weird sets.

You can say the same thing about the other game. If you play realistic in the other game it looks great. I've played both next gen games. And there are exploits/cheese in both. Next gen 2k is better than current gen in this regard. Sim is what you make it and live looks like trash. Whether you play sim or not. They have a lot of work to do.

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# 168 GisherJohn24 @ 11/20/13 05:14 AM

Well. I was a strong advocate of Live. Played 3 games. I'm giving it a 5.0 . Its too slow, not fluid and honestly, Live 10 looked and played better. They can boast all those nice features they want, but to me, feels like its still in beta. Money has been wasted.

# 169 GisherJohn24 @ 11/20/13 05:19 AM

I really can't grasp that you can't change the game speed

# 170 Melbournelad @ 11/20/13 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by GisherJohn24


	Well. I was a strong advocate of Live. Played 3 games. I'm giving it a 5.0 . Its too slow, not fluid and honestly, Live 10 looked and played better. They can boast all those nice features they want, but to me, feels like its still in beta. Money has been wasted.

Hahaha I can't wait until fluent is taking back his delusional words once he plays the game.

# 171 swac07 @ 11/20/13 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by GisherJohn24


	Well. I was a strong advocate of Live. Played 3 games. I'm giving it a 5.0 . Its too slow, not fluid and honestly, Live 10 looked and played better. They can boast all those nice features they want, but to me, feels like its still in beta. Money has been wasted.

That's pretty much the score I gave it from viewing gameplay vids from multiple youtube channels and especially vids/streams that OG posted and ShakeDown posted earlier

No interior defense/Contact
quirky passes
boring presentation [commentary and halftime half done/ cut and paste]
sluggish gameplay [and seeing that GJ confirmed no speed settings this is a big negative]
Hopstep shot/spin shot gets you open majority of the time
Players clipping through other players, the ball, and the rim [Shakedown vid/OG streams]
Teammates dont move around even with "Synergy" active[ no game sliders so this hurts even more]
On fastbreaks defense players seem to bunch up[maybe that's just me]/no speed differential between offensive players and defense during a fastbreak
After the substitution cut scene during fts one player on the line is facing the wrong way then pops back in place it happens numerous times [Shakedown vid]
Strange body animations [check out lebron has a charlie horse on youtube or any other vid]
Animations defying penalties [reach fouls, out of bounds, and back court]
Odd block and shots animations

my positives= bouncetek and multiple game features
I hope live 15 gets it together!!

This is not the "foundation" I want live to build off of like everyone is preaching, I see no "SIM" in this, just arcade especially if you can run to the hoop with turbo and pull off a layup or dunk with the paint packed with defenders and no consequences...with the money and staff they have I feel they could do 100xs better

# 172 pslieber @ 11/20/13 06:54 AM

I hate to continue to rain on this parade, but NBA Live 14 is abysmal. I literally bought my PS4 at midnight launch to play this, and can't believe how terrible it is. For those who say 10 was better, are astonishingly accurate.

To begin, the physics are terrible. Thanks to awful collision detection and player movement, everyone - including point guards - blows by and dunks. The aforementioned 'swish only' is incredulous. Balls ping pong off hands on loose balls. Jumping/block mechanics...ouch.

Cameras are sorry. The screen literally shakes subtly as teams change possession. I'm still in awe that passed QA testing. Shot animations...?! Legs flying everywhere. Post up game makes no sense in execution.

Commentary...egads. Robotic, boring, and non-sensical. Halftime show, however, is quite nice in presentation.

Rosters...ouch. I can't believe I was watching bald white guys named 'PG #0' subbing in...on supposedly up-to-date rosters.

Please don't flame me in saying this, but I've never been a fan of the 2K basketball series (albeit noting it looks awesome!)...much preferring the looser control scheme of Live. I was really hoping for something different - even if flawed - to have more, well, 'fun.' This is the worst basketball game - to my knowledge - I've ever played on a mainstream console.

I'm certain they can patch some physics-based aspects of this, but the game is so broken out-of-the-box that I don't think it's possible to salvage it.

# 173 GisherJohn24 @ 11/20/13 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by pslieber


	I hate to continue to rain on this parade, but NBA Live 14 is abysmal. I literally bought my PS4 at midnight launch to play this, and can't believe how terrible it is. For those who say 10 was better, are astonishingly accurate. To begin, the physics are terrible. Thanks to awful collision detection and player movement, everyone - including point guards - blows by and dunks. The aforementioned 'swish only' is incredulous. Balls ping pong off hands on loose balls. Jumping/block mechanics...ouch. Cameras are sorry. The screen literally shakes subtly as teams change possession. I'm still in awe that passed QA testing. Shot animations...?! Legs flying everywhere. Post up game makes no sense in execution. Commentary...egads. Robotic, boring, and non-sensical. Halftime show, however, is quite nice in presentation. Rosters...ouch. I can't believe I was watching bald white guys named 'PG #0' subbing in...on supposedly up-to-date rosters. Please don't flame me in saying this, but I've never been a fan of the 2K basketball series (albeit noting it looks awesome!)...much preferring the looser control scheme of Live. I was really hoping for something different - even if flawed - to have more, well, 'fun.' This is the worst basketball game - to my knowledge - I've ever played on a mainstream console. I'm certain they can patch some physics-based aspects of this, but the game is so broken out-of-the-box that I don't think it's possible to salvage it.

I can't agree with you more. I was expecting a decent game that was maybe like Live 10 with some new mechanics and some nice features. Features are nice, but the game is really bad on the court. It breaks my heart literally that this franchise has turned out so bad. I'm actually surprised they released it in this condition especially after seeing the greatness of 2K's next gen launch. I can't say for sure if a foundation was set for Live if they come back with 15. But something is sorely wrong with EA's devs for b'ball, they need a spanking. This is not even worth 29.99. Oh well, ya learn.

# 174 knighthawksfan @ 11/20/13 08:45 AM

I don't care what the internet says about nba live 14 I am stilling buying it for my ps4 when I get it either next month or january. Go nuggets!!!!!!!!

# 175 Melbournelad @ 11/20/13 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by knighthawksfan


	I don't care what the internet says about nba live 14 I am stilling buying it for my ps4 when I get it either next month or january. Go nuggets!!!!!!!!

Are you 12 years old?

# 176 GisherJohn24 @ 11/20/13 09:04 AM

I wasted 60 bucks. don't you do the same. I regret my purchase 100%.

# 177 kingeo19 @ 11/20/13 09:57 AM

FINALLY,

Well. I was a strong advocate of Live. Played 3 games. I'm giving it a 5.0 . Its too slow, not fluid and honestly, Live 10 looked and played better. They can boast all those nice features they want, but to me, feels like its still in beta. Money has been wasted.

Agreed, Live 10 is a prized gem compared to this release. For all of those saying Live 14 is Live 10 on steroids what are you seeing and playing? Turn off your PS4 and hook your 360 or PS3 back up. Pop NBA Live 10 in and watch a cpu vs cpu game with default settings and rosters as the game was after the final EA update.

Live 14 is at best NBA Live 13 (the online version only that was to be released over year ago) with a great shoe shine job. They worked on the animations quite a bit to get them to NBA Live 14s current state. Go and watch the Live 13 gameplay of MIA v OKC and then watch the current Live 14 footage. A great shoe shine job can't hide the scuffs.

FOR the PRESENTATION LOVERS: Live 14s reoccurring lone strength being praised but would you tell your friends that the unattractive chic you took to dinner and paid for her meal had nice shoes and great lipstick?

I encourage you to watch a match-up like the HEAT vs Cavs with playoff atmosphere. You'll hear great commentary from Kerr (now with the OTHER game) and enjoy the crowd (visually and audibly) just as much or more than you currently are while suffering through Live 14.

When the DEVS liken themselves to the up and coming Cavaliers it's not a good sign. Their Kyrie won't be enough to get them to the playoffs. They'll remain a lottery team and the only reason Kyrie stays will be for the larger salary they can offer. Mike Brown is back leading the way after he was dumped a few years back but his success was tied to LeBron and he left to join a team of champions.

EA Sports/Tiburon
Kyrie...Scott OG and Ryan F?
Mike Brown...Sean OBrien
Andrew Bynum...Marketing/PR
Dion Waiters/Anthony Bennett...Bounce Tek, cmon

# 178 kpax1�1 @ 11/20/13 10:32 AM

I feel like EA should have done like Konami did with the PES series in the current gen, considering that they started from scratch around PES 2010 I believe and implementing new things, they should have at least released the game at the price of $40.

# 179 NUH_UHHHHHHHHHHH @ 11/20/13 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Gorilla Glass


	NBA Live 05 was arguably the best in the Live series. Why not copy its mechanics? Hopefully the price drops to 20 bucks, then I will BETA test for them.lol

nba live 95 is the best in the series hands down

# 180 UNabomb @ 11/20/13 10:46 AM

i don't care what anyone says,this atrocity is unexcusable,iv'e been watching some nba live 10 lately,and i have to be honest,even live 10 looks and plays better than nba live 14? are you serious?,how's that even possible? how a game that came out in 2009 could have better animations than a game that came out on 2013 on the ps4 and the xbox one? listen,if you wanna pay 60 bucks for this piece of crap that's on you,but to say that this game is great is a pure blasphemy.

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