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Debating Whether To Get NBA Live 09

Posted on December 22, 2008 at 09:30 AM.

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I've been thinking of getting an NBA basketball game. The problem is that the NBA takes a backseat to football and baseball for me. I'm getting Star Wars Force Unleashed for Christmas and just don't know how much I would play NBA Live 09. I haven't followed basketball much over the last little while but my interest in the Pistons is growing again. Money is a little tight and I don't really want to pay full price for one of these games and the prices are still high on e-bay.

I've decided I would probably get NBA Live 09 over NBA 2K9. The review scores do favour NBA 2K9 and the last basketball game I got was College Hoops 2K6 which I liked. I've also read that NBA 2K9 is probably the better overall game although Live might be more suited to the casual gamer like me. I read that Live's free throws are too easy, the injuries are screwed up in season mode and that the fast breaks aren't done too well. 2K9 is more polished in many areas but the court spacing isn't as good. I did try both demos and I definitely see the cpu fast breaking more on 2K9. But I love the court spacing so much more on Live so I'm going with Live 09. I'm not going to bother with NCAA 09 (I did try that demo) since I like the Pistons and don't like Vitale.

Feel free to change my mind as I'm still not sure if I will pick up a game. But I've got a few months before the Show comes out and depending on how long Star Wars takes to finish, I think I'll try to find a cheap copy in January to give me a couple months of fun before it collects dust.

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# 1 rudyjuly2 @ Dec 27

After getting some Best Buy gift cards (both US and Canada) I decided to get NBA Live 09. The wife went out to do some shopping and I sent her to get the game. All freaking sold out in Windsor!! Online too! I'll have to order it from the U.S. then but I'm off all next week and probably won't get this game to enjoy it for the rest of the holidays. That kind of sucks.