Nba Live 2008 Looks pretty damn good

[Flo-Rida]

Check this out
it might actually the first year live doesnt get their ass kicked by 2k

http://www.easports.com/nbalive08/gotomoves.jsp

[Shaolin-Style]

Do they make Duncan's go to the spin move or the bank shot is the question I'd like answered

[O-Factor]

I tried Live last year and really didn't care for it. Let's see what this year will deliver. but 2K7 was WAY better. Love that game...

[lefty]

EA sports sucks (ok, their football and baseball games are good)

- Fifa : destroyed by Winning Eleven

- NHL Live : owned by NHL 2K

- NBA Live : ass kicked by NBA 2K

Those games (EA) are made in Montreal ; I'm ashamed :oops :oops :oops

[Flo-Rida]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4vdzyw7CN28
pretty raw ass trailer

[Amuseddaysleeper]

i completely agree with lefty

also, those go to moves junk looks terrible


It's almost as bad as those "superstar controls" EA implemented a few years back

wake me up when NBA 2K8 comes out

[O-Factor]

Who is up for playing 2k7 online???

[lefty]

Who is up for playing 2k7 online???

Would love to, but mine is downloaded. Can't be played online :depressed

[O-Factor]

Would love to, but mine is downloaded. Can't be played online :depressed

That sucks man...

[freedom&justice]

ick. The last Live that was even marginally good was 2004, IMO. 2006 wasn't bad, but 07 was just awful.

On a side note: 2k8 has Chris Paul on the cover. Happy day. I was getting tired of seeing Shaq's mug all over the shelves.

[td4mvp21]

I'm sorry but that game still looks shitty, the graphics are just not as good as the 2K games.

[spurscenter]

2K7 is the best NBA game, 2k8 will again be the best game.

[baseline bum]

I used to be into Live hardcore, but they haven't put out a really good Live since 03. 06 was ok, but nowhere near 2k7. The last NBA Live that was in 2k7's class was Live 2000. I hope they just threw away the source code to Live 2007, because that was a royal piece of dogshit.

[MWILL]

I'm sorry Live Guys but 2K looks better. I quit Live back in 2000.

[Strike]

I didn't see anything that impressed me.

[Brutalis]

They should just focus on madden.

[Brutalis]

http://2ksports.com/_img/screens/nba2k7/nba2k7_090106_5.jpg

seriously even 2k7 shots look better than 08 vids. maybe define the crowds, make them home-like. keep doing what they're doing and 2k8 and the future could be insane!

[jaespur21]

Agree 2k8 is the better game....and has been since live was on the 64. i guess i got into the 2k franchise with the dreamcast and have been playin it ever since

[MrChug]

I used to be into Live hardcore, but they haven't put out a really good Live since 03. 06 was ok, but nowhere near 2k7. The last NBA Live that was in 2k7's class was Live 2000. I hope they just threw away the source code to Live 2007, because that was a royal piece of dogshit.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Cheers. :toast :toast :toast

[dg7md]

2K destroys EA on every sports game, every single one, going back to NFL 2K and beyond. Sure the World Series Baseball games weren't any good but was "Triple Play" any better? Aside from that, good track record, especially on the NBA games, NBA Live doesn't even come close.

[florige]

EA games in general has gotten sloppy with their games. It's like they think that year after year they can only make minimal changes to their games and people are going to keep buying them on name recognition alone. EA should be thanking the NFL that they were allowed to buy the rights for the next couple of years just so they could keep the 2k NFL games out of the loop. I'll tell you what, if you had given NFL 2k5 a couple more years to improve their games they would have surpassed Madden. EA had better improve their Madden's because right now that is their bread and butter. EA has lost alot of once loyal customers due to them being too cheap to make any major adjustments with there games. Plenty of glitches, but minimal adjustments.

[monosylab1k]

Live hasn't been good since 97

[BacktoBasics]

If its a simple push of a button to execute a go to move that will suck balls because you'll have next to no control over the player. Thats what I like about 2k is that its a thousand times more fluid and free flowing. I do think that the EA artist are pretty damn good. I had Live for a couple of days and the graphics were solid it was just an aweful game. Each player in 2K shooting just like they do in real life adds leaps and bounds to the realism of the game.

[mFFL03]

Live had the worst rebounding physics ever....

I remember a lot of cases where the player who stayed on the ground got the ball instead of one or two guys who jumped in the air to get it.

[Soul_Patch]

my 360 has been in teh shop for the past 3 weeks :(

[ALVAREZ6]

Gilbert Arenas is on the front cover.


No thanks.

[lefty]

Agree 2k8 is the better game....and has been since live was on the 64. i guess i got into the 2k franchise with the dreamcast and have been playin it ever since


Same thing here

[emo serb]

I remember when I first got my ps2 the first 2 games I got were NBA 2k2 and NFL 2k2, those games were awesome. I tried NBA Live 2004 and didn't like it (someone please check this, but I think Darko was the starting small forward). Does anyone have the number of sales of live compared to 2k over the past years?

[Slinkyman]

2K destroys EA on every sports game, every single one, going back to NFL 2K and beyond. Sure the World Series Baseball games weren't any good but was "Triple Play" any better? Aside from that, good track record, especially on the NBA games, NBA Live doesn't even come close.

You're kidding right? 2K makes the better basketball game for sure but MVP baseball was the best baseball game ever made. I tried 2k6 for 360 and it was terrible. 2k7 is better but still not close to good and right now 'the show' on ps2 is the best MLB game.

[Budkin]

Their gameplay is always horrible and arcadey. I'll wait for the reviews before I give it a chance.

[dirk4mvp]

It's not going to be as shitty as 07, but 2k8 will still kick Live's ass. But if it's decent, I might think about buying it. If it sucks ass, o well, 2k will deliver the goods. :downspin:

[Phil Hellmuth]

2K >> Live

[bdictjames]

Do they make personalized moves?

[emo serb]

You're kidding right? 2K makes the better basketball game for sure but MVP baseball was the best baseball game ever made. I tried 2k6 for 360 and it was terrible. 2k7 is better but still not close to good and right now 'the show' on ps2 is the best MLB game.
I think that may have been part of your problem. I can't say for sure so don't bash me, but I have played nba 2k7 on regular xbox and it runs great, on the 360, not so much. I have mlb 2k6 for the xbox and it runs great as well, but i've never played it on the 360, still i would assume it wouldn't run as smoothly since its a new system and all. but then again, what do i know, i dont have another game to base it against.

[Shred]

Do the pixelated zebras also make calls based on which team they picked to beat the spread?