realism

[magius]

dont have 2004, just wanted to get some opinions...... is live 2k4 more realistic than 2000?

[Macca]

I what regrad, be more specific...

Macca

[Vins15]

I what regrad, be more specific...

Macca

excatly wut kind...of specific?Dynasty?Gameplay...etc...

[Macca]

I meant be more specific as in like gameplay, franchise, graphics, cutscences, commentary, teams, players, pretty much what you said.

Example: magius, what do you mean when you say relaistic... (list examples) Hence that is what I meant, sorry.


Macca

[Andrew]

I feel that it is. Not to take anything away from NBA Live 2000, but NBA Live 2004's Dynasty Mode is superior (despite a few flaws), and the ability to adjust the gameplay using sliders makes for more realistic gameplay. NBA Live 2004 still has a couple of problems, but I believe it is the best of the series, way better than last year's game.

[magius]

thanks for the info,

anyway,sorryfor for non-specifity........ basically i care about realism gameplay wise -- does it play like an arcade game, etc. etc.? from andrews post i gather that you could play around with the sliders to make it suit your style, but personally i kind of dislike the idea of sliders--makes me feel like im cheating almost. ive never really used them before though, so maybe thats just inexperience. the second thing i care most about is the dyansty mode, and then maybe player development, rookie draft, etc.. are they a fun and interesting part of the game? the graphics and cosmetics dont really matter that much as long as it isnt any worse than 2000...... i used to like the old nbas for genesis, but now when i try them again it gets kinda boring........ especially when they dunk and touch the rim with their chins i like to see all the old players and ratings though, thats fun.

and lastly, a very important question........ is it actually possible to lose even when you're trying real hard to win? i think live 2000 was the last one that was really challenging though in all fairness i really havent played the later ones that much.

[Andrew]

The game is pretty good out of the box, but you might want to tone down a couple of the field goal sliders and the game speed. I think you'll find it isn't really cheating, with the right tweaks you'll have a realistic game that is still challenging.

[magius]

just one more question......... when tweaking towards realism in game does it ruin the realism statistically for cpu teams out of game? or does it not have any effect?

[Andrew]

There's no problems there. Simulated performance and statistics are both based on ratings in Live 2004 (previously the Dstats fields in the player database controlled simulated statistics).