NBA Live's first appearance on the Wii is a complete disaster.
Perfectly harmless if you don't unwrap it
Players slide all over the court, completely disappear and reappear, don't take shots when you want them to, and can't play a lick of defense. It gets worse. Anyone within about eight feet of the hoop can go from standing still with his back to the basket to a flying dunk or layup with a flick of the remote. Steals are so frequent that you can't even tell what's going on sometimes because the camera is changing back and forth so quickly.
NBA Live's visuals serve only to add insult to injury, and they actually hurt the gameplay. Defense is almost impossible due to all of the warping and clipping that takes place. This problem is compounded by the lack of transition animation, so essentially you're trying to defend a player that can disappear, go through you, and then go from a standstill to full speed in the blink of an eye.
Live 08 is more a mystery than it is a basketball game. The two biggest questions are "What in the world was EA thinking when it made this game?" and "Is there anyone in the world that would enjoy playing it?" The answer to the first question has yet to be determined, but as for who would enjoy this game, the answer is "nobody."
3.0 (Bad)
all of the money they're going to make off this garbage. Absolutely ridiculous.
