Best NBA Live of the last decade?

by **bowdown** on Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:07 pm

Sorry if this has been made before which I am sure has been but just curious.... And while you are at it give a few reasons why its ur best

by **Lamrock** on Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:25 pm

Great choice of section to put this poll in!

by **bowdown** on Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:29 pm

Lamrock wrote:Great choice of section to put this poll in!

I had already looked for a more appropriate section. NBA Live Dynasty Stories was the only other one that seemed relevant but this one was more open since I dont really have a story
Edit....Oh yeah Virtual hardwood. but not enough people will see it in there

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:26 pm

Virtual Hardwood now. Owned.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:55 pm

06 remains my favourite, but 2005 and 2004 were also very solid releases, pretty much on par with it in my book. 2000 was also a high point, if not the high point in the series (for its time).

by **deihatein** on Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:39 pm

2003 for me. Just cause it was the game that introduce me to Live.

by **bowdown** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:16 am

ZanShadöw wrote:Virtual Hardwood now. Owned.

oookay? congrats

YouTube · by **George7** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:48 am

NBA live 06,as in fact 07-08 are almost the same,and 06 was a great game back then,and till now as well

by **rise** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:13 am

dei. wrote:2003 for me. Just cause it was the game that introduce me to Live.

Same reason. I also don't own the other games. I've played 04, 06, 07, and 08 and for some reason I just liked 2003 the best.

by **The X** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:15 am

I owed every Live from '00 to '07 with exception of '01 & '03. '00 & '02 on PSX, the rest on PC. My favourite had to be Live '05, closely followed by Live '04 then Live '00. I didn't really rate the other releases that decade as much as those three.

by **Houndy** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:23 am

'06 was beastly on the Gamecube... I still have my 13-0 Sonics

by **rise** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:50 am

The X wrote:I owed every Live from '00 to '07 with exception of '01 & '03. '00 & '02 on PSX, the rest on PC. My favourite had to be Live '05, closely followed by Live '04 then Live '00. I didn't really rate the other releases that decade as much as those three.

Come on man you're missing out on 2003!

Houndy wrote:'06 was beastly on the Gamecube... I still have my 13-0 Sonics

Never had Live for GameCube, but I had NBA 2K2. Don't know what happened to that.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:00 am

A lot of people weren't that keen on NBA Live 2003 back in the day, truth be told. Given X's favourite release from that period was NBA Live 2005, I think it's safe to say he wouldn't have been a fan of 2003.

YouTube · by **JaoSming** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:15 am

2003 was fun and revolutionary, 2005 was great overall but had that crappy fast break issue. I loved 06 like I did 2003 but my pick is 2004.

The game really was before it's time with the dynasty cutscenes and "little things" (something EA has never really implemented into the game since) dynamic attendance, the only NBA game to use draft classes from the NCAA game, the dynasty ticker. If you can look past the terrible skating and tweak the sliders to help the canned blocking the game is just brilliant.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:17 am

I should clarify; 2003 had too many issues to be beloved by many of us who are the geekiest of sim geeks.

by **Rip32** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:52 pm

I loved 2003 back in the day. I just remember the absurd dunks in traffic and every time you blocked a shot the ball went flying 15 feet into the stands :lol:

I believe that was the first live to have the dribble controls on a joystick, I really liked that and I think that's why I loved that game so much... despite its many many flaws.

I also loved the special skills in 2006. The ability to just posterize guys with a big dunker or throw sweet passes with a good enough passer. I really liked old Live games, the new ones were just too stiff and awkward for me to get into.

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:59 pm

What Live had the boom sound when you made a dunk/block?

YouTube · by **JaoSming** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:08 pm

2003 and 2004 had it

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:45 pm

Rip32 wrote:I loved 2003 back in the day. I just remember the absurd dunks in traffic and every time you blocked a shot the ball went flying 15 feet into the stands

Two of the reasons I grew weary of it.

You're correct as well, NBA Live 2003 introduced Freestyle Control and thus right stick dribbling to the series.

by **karlsanada10** on Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:55 pm

NBa live 2005.

I can't remember the gameplay of 2003, I think it has MJ, right?

But my first NBA game in my PS2 is live 2005. Love the dunk contest.xD And the gameplay.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:55 am

Michael Jordan was available as a legend in NBA Live 2000-2004, in the active rosters as a member of the Wizards in NBA Live 2002 and NBA Live 2003 and also in the free agent pool in NBA Live 2004 if I recall correctly.

by **karlsanada10** on Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:02 am

Did anyone know if NBA '09(1999) is live or some developers made it? I recall that Bought several NBA before. Even the shootout one.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:52 am

Are you talking about NBA Live 99 or NBA 09: The Inside by Sony?

by **rise** on Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:52 am

Andrew wrote:Michael Jordan was available as a legend in NBA Live 2000-2004, in the active rosters as a member of the Wizards in NBA Live 2002 and NBA Live 2003 and also in the free agent pool in NBA Live 2004 if I recall correctly.

In 2003, MJ either retires after the first or the second year of the franchise. If he doesn't retire, he drops from like 88 overall rating down to the upper 60s, his stats drop off the edge and he's never on a team. :roll:

by **karlsanada10** on Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:58 pm

@Andrew: Live 99