NBA Live 2003
by EA Sports
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Video Game Reviews of NBA Live 2003
Customer Review: Playing with a keyboard is very hard....
Summary: 4 Stars
I rate the game 4 stars, because playing with a keyboard is hard, and unless you buy a game pad, like the ones connected to the game consoles, and attach it to your computer, which will cost extra money. If you get used to playing with the keyboard, which I did a day after i bought the game, you will be able to play very good.Anyway, overall playing the game is fun. NBA Live offers new tracks from famous rappers like Snoop Dogg and Fabolous. You can choose from all of the NBA teams or play All Star games, like the 1990, 1991, and 1992 ones. You can create your own player and trade players on the team.
Pros-
Coolest basketball game ever
You can draft players with scouting staff, as they call it.
Only takes up 300 mb
Cons-
Pay extra for a game pad, which works better
They come out with a new one every year
After all the cons, NBALive2003 is the best NBA game on a pc you can play. So go ahead and buy one while it is cheap! Can't wait for the 2004 version with the drafted players.
Customer Review: EA turns Live into an Arcade game like NBA Jam
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this game with high expectations and was very disappointed. i was expecting a game that resembled real basketball in some way. Instead i got a game where you can average a triple-double rather easily and lead the league in almost every category.NBA Live is not a very accurate portrayal of the real NBA, instead it's just a dunkfest where the ratings are some-what irrelevant (not to mention very unaccurate). The game requires almost no skill, the first time i played it i won by 25 points and i was the magic and playing against the celtics.
Another problem with the game is that good players almost never miss and bad players miss way too little. Instead of shooting around the 40-50% range like in real life, paul pierce can shoot 70% from the 3 point arc. Even though certain people can drain every shot, the computer can block every shot for you. You really don't need to switch to on-ball defender to play good defense, instead you can let the computer accumlate 3 or 4 blocks on the same play and maybe get a steal. Then all you do is pass it to the wing man, make a move or another pass, and you've got an easy dunk.
This game is very unaccurate when the user is on offense as well.
There are games that i've played where every time down the floor i'll post up Kevin Garnett and backdown the defender til' we're under the basket and i'll dunk on him. The only defense the computer has to this is the random steal out of nowhere.
The Franchise mode in this game is very weak. My friend enjoys this arcadish and unrealistic feel and he played a whole season with the Timberwolves franchise and he ended up 74-8 while Kevin Garnett average 45 points, 19 rebounds, 12 blocks, 8 assists, and 4 steals per game. Even worse, he did not improve his rating even one point. Needless to say, after that my friend stopped playing franchises and now only plays seasons.
Overall, this is the only basketball game available for PC, but it does not deserve to be as popular as it is. The graphics are reasonable, but the rest of the game is complete trash, gameplay is somewhat rough and the moves aren't linked together very well.
It gets repetitive and boring with the same dunk animations and is very unrealistic, way too arcade stylish. I would not recommend wasting your money on this game unless you enjoy arcade games where winning is very easy
Customer Review: Fun, But where's the custom teams?!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
NBA Live 2003 is definitely the best basketball simulation that I've played. The graphics are top-notch, with players that are very much like their real-life counterparts. However, one of my favorite features from the 2002 version, custom teams, is missing! Being able to pick any players you want and put them on a team of your choice was great! Why, EA Sports, did you get rid of it? Hopefully, custom teams, plus dunking and 3 point contests, will be in 2004 and make it a 5-star game.Customer Review: Fun, But where's the custom teams?!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
NBA Live 2003 is definitely the best basketball simulation that I've played. The graphics are top-notch, with players that are very much like their real-life counterparts. However, one of my favorite features from the 2002 version, custom teams, is missing! Being able to pick any players you want and put them on a team of your choice was great! Why, EA Sports, did you get rid of it? Hopefully, custom teams, plus dunking and 3 point contests, will be in 2004 and make it a 5-star game.Customer Review: THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN THIS GAME!
Summary: 5 Stars
From the minute I got this game I just couldn't stop playing it. The graphics are great, the sound is awsome and the gameplay is outstanding. The question is who wouldn't want to play this game?!