NBA Live 2003
by EA Sports
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Video Game Reviews of NBA Live 2003
Customer Review: A must have game!
Summary: 5 Stars
The new game NBA Live 2003 is totally AWESOME! The Graphics keep getting better! Dunk with Jerry Stackhouse or shoot a 3 with Kobe Bryant. On Franchise Mode you can create the ultimate team. If you get bored with that (which you won't)you can play 1 on 1 at the beach. Like old school better? Well you can play with old All Star teams. Want to be the best team? You can! All the teams have rankings. You'll never get tired of playing NBA Live 2003!!Customer Review: Freestyle, No substance
Summary: 1 Stars
Travis Edward Hooker's review is right on point. My biggest complaints so far (the game just arrived in today's mail) are definitely the lack of camera angle options and the inability to fully customize the controls, as you could in previous versions. And unless I'm missing something (certainly possible), I'm also annoyed that they seem to have gotten rid of the ability to sort lists of players by certain attributes (e.g. in descending order of quickness or three-point shooting ability) and there are also no pull-down menus, so you have to sort through teams by clicking one at a time.I think some of the complaints about unrealistic gameplay can be solved by tweaking player ratings, and by simply playing a more balanced game yourself. In other words, if you do nothing but go for dunks and chuck up threes, the other team will be able to run a lot more. If you run set offenses, you will get back on D better. As always, peep ... for roster patches, forums and much more. If you make the mistake of buying the game, this site may be able to help you regret your purchase a bit less.
All in all, I think EA ought to sell the Live franchise as it stands now to Midway so it can be coupled with that garbage like NFL Blitz and MLB Slugfest. Then, go back to Live 2000 and try building again from there. This game has me seriously considering buying one of the game consoles just for Sega Sports games.
Customer Review: Disappointment - needs UPDATES
Summary: 1 Stars
If you happen to own one of the new ATI cards, the game wont work. So I gave it 1 star because EA sports should have fixed an issue like this before releasing a game.My system:
Pentium 4 running Windows XP with an ATI 9700 PRO. It restarts the system every time I try to run the game.
I am disappointed because the game we release only a couple of days ago, and the ATI cards have been in the market for more than 3 months already, and it just doesn't run with it.
I cannot comment on anything game specific. I just wanted to warn people out there with new graphic cards.
Customer Review: Another step backwards
Summary: 2 Stars
Live 2000 was one of the best basketball games out there when it came out back in the day. 2001 was delayed for a long time and then when it finally arrived, it was extremely disappointing. 2002 was skipped completely for the PC and now its back for 2003. The graphics are awesome, by far the best the series has ever seen. It is the gameplay that is the problem. First problem I had was the fact that you cant configure all of your controls. You can map a key for a certain offensive move, say to shoot, but then there is a corresponding defensive move that is automatically mapped to that key as well, that cannot be changed w/o changing the offensive mapping. Basically you can only configure half of your controls and the rest you have to live with. 2nd main problem is the cameras. None of the cameras give a very good view of the whole floor during play and your perspective is always skewed in some fashion. Usually in the depth perception department.
3rd and most obvious is the ridiculous pace of the game. Its nothing but an all out dunkfest. Run off a few of the spin dribbles until you're within 15 feet of the basket and your man will go airborne for the slam or the layup. Dont get me wrong, this is really fun...for about 2 games. The true ballers will get bored very quickly and will be left yearning for some realism.
They added coaches on the sidelines which was totally worthless and most of the cut scenes are pretty corny as well.
The computer AI is much improved on the opposing teams as they now execute fast breaks, double teams etc. but your computer teammates refuse to play any defense besides occasionally sending a block all the way down to the other end of the floor. Emphasis on occasionally.
The franchise mode is still relatively solid and the soundtrack is pretty tight but the frustration of having to learn the buttons that are configured for you and the lack of help from your computer teammates is all in all agonizingly frustrating.
Im a big Live fan but my patience has all but run out. The focus of the game has unfortunately become focused on the "bells and whistles". (anyone remember 3 team trades in Live2001? That worked real well didnt it? At least they left it out this time) My opinion is don't buy it. The graphics are pretty but the gameplay is high on frustration and low on fun and realism. Maybe once the price is down around [$$$] it'll be worth it for some temporary entertainment, but even that may be pushing it a bit.
Customer Review: EA has gone arcade crazy with NBA Live 2003!
Summary: 3 Stars
EA has gone arcade crazy with NBA Live 2003!There are far too many dunks, blocks, steals and fast breaks!
The AI is totally unrealistic! Everyone seems to be flying around like Vince Carter, dunking on almost every possession!
This is more like a highlight reel or commercial than a game and it certainly is not a simulation anymore!
NBA Live has turned into Triple Play Baseball!
The entire game seems to revolve around never-ending dunks and animations. People that never dunk or block shots are doing it repeatedly! This looks more like NBA Jam than NBA Live. This is all on so called, exhibition mode. I suppose that on arcade, everyone fly's around non-stop like superman!
PC users had to wait two years for EA to turn a simulation into a slam-dunk contest!
I think the programmers at EASports need to cut down on their sugar intake!
The graphics are pretty good but the coaches look very weird especially Byron Scott of the Nets.
Again, too many dunks, blocks, steals, fast breaks and repetitive animations and no real AI and no realism!
When a 6-foot guards block 7-foot centers, that is really totally out of touch with reality.
It's fun if you like a too fast-exaggerated arcade game but forget about it as a simulation.
Since I want realistic AI in a simulation that reflects reality on planet earth, I am very disappointed!
Manuel Calcagno