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(More customer reviews)I picked this game up cheap recently in hope that it would be as good as my fav. B.Ball game on the SNES, NBA Live '96. (97 sucked)
I owned 3 versions on the SNES and one for the PC, and even after 10 years, I still say "NBA Live '96" on the Super Nintendo is the best NBA Live game, ever.
This game has much better graphics, of coarse a 16 bit system isnt going to compete against 64 bit graphics. But just because it looks better, doesnt neserserely make it a better game.
The graphics are ok in this, tho I think they could have done much better. There are a few new dunks in this, but there is this new option to play with "superdunks" where the player will guide 15 feet through the air to dunk the ball. Plus, when you shoot you burn the net up like in your on fire... EA have to understand that NBA LIVE is not NBA JAM. I love playing NBA jam, but when I want realisim basketball, I go to Live.
The controls are not good at all. I hate the fact that you can't change the controller settings to use the shoulder buttons. I am so used to the SNES way of holding down the L or R button to sprint in turbo, but this one on the 64 controllers is stupid.. you have to keep moving your wrist around to hit shoot, but then to press down the turbo and pass button you have to make sure you dont hit whats in between... you can change 6 of the buttons around, but you cant do it with your shoulder or Z trigger buttons.
The camera angles can be a pain to get right. It zooms in and out, I was constantly changing it around trying to get the best angle for me.. there is an option to have a random display.. but for some reason I preffer the old SNES one veiw mode where you see the whole court on an angle... that angle is there called "Classic". But it's a bit different with zooms etc..
The menu both sucks and blows... you have to figure out that you press Z to choose a roster change, options mode.. there is no direct create a player... you have to go to one thing, then press ok on them to customise a player... then, I might be wrong, there is no way to edit them after you are done with them. And the Create a player blows even harder then the sucking of the sucks part... you basicly can choose the same options and things in any other NBA Live game (except '95) like height, perectages etc... but you cant do much with the face... I have long hair, so naturaly i'd like to mke a create a player with long hair... there is none. The closet to long hair is a stupid grunge look that I think is supposed to be dread locks... but everything is short, shaved or bald. Why couldnt they make more hair styles? Or even an option to select the hair and then choose what color it is? Also, you cant choose a face, you have to take the one that comes with the skin tone. Now can you choose a body type, from boney, skinny, bulky, muscley, fat, obesce... nope, just the same all around. But most importantly... why are they only men??? Is it too hard to bear the thought of maybe letting us create female players???
I've never been able to find a better NBA LIVE game then '96 on the SNES. They have all been disapointing since... for some reason ever since, when you say you want your player to have 99% on there 3 point shooting, that transfers into 74%.... this game is not much fun unless you've sat around all day working out the controls and trying to get used to them, then inviting some friends over to play it, because the computer is a stupid and just stands there waiting for a chance to shoot when there a thousand points behind.
I don't think I will ever try the NBA LIVE games developed after this. I've tried so many, and none compete with '96 (snes) Maybe I expect too much, but I at least expect the ball to go in more often then it does in this game.
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