favorite nba series

rronald3 · Sixth Man Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 45

NBA Live or the NBA 2k series

rronald3 · Sixth Man Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 45

meant to say favorite NBA game series

madsen35 · Star Player Joined: 14 Jun 2002 Posts: 8611

Love them both. Live is pretty good, but 2K is more realistic.

NBA 06 is another game that I have, though not quite on the level of Live and 2K series.
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joshman445 · Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:00 pm Post subject:

i would have to say NBA live is the better game...but then again...ive never played the 2k series..lol

magic_bryant · Franchise Player Joined: 16 Oct 2002 Posts: 18179

Live is better if you play it in a serious way. Most people who play it, just take advantage of the fact that you CAN dominate the computer. If you tweak the settings and play it on "Superstar" difficulty and actually try to run an offense you can and with good animations.

I can't stand 2K's series because the players are highly unathletic. You can't just out-jump players for a rebound with Tyson Chandler, even though he does it all the time. The players move/run like tanks, etc. There's just no fluidity in the animations at all.

HOPEFULLY, Live 07 brings a nice mixture of the two games as it sounds.
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un1bomber · Starting Rotation Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Posts: 703

NBA Live all day baby

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magic_bryant · Franchise Player Joined: 16 Oct 2002 Posts: 18179

I find it amazing that 2K is still relatively the same game it was 4 years ago, save for "signature-style" or whatever. They still haven't fixed the robotic animations, footwork, athleticism, etc.

Don't get me wrong, I prefer 2k over Live if I'm playing on my own, but damn. Change the game somewhat.

Live took a major hit for starting from scratch on 360 last year and not being able to implement all of the new features with the new graphics and such, but it looks like a situation where they took 2 step back to take 2 steps forward. Whereas with 2k, they just ported the damn game and are still basically the same game that you can play if you have 2k4.

Just upsetting. Oh well. Live for dynasty modes and such. 2k for a game here and there with the computer or a friend online.
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AirKobe8 · Star Player Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 8586

the only think i like 2k over live is that 3x3 street mode, but ovrall, Live > 2k
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thetin31 · Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:00 pm Post subject:

yea most people that say live is better have never played 2k or havent played it enough to give it a fair evaluation

anways, 2k is more realistic but can get boring after a while

ArrOhBee · Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:05 pm Post subject:

nba live until last year because it sucked so bad with all those and 1 stuff and crap!

now im nba 2k!!!!
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