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I can't believe what I have been reading... the (not so) great debate: 2K10 v Live 10

Posted 08-21-2009 at 12:04 PM by A.Statuto
I want to make this clear from the get go. I [B]WAS[/B] a dedicated EA fan all the way up until Live 08. That game, much like the past 2 before it (Live 06 & Live 07) was a [B]HUGE[/B] disappointment for me. To quote a friend of mine "Live is for kids, real ballers don't play Live, they play 2K"(Is he lying?).

I only played the demo version of Live 09, because when I jumped ship and played 2K8, at that time, I was blown away. What NBA 2K was able to give me as fan was a highly competitive video game/sim experience. I didn't have to watch Beno Udrih try and score every time like I did in Live 08. Players played like themselves. Kobe was Kobe, D-Wade being D-Wade, Ginobli was a beast.

Live 08s gimmicks(or what they call innovations) that year were go-to moves & quickstrike ankle breakers. Anyone who played Live 08 that year knows that didn't go so well. (They)Take away user shot control, the moves became almost too dominant, and some players moves were just down right terrible (Kobe's fade anyone). What impressed me about 2K8 that year was that, in a sense, this game had go to moves. TP's tear drop was in the game. Kobe's Fade kinda was in the game. You could could recreate D-Wades step back after a hard drive. Also, NBA 2K8 had signature shots for a lot of guys,and you could change them. They even then took it a step further and added signature Iso-motions, dunks/lay-ups & free throw routines.

Now Fast forward a year and 2K9 for me blows Live 09 out the water. They make most of the players even more individual like with even more signature routines from the stripe, more shots, more dunk/lay ups, more iso-motion and post up animations. NBA live.... the gave you DNA, they gave you FIBA, they gave you the made fresh daily concept. In theory, those are some features I wish 2K could have. But the implementation of said features in Live 09 didn't seem to work like NBA 2K's Living rosters. Living Rosters, actually changed what certain players could do moves wise. So it gave you even more moves for you to pull off. As the year went on, CP3 got a new Iso-motion, Dwight Howard got a new dunk package, and so on. NBA Live, really just changed the ratings, but didn't change the game. Dirk, had the same dribble moves as Kobe. Where is the realism in that? Somebody tell me please where the **** is the realism in that?

So here we are.... 2K10 v Live 10. After seeing the rebounding/blocks video and every time I see new live video, I just cringe. The players don't move naturally. They move so robotic and in general make the players movement around the court seem very unnatural. Now at first glance the size up moves looked nice. The more I saw it, the more I analyzed it, you got these guys looking very stiff, no defensive help rotations. NBA Live is shaping to being another And 1 mix tape (1 on 1 moves galore and no team concept what so ever).

It's hard for me to believe Live 10 will be anywhere near the level of competition of 2K10. I can't speak on 2K's past, but the present and future for 2K has been and will be very good. Nothing has come close to the level of realism in this game past or present. Sure, there are many things 2K can do better and get right, but keep in mind there isn't a whole lot it does wrong.

2K fans, remember this, 2K will be exponentially better than 2K9. No, I haven't seen a single video from 2K other than the My player vid. But from what I've seen from Live, I can't imagine playing that garbage for a whole season. The pre-game rituals look stupid (1 per team, and they aren't intergraded, meaning it's one cut scene after another). The updated shoes, tats, unis.....2K has had this stuff already in there game for God knows. NBA live is just catching up to stuff 2K already has..... stuff like hustle plays... rebounding and blocking... a post game. NBA Live has become a side show when compared to NBA 2K year in and year out.... so what makes this year different?

NBA Live fans....don't believe the hype, I use to be there right there with y'all getting extra hyped. Those days are over. I'm 25 now and not nearly as gullible anymore. With everthing I've seen from Live... it hasn't convinced that this year will be any different from past iterations. It's the same new feature this, new feature that, we revamped and rewritten game play this and we added this and that. BLAH BLAH BLAH....

Hate all you want live fans, clear the smoke away and really analyze what you are seeing. Does that look like basketball to you? 2K fans, get with the program, 2K hasn't become the number 1 basketball sim for nothing. Stop panicking, this year 2K10 will not disappoint. Let the debate begin (or continue)....

thanks for reading, I hope it was a good read, and even if it wasn't, I had to get this off my chest because people soon forget what's really real these days.
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