Slow day at work…so I was reading some LIVE for the 360 reviews back and can’t believe how ‘off’ some of them are.
NLGAMING used to be half decent at getting their reviews right…but their review is farcical now that I read it retrospective.
Highlights below…!
NLGAMING: Sound looks to be imported from the current gen games. Marv Albert returns for commentary once again. Sound effects and the patented EA Trax also return. Nothing new or groundbreaking there.
My comment : the crowds are much louder…the crowds are much, much more responsive to runs etc…there’s a lot more lines of commentary from Marv and Kerr…so, BS again.
NLGAMING: “To get to the top of this pile I am declaring "shenanagans" on the computer AI; something I thought would have been addressed. Never in a Basketball video game, in the almost 20 years I've been playing them (going back to Atari 2600 Basketball) have I ever started a game down 26-2. But I have done it with NBA Live. I actually could not score a single bucket in a computer's 24 point run. And that's with actually being close enough to the hoop to lay it in. I missed shots that were 3 feet away. I could not believe it. I started to think it was my timing because the graphic engine was so choppy. And I wasn't playing on the higher difficulty modes either, nor were I using bad teams. Last I checked, the San Antonio Spurs could shoot a little.”
My comment : absolute BS. I am by no means a great player…and even I have never had a run like that to start a game. He says he played on the easier levels…which makes his claim incredible. On the easier levels, even my wife keeps the games close and she hardly even knows the controls. Missing 3 foot shots, can’t buy a bucket, 26-2 down…is the reviewer just a complete incompetent? Sorry, but you can’t hold that against the game…that you’re useless.
NLGAMING: “The computer doesn't apparently believe in jump shots in any difficulty mode past rookie.”
My comment: Simply amazing. The mid range game is excellent in this game. No wonder he didn’t bother to mention the dozens of SIG J’s…he didn’t even see any.
I’m by no means defending this game…but you do wonder if people actually play these things more than 30 minutes before writing their reviews.
NLGAMING gave NBA by SCEA for the PSP and 89…and I can tell you all that that game is the singularly worst NBA game I’ve ever played. Beyond bad.
Side note: This has been one of the major drawbacks of the Internet era…guys without qualifications suddenly becoming “journalists / reporters” and people taking their word as being qualified.
NLGAMING used to be half decent at getting their reviews right…but their review is farcical now that I read it retrospective.
Highlights below…!
NLGAMING: Sound looks to be imported from the current gen games. Marv Albert returns for commentary once again. Sound effects and the patented EA Trax also return. Nothing new or groundbreaking there.
My comment : the crowds are much louder…the crowds are much, much more responsive to runs etc…there’s a lot more lines of commentary from Marv and Kerr…so, BS again.
NLGAMING: “To get to the top of this pile I am declaring "shenanagans" on the computer AI; something I thought would have been addressed. Never in a Basketball video game, in the almost 20 years I've been playing them (going back to Atari 2600 Basketball) have I ever started a game down 26-2. But I have done it with NBA Live. I actually could not score a single bucket in a computer's 24 point run. And that's with actually being close enough to the hoop to lay it in. I missed shots that were 3 feet away. I could not believe it. I started to think it was my timing because the graphic engine was so choppy. And I wasn't playing on the higher difficulty modes either, nor were I using bad teams. Last I checked, the San Antonio Spurs could shoot a little.”
My comment : absolute BS. I am by no means a great player…and even I have never had a run like that to start a game. He says he played on the easier levels…which makes his claim incredible. On the easier levels, even my wife keeps the games close and she hardly even knows the controls. Missing 3 foot shots, can’t buy a bucket, 26-2 down…is the reviewer just a complete incompetent? Sorry, but you can’t hold that against the game…that you’re useless.
NLGAMING: “The computer doesn't apparently believe in jump shots in any difficulty mode past rookie.”
My comment: Simply amazing. The mid range game is excellent in this game. No wonder he didn’t bother to mention the dozens of SIG J’s…he didn’t even see any.
I’m by no means defending this game…but you do wonder if people actually play these things more than 30 minutes before writing their reviews.
NLGAMING gave NBA by SCEA for the PSP and 89…and I can tell you all that that game is the singularly worst NBA game I’ve ever played. Beyond bad.
Side note: This has been one of the major drawbacks of the Internet era…guys without qualifications suddenly becoming “journalists / reporters” and people taking their word as being qualified.
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