As I’ve written a lot about this game, I thought I’d just clarify my thoughts on both games. IMO NBA 2K6 360 is obviously the best NBA game ever made. It has a few flaws, but is very, very good.
It has vastly superior rebounding, better off ball movement where players like Ray Allen and Iverson sprint along the baseline, better play sets (double screens etc) a much superior post game, a more realistic game ‘pace’.
These are all things the LIVE series NEEDS to work on.
Some of the tendencies are also good in 2K6…playing Detroit or Miami in that game is as close as I’ve ever seen an NBA game go to replicating the real NBA. Those teams are done amazingly well…I played Miami and Shaq went off on me for 34 and 17 and played EXACTLY as Shaq should. All his post moves, ball being fed into him, back down and those one handed shots he takes…monster dunks over weak defenders…awesome….
However, IMO 2K6 360 doesn’t get close to the standard it does for Miami and Detroit for some ‘other teams’.
The Knicks, for example, are way off. Atmosphere is also poorer in that game with teams playing in generic arenas…some look like old amphitheatres…it just lessens the games ‘feel’ when you play the Knicks at “Knicks Arena: The Generic Dome” instead of MSG.
LIVE 360 plays a different style of ball…one where you can penetrate and dish which is very nice. It needs to add variety though for teams who play half court ball / run plays all day.
I’d almost go as far to say that, if you want to play as Phoenix or New York and penetrate with your PG all game...buy LIVE 360.
If you want to play as The Bucks or Sonics or other teams that run constant screens for guys like Redd and Allen…or play Miami and Detroit playing perfectly, with Shaq a beast and Rip moving all over…then 2K6 360 is the way to go.
LIVE 360 is nowhere near as bad as the reviews state. With PM’s changes…the game is pretty good. Me saying that doesn’t mean my opinion of 2K6 360 is in any way somehow ‘lessened’. I think some people have misinterpreted that. It is still the better game…
I personally like both games a lot and am playing both. The 360 versions are big improvements IMO…and huge steps in the right direction.
Individual sig J’s in LIVE…Shaq specific moves in 2K6 260…hopefully these “individual” aspects are given to many more players by 2007 as they add so much to the games.
The NBA features tonnes of unique players / teams with completely different styles…and it seems the games are finally starting to recognise that.
I’m genuinely excited about how good the 360 games can be very soon. To be honest, I was getting jaded of these games and just about ready to give up after the reg versions. Now, I’m really enjoying them again.

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