Where are the reviews for this game?

[Rekkapryde]

Especially for the 360? I was contemplating renting it, but it's stuff like this that leads to EA conspiracy theories being true?

Nothing from IGN, Gamespot, 1up???

[TDmaker]

Re: Where are the reviews for this game?

I'm rather happy there aren't any reviews because after last weeks debacle over at the 2K forums I would hate to see this forum crying and whinning over review scores. It was like someone committed a crew on the forums once those scores came out. I wish people would just calm down and not take these reviews personally over a game.

[Lando33]

Re: Where are the reviews for this game?

Handfuls of gaming websites. Not one review to be found by a major site. Reviews are typically posted even several days before a major game is released. Come to you own conclusions, but i smell conspiracy.

[Jonesy]

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I doubt the conspiracy theories but it is really weird to not have reviews from the big game sites yet. Like Lando said they usually release reviews before the game is even released to public but this year they haven't put out a thing and the game has been on the shelves for days. Sure is strange.....

[blackceasar]

Re: Where are the reviews for this game?

EA can and has before embargoed reviews on some of the major gaming sites. Think about it...you work or run gaming site A, EA tells you dont put your review out until x amount of days after the game's relase. If you dont do as they are asking then the might cut you off as far as access to future game previews, interviews, etc. Pretty much being cut off from the stuff you need to keep your site going and interesting. Thats not a conspiracy thing, thats business. If you were running a gaming site and you knew if you didnt comply with EA's "wishes" youd be cut off from free demos, games, interviews, inside scoops and what not..would you post your review when you wanted to or would you comply with them. I mean come on...its not gonna hurt you or your company really to hold off on positing it until EA says its okay. But going the other route can put you on EA's "black list"

Heck even some mods said before that its no big secret that EA puts an embargo in certain information that can be released about thier games, including reviews.

[blackceasar]

Re: Where are the reviews for this game?

I'm rather happy there aren't any reviews because after last weeks debacle over at the 2K forums I would hate to see this forum crying and whinning over review scores. It was like someone committed a crew on the forums once those scores came out. I wish people would just calm down and not take these reviews personally over a game.

Again, youre missing peoples points in here. People arent neccasarily using a review to decide if they want to buy a game. Especially not people here..but more casual gamers will take the review into consideration. The casual gamer with an internet connection isnt hitting this site..they are hitting videogames.com and IGN (which has no reviews up yet)..and the casual gamer is the biggest chunk of EA's revenue from sports titles. Youre missing the point buddy. We arent caring about the scores here, we will know if we want it or not regardless. We are moresoe asking about how much control EA has over stuff like this.

[Gmoney2002]

Re: Where are the reviews for this game?

EA can and has before embargoed reviews on some of the major gaming sites. Think about it...you work or run gaming site A, EA tells you dont put your review out until x amount of days after the game's relase. If you dont do as they are asking then the might cut you off as far as access to future game previews, interviews, etc. Pretty much being cut off from the stuff you need to keep your site going and interesting. Thats not a conspiracy thing, thats business. If you were running a gaming site and you knew if you didnt comply with EA's "wishes" youd be cut off from free demos, games, interviews, inside scoops and what not..would you post your review when you wanted to or would you comply with them. I mean come on...its not gonna hurt you or your company really to hold off on positing it until EA says its okay. But going the other route can put you on EA's "black list"

You hit the nail right not the head ceaser..... I think that's the reason they're not posting them.

[goh]

Re: Where are the reviews for this game?

There is one from a major site: http://gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox360...ws/82428.shtml

and TMac himself reviewed it at nba.com in a video.

I think maybe the game was still being worked on by the time it came to send out the review copies. I can't find any of the Fast & Furious and only one of Import Tuner Challenge so maybe they're just all too busy this week.

[Jonesy]

Re: Where are the reviews for this game?

and TMac himself reviewed it at nba.com in a video.

Yeah i'm sure that would be an unbiased well thought out review.

The gamepro review is pretty bare bones.....

The fact still stands that EA must be stopping reviews from being released.

[NBA 2KLIVE]

Re: Where are the reviews for this game?

its a fair question to ask because its strange..but if you got people here on OS who are taking hours out of there life to give a review from the gamers eye then the hell with them sites. if the game gets a 2 will you discredit all teh good that goes on here on the forum? I know im not..this forum helped me decide to buy live at all. I was about to switch to 2k7 up until Monay night.

[CS10029]

Re: Where are the reviews for this game?

This was a big media week I think. They had that TGS thing X06, or something. All I know is I saw a crap load of previews and hands on stuff over at IGN. All Microsoft stuff. So that might have something to do with it. I guess...

[Latrell24]

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This kinda tells you about Live and why I like the fact that EA has scrapped their old engine and didn't port anything over from the older systems.

September 27th, 2006<!-- at 12:07pm--> by Howard Brown
System: Xbox 360, Xbox, PS3, PS2, PSP
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA Canada

Electronic Arts has finished preparing their second shot at Next Generation b-ball and they’ve got quite a bit to prove. While NBA LIVE 06 on Xbox 360 looked great, many gamers were wondering where the rest of the game was. Very few forgave EA Canada for leaving out major aspects such as Dynasty mode and other crucial gameplay factors found in the current generation version. To make things worse, EA said they were doing the next gen version of NBA LIVE 07 from scratch and were very light on details since E3. All of these things have had Live fans more eager than ever to find out what was happening with the franchise. To get the answers to all the questions, we headed up to Vancouver to find out from the NBA Live team themselves about what’s really going on.

One of the biggest complaints against EA Sports titles throughout the years is stagnation. Many criticize the company for introducing between one to three new features per year without really rocking the boat or providing a fresh experience. Interestingly enough, we found out that the lack of features and gameplay modes found in NBA LIVE 06 on 360 was actually due to EA finally giving us what we want. Let me explain.
EA decided that during the next generation, the sports titles were finally going to be remade from the ground up. The thing that some people may not realize is that NBA Live on current generation consoles is running off the same code base as the original NBA LIVE 95 title that came out in 1994 on Sega Genesis. Sure there have been many revisions since then, but there is still plenty of legacy code in there. This foundation has limited how much the team has been able to do with the title in the past. It’s like a house of cards. If you mess with or try to take out something major you run the extreme risk of making everything fall down. Thus, the only alternative was to finally press delete on the entire code base and start everything from scratch.

This brings us to the state of NBA LIVE 06. Pretty much what we had was the graphics engine as well as basic gameplay up and running. If you think about it, it’s impossible to program and code twelve years worth of features and elements from scratch in just one year. More features from the current generation version of the titles are being put into the next gen version every year until the title becomes feature complete. One such example of this can be seen with the inclusion of Dynasty mode in the next gen version.
Now that we know more about what’s happened in the past, let’s take a look at what’s in store for the future of the franchise. We were able to see and play a number of features that promise to take NBA LIVE 07 to the next level. Remember when we said everything was done from scratch? One of those things of course was the animation system.

EA could have stuck with only revamping the standard offensive and defensive animations but they went one step further. They’ve implemented what they call procedural animations. What this system does is it displays different animations that are determined by a player’s emotional state, intensity of the game and other factors. Having this contextually based animation system is part of what EA is doing to finally bring the players to life. Before you even ask, yes, facial animations have finally been brought over to the Live franchise. No more blank stares.

Another nice addition to the animations is the implementation of both weight and momentum. Players will no longer be able to stop and turn on a dime. You’ll see players plant their feet and shift their weight when they stop, change directions and perform a number of other movements. The other cool thing about the weight is how it affects other players. EA is adding an element of physicality to the game this year. If two players are moving and make contact, you won’t just see clipping or a simple animation of them sliding off each other. You’ll see realistic motions depicting what would happen if two players of their weight, skills and momentum were to collide with each other. All the animations are brand new as well.

The Superstar system has been tweaked this year also. First off is the two tiered system of the superstar abilities. The Superstar abilities remain at the disposal of the top tier performers in the game. The addition here are the Star abilities. These were included to give a greater disparity between the cream of the crop in the league and the players that are shining, but just not quite there yet.

EA is dubbing the play mechanic of these abilities Total Freestyle Control. Gamers will be able to play in various Superstar styles such as hi flyer, playmaker and others depending on who the player is they’re controlling. This time around, players that are really on their game will be versed in more than just one Superstar style that they will be able to toggle between on the fly. You could switch Lebron between shooter to hi flyer with just the flick of a button depending on the situation you’re in.

Executing various Superstar maneuvers and moves is done by doing various motions on the right analog stick. Within the Superstar styles are three different levels. As the level of the maneuver you’re trying to pull off increases, so does the complexity of the right analog motions you have to enter. It may sound a little weird inputting a Street Fighter-esque fireball motion to do a dunk, but it grows on you pretty quickly.

Perhaps the most interesting thing EA is doing this year with the title is the ESPN integration. Not satisfied with just putting a logo on the box or in a couple places in the game, they’re really going into overdrive with what they’re doing here. One of these features is ESPN radio. These are podcasts of ESPN audio programming that you can sit and listen to, or have playing in the background while you’re playing and doing other things within the game. You’ll be able to watch authentic ESPN broadcasts as well. These are clips from ESPN shows that can range from anything from live streaming video to top stories to highlights of NBA games and anything between. You’ll find an interesting mix between ESPN programming here as well as original programming. There are also a number of print articles you’ll be able to sit and read. This information will be refreshed every 5 minutes and we were told the
information available won’t be more than two days old or so. Very nice.

That’s all you’re getting out of us from this last minute taste of NBA LIVE 07. If you want more, you’ll have to check out our final verdict in our in depth review shortly.

[boomhauertjs]

Re: Where are the reviews for this game?

I believe the conspiracy theories about EA. Before Goldeneye Rogue Agent was released, all of the "previews" were saying how cool the game was, and then when the review came out on release day (after everyone had already pre-ordered it), the reviews were mediocre at best (as was the game). I have a feeling that whenever the reviews for Live show up, they are not going to be good.

[maddenps2]

Re: Where are the reviews for this game?

Haha ea claiming they made another of there games from scratch, just like madden was claimed to be, yet that game still has a last gen core football and physics engine. It's really really strange how there are no reviews for this game anywhere. Didn't the same thing happen with another ea game until the game was released.

[jmood88]

Re: Where are the reviews for this game?

This was a big media week I think. They had that TGS thing X06, or something. All I know is I saw a crap load of previews and hands on stuff over at IGN. All Microsoft stuff. So that might have something to do with it. I guess...

Didn't nba2k7 and nba live come out on the same day?