gamerankings.com has Live around 80%

[Moegames]

This is in relation to a few comments i seen in the ign review post in here.. using your purchase off one or two sites is not a good idea..remember when a site posts a review..its not based on the entire site staff..its based off one man, one human being.. so ign gave it a lame 6.5 score..which is HIGHLY unfair and uncredible if they suggest 08 is better then 09..what does that tell you? Take it with a grain of salt..again, ign's review is not based on what the entire staff feels..its based off the one man that wsa chosen to review the game for ign.

If your gonna base your purchase off reviews you read from sites and mags..then simply use gamerankings.com ..why people dont use this site is beyond me..i stopped using any one gamesite for my input on games..if i need input on a game's state...i use gamerankings...here http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/948804.asp

They take a all reviews from most well known sites and magazines and average them into one averaged score..so if you want use review sites to rule your purchases..there ya go!

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Re: gamerankings.com has Live around 80%

What is 80%

[evilive1972]

Re: gamerankings.com has Live around 80%

Yeah, and Metacritic has it at a 72% rating.

GameZone - 82
Play UK - 81
Playstation: The Official Magazine (US) - 80
Playstation Universe - 80
Game Informer - 75
1UP - 75
IGN - 65
PSM3 Magazine UK - 63
Playstation Official Magazine UK - 60

You cant just discount the reviews you dont like and make others carry more weight. Reviews are opinions. I'm sure you can go out and pick 20 people in a Gamestop or Best Buy and get a wide range of opinions/Reviews of the two games.

One thing is clear though and that is that a good percentage of reviewers do feel that 2K9 is the better game this year. Yes, not by the margin that it has been in the past, but they still have it ahead.

I would say that the main concern I have is that EA has turned around other franchises in shorter amounts of time. The NHL series is now better than the 2K series and it only took them 2-3 years. Triple Play was making huge strides on MLB 2K before the exclusivity deal. Madden bought out the competition and didnt even try to get better for years...lol. But why is it taking Live so long to finally hit that stride? Why has it been years of almost for Live?

Better? Yes. Best? No.

And yes, you can completely discount the IGN 6.5, but in most averages you then have to discount the highest score which would be the TeamXBOX 8.5.

[kwas676]

Re: gamerankings.com has Live around 80%

Yeah, and Metacritic has it at a 72% rating.

GameZone - 82
Play UK - 81
Playstation: The Official Magazine (US) - 80
Playstation Universe - 80
Game Informer - 75
1UP - 75
IGN - 65
PSM3 Magazine UK - 63
Playstation Official Magazine UK - 60

You cant just discount the reviews you dont like and make others carry more weight. Reviews are opinions. I'm sure you can go out and pick 20 people in a Gamestop or Best Buy and get a wide range of opinions/Reviews of the two games.

One thing is clear though and that is that a good percentage of reviewers do feel that 2K9 is the better game this year. Yes, not by the margin that it has been in the past, but they still have it ahead.

I would say that the main concern I have is that EA has turned around other franchises in shorter amounts of time. The NHL series is now better than the 2K series and it only took them 2-3 years. Triple Play was making huge strides on MLB 2K before the exclusivity deal. Madden bought out the competition and didnt even try to get better for years...lol. But why is it taking Live so long to finally hit that stride? Why has it been years of almost for Live?

Better? Yes. Best? No.

And yes, you can completely discount the IGN 6.5, but in most averages you then have to discount the highest score which would be the TeamXBOX 8.5.

Triple Play was made by Seca and they changed it to the MLB the Show, EA made MVP baseball which in 2005 was the best baseball game out.

[Bumble14]

Re: gamerankings.com has Live around 80%

Yeah, and Metacritic has it at a 72% rating.

GameZone - 82
Play UK - 81
Playstation: The Official Magazine (US) - 80
Playstation Universe - 80
Game Informer - 75
1UP - 75
IGN - 65
PSM3 Magazine UK - 63
Playstation Official Magazine UK - 60

You cant just discount the reviews you dont like and make others carry more weight. Reviews are opinions. I'm sure you can go out and pick 20 people in a Gamestop or Best Buy and get a wide range of opinions/Reviews of the two games.

One thing is clear though and that is that a good percentage of reviewers do feel that 2K9 is the better game this year. Yes, not by the margin that it has been in the past, but they still have it ahead.

I would say that the main concern I have is that EA has turned around other franchises in shorter amounts of time. The NHL series is now better than the 2K series and it only took them 2-3 years. Triple Play was making huge strides on MLB 2K before the exclusivity deal. Madden bought out the competition and didnt even try to get better for years...lol. But why is it taking Live so long to finally hit that stride? Why has it been years of almost for Live?

Better? Yes. Best? No.

And yes, you can completely discount the IGN 6.5, but in most averages you then have to discount the highest score which would be the TeamXBOX 8.5.

You can't discount the TXB review. From what I am hearing, the game runs significantly better on 360 than on PS3. Apparently ps3 has some bugs that the 360 version does not.

[evilive1972]

Re: gamerankings.com has Live around 80%

You can't discount the TXB review. From what I am hearing, the game runs significantly better on 360 than on PS3. Apparently ps3 has some bugs that the 360 version does not.

If you are going to discount the IGN review as "Too Low", then it would be perfectly within statistical analysis to discount the TXB review as "too high."

I wasnt debating it on the merit of the review really.

[evilive1972]

Re: gamerankings.com has Live around 80%

Triple Play was made by Seca and they changed it to the MLB the Show, EA made MVP baseball which in 2005 was the best baseball game out.

I meant MVP, sorry. Sinus Infection medication makes things a bit hazy today...lol

[thereal31]

Re: gamerankings.com has Live around 80%

I meant MVP, sorry. Sinus Infection medication makes things a bit hazy today...lol

I don't wonna get off topic but EA baseball always held its own against 2k, 2k wasn't killing or where they catching up like how there are in basketball, i still think mvp 2005 is better then 2k8 imo.

[evilive1972]

Re: gamerankings.com has Live around 80%

I dont wonna get off topic but EA baseball always held its own 2k wasnt killing it like how there are in basketball, i still think mvp 2005 is better then 2k8 imo.

2K blows baseball wise. MLB:The Show for the PS3 trounces that game easily. And yes, MVP 2005 was awesome. That was one of the biggest turnarounds in one year that I can remember.

[The GIGGAS]

Re: gamerankings.com has Live around 80%

Triple Play was made by Seca and they changed it to the MLB the Show, EA made MVP baseball which in 2005 was the best baseball game out.

EA had Triple Play, blew it up, and then created MVP. SCEA had MLB 'xx for a while then rebooted with The Show. 2k always had MLB 2k.

[Pared]

Re: gamerankings.com has Live around 80%

LOL

Yeah, it really is uncredible.

[ILLSmak]

Re: gamerankings.com has Live around 80%

Live is hot. I dunno what else I can say. It's really impressed me. Last year's game was stupid unplayable. This year shines and it's even fun online.

I haven't played 2k9 full version, but I did play 2k7 and 2k8. I liked them both... and hated Live those years. I am not a fanboy of either, but I chose to buy Live based on the Demo and Videos. 2k seems to have laid an egg this year especially with regards to online play. Notice everyone who says NBA 2k is the best basketball game ever usually speaks of offline play or slider adjustment. Sorry, I want a game I can play online and have it be fair.

I dunno why people are fanboys of either game. The smartest thing, to me, would be to either buy both or alternate buying one every other year. A game gets stale the year after because most of the time it's just rehashed with a few extras.

-Smak

[Bumble14]

Re: gamerankings.com has Live around 80%

Live is hot. I dunno what else I can say. It's really impressed me. Last year's game was stupid unplayable. This year shines and it's even fun online.

I haven't played 2k9 full version, but I did play 2k7 and 2k8. I liked them both... and hated Live those years. I am not a fanboy of either, but I chose to buy Live based on the Demo and Videos. 2k seems to have laid an egg this year especially with regards to online play. Notice everyone who says NBA 2k is the best basketball game ever usually speaks of offline play or slider adjustment. Sorry, I want a game I can play online and have it be fair.

I dunno why people are fanboys of either game. The smartest thing, to me, would be to either buy both or alternate buying one every other year. A game gets stale the year after because most of the time it's just rehashed with a few extras.

-Smak

Well said. Personally it was time to switch to live after 9 years of 2k. Things in 2K were just getting stale, and it was time for something new to inject some hoops excitement into my veins.