What is the best NBA Live on pc in the last 5 years?

[Thadeus]

I am interested in buying Live for the pc. What is the best version in the last 5 years? Thanks.

[jaosming]

Re: What is the best NBA Live on pc in the last 5 years?

08 has sig shots which was expanded for 100 some odd players by a mod. 08 has a very bad, unfixable, sim engine though for dynasty mode

07 has better freestyle control than 06, but it separates the dunk and layup buttons. 07 is the most "sim" imo after community patches. also it might have the most community patches than any other live PC game

06 is the most arcadey/fun game with the overpowered FSS moves, yet it has the best pacing of the last 5 games. This game does have the "EA Glitch" for CPU come backs to keep the game close/challenging

05 is the best game without any patches. only downfall is the lack of fast breaks which was kind of fixed by a community aiact. This game also has the "EA Glitch"


All of the above have regular roster and art updates from the NLSC


04, is my personal favorite with emotion on player's faces and an immersive dynasty mode with magazine covers, empty stadiums for crappy teams, in-game tickers for other games around the league, trade/draft/signing/releasing/training custscenes and the such. the major drawback is the inability to include all current 30 teams in dynasty mode since the bobcats weren't a part of the league yet. There is a "ryff studio" mod created by some chinese patchers that updates the game for this season. IIRC, up to the trade deadline. This one does have the EA glitch as well.





06 through 08 are the same graphically, 05 has an inferior lighting system but a shadow system. 04 doesn't have good graphics really...unless you use ENBseries to mask it.



If you got questions I'll be glad to answer them, each game has pros and cons that make it or break it. So if you could tell me if you would rather have a realistic sim game, a fun game, or if realistic stats are your thing I can direct you to the right game and patches.


all the patches can be found at the NLSC, www.nba-live.com

[sonny1966]

Re: What is the best NBA Live on pc in the last 5 years?

08 has sig shots which was expanded for 100 some odd players by a mod. 08 has a very bad, unfixable, sim engine though for dynasty mode

07 has better freestyle control than 06, but it separates the dunk and layup buttons. 07 is the most "sim" imo after community patches. also it might have the most community patches than any other live PC game

06 is the most arcadey/fun game with the overpowered FSS moves, yet it has the best pacing of the last 5 games. This game does have the "EA Glitch" for CPU come backs to keep the game close/challenging

05 is the best game without any patches. only downfall is the lack of fast breaks which was kind of fixed by a community aiact. This game also has the "EA Glitch"


All of the above have regular roster and art updates from the NLSC


04, is my personal favorite with emotion on player's faces and an immersive dynasty mode with magazine covers, empty stadiums for crappy teams, in-game tickers for other games around the league, trade/draft/signing/releasing/training custscenes and the such. the major drawback is the inability to include all current 30 teams in dynasty mode since the bobcats weren't a part of the league yet. There is a "ryff studio" mod created by some chinese patchers that updates the game for this season. IIRC, up to the trade deadline. This one does have the EA glitch as well.





06 through 08 are the same graphically, 05 has an inferior lighting system but a shadow system. 04 doesn't have good graphics really...unless you use ENBseries to mask it.



If you got questions I'll be glad to answer them, each game has pros and cons that make it or break it. So if you could tell me if you would rather have a realistic sim game, a fun game, or if realistic stats are your thing I can direct you to the right game and patches.


all the patches can be found at the NLSC,

jaosming

If you could direct me to the game that has the most realistic stats as I'm just interested in simming games that would be great.Also how are the "drafts" in the game? Thanks