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  • Court_vision
    Banned
    • Oct 2002
    • 8290

    #1

    My review : best sim ever

    You know, I wanted to write a full review for this game. I wrote one for LIVE and ESPN, but I've been busy finishing up work and getting ready for a (long ) holiday.

    I thought, what could sum up this game quickly and accurately. What could capture my feelings about this game after a couple of weeks of playing it now.

    What could illustrate the reason I absolutely love this game...whearas the other two I merely liked, and have just sold one of them.

    What words could capture most the thing that sets this game so far apart from the pack...the thing that makes an old NBA gamer like me truely get excited to play this thing each and every game. Where I actually look at the damm schedule and look forward to playing different teams.

    The only words I can think of are... simply... best simulation of the NBA. Ever.

    Not just closely, but by a landslide as a simulation . The others have a lot going for them this year, LIVE is very cool with amazing control and ESPN looks great and has some nice touches. But for authentic play, it's just not close.

    I am not talking about best "game" as in video game, or best graphics. I am talking, plain and simply, in terms of feeling like the NBA. This game just nails that feeling.

    I am talking seeing Dikembe Mutumo play like Dikembe Mutumbo. I am talking Shaq playing like Shaq. I am talking Reggie Miller and Rip Hamilton playing like they do in real life...and Allen Iverson and Michael Finley playing as they do. Not just as generic shooting guards.

    I am talking about the Indianna Pacers playing like they do. The Nets running a fast break offense, the Mavs running and gunning, the Knicks and Pistons playing half court, the Spurs going through TD and Tony Parker getting the pass back out and onto Bruce Bowen to nail a corner ball three.

    I am talking players and teams playing as they do.

    I actually have match up difficulties in this game depending on which team I use. I can't tell you how cool that feels.

    I am talking correct game pace. I am talking great rebounding battles, where using Ben Wallace is a whole different game to using Mo Taylor.

    Man, for a basketball junkie, this game is just hoops heaven.

    For the video game type things...the sound could be better (although it's not bad, with a real 5 : 1 soundtrack if you have a DD 5:1 set up). The graphics I really like. They are not ESPN standard, but they are good and the cameras are beyond great. The new action cam, the broadcast cam...all of them are damm nice. The faces are kind of hit and miss. Use Philly and Kenny Thomas is perfect. and yet Eric Snow is way off. Use the T-Wolves and KG is the best of any game...yet other players you cant recognise at times. I can live with that though, and the player models are the best of any game.

    The arenas are g r e a t. Best of any game

    Screw the video game stuff though....the basketball stuff is sublime. Not only can I play the full 82 game season, but I genuinely wish I had the time to play a full season using different teams...because it's a whole different experience.

    I've perused a lot of the impression threads and there's a real theme, not just here but on other sites also, where basketball fans (ie, not gaming fans as such, but basketball fans) just completely love this game.

    IMO, that's all that counts.

    This game won't suit everyone's taste...but man does it make this old NBA junkie happy.

  • Admiral50
    Banned
    • Aug 2002
    • 3311

    #2
    Re: My review : best sim ever

    That's it, I'm buying it tomorrow!

    Hehe! I will rent it for sure and try it first. It sounds brilliant though and I expect it to be the game I play this year. (after buying both other games and giving them ample time to impress me).

    Thanks for your time!

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    • Admiral50
      Banned
      • Aug 2002
      • 3311

      #3
      Re: My review : best sim ever

      That's it, I'm buying it tomorrow!

      Hehe! I will rent it for sure and try it first. It sounds brilliant though and I expect it to be the game I play this year. (after buying both other games and giving them ample time to impress me).

      Thanks for your time!

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      • Admiral50
        Banned
        • Aug 2002
        • 3311

        #4
        Re: My review : best sim ever

        That's it, I'm buying it tomorrow!

        Hehe! I will rent it for sure and try it first. It sounds brilliant though and I expect it to be the game I play this year. (after buying both other games and giving them ample time to impress me).

        Thanks for your time!

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        • IDHQ
          Rookie
          • Jul 2002
          • 86

          #5
          Re: My review : best sim ever

          Great post! You just summed up pretty much every opininon I have on ID. I love it!

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          • IDHQ
            Rookie
            • Jul 2002
            • 86

            #6
            Re: My review : best sim ever

            Great post! You just summed up pretty much every opininon I have on ID. I love it!

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            • IDHQ
              Rookie
              • Jul 2002
              • 86

              #7
              Re: My review : best sim ever

              Great post! You just summed up pretty much every opininon I have on ID. I love it!

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              • Blue_Monkey
                MVP
                • Oct 2002
                • 1107

                #8
                Re: My review : best sim ever

                It's a good thing that I didn't go and get Live right when I decided to get it. I can't tell you how good it feels to see "the best sim of basketball"... " sim"..."sim"... from several people. Damn!

                ID 2003 was already a great sim as in the game basically played out as a sim but cause there were almost no shooting fouls and the off. rebounding sucked I often was frustrated to a point where it wasn't healthy anymore. Now those two are fixed and I can't believe how much pure fun this game is going to be.

                ...the best simulation...simulation...the most fun game...fun...

                I can't get that out of my head. Once again OS has been invaluable in sports gaming for me. The day before yesterday I opened about 15 threads of ID 2004 and couldn't be more grateful for not running out to buy Live.

                Thanks, OS

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                • Blue_Monkey
                  MVP
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 1107

                  #9
                  Re: My review : best sim ever

                  It's a good thing that I didn't go and get Live right when I decided to get it. I can't tell you how good it feels to see "the best sim of basketball"... " sim"..."sim"... from several people. Damn!

                  ID 2003 was already a great sim as in the game basically played out as a sim but cause there were almost no shooting fouls and the off. rebounding sucked I often was frustrated to a point where it wasn't healthy anymore. Now those two are fixed and I can't believe how much pure fun this game is going to be.

                  ...the best simulation...simulation...the most fun game...fun...

                  I can't get that out of my head. Once again OS has been invaluable in sports gaming for me. The day before yesterday I opened about 15 threads of ID 2004 and couldn't be more grateful for not running out to buy Live.

                  Thanks, OS

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                  • Blue_Monkey
                    MVP
                    • Oct 2002
                    • 1107

                    #10
                    Re: My review : best sim ever

                    It's a good thing that I didn't go and get Live right when I decided to get it. I can't tell you how good it feels to see "the best sim of basketball"... " sim"..."sim"... from several people. Damn!

                    ID 2003 was already a great sim as in the game basically played out as a sim but cause there were almost no shooting fouls and the off. rebounding sucked I often was frustrated to a point where it wasn't healthy anymore. Now those two are fixed and I can't believe how much pure fun this game is going to be.

                    ...the best simulation...simulation...the most fun game...fun...

                    I can't get that out of my head. Once again OS has been invaluable in sports gaming for me. The day before yesterday I opened about 15 threads of ID 2004 and couldn't be more grateful for not running out to buy Live.

                    Thanks, OS

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                    • njskillz
                      Pro
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 968

                      #11
                      Re: My review : best sim ever

                      As YOU know, I initially ripped ID because of my love for this year's NBA Live 2004. Well I must say I have seen the light. Since my second day of playing Inside Drive, NBA Live has been sitting atop my TV collecting dust. I said it before and I will say it again, Inside Drive 2004 is what NBA Live used to be. For ol heads like myself, that is the highest complement I can give a BBALL game.

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                      • njskillz
                        Pro
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 968

                        #12
                        Re: My review : best sim ever

                        As YOU know, I initially ripped ID because of my love for this year's NBA Live 2004. Well I must say I have seen the light. Since my second day of playing Inside Drive, NBA Live has been sitting atop my TV collecting dust. I said it before and I will say it again, Inside Drive 2004 is what NBA Live used to be. For ol heads like myself, that is the highest complement I can give a BBALL game.

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                        • njskillz
                          Pro
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 968

                          #13
                          Re: My review : best sim ever

                          As YOU know, I initially ripped ID because of my love for this year's NBA Live 2004. Well I must say I have seen the light. Since my second day of playing Inside Drive, NBA Live has been sitting atop my TV collecting dust. I said it before and I will say it again, Inside Drive 2004 is what NBA Live used to be. For ol heads like myself, that is the highest complement I can give a BBALL game.

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                          • DocHolliday
                            Farewell and 'ado
                            • Oct 2002
                            • 4698

                            #14
                            Re: My review : best sim ever

                            Great post, ID is king once again, the sad thing is, only a few people know about it. (in the grand scheme) Id be suprised if it got 5-10 % of the market. Hoepfully they dont ever shelve it.
                            GT: Event Horizon 0

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                            • DocHolliday
                              Farewell and 'ado
                              • Oct 2002
                              • 4698

                              #15
                              Re: My review : best sim ever

                              Great post, ID is king once again, the sad thing is, only a few people know about it. (in the grand scheme) Id be suprised if it got 5-10 % of the market. Hoepfully they dont ever shelve it.
                              GT: Event Horizon 0

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