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  • deadman
    Rookie
    • Jul 2002
    • 390

    #1

    Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

    I know..I know. It is a little early for predictions, we are in the swing of the football season. However, we have four games Live, Drive, Shootout and 2K3 for various platforms and I have formulated my own thoughts to this point on each game.
    Live 03 - Promises a total new experience. Can they really live up to everyone's expectations for all the new improvements? I doubt it. Everyone has different opinions on what is missing and how to improve the game. I think the game sounds promising and hope they deliver. It should be much improved game. Maybe too much hype gonna hurt this game.
    ID2003 - This game looks a lot like last years version with the addition of franchise and create a player. Of course the added new player models, animations etc. I question if the type of adjustments will be enough to satisfy with all the other titles promises for sweeping changes. The biggest change is franchise and creat a player which have been around for years. I guess it will depend on if the other companies can pull off their major changes.
    Shootout - What can you say? It is created by 989 sports. Still they had over a year to work on the game. The game offers some interesting concepts and the screenshots aren't bad. If they could put it all together, it sounds interesting, but it is still 989. So My hopes are not too high on that happening.
    NBA2k3 - Sega leaped into the B-bal arena with 2K on the dreamcast and has definetely made an impact to b-ball simulation. They have not made drastic changes in the game but I think offer more than ID2003 in updates from last years version. (Franchise and create a player have been standard for years). I am impressed with the fact they heard the complaints regarding the player faces from E3 and recently produced new head sculpts which look impressive.

    I think this years crown will go either ID2003 or NBA 2K3. (IMO) They offer a better game of basketball because there is a resemblance of a post game and the ability to rebound. They have their faults with blocks and FG%. Live and Shootout are making such drastics changes is to keep up with the competition. I have serious doubts in the ability of 989 to pull off this feat and I think Live has the ability but has too far to go to pull it off in just one year. I enjoy the fact that Live and Shootout are being aggressive because they are introducing some great ideas for all titles to implement over the next couple of years. Here is my order:
    1. NBA 2K3 - I personally like ID2003 but to this point am disappointed in what I have seen as improvements).
    2. ID2003 - Above.
    3. Live 03- I have high hopes but know it will be difficult to pull it off.
    4. Shootout 03-maybe next year.

    Even though this is a very early assessment let me know what you think.
  • shpankey
    Rookie
    • Jul 2002
    • 486

    #2
    Re: Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

    Inside Drive #1 (best gameplay ALWAYS wins for me)
    NBA 2k3 (online baby)
    NBA Live (should be much better than last year)

    Really, the rest isn't even worth putting in a list, serious. The rest will be total garbage.
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    • spree2k3
      Rookie
      • Jul 2002
      • 84

      #3
      Re: Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

      for me its
      1. NBA Inside drive
      2. NBA 2k3
      3. Live

      I know that i will like both inside drive and nba2k3, but i have a hard time trusting EA after what they pulled last year. 2002 was bad even though they said it had so many improvements from the 2001 version. i will buy live after i rent it, if its any good.

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      • QCwolf
        Rookie
        • Jul 2002
        • 103

        #4
        Re: Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

        I think having the dynasty mode on ID will make it the best this year. It's gameplay was already the best last year.

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        • Yukk
          Pro
          • Jul 2002
          • 817

          #5
          Re: Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

          1. NBA2K3 NO DOUBT!!!!! Best bball game ever.
          2. ID2003/live2003, no idea, if EA will do what it promised then live 2003 might be good. I just checked out review of NFL fever 2003 on IGN it only got 7.7 so im not expecting much from drive, i hate its animations also. So far i think its:

          1. NBA2k3
          2. LIVE2003 (unless EA screws up again)
          3.Drive 2003

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          • The_Don
            Pro
            • Jul 2002
            • 405

            #6
            Re: Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

            I own a PS2 so I won't include Inside Drive in my rankings:
            1.NBA2K3
            2.Live 2003 (could surprise)
            3.Shootout (not expecting much)

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            • Gizmo
              YNWA
              • Jul 2002
              • 3886

              #7
              Re: Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

              1. Live 2003 (it could be a sleeper in this year's competition and hopefully takeover as the b-ball's top crown.)
              2. 2K3 (i'll get it only if Live doesn't live up to it's expectations)
              3. ID 2003 (i'll probably rent it if I get bored)

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              • Fetter21
                F**tb*ll F*n*t*c
                • Jul 2002
                • 3403

                #8
                Re: Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

                1. NBA 2k3 (after a decent, but not outstanding 2k2, it'll rebound to be back on top, especially with the online play capability)
                2. ID 2003 (most fun b-ball game to play of 2002, franchise mode will add huge replay value to it, VERY close 2nd to 2k3)
                3. College Basketball 2k3 (Not NBA, but excited we'll finally get a decent college game)
                4. Live (looking like it's making great strides, but Live was too far back to start with, so it should be a very solid game &amp; maybe next year it'll be able to compete with the others)
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                • Dman13
                  Rookie
                  • Aug 2002
                  • 362

                  #9
                  Re: Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

                  1.ID 2003(Explanation below)
                  2.NBA 2K3(I hated 2K2 and I just didn't like the style of play)
                  3.NBA Live 2003(The game is too easy)

                  ID 2003 has more than just an ordinary Create a player.Does any other game let you choose your players favorite shot nope.It also has DPP which NFL Fever has.And I think the DPP feature will make the game more fun to play.The game also has a record book and I'm guessing you will get a prize if you break a record.Then when your player retires he can retire the jersey and go to hall of fame which 2K2 doesn't have.So to say the game doesn't have that many new features is a lie.
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                  • Fetter21
                    F**tb*ll F*n*t*c
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 3403

                    #10
                    Re: Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

                    I'm pretty sure NBA 2k3 will have DPP, I think that 2k2 had it.
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                    • Yukk
                      Pro
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 817

                      #11
                      Re: Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

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                      ID 2003 has more than just an ordinary Create a player.Does any other game let you choose your players favorite shot nope.It also has DPP which NFL Fever has.And I think the DPP feature will make the game more fun to play.The game also has a record book and I'm guessing you will get a prize if you break a record.Then when your player retires he can retire the jersey and go to hall of fame which 2K2 doesn't have.So to say the game doesn't have that many new features is a lie.

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                      All that is in 2K3, you can even give them money to talk them out of retirment, also i hope ID2003 is not like Fever 2003 cuz IGN gave fever 2003 7.7 and said it was basically the same game as last year, i REALLY hope ID2003 won't be like ID2002.

                      THe thing with FEVER and ID games is LACK of animations, and it looks like there are very lil new animations in fever 2003, so lets just hope ID2003 wont' suffer the same fate.

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                      • deadman
                        Rookie
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 390

                        #12
                        Re: Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

                        I questioned the types of adjustments, not that there were no adjustments. No lying in my post, maybe a misread. Don't get me wrong, as I mentioned I prefer ID2002. I just don't want to play a better looking ID2002 with create a player and franchise version and call it ID2003. I don't care how detailed the franchise or create a player, it still had fundamental gameplay and animation problems that need fixed. IMO the game would be disappointing.

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                        • shpankey
                          Rookie
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 486

                          #13
                          Re: Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

                          Officially, there are literally over 1,000 animations in ID 2003 (this is an advertised feature).

                          And please, Fever sucked last year, Inside Drive was awesome. Don't even put them in the same boat. None of the same programmers or developers work on those two titles. Don't lump ID in with Fever just because.

                          Hands down, BY FAR AND AWAY, Inside Drive had the best gameplay last year, and no, 2k2 was in no way more "realistic". That's pure SEGA fanboy talk. They get that line from the Maddenites shoving it down their throats for years, now they try to use that same lame line on people who prefer Inside Drive.

                          I *GUARANTEE* you, this year, Inside Drive once again has the best gameplay, because 2k3 has been said to play pretty much the same except for some new post moves. Well, it's totally flawed play IMO.

                          Anyways.
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                          • Yukk
                            Pro
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 817

                            #14
                            Re: Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

                            Lol that sounds like ID fanboy

                            Anyway its who likes what, i played both drive and 2k2 and i prefer 2k2 since its more realistic for me, ID2003 was more arcadish IMO.

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                            • funky_chicken
                              MVP
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 3282

                              #15
                              Re: Who will win the crown for best B-Ball game 2003

                              I'm hoping NCAA College Basketball 2k3 takes top honors.

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