Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

[iverson3]

Just started playing my original xbox the other day and man am i loving the classics. I have a local shop in which i can get any game for ps2 and xbox and i was wondering which year is best for nba live and ncaa basketball, i have 06 but in all your opiniona which is yours?

Thanks i appreciate it

[Brandon Jennings]

Re: Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

Well well well... IMO these were the best two of that gen of console games:

NBA Live 2003
NBA Live 2005

[iverson3]

Re: Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

Well well well... IMO these were the best two of that gen of console games:

NBA Live 2003
NBA Live 2005

Thank you, so 05 is worth it? I mean it's like 2 bucks no so it's not a hassle to buy

[EZ Snappin]

Re: Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

Live 05 for sure.

[JWiLL02]

Re: Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

Live 05 brings back fond memories, EASILY the best Live of that generation, and likely my favourite basketball game of that gen.

This was still when EA was the king of animations. They had the 10 man mo cap thing going at this point which was revolutionary for the time. Live 05 actually plays a far more sim style game than 2k5 as well, IMO.

The game was great from a hoop head standpoint too, with all the throwbacks, shoes, accessories, etc.

Can't go wrong for a few bucks.

[jtdribbles25]

Re: Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

live 06 for me..

[jaosming]

Re: Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

Live 06 is the most fun, but Live 2005 is the best overall

Live 2004 has the best Dynasty mode of all the NBA Live's and even imports draft classes from March Madness 2004....a lot of sliding though, and no dynasty Bobcats. But it also has dynamic attendance, cutscenes for trades and drafts and such, and even facial expressions.

[Playmakers]

Re: Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

live 06 for me..

That game was HOT!

My all time favorite just slightly ahead of Live 05

OP if you get Live 06 use these playbooks for each team they will make the players react awesome on the floor.
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...all-plays.html

I thought i had sliders on OS but i must have put them over at nbaliveforums.com back in the days.

but if you get Live 06 those plays will really help gameplay the sliders were also tied into the playbooks but i don't know where i posted them at that year.

[mikejs210]

Re: Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

PS2 days were the glory days for me and Live; Live 2003 to Live 2006. Live 2006 was it for me. After that, it was adios once I saw 2K7.

[atlwarya]

Re: Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

That game was HOT!

My all time favorite just slightly ahead of Live 05

OP if you get Live 06 use these playbooks for each team they will make the players react awesome on the floor.
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...all-plays.html

I thought i had sliders on OS but i must have put them over at nbaliveforums.com back in the days.

but if you get Live 06 those plays will really help gameplay the sliders were also tied into the playbooks but i don't know where i posted them at that year.

Here you go http://www.operationsports.com/forum...-plays-44.html.

Alot of the people that disliked Nba live 06 on ps2/pc I can guarantee never used these sliders and plays. It was slightly better than 05. I could never get the cpu for 05 to run plays but 06 fixed that. 06 is probably the easiest nba live to edit to your style of play. We're actually still patching it at NLSC. Trust me FSS can be toned down.

[Playmakers]

Re: Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

Here you go http://www.operationsports.com/forum...-plays-44.html.

Alot of the people that disliked Nba live 06 on ps2/pc I can guarantee never used these sliders and plays. It was slightly better than 05. I could never get the cpu for 05 to run plays but 06 fixed that. 06 is probably the easiest nba live to edit to your style of play. We're actually still patching it at NLSC. Trust me FSS can be toned down.

Good job man.....

I remember i spent like 2 months tweaking the playbooks and sliders for Live 06 but it was well worth the time and the players on Live 06 reacted and played better than any version on Next Gen IMO

edit:

After looking at those sliders this just goes to show how much EA cut back on things next gen

we had all these options available to customize the game along with playbooks

User Steal Ability:
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User Poor Release Shot Percent:
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User Pro Hop Effectiveness:
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CPU:

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I think Elite 11 was down to like 6 total sliders on both sides which is pathetic when it comes to tweaking a basketball game

[tez326]

Re: Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

05 is the best Live ever.

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

NBA Live 2006 is a great game.

Live 2005 was also really good.

Can't go wrong with either. And those were the last two NBA Lives I ever bought.

[P-Dub]

Re: Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

If you plan to get Live 06, I suggest getting the PC version, since you will be able to get updated rosters, gameplay and graphics, as it's still being updated at the NLSC.

[Phixius]

Re: Best NBA Live for PS2 and or Xbox

NBA Live 2004. NBA Live 2005 was meh on the PS2. The fact that the audience weren't on the courtside on the PS2 version bother me and the frame rate was terrible. I've never played the Xbox version of 2005 but it did look and play better than it's PS2 counterpart.