Your favirite NBA Live this generation

[bigdnlaca]

Quote: Originally Posted by rafpaoqui

Hey guys, I've been itching to go back into playing Live again and I'm glad I found this thread. I'd like to know, can we edit player gear/accessories in franchise mode in 18 and/or 19? Many thanks!

I know you can edit gear and accessories but im not sure if you can do that in that mode.

[devin2kgamer]

NBA Live '18 hands down. It brought back fresh Live excitement for me and had me looking forward to more from Live thereafter.

[youvalss]

In Live 18 and 19 you can edit accessories/gear as well as player attributes. No tendency edits, though.

[youvalss]

Once you drop the vertical and dunk ratings in Live 18, you will start seeing lots of nice animations with collisions and different layup animations and it all looks much more realistic.

Last night I was playing with the Pistons vs the Heat. Whiteside got the ball in the low post, and while he was trying to spin to the rim, ai-controlled Drummond reached around and stole the ball from behind, and Whiteside lost his balance and slipped and fell. Kind of like the slip you see after a player scores and tries to run back, but he actually fell down. I don't think I've seen it before. I actually recorded the replay, will see if I can upload it.

[sheehy83]

Absolutely loved NBA Live 18, my favourite bball game this gen period. 19 added some nice things but i just didn't have as much fun, gameplay wise, as i did with 18.

Live nailed career mode though, best of both worlds with NBA which i rarely played and Street which i mostly played. Quick games to 21, fun gameplay, always improving my player and not mtx in career.

I'm really hoping for some kind of comeback from Live on next gen.

[BSDShoes]

18 was solid, still have it on my PS4. A friend of mine plays NBA 2K so he got 2K18 and encouraged me to do the same so I bought 2K18 and immediately regretted it and returned it and got Live 18 for $19 (whereas 2K18 was $79).

I don't play NBA games that often but I went through 95 then 09 (still have it), 14, 15 then 18. 14 was the worst but that was the first game I picked up when I bought the PS4 and there weren't many things to play on it the year the PS4 launched.

[youvalss]

Live 18 had some of the best rebounding animations of any game. My least favorite one is the one the player jumps crazy high and grabs the ball with one hand. But with tweaks to players' ratings I hardly see it anymore.

Players jumping actually pursuing the ball in the air is just fantastic and realistic. I even see lots of "lower" rebounds where players just slightly jump and get the ball under rim height. I can't tell you how many times I've paused the game to check a rebound replay.

[youvalss]

With the next gen vibe today, I went back and checked Live 18's Photographic thread and it blew my mind. That was PS4.5 quality. It's almost next gen lighting, textures, colors, player models (except for those guys with the extra wide shoulders), sweat, tattoos. Best looking basketball game ever up to 2020.