NBA Live 14 Reviews From Around the Web

[Melbournelad]

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People who defends this crap of a game I have no respect for.

Yeah I don't understand this unwavering loyalty to EA. Even with such a poor product as Live, I could understand if it was a company that always strives to do well by their customers, take their feedback, and apply it to their product in the future. But this is EA we are talking about! One of the worst gaming companies. They don't care about customer satisfaction, they just want to put out mediocre product after mediocre product and soak up as much money as they can from gullible fools.

[chi_hawks]

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The game looks good to me. Is that so hard to understand? I haven't even passed judgement on the final product yet. I'm still waiting to play the demo like most normal people are. Anyone who comes to concrete conclusions from watching some streams is a fool.

I don't have to "demo" getting kicked in the nuts with a pair of steel toe boots to know that it will hurt. Enough people have already gone through this and have either told me or passed the word on.

I don't have to play a demo to have a good feeling around whether its a good game or not. I didn't play the GTA V demo nor the full game but I have confidence its a great game and a great experience due to the dozens of great reviews and gameplay footage I've seen. The same holds true when a game is on the opposite end of the spectrum (like NBA Live 14 appears to be).

[blackceasar]

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Honestly the really bad reviews don't suprise me, but they scare me. They scare me into thinking that EA will try to buy the NBA license to snuff out the better game being made.

Here's why EA and Live dissapoints me way more than EA and Madden. Madden is the only football game in town. So they can be lazy and what not (even though I'm mostly happy with next gen madden this year).. BUT for NBA Live..there IS competition and the competition is killing them, so you would think the NBA Live team would actually "get it".. but it's clear that they truly do not get sports games when it comes to Basketball. So much for the 10 year layoff (I know I exagerrated) and telling everyone they are taking this time to put out the best basketball game ever.

Its like dating a fat chick... she goes away for 6 months to tape The Biggest Looser..and when the episodes air.. shes still fat as ****.. even on the season finale.

Oh well.. at least they havent bought the NBA license yet. I will download the demo though just to see how awful this game really is.

[Gosens6]

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That's your opinion, and you're entitled to it. Just like my opinion is the exact opposite of yours. I think there has been plenty of positives seen. But because I don't jump on the "bash Live and EA again" bandwagon, I'm seen as some sort of oddity, lol. It doesn't bother me, I just find it amusing.

I'm just glad to see that others out there see some positives in the game, too. They just aren't being loud on these forums like I am

Not even trying to be funny here. Can you name me 5 positives that you took from these videos? Just 5, I'm really curious to know what you're seeing.

[yg63]

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The game looks good to me. Is that so hard to understand? I haven't even passed judgement on the final product yet. I'm still waiting to play the demo like most normal people are. Anyone who comes to concrete conclusions from watching some streams is a fool.

The streams tell me all I need to know that this game is not worth my money.

[chi_hawks]

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Not even trying to be funny here. Can you name me 5 positives that you took from these videos? Just 5, I'm really curious to know what you're seeing.

DID YOU NOT READ THE IGN REVIEW!? The nets looked awesome! There is one.

[yg63]

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Postponed reviews? Why didn't they wait til the 22nd then?

GTA5 postponed their reviews, so your statement is invalid.

Please don't tell me you're comparing Live 14 to GTA 5. I beg of you.

[Fiddy]

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i look at it this way.

i hammered EA's NHL series for years, wanting it to be more like 2K's NHL game etc.

but people LOVE EA's take on NHL for some reason and hammered 2K for years until they stopped making the game.

now here, people LOVE 2K's take on the NBA and hate what EA is doing.

i honestly love having two options, i get tired of one, go and play the other for a bit.

sure Live 14 is not even in the same arena as 2K 14, but who expected it to be? if you did, thats on you.

im a casual NBA fan (huge Cavs fan though) and im buying both. im sure ill enjoy both equally despite flaws of each.

EA should have hit up a price drop from the get go, preorder NBA Live 14 for $24.99 or get it for $29.99 through the holidays etc. i mean, games usually hit their peak after first 2 weeks of release, then spike a bit around the holidays. i bet if they did that they would have sold more games than they probably will now. go that old school 2K route if ya have to, $20 bucks, boom!

im all for competition, i hope this game sells enough for them to make another.

[noshun]

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[Gorilla Glass]

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Please don't tell me you're comparing Live 14 to GTA 5. I beg of you.

What do you think?

Try reading what I typed. Then try understanding why I typed it.

[hallauer]

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I had the NBA Live 14 feed up last night for about 2 hours. A dev (Ryan was his first name, I can't remember his last name) was answering questions about the game while another developer was playing. Sitting there watching how the players move, react, and play made me feel embarrassed for EA. This is the best they could do?

EVERY shot that went in was a swish. Literally, every shot. No shots hit the rim and rolled in. None. People were in the Twitch.tv chat even asking the devs why every shot was a swish, and if the ball ever hit the rim. The devs never answered that I saw. The devs kept saying, "Wait to play it for yourself, so you can actually feel the game." I don't need to because this game isn't what I'm looking for. I don't need to watch "Battlefield Earth" to know how bad it sucks after seeing the trailer.

Bulls vs. Blazers was the first NBA game that I remember playing back in the day, and just based on the history I have enjoying EA basketball games, I wanted Live 14 to at least be decent, but instead, it's honestly a mediocre, laughable iteration of a Live game. To each their own, but this game isn't for me. I feel bad for the people who worked on this game because it's nothing to be proud of.

[Ferweezy]

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After 3 years of development, the Live series is literary 10 years behind the 2K series. This game looks like it could of been made in 2003. The Live series is DONE. There is no coming back from this.

[jimbo22]

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sure Live 14 is not even in the same arena as 2K 14, but who expected it to be? if you did, thats on you.

You make a very good point, but at this moment in time I think its safe to say that, from what i've seen, NBA Live 10 was/is a more solid game than NBA Live 14.

Rather than start from fresh they should have pulled out NBA Live 10 and spent time moving that onto next gen. EA were never, as you say, going to build a better game than 2K in a year but they've build a far worse one and that cannot be denied, going on video available to us.

Now, I may play it and change my mind that however is very unlikely.

[yg63]

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What do you think?

Try reading what I typed. Then try understanding why I typed it.

I don't understand a few things people type on here.

[Steve_OS]

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Bleacher Report review added to OP. (7.8/10)