| NBA Live 08 | 
 enlarge | From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $9.99
Buy New: $5.49
You Save: $4.50 (45%)
Buy New/Used from $2.95
Avg. Customer Rating:   (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 895
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows 98, Windows 2000
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15349
UPC: 014633153491
EAN: 0014633153491
ASIN: B000QB059E
Release Date: October 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Take complete control of Freestyle Superstars to perform the true-to-life moves of a High Flyer, Shooter, Scorer, Playmaker and more; elevate your game by changing skill attributes on the fly | | • | Intuitive game engine specifically designed for Next Generation consoles. Take full control of your offensive game with team-specific plays, such as the triangle offense and the pick-and-roll. Assert your dominance on defense with the ability to elevate into the air to block shots or grab one-handed rebounds | | • | Dynasty Mode - Run an NBA franchise and manage player morale and team chemistry as you make key decisions based on player personality, ability, and age | | • | The most advanced ESPN integration package ever - Receive updates, scores, and breaking news from the worldwide leader in sports | | • | Use Create-A-Player to design an unstoppable baller - Choose from thousands of customizable options, including hair styles, body types, and the latest gear |
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Product Description
With more features, Electronic Arts brings basketball action (and control) as a new reality in your home. Why just watch when you can be in the game! NBA Elevate Your Game in NBA Live 08. With Total Freestyle Control, pull off moves only the pros perform as you replicate the playing styles of your favorite NBA players. Elevate to the rim for an electrifying dunk and bring the crowd to its feet, or look to your superstars to shift momentum with the game on the line. Featuring revolutionary gameplay, complete with ultra-realistic player moves and emotions, the hardwood is yours for the taking. The cover of EA NBA Live 08 will feature Agent Zero (Gilbert Arenas). Analysts Greg Anthony and Ernie Johnson call the action as you showcase your skills in the Slam Dunk Contest and 3 Point Shootout Have your own NBA All-Star Weekend, with the Rookie Challenge and NBA All-Star Game Former Chicago Bulls star Steve Kerr joins the legendary Marv Albert courtside -- together they call all the action from the best seats in the house
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Very Disappointing August 10, 2008
Well, I'm not a big basketball fan, but I thought I would give it a shot. For a game made it 2008 this thing looks absolutely primitive. In the end I just didn't enjoy it.
 Best NBA PC Game!! July 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the best NBA basketball computer game out there!! There are many improvements over NBA Live 07. Substitution and fatigue are better.
Commentry is also continuing to excel. In addition, the presentation is very good.
The new feature Hotspots is cool. It indicates where on the floor a player likes to shoot. This makes the game more authentic since players make shots where they do in real life. Red squares indicate where players are hot and blue is where they are cold. However players may occasionally make a shot in their cold spots and miss from their hotspots.
The dunk and lay-up buttons are together again this year, and it makes it better since before when you attempted a lay-up, it always seemed to get blocked, and so that forced you to dunk the ball since there was a greater chance it would go in.
I would recommend this game for any basketball fan. Even if you do not watch the NBA, you can still have fun because of the addition of HotSpots since then you can see where players can shoot. This way you know that players like Shaq are dominant near the basket and Ray Allen can drain threes.
Never have I seen a game written so lazily. June 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought '07 about eight months ago, loved it, but lost it last week. This was $10 at fry's so I bought it. It is almost exactly the same game.
Players:
The biggest downside by far. First off, the ratings didn't change at all. Players like Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, and David West, who were all rated in the low 70's in '07 should have gone up at least 10. But they have the exact same stats as before, as does just about everyone, even players like Steve Francis (82, has sucked for a few seasons now) and Jalen Rose (71, retired). Also, rookies (half of whom are missing from the game) have completely messed up ratings. Alando Tucker is an 86. Chris Paul is an 85. About 15-20 rookies have messed up ratings like this, in the 80's. That completely screws up dynasty mode if you do a fantasy draft. I had to edit about 150 players total (rookies plus vets with ridiculous ratings) and save the roster just to make dyansty mode not a total joke. It took about 3 hours. Another problem is that pictures weren't updated, which means rookies have no pictures. Not a huge deal, but still it shows how lazy they were in making this game.
Gameplay:
The same as '07. Commentators say pretty much the same stuff, graphics haven't gotten any better.. sure, the graphics aren't bad, and the game is reasonably fun, but it's a new game, shouldn't they have updated it more?
The Good:
I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 for the following reasons:
-The music is absolutely amazing. Mostly underground/indie rap, I absolutely love just about every song.
-Some decent new features. The FIBA tournament is alright, even if the players ratings on teams from other countries are stupid as can be.
-It's still kind of a fun game. It's just about the same as '07.
Bottom line: Wait for '09. I'd be willing to bet that they'll do MUCH more to update next year, because I'm sure they realize how lazy they were in making '08. If you absolutely can't wait, just get '07, you can probably find it for about $5.
 Hits and misses June 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The game hasn't changed much since the last couple of years, but it still keeps you entertained. My favorite part of the game is playing on Dynasty Mode. You get to choose your players and your coaching staff. It feels like you were a real GM of your favorite team.
I like the new FIBA World Championship. I just wish you could play single games with international teams instead of having to play the whole championship.
I feel like the commentaries while you play for this game are not as good as the ones from NBA Live 2005. Creating your own player was better, in my opinion, in that game too.
I kinda miss the option of watching the cheerleaders coming out at halftime in NBA Live 2000. I wish they still had that option. Even though it serves no purpose for gameplay, it feels more realistic.
 Wow, this is complete junk... February 29, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I just bought this game yesterday and have not even began to examine this game in-depth, but I'm already almost completely turned off. I installed the game and got to the menu screen with no problems, the irritation began when I started a new dynasty. Made it through the draft, staff signing, and training camp and was looking forward to the upcoming season. First things first, I had a couple players I wanted to add to my roster so I went to the trade screen and was immediately irked that I could not find player salary listings. This makes it almost entirely impossible to trade if either team is over the salary cap as player salaries on both ends of the trade need to be equal (or within 20%). It took me forever to get a trade completed that was equal, as you are offering blind. Moving on very irritated, I went to update my starting lineup to plug the holes that my trade had just created only to learn that the idiots at EA forgot to add the reorder rosters button into 2008. You literally have to manually adjust the starting five before entering each game, but that doesn't solve the issues if you sim games... Anyway, highly irritated, I moved on to my first game, manually setting my starting 5. Tipoff, game starts I've got the ball hit Peja Stojakovic who is wide open on the perimeter for 3. Missed, got the rebound, back out to Peja, missed, over and over again. I've always been a good shooter in the NBA live series and by the time I exited the game, about half way through the 1st quarter, Peja had missed 10 straight 3s (most of them wide open...). Other problems in game were as listed in the other reviews. One player taking every shot, wild baseline fading while leaning left/right shots for 3 being drilled, awkward player movements, inaccurate game fatigue (Shaun Livingston about ready to drop dead from fatigue 6 minutes into the 1st quarter), etc... Irritated beyond belief and amazed, I quickly checked NBA Live's website for an update, "there has to be an update for these problems, there must be...", I said to myself, I was almost speachless when I found that there was not a single update to be had on NBA Live 2008's website. Keep in mind that this is MONTHS after the games release. Sure, amateurs have thrown together workaround fixes, but these require downloading game modifiers and manually loading them into the game folder. EA really dropped the ball on this one. They have, in effect, released a half completed game and have failed to remedy the situation. Do EA employee's even try out their junk before it's released? It took me 5 minutes to find fatal flaws in this game that make it well near unplayable as is (and retailing at 50-30$, this is a complete slap in the face). With NBA Live 08, EA is saying loud and clear that they don't care about ripping off their loyal consumer base. I have bought EVERY NBA Live since 99 and have NEVER been so disapointed with the end product. When EA releases NBA Live 2009, I'm going to have serious reservations about buying, if I ever buy...
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