The Amount of Improvement between each NBA Live...

[VlaDiv]

I think we are disappointed by the videos because the whole setup looks the same mostly. On the other hand, they are building upon last year's game. It's not a bad foundaiton to build on. And with xbox 360 coming, they went for a slight upgrade rather than a rebuild.

Yes, NBA superstar mode would have been nice like in madden, but it's not there. The coaching thing will add some depth, but it's a small change for a whole year of waiting for a new live.

I see it this way

95-98 were just early games. 99 had some transitional things like a multi-year mode with no rookies/fa,etc.

Live 00 set the bar for the modern live with first draft/FA/retiring dynasty.
Live 01 continued on 00's route as a similar PC sim.

Live 02 was different. with xbox/gamecube out, it had a thin but sleek look and a 10 year dynasty.
Live 03 built on 02 with freestyle. Very similar change to 05/06 games.

live 04 was great and mostly new. Though "cartoonish" I enjoyed the cyberfaces the most.

Live 05 was also quite new in its calendar look and rookie scouting.
06 just slightly builds on this with superstar skills.

What do you think?

[Malfa]

2003 or 2004.

[fgrep15]

Definately 04, 03 was a scary game...

[Goldenstatewarrior]

NBA Live 2004 then 2005.

[Wormy10]

from Live 03' - 04' was the best improvement
03' sucked, at the time it didnt but once you look back on it

[ignatu]

For the PC live 02 (or maybe it was 01) was the biggest drop because it changed from PC menus and controls to console menus on the PC.

[Andrew]

Probably NBA Live 2003 to NBA Live 2004, since NBA Live 2003 was taking the series in a totally new and unwanted direction and NBA Live 2004 steered it back towards its simulation roots.

[Blazers]

i think nba live 2004 to nba live 2005, since new features were added.

[killer_cr0ss0ver]

i like 2004... prohoop was introduce. nice cutscenes on signing, releasing, practice etc which was remove on 2005

[Anthony15]

I think from Live 03 to 04. The gameplay and other stuff changed big time!

[air_edwards23]

yea, i was just actually playing 2002 on my ps2 to see how it looked compaired to 04 05 and stuff and it was really bad you good see the pixels on the players and stuff and in the intro they made it look so good like when carter did under the legs and everthing when i had realized they just took clips and made it look like it was a part of the game