NBA Live 2007 Wish List

[MrTrottman]

NBA Live needs to add Streetball in the game! Add something like Rucker Park, West 4th, Dyckman Park and different courts around the U.S. YOu can even give us the opition to play indoor/outdoor. They also should bring back Custom Rosters so that people can change up rosters and have fun. Remember we pay like $50 for the game, I think we should do more than just a Dynasty Mode or All-Star Weekend (which is excellent don't get me wrong) They should sit down and speak with Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley so that they can be apart of the 90's All-Stars, if Larry Bird and Magic Johnson can do it, so can you guys! Bring back more retro sneakers out! In the crowd point out celebrities (ex: Fat Joe and Spike Lee at the Garden) maybe even NBA Player Lifestyle (ex: LeBron James driving a Range Rover to the arena), input the dress code and show players entering the arena with suits on and stuff. Post Game interviews like they do on TNT, Half-Time shows? Cheerleaders? anything? NBA Live is a great game I have every edition since 1995.Keep up the good work!

[Jugs]

NBA Live needs to add Streetball in the game! Add something like Rucker Park, West 4th, Dyckman Park and different courts around the U.S. YOu can even give us the opition to play indoor/outdoor.

unnecassary in my opinion

They also should bring back Custom Rosters so that people can change up rosters and have fun.

Do you mean like Custom Teams? that would be good.

I think we should do more than just a Dynasty Mode or All-Star Weekend (which is excellent don't get me wrong) They should sit down and speak with Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley so that they can be apart of the 90's All-Stars, if Larry Bird and Magic Johnson can do it, so can you guys!

Jordan and Barkley can't be in the game because they aren't in some nba retirees committee or something.

Bring back more retro sneakers out!

I suppose.

In the crowd point out celebrities (ex: Fat Joe and Spike Lee at the Garden)

EA may have to pay extra licencing fees, i'm not quite sure.

maybe even NBA Player Lifestyle (ex: LeBron James driving a Range Rover to the arena), input the dress code and show players entering the arena with suits on and stuff.

That would be funny, maybe this could be implented in the next-gen consoles (after they put back in dynasty mode )

Post Game interviews like they do on TNT, Half-Time shows?

EA bought ESPN's licencing or something so that might happen next year

Cheerleaders? anything?

As much as I like women, I think that the gameplay needs improvement first...

[MrTrottman]

The opition to play indoor or outdoor? Rucker Park's EBC ? NBA Players stay playing there why not in a video game?

[Andrew]

I'm not really a fan of a Streetball mode. It is, after all a simulation of the National Basketball League and the current features could use some work before adding something that's not entirely related to the NBA. Same with the single player career mode. I'd rather the current Dynasty Mode was perfected before a brand new "big" feature is added.

Some of the other stuff would be nice particularly swelling the ranks of the 90s All-Stars again, though it's all about licensing/legal red tape. It's kind of getting to the point where it's not worth having the 90s All-Stars.

[BIG BID'NESS]

they should at least put sportcenter on there

[diddy]

MrTrottman, i want that all 2, especially i like idea bout lifestyle,half-time shows!
but in russia all games costs nearly 8-10$, but there fore i played the game after 2 day of it's release!

[noodle]

i want some like madden modes, moving teams to places and such i suppose 2006 verison pushed more towards that with the hiring of assistant coaches and scouts but i want it to be like madden wheras you can move, build arenas and such. that'd be grand...oh yeah and thats one thing i really want but one thing else very important - BETTER GENERATED ROOKIES. no more 6'1 SG, 6'5 PF...

[ixcuincle]

The NBA Live games are not realistic enough. I have multiple complaints about the realism of the game but here are a few I can think of.

1) What happened to off the ball fouls? When I watch an NBA game I see off the ball fouls all the time but in NBA Live 06 I only see player-with-ball fouls , for instance if I'm driving to the hoop and the defender slaps me or something. What gives?

2) Coaches / Players getting ejected. How can coaches be ejected in real life but not in NBA Live 06? I want to see a coach get livid , pull a Bobby Knight and throw a chair across the court , and then get ejected as he's restrained by assistant coaches yelling and screaming. That plus the technical foul free throws , there are not enough in NBA Live. There should also be an option to flagrant foul someone for the technical. And is it too hard to give these NBA Live coaches more emotion? I seriously doubt the real life NBA coaches go pacing around the sideline like robots , usually they are a LOT more emphatic like that. I want to see a Gary Williams-type coach yelling and screaming at the top of his lungs and flailing his arms in the air after a bad play.

I've also never seen a player ejected from any of the NBA Live games. It's a real shame , it happens constantly in the NBA. Also , after the player is suspended the commisioner should have options to extend his suspension for example , if Ron Artest got mad and had 2 technical fouls he would be ejected. Then when you finish playing the game and check a newspaper (see below) you see the headline of him being ejected. Then , a couple of days later you open the same newspaper and find out how long he has been suspended for and why. "Ron Artest - suspended 20 games for pushing so and so and flicking off crowd after free throws" etc.

3) Improved playcalling. Why is it that I am only able to call the same 4 plays? It's a hassle to go into playbook every time and set my own plays for quick plays , only to have them reset once the game is over. Why can't EA keep the quick plays consistent? Have a playbook option under settings or something in franchise mode when you're not playing the game which allows you to set 4 quick plays so you can call the same different quick plays every game instead of the EA defaults.

4) Newspapers and media. There's not enough hype. I want to see a newspaper option where they announce news like "Artest angry in Indiana , demands Trade" or "Kobe V Shaq Round 2 : This time It's On". It's been done in every 06 game except for MVP and NBA.

[geforce687]

Speaking of wishes, i wish that in 2007 the legends must be added like the nba2003 & 2004 and add dennis rodman and charles barkley (with voice commentation) and more... and also the controller i think you must add the BACKDOWN control. and then fix some bugs in the game, i know you knew what are the bugs that game contains... I think you must release Patch or Updates that contain our wishes especially legends...
FIX them all...

[Jing]

i dont think streetball helps nba image, which is promoting the big, indorr game..

[ixcuincle]

Yeah , I miss the legends. I can play as 60's all star teams but I'd like to play those old school teams like the Larry Bird Celtics and Robert McHale against Magic Johnson and his Lakers online.

[Andrew]

Speaking of wishes, i wish that in 2007 the legends must be added like the nba2003 & 2004 and add dennis rodman and charles barkley (with voice commentation) and more... and also the controller i think you must add the BACKDOWN control. and then fix some bugs in the game, i know you knew what are the bugs that game contains... I think you must release Patch or Updates that contain our wishes especially legends...
FIX them all...

Certain legendary players are not included due to legal reasons. Because EA Sports does not have their image rights, they cannot include them in their games. Hopefully some deals can be worked out so we can see some of those greats back in the legends rosters.

[Jugs]

and also the controller i think you must add the BACKDOWN control

There is a backdown control

[axare]

i wished there was a three team trade, and about the stats...there isn't anything like a biggest lead, no. of points in the paint, longest run, blocksper48minutes and so on...

More choices of the created player's appereance, Teams more willing to let their draft picks like in real life, read every name on earth lol, sending people to D-League, deaths(to be realistic)

And a lot more i just can't remember...

[RSox]

i wished there was a three team trade

There used to be up to three team trades in NBA Live 2001.

[RSox]

3) Improved playcalling. Why is it that I am only able to call the same 4 plays? It's a hassle to go into playbook every time and set my own plays for quick plays , only to have them reset once the game is over. Why can't EA keep the quick plays consistent? Have a playbook option under settings or something in franchise mode when you're not playing the game which allows you to set 4 quick plays so you can call the same different quick plays every game instead of the EA defaults.

4) Newspapers and media. There's not enough hype. I want to see a newspaper option where they announce news like "Artest angry in Indiana , demands Trade" or "Kobe V Shaq Round 2 : This time It's On". It's been done in every 06 game except for MVP and NBA.

3. They used to have in NBA Live 2000 where you could choose from a big list of plays to set the keyboard for plays 1,2,3, and 4. I think they should make it more like NCAA March Madness 06 floor general.

4. I remember there was a magazine in NBA Live 2004. Make a newspaper like they did for Madden 2005 and Madden 06. That is my favorite because there are the articles you can read and take actions.

[RSox]

1. There needs to be an Owner Mode like in Madden and MVP Baseball.
2. They should continue rosters after that season forever. People would still buy other games because there would be better graphics and featurers.
I have other suggestions but can't think of them right now.

[sixerfan03]

I would like a realistic off season where you could actually bid for free agents against your oponents. An offseason loosely based upon the collective bargaining agreement, but streamlined so you don't need to be an accountant to make a trade.

But even if that can't happen, the gameplay needs a lot of work.

[Andrew]

Trading would be a much easier process if the game automatically did the calculations and showed all the information about the trade without toggling the view (as it used to be). You shouldn't be able to even propose a trade that doesn't fit under the cap rules; no team would waste their time throwing offers around that could never be done.

[NBAFAN2005]

EA has some nice new features, but now with next gen live needs to soar.
EA has gotten better in terms of gameplay with the addition of freestyle superstar moves and freestyle air and freestyle dribbling. However EA needs to make 07's dyansty the best yet. EA needs to make dynasty less repetative and more in depth. Here are some ideas

Ability to Relocate:

I know it's been said countless times before, but if it happens in real life it should happen now.

Keep track of team finances:

When you win, everything is better, including team finances. Losing teams should have low attendence, poor sales, and poor jersey sales. Winning teams should have high attendence, higher jersey sales and better overall sales. These two factors lead me to my next suggestion.

Better Offseason:

I know it's been said before, but make it less linear.

Draft:

It would be nice to add atleast some graphics to the draft page. As of now the draft is very boring. Perhaps N.B.A comparrisons would be nice for drafting player. Come on, the draft is one of the biggest nights for teams and can change a franchise. Ability to make draft day deals must be included.

Free Agency:

Please make this feature more intuitive. Players should have meters, or interest scores that show what is important to them. Put in factors like money, weather, championship, playing time. Certain players should take pay cuts if they want to be on a better team, and they know the team is on a tight budget.

Playoffs:

EA needs to capture the playoff atmosphere. If anything this should be a major focus this year. A more responsive crowd, more hype for each series, include series previews, series wrap-ups. None of this has to be video. Acomplish this through newspapers and rumour mills.

Newspapers and rumour mills

I want to see players demand trades because of lack of playing time or frustration with other player. I want to see other guys get angry when they see they've been involved in trades that fell through. I want to see other teams players get angry so I can try and trade for them. MAKE DYNASTY MORE INTERACTIVE.

Team Jersey's and Arena

Teams should be able to change jersey colours and team colours. I want to see the ability to ask the city to build a new arena, change the team colours and jerseys and even make a new court design. I want to feel like im progressing in my dynasty not stuck in the same year over and over again.

Other things:

-make the crowd more into it and detailed. With 15 seconds left in a tie game they should be on their feet and going crazy
- insert a trading block
- add some new freestyle superstar moves


Overall message: Improve dynasty mode

[furbysaur]

i wish EA would hire better QC people, better beta testers. and borrow some staff who are doing great in madden.

i wish they would not rush on releasing nba live 2007. (but i know that would not happen since even though we had a lot of bugs and complains from previous nba lives regarding poor quality control... people are dumb to buy quickly and fall for the great marketing EA is making.)

i wish there would be downloadable demo first. (sorry if there already was, i just thought of it now and never really attempted to download demos)

[Avrah3]

they should have top 10 plays of the day and palys of the year dunks of the year blocks of the year .... just like on nba.com

[Sonic98]

The NBA Live games are not realistic enough.

That's the truth right there. I don't know why even do wishlists in EA is not gonna fix the main thing that's wrong with these games. It needs to be closer to a true sim. They need to do whatever they can do to make this game not a fastbreak, spin, turbo, and dunk fest. I don't want to have to be a joystick jocky.

[NBAFAN2005]

they should have top 10 plays of the day and palys of the year dunks of the year blocks of the year .... just like on nba.com

I know some people want to see this kind of stuff and care for it, but this is not going to happen anytime soon. Here are some reasons

1) Currently there aren't enough block animations and dunk animations to
make a unique highlight reel. It would just become the same plays
just with different players.

2) The game would not be able to determine which play, dunk, or block
was the best or worst and it would be random.

Personally I think postgame interviews pre game interviews and all that video footage stuff people want is a complete waste. It would get so old so fast and the same stuff would be repeated and repeated. Also every player would sound the same when being interviewed and then people would start to complain that the guy doesn't sound like A.I or Lebron.

EA just needs to focus on gameplay and dyansty mode. Charts, stats graphs, and images are much better than video footage.

[Andrew]

1) Currently there aren't enough block animations and dunk animations to
make a unique highlight reel. It would just become the same plays
just with different players.

2) The game would not be able to determine which play, dunk, or block
was the best or worst and it would be random.

Completely agree. It'd be cool and all but it would get old after a while...probably sooner rather than later.