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I wish I had downloaded it

Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:55 am

...cause if i had i could of deleted it faster and saved myself time. This is the absolutely worst Live ever. Opps I mean NBA Jam. Screw you EA, i'm so sick of the same song and dance. Better go take over 2k6 before they putyou in the dumpster like nfl 2k5 did with madden.

Disappointed and disgruntled,

DW

Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:57 am

Well I take it you didnt like 05' either, because this is just a little improvement over 05' which means this possibly cant be the WORST live ever

Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:00 am

05 had its faults but was somewhat playable.. this game is f'n painful to play. Even if you are winning, you are losing cause it isnt fun at all. i dont get it, what went wrong here. how can they make new games so much worse. Is it all the gimmicks and "features" they try to put in that they forget about basics? man i dont know. i just know i love bball and i've had nearly all Lives. I never expected this poor of a product.. a few bugs, fine.. its normal. But THIS?? this is what they give us?

Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:33 am

2005 was way more playable and way more realistic just because you can play defense. In this version, it is just pure arcade, NBA Jam style offense only basketball. Dunks and layups are almost automatic, you cant stop it. At least with 2005, you have to think twice putting it into the lane. Here you can just go in with reckles abandon and not worry about getting blocked, except for the occasional one now and then

It also doesn't help that they dont have the save stats feature for online play.

Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:50 am

this game live 06 is so wacked out, i can go on and on about the problems with the gameplay, not to mention the messed up calls like the traveling, the charge gets called everytime inside the circle in the paint which is supposed to be just the opposite, the 3 seconds call when no one is even close to the paint, the bad spacing that makes players clog the lane which leads to countless turnovers.
this game has only been out 2 weeks and im sick of it already

Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:46 am

I really dont know what happened in live 06, its not fun to just dunk over your opponent everytime down the court live 05 was great but this is just trash, I have been playing nba 2k6 and its way better than this, if you think i'm lying go and rent it and find out for yourself.

Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:09 am

wish they would come out with a pc version, altho the latest 360 video i saw of it was just crazy good. looked like a real game on tv. But gameplay is my primary concern.

Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:27 pm

does anyone have any EA Sports contact phone numbers, email addys, or shipping addresses? i want to send my game back to them and let them play this garbage..and i would like to talk to them so i can tell them what trash they rolled out. They hide'n out and stay out of contact with there customers so they can avoid taking any responsibilities..maybe if they had not lost touch with the real fans of the game we wouldnt have this so called basketball game being a hunk of trash.

i have never been so offended before... and i want to make sure these people get the earfull they deserve.

Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:45 pm

Go to the site and look for something like "Contact Us"

Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:27 pm

The arcade feel does gets quite boring

and online 4th quarter is a 3 point showdown

Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:28 pm

yeah a bit. but oh well, it is arcadeish.
i might end up also getting 2k6 for ps2

Fri Oct 07, 2005 5:37 pm

this is what happens when you get 99k posts of "OMG STEVE NASH JUST BLOCKED ME USING SHAQ". the people that used to be complaining about too many blocks now say it's too easy to dunk. well i kinda feel sorry for the EA programmers, cause this is a very hard sport to translate it into a videogame. in real life the hardest thing to do is slash into the key with a shorter guy against taller guys and dunk over them. too bad that's the most fun thing to do in a videogame for 99.9% of the ppl.

Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:00 pm

Man, As you can see I rarely post here even though I read it a lot. I didnt care what people posted, I played the game and it was awful and I needed somewhere to vent.

Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:21 pm

BMG wrote:this game live 06 is so wacked out, i can go on and on about the problems with the gameplay, not to mention the messed up calls like the traveling, the charge gets called everytime inside the circle in the paint which is supposed to be just the opposite, the 3 seconds call when no one is even close to the paint, the bad spacing that makes players clog the lane which leads to countless turnovers.
this game has only been out 2 weeks and im sick of it already


you must just be shit. i have only ever seen one travel - and it was against the cpu. i rarely get called for charging, and the 3-second thing only happens to me when the cpu actually stays in the key for too long.

im sick of people hanging shit on this fucking game because theyre just too shit to learn to play it well

Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:36 pm

I got the same feeling than you the first time I played NBA Live 06, but now I'm happy with the gameplay and having a lot of fun.
How did I solved this??? Sliders, sliders, sliders.
NO more dunking, last match I dunk only once, in a fast break and got dunked twice.
I also got rid most of the superstar freestyle by disabling them in the rosters menu, I just left the defensive freestyle for a few players, avoid the Highflyers and Power Superstars (Stoudamire and Shaq can still dunk but not always, not over anyone, Kobe still flies but misses some dunks when covered). Playmakers passes are fun and doesn't give you any unfair advantage so I left them enabled, and so on, make your choices here and there to avoid the superdunkers moves.
Beyond that you really need to work your sliders: Off reb 0 Def Reb 100 (for both user and CPU) in order to avoid so many off reb. Game speed 36 (it isn't slow, try it out). Shotting around 35 for IS, FG, cos if not the FG% would be too high.
Blocks are OK, steals and interceptions take them to 25 and 20.
And the most important thing: Dunk vs Layups 5; Boundary FF 100, Physical Def 100. If not it would be too easy to get near the rim and attempt easy layups or dunks.
And... last but definitely not least: Dunk % 35 and Layup % 30, to avoid the players scoring each and every fuc*** layup and dunk no matter who is guarding them.
Hope you can enjoy the game now. :P

Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:42 am

Laxation wrote:
BMG wrote:this game live 06 is so wacked out, i can go on and on about the problems with the gameplay, not to mention the messed up calls like the traveling, the charge gets called everytime inside the circle in the paint which is supposed to be just the opposite, the 3 seconds call when no one is even close to the paint, the bad spacing that makes players clog the lane which leads to countless turnovers.
this game has only been out 2 weeks and im sick of it already


you must just be shit. i have only ever seen one travel - and it was against the cpu. i rarely get called for charging, and the 3-second thing only happens to me when the cpu actually stays in the key for too long.

im sick of people hanging shit on this fucking game because theyre just too shit to learn to play it well


Dude, take it easy man.. Do you work for EA?
Game breaking bugs for some might not be an issue for others.
The fact that you only see travel once does not mean it doesnt happen a lot to other etc...

Some people play this game for dynasty, some for dunkfest and 3point
and other buy it primarily for multiplaying..

I can tell you for sure that it fails miserably in the multiplayer dept.
There are some fundamental things that sliders can not fix.

It is still a crappy game despite the fact that the dynasty is better,
and better graphic..

AND
No you dont have to like 06 just because you like 05. The core gameplay
is completely different....
The same dribble and dunk move over the best defenders. that cheeze players used with dwayne wade and steve francis last year has now been
given to every player that can dunk.. Everyone is an unstoppable dunker now. Impossible to play defence.

No save stats for online game... The marv and steve Kerr calling Shaq Webber, calling Steve Nash Kobe bryant. Calling Malike Rose as Antwon walker... It happens every online play..... It like they never even tested the game online.

So get off your high horse dude and just say the parts of the game that matters to you are not buggy and you are satisfied. Dont deride other peopple that have legitimate beef with the game. :twisted:

Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:57 am

That first post is exactly how I felt at the start, I've felt like that after playing many EA Sports games. But the fact is, if you only have a PC and want to play basketball (and you're bored with Live 2005), then this is all you have. I just about gave up, but now I've had some good games after countless slider changes. I don't play online and I can see there being some problems in the dynasty mode because of offensive rebounds, but right now the game is okay.

Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:04 am

Do sliders even matter for Ip2Ip games? I dont think they do, and if they happen to work for online games it brings up the issue of people changing settings (when hosting) and opponent not knowing about it. As far as I know, sliders dont work online but hey I could be wrong.

I really could care less about playing CPU, dont need that mental masturbation.

I know there are gonna be EA backers, but the game was made easier..and I dont like it at all. Superstar level was made for better players of the game. Superstar feels like Rookie level.

People can talk all they want about graphics, shoes, cool animated moves, and mortal combat like finishers (aka SS freestyle) but if the game at its core is not solid it's bad.

Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:17 am

DaWarrior wrote:Do sliders even matter for Ip2Ip games? I dont think they do, and if they happen to work for online games it brings up the issue of people changing settings (when hosting) and opponent not knowing about it. As far as I know, sliders dont work online but hey I could be wrong.

I really could care less about playing CPU, dont need that mental masturbation.

I know there are gonna be EA backers, but the game was made easier..and I dont like it at all. Superstar level was made for better players of the game. Superstar feels like Rookie level.

People can talk all they want about graphics, shoes, cool animated moves, and mortal combat like finishers (aka SS freestyle) but if the game at its core is not solid it's bad.


Well said :lol:
I am pretty sure that sliders dont work on easo games.

Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:25 am

Well what do you expect? Deep gameplay? This is EA Sports. If you don't like it, they'll buy you too! :lol:

Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:31 am

It's sort of like communism... started out with the best of intentions but turned into a source of evil... Software Nazi! No NBA Live.. 2 Weeks! (seinfield)

Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:34 am

Go to www.urbandictionary.com and type in EA, and see what others think about this "company". ;)

Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:37 am

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=EA

HAHAHAHAHAAH

Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:40 am

I dont mean to seem like i'm bashing EA, but they have basically ruined the game for me and my other 29 league owners. its only natural to be pissed beyond belief lol

Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:18 am

EASO is stupid.
I don't know about the rest of you, but i don't really enjoy playing against a 12 year old named "1337GUY23!!11" screaming in their microphone and then disconnecting cuz they don't want to ruin their 236 - 0 record or whatever.

I bought the game for dynasty, and to play the occasional friend head to head in my apt. it serves it's purpose fine for me.
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