For The Love Of Basketball

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Does Ea Sports ever attend any of the sports games they make?Do they watch them on T.V.?I am not so sure they understand what really goes on during these games,or even understand the game fully.Take NBA Live 2003,a game I waited two years for the PC version to be made again.Before I am roasted I have not played around with the player editor so far and I understand that by playing with the player editor you could correct certain things,but not everything.I just feel that this game should be good out of the box and it is not very playable.Why does Ea think we the user is so inept that we can not detect a rush job or their inept way they do things,especially player ratings.?If I did not play basketball and understand the game somewhat it would not matter.Some things are very important game play issues and others are obviously poor decisions on their part.I do not buy the fact, but they just ran out of time.They had two years.I am not that dum.This while it sounds like a rant against EA,it is not.Certainly we desrve better games from them.

1.I cannot tell the difference between sim and arcade mode.The game runs too fast in either mode.
2.Offensive rebounds seem to be non-exisitent.I know the opposite was true in the last few basketball games by them,but instead of repairing the problem,they created the exact opposite problem.
3.Every Guard is a superstar in the game.Infact it is offense.offense and more offense in the game.
4.Blocked shots are ridiculous.A 6ft point guard stuffing a center like Shag.Get real.The amount of blocks are off the wall and is the most unrealistic part of the game.
5.Before I am flamed,where are the refs.Are you saying that Microsoft's inside drive in the year 2000 can give you an option of 3 visible refs on the court,but EA cannot do it.Refs would add a realistic flair to things.
6.No save game feature,who makes the decisions here?Why remove features from previous installments?
7.Foul shots are impossible to hit.I am dizzy watching the meter move.First they are too easy now they are too hard.
8.Too many steals.
9.The interface looks like a console version of a past game.
10.I can not find a separate jump button,just a button for blocks.
I did find something good.The ball around the basket physics has been improved.

I do not have time to read every post and some of the old posts are gone,so I am sorry if I have repeated things said already,but I really would like to see in my life time a company with a true love and understanding for this beautiful game of basketball succeed in making a complete game.Obviously,EA is not that company.