Nba Live 2003 Songs

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The last time we checked in on 2002 edition of EA Sports' NBA Live franchise, it was a mess. Choppy, devoid of any basketball artificial intelligence and focused on the flashy, more superficial elements of professional basketball, it was a title screaming for improvement. With Sega's popular 2K series making a specifically-designed leap to all three next generation consoles this season, the reasons were even greater as to why had to do something drastic if it wanted to stay in the hunt.And it did.

Succeeding because the developers finally found the proper balance between the exciting and entertaining parts of NBA basketball while retaining all of the rules and realism you'd expect from an all out NBA simulation, is one of the biggest turnarounds we've ever seen. Improved in just about every category, and using an all-new right stick manipulation that will never let you go back, Live 2003 is very much the revolution that the marketing types have been yammering about. Gameplay The most interesting aspect of NBA Live 2003 is that it somehow brings arcade and simulation elements together to coexist peacefully in one game.

Nine times out of ten, gamers are treated to schizophrenic sports titles that try and force-feed us over-the-top antics into an obvious basketball sim with rules and dimensions that piss off fans from both genres. Live 2003's attention to NBA details, rules, and style of play however is completely legitimate, while still giving players the freedom to repeatedly create exciting highlight-worthy plays that would keep the crowds cheering and coaches stressed out. The arcade fun comes from the exaggerated speed of the game and dozens of new moves you can pull of with players using the right analog stick. But the satisfaction comes from knowing that even when you're throwing down impossible reverse alley oops from behind the backboard you're still within the rules and conventions of the actual NBA.

Freestyle control is revolutionary in that it allows the player with the ball to pull off a variety of offensive moves in the blink of an eye and that you determine the direction and variation of the move. And when we say dozens of moves, we're talking about four versions of the crossover, three kinds of spin moves and all kinds of hesitation dribbles that can be performed with either hand. Furthermore, you have different moves available depending on the situation.

Moving with the ball, in the triple threat position or with his back to the basket are the three main situations your player can find himself in, but then again you can quickly go from one to the other and string them together combo style. Quickly tapping up on the right analog stick when your player is moving allows him to pull off a quick spin but not the same spin move you get when you holding the stick as opposed to tapping it. That spin move causes him to plant, set up the defender and whirl all the way around 360 degrees so that he's traveling in the same direction when he comes out of it. And neither one of those is like the spin move where the ball stays in the same hand but the player himself whirls around in a circle like one of those moves from the Nike Freestyle commercials. You pull that one off by moving the right analog in a semicircle from 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock on the left side if the ball is in his left hand, on the right side if it's in his right.

And it only gets deeper from there. We could spend this entire review going over the moves and situations available to you in Freestyle control, but we won't. Let's just say you'll still be discovering new moves weeks after you've initially picked up the game. Try all of the quarter circles and half circle moves you remember from Street Fighter in a variety of different situations and then start doing them from south to north instead of east to west. The creativity shown by the developer's at is reflected in the fact that many moves are intuitive and reflect how you'd move a basketball with your hands in real life.

And we haven't even told you about how the right analog stick is used on defense to swipe with your left or right hand, crouch down into defensive position and passively stretch your player's hands up to avoid the foul on a shot. When it comes to gameplay, you'd think that the freestyle controls would give you an extremely unfair advantage against the CPU. But that's where Live 2003's other enhancements kick in because you've got to use some serious basketball sense against your opponent in this game, especially when you're playing against humans. First, it's important that experienced NBA gamers use the top two difficulty settings right from the beginning because the lower two are pretty much a joke and intended for novices to familiarize themselves with the game's new control style. On All-Star and Superstar difficulties you will acknowledge truisms of NBA basketball like 'defense wins championships,' 'let the offense come to you' and 'don't force it' because failure to do so will mean plenty of losses. CPU controlled players, whether there's a human controlling their teammates or not will push the ball on the fast break after a bad shot or a turnover like the 1990.

. Summary: Live your dream of NBA superstardom in NBA Live 2003. This year's installment in the NBA Live series features a new control system that lets you make quick steals, monster shot blocks, and smooth crossover dribbles. New animations show everything from power dunks and rebounds to signature Live your dream of NBA superstardom in NBA Live 2003. This year's installment in the NBA Live series features a new control system that lets you make quick steals, monster shot blocks, and smooth crossover dribbles. New animations show everything from power dunks and rebounds to signature moves and coaches' reactions.

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The game also features old NBA uniforms from basketball legends, such as Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, and Dr. Add to the mix fresh commentary and dialogue between player and coach, and you have a complete NBA experience.