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Posted by Elite:

ESPN basketball aka the 2K series is always better who got somethin on that?

NBA Live 04 was the best basketball game I've ever played. Live 05 is supposed to be even better. Live passed ESPN last year IMHO...

I love the live series. Can't wait til October for it. I'm just wondering how the dunk contest and 3 point shoot out, that they added to it, are gonna work.

IMO NBA Live is way better than ESPN

I have been playing NBA Live since Live 95, and it's only gotten better each year. Live 2004 was as good as it gets IMO.

If Live '05 is gonna push the envelope further, I can't see ESPN or anything else even coming close.

i thought live 03 was better, the people seemed to slide around a bit on live 2004 and shawn marion is mad ugly in it with some wierd teeth. And havent had a 3pt shootout in a while, dunk contest sounds amazing.

Posted by TMS:

hmm, i was originally planning on getting ESPN when it came out, but this new Allstar Weekend feature in the NBA Live sounds awesome...i just hope it's not as easy to score as it was in the last Live version...i like my game sim to be more realistic, but that Dunk Contest is just too good to pass up on.

someone post a review on these games if you get a chance to play them.

I read somewhere that you can't hop step into traffic anymore like you could in live03, so that should be better. Also there's supposed to be detailed box scores when you sim games. Seems like a neat feature.

i just checked my e-mail & the EA Store sent me a $15 coupon code for my birthday last month...so i decided to pre-order it from them...in the end, it costs me $43 overall after shipping & tax...better than buying it at the store for $50 + tax

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