crap! crap! crap! cheap crap!

User Rating: 1 | NBA Live 08 PC
I am a big fan of the series and I get it every year. And every year I look forward to something new, to something that makes this game look and feel realistic. Last year we had "superpowers"...felt like I was playing Superman, but it still amused me. And all in all I liked it...

But this year's edition is BAAAAAAAAAAD... I mean...no more superpowers, I'm ok with that...player hot-spots - that is very nice and I think it's the only thing in the game that adds a note of realism to it. Other than that there's nothing that makes this game worth buying...

1. No roster changes. Like someone else said around here IS THERE NO PLAYER THAT GOT BETTER SINCE LAST YEAR? Watched the 06-07 season and I would say that some players are much better than shown here...so...lack of realism!

2. Can't trade! Only time I managed to trade was rookie for rookie and for that I took my rookie and proposed to every team...again...lack of realism!

3. Can't configure controls before going in the game! I play on keyboard and now I can't select the controler I want to use unless I pause the game, select controller and go back to the game...friendly user interface...

4. You have hotspots...you have good players with their own go-to-moves...HOW DO YOU USE THEM? Sometimes when I pressed about 60 keys and shot I made a spectacular basket that deserved a replay...but I have no idea how I did it...very good learning curve...

5. I missed PRO-HOP in last year's edition (couldn't use it on keyboard)...this year I can hop from the key all the way out of bounds... :D Superman!

6. If you buy this game for the PC don't look at the Images section. The graphics in the game have nothing to do with those pictures. I was expecting something better, but it's the same old s#!t...

All in all it's just not worth buying. There's nothing that makes this game stand out...and when you think EA you think back to the years they actually did great games... this is not one of them!