The previous games of the NBA series were pretty good, but having their own minor ifs and buts. While 99 is not an exception, this year it adds many new crucial features which changed forever basketball sims. First of all it is the brand-new, amazing NBA season. You can select a team, adjust some options and launch it, playing each game you want, and leave the others to be simulated by the CPU. In Live 99 there is also a better graphics machine, which makes animation smoother, and now the players are almost the same as in real world. However, these animations and 3D features won't last for long, unless you are very lucky or you havean extra-powerful machine to play NBA Live 99. Added to the game are the practice mode, which will help newbies to get to the beat of NBA, and a multiple-season mode, which won't live up to your expectations after the first season. Apart from new features, NBA has improved the AI shown into the court. The CPU takes advantage of all the statistics on defense and offense so simulation mode is toughened a bit. Finally, there is a significantly improved multiplayer mode, where online play is even more easy to get into. All these make NBA Live 99 not to be core-different from the previous titles, but it seems that the revolution has just started.
The game is a nice and familiar ride in the basketball world which has been done three times before and now another 10 times more. the game it self tries incredibly hard to stick to what real basketball is like and does ... Read Full Review
