NBA Live 08 demo is now ... well, live

by Justin McElroy { Sep 6th 2007 at 8:00AM }

As children, the entirety of what we knew about the game of basketball was gleaned from NBA Jam and Slam Dunk Ernest. As such, you can imagine our confusion when we played the new demo for NBA Live 08 now "hooping it up" as the kids say, on Xbox Live. We asked aloud, why is our head so small? Why does the ball never catch flame? Where is the angel version of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar bearing a pair of magical sneakers?

Sadly, NBA Live 08 seems to have little to do with real basketball, seeming to focus on "passing" and "shooting" mechanics rather than "fly towards the hoop for a dunk while making a sandwich in mid-air" mechanics. We hope you can still find some redeeming qualities.

Tags: basketball, easports, nbalive08

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

OnimushaSoki @ Sep 6th 2007 8:17AM

LoL I almost forgot about that picture... and the comments from the previous article about it.

"Half-man! Half man, half assed basketball player!"
"The Knicks playing decent defense? This photo IS shopped!"
"A packed house at MSG(Madison Square Garden)for the Knicks vs Raptors? WTF?"

...and so on.

a ham sandwich @ Sep 6th 2007 8:33AM

i dont remember seeing that picture. does anyone have a larger version of it?

Urza @ Sep 6th 2007 9:13AM

Who's got time for this crap.. I got Call of Duty 4 to play. :)

Martin @ Sep 6th 2007 12:52PM

You do if you make stupid, attention seeking comments like that. Go back to pleasuring yourself.

hvnlysoldr @ Sep 6th 2007 10:05AM

That photo mark of EA's logo is obviously shopped onto the screen.

Slvrgun @ Sep 6th 2007 10:22AM

Joystiq, NBA Live may not have the fire streaming from the basketball or the over the top flashy dunks but it still is to this date a very unrealistic basketball sim. How is it possible that every one can dunk or perform a crossover? You can basically dunk from the arc if you have Lebron or Kobe. NBA Live is trash. I am looking forward to NBA2k8, whenever that comes out.

Wilhelm @ Sep 6th 2007 6:19PM

This guys absolutely right. NBA Live has been terrible the last few years, the last one I enjoyed playing was 2005.

NBA 2k7 was the greatest basketball game I've ever played. I spent so long playing that game, and that was before I discovered the greatness of online leagues. I was in a 82 game, 12 minute quarter sim league, and it was such a great online experience. 2K's online site for their leagues/tournys were just plain awesome and added so much to the already great game. I can't wait for 2k8.

I fear though, with Halo 3, Orange Box, Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed and all the other games I have to play, it'll be hard to find time for it.