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The best online experience from EA yet
Over the past few months anyone who has followed the site knows I've been very vocal about the poor online play that has been presented by EA Sports for years and most recently with the 08 line of games including Madden and NCAA Football. This is an area that has been neglected and dismissed as being unimportant. In my initial impressions I was very pleased with how the online play for NBA Live 08 had turned out in terms of both options and performance. However I had some concern...
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NBA Live 08 prerelease coverage wrap-up
NBA Live 08 should be in stores today, so here is my final summary of my thoughts on the game and a recap of the prerelease coverage. At some point in the near future I'll do a posting requesting feedback on the game and suggestions for next year that I can then put together and pass along to EA. Full game videos: Rockets @ Sonics - Pistons @ Magic - Go-To Moves - USA vs Germany - Heat @ Celtics - Bulls @ Lakers - Bobcats @ Hawks - Online Kings @ Warriors Q&A Online impressions...
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NBA Live 08 full online game: Kings @ Warriors
I was able to record a ranked online game against a random opponent. He had the Sacramento Kings against my Golden State Warriors. Once again the experience had absolutely no lag or frame rate issues. Gameplay wise you'll see it is a little more open going up against another user. He ended up getting hot from the outside in the 2nd half and I didn't do much to adjust to it. However I came at him with the Warriors up-tempo style throughout. Who ended up with the victory? Continue on to...
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Madden 08 roster update coming this week
A new roster update for Madden 08 is expected this week. It appears that EA is meeting their goal of releasing them more frequently this year. They had hoped to have updates out on a bi-weekly basis. As with the previous roster updates, once it is out I should have the full list of changes to post up....
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NBA Live 08 full game: Bobcats @ Hawks
This game has the Charlotte Bobcats visiting the Atlanta Hawks on All-Star difficulty. In this one I took over controlling the road team. Where some games have been dominated by the point guard, this one was not. Speedy Claxton did have 12 points but only attempted seven shots. It was Joe Johnson who carried the scoring load for the Hawks. Continue on to view the videos as broken down by quarter. (more…)...
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NBA Live 08 full game: Bulls @ Lakers
This game features the Chicago Bulls vs LA Lakers on All-Star difficulty. Watch to see how Kobe Bryant compares to other players seen in the videos. Can he dominate in the game like he does in real life? Current plan is to post a Charlotte @ Atlanta on Sunday, and Golden State @ Phoenix on Monday. I'll also try to record an online game to compare head-to-head to the ones I've played against the CPU. Continue to view the videos broken down by quarter. (more…)...
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NBA Live 08 full game: Heat @ Celtics
This game features the Miami Heat facing off against the new look Boston Celtics and is played on All-Star difficulty. A couple notes: I've seen comments in different places about the aggressiveness of point guards and that is true to a certain extent. You'll need to play good defense on them otherwise they'll drive the lane or pull up on you. However there is a big difference depending on who the PG is. Face Jason Kidd and he'll terrorize you when you're controlling Earl Boykins (trus...
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NBA Live 08 online impressions
I had the chance to play a handful of NBA Live 08 online games with Shawn from over at 5w-g last night. Here are my thoughts on the online performance, details on some of the options for online play, and the results. The first thing to address would be overall performance. All three games were practically flawless. There was absolutely no difference between online and offline in terms of lag or frame rate. I don't know if I've ever been able to say that before. Now of course there were on...
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