NBA Live 2002

by Electronic Arts, Inc.

Product Features

• Tons of dunks and the power to drive the lane give you the ability to take it to the rack with authority.
• Style up your players with tattoos, arm and head bands, sweet shoe styles, and more.
• Dominate under the basket with a wide variety of post moves, a huge shot selection, easy post defense, and defensive rebounding.
• Win season after season in Franchise mode - build the team that everyone fears.
• Take on Hall of Famers and court legends 5-on-5 or 1-on-1 and decide for yourself who are the greatest of all time.

Product Details

• ASIN: B00005O62A
• Item Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,135 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Play it Live! NBA Live 2002 is coming at you with more of an emotional basketball experience than ever before. With action similar to an NBA highlight video rather than a television broadcast shown on NBC or TNT, NBA Live 2002 brings you out of the stands and onto the court.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Big improvement over NBA Live 2001, December 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: NBA Live 2002 (Video Game)

First I'll say that I used to have a PS2 system and I had NBA Live 2001. I hated the game. Players didn't look real at all. Proportions were all messed up...Shaq looked about the same physically as Kobe. Faces were totally terrible. All that has been corrected in NBA Live 2002. I'm shocked at how close many of the players resemble their real life counterparts. They even have a number of players wearing their signature sneakers. Graphically, the game is just a huge improvement. Gameplay is also much improved. Game just has a much better "flow". Players move very fluidly and are easier to control. Computer AI still is not great, but it's better than in prvious NBA Live games. I still think players miss too many shots when you go to the higher levels. However, if you do work for open shots, your percentages will increase. Announcers are pretty average. Season and franchise modes are great and create a player mode is fantastic. Overall, I really enjoy the game. I hated NBA Live 2001. Thought it was rushed to the market. EA definately improved things here so if you were like me and were disappointed with Live 2001, give this one a chance.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Basketball Game Ever, October 24, 2001

By 

"jkwon24" (Chesapeake, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: NBA Live 2002 (Video Game)

To all of my PS2 gamers I played the demo in the store yesterday can you say hot!!!!!!!!! On other systems there is always something missing like fake alley-oops that don't look real or Shaq looking half human half monster well, you will find none of this in the Xbox. In fact it has so many real graphics you will forget that you are playing a game and feel like you are watching one. Plus to all my real baller and game lovers of Live that feel Superstar on other systems are too easy this is real a hard fight I only won by six and I am used to at least beating the computer by thirty it will real work on your skills. This is a must have if you have the Xbox.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Going backwards, December 13, 2001

By 

Marc Perez (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NBA Live 2002 (Video Game)

I have nothing against EA, they make great games, but what has happened to their NBA Live franchise? It seems that the quality goes down every year. The graphics are the best, but thats all that I can commend it for.

So whats wrong with it? Gameplay is a new low, you can score pretty much by doing a pump fake and driving to the basket. They also implemented the new NBA "zone" defense, but they didn't really gave the you the chance use it, what they did is they just took away the illegal defense call.

There is also something wrong with dunks and layups: they all look the same. When Kobe or Micheal dunks there is no finesse, all they do is a power slam. Same goes with layups, even the clumsiest player can do a up and under layup with the lanes clogged.

It seems that EA did a bad job on this one. To new gamers, they might not notice the flaws, but to veteran gamers it will be a dissapointed. Rent this one first.