NBA Live 2004

by EA

Product Features

• Players get total control over every player and every team -run one-button quick plays
• Play the point -become the point guard and control the offense and defense for your team
• Step up your game with 10-man freestyle mode, realistic gameplay and stunning graphics
• Dramatically enhanced dynasty mode lets you build a legend -recruit free agents
• New online options let you take your game to anyone in the country -deeper stat tracking shows you how you rank
• Import college players and build a championship-winning team
• Spin free in the lane for a monster dunk, or lock down the other team on D

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009V3JS
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 11, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,737 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #67 in Video Games > PC Games > Sports
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

From the Manufacturer

Step up your game with NBA Live 2004. With brand-new, 10-man freestyle, authentic gameplay, and stunning graphics, NBA Live 2004 delivers the definitive basketball experience. Whether running the point with one-button quick plays, spinning free in the lane for a vicious dunk, or locking down on "D", NBA Live 2004 puts players in total control. With a dramatically enhanced dynasty mode, the ability to take the court at all NBA arenas, and all-new commentary from Marv Albert and Mike Fratello, NBA Live 2004 is all about authenticity.

Features:

• Enhanced EA SPORTS freestyle control: using the right analog stick to express your game is the ultimate authentic basketball gaming experience.
• Play the point: with a single button, run team-specific offensive and defensives sets for every NBA team--be the point guard on the floor and own the flow of the game.
• Build a powerhouse dynasty: Recruit the top free agents and draft future stars in a revamped dynasty mode. Run your franchise your way and build the perennial NBA champion.
• New all-star announcer team: Marv Albert teams up with on-air partner Mike Fratello to provide the most authentic play-by-play available.
• 10-man freestyle: new animations, new AI logic, and enhanced focus on rebounding battles make playing "D" a way of life.
• Championship graphics: completely revamped player models and details as fine as the mesh holes in your team’s jerseys.
• Take it online: expand your competition by playing against the best ballers online; EA SPORTS online service available only in North America for PC-CD.

Product Description

NBA Live 2004 delivers the thrills and rush of serious NBA basketball! All-star announcer team Marv Albert and Mike Fratello give you authentic play-by-play commentary

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars devotion to mediocrity, November 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: NBA Live 2004 (CD-ROM)

Ea sports has done it again. they've produced another overhyped, overrated, and overbought game. not that i'm an easports hater....i buy this game every year; and am more disspointed every year. easports introduces some spectacular new features each year, while taking away several that it had last year or the year before. the end resut it another mediocre game.

on the good side, this year is probably the best nba live i have ever seen. the freestyle is much improved, for once, the players actually shoot halfway realalistic percentages, and the 10 man thingy is incredible. there are struggles for loose balls, incredible graphics and a much improved franchise mode.

but the franchise mode...as good as it is, that's where the flaws start. the computer led teams never have the money to resign thier superstar players. this means that tim duncan and every other good free agent will, after a year or two, will not be resigned by thier team, or signed by any other team, and will spend the rest of thier career as a free agent. do you want a franchise where all the good players never get on a team (unless you sign them, making your team an incredible powerhouse every year...which you CAN do). you'd think easports would make a franchise mode where the GOOD players get on the teams.

also, the computer pretty much lets you destroy it for the first 3 quarters, only to put together an amazing comeback victory (or near victory) in the fourth...EVERY time. seriously. i'm talking 20 point leads gone (frequently). this happens EVERY time...and not just to me.

here are the other flaws: it is nearly impossible to go up for a shot and then change to a pass, it sometimes forgets to sub the guys you told it to, people "wrestle" for the ball WAY too often, the game has a little place to see how much your players improved in trining camp, and it is ALWAYS "0", crossovers don't get you to change direction, and are generally a bad idea to do, trading players is very akward (it's hard to see how good the other player is, how much he's improving, how much time is left on his contract, etc.).

the good: they are actually (kind of) trying this year. having two shoot buttons is awsome. trading draft picks is great, gameplay is great for the mostpart, almost everything is adjustible (gamespeed, fatigue effect, ect.)

in the end, this game comes close to being REALLY good...and with a few minutes of extra work, they could have done it. but that's the amazing thing...now that the end is clearly in sight, now that they are actually trying to be good, they stop just short of it. and nothing other than some sort of secret pledge to mediocrity could have kept them from doing so.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Game, January 4, 2004

By 

Richie McVey (Hot Springs Arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: NBA Live 2004 (CD-ROM)

Hey everybody... ok virus review man has NO idea what the heck he's talking about. This game is great.. perfectly smooth gameplay great commentary and sound.. only bad thing is the freestyle control that doesn't control very well at all! dribbling you can do a few moves, I'm going to try the tutorials but so far I haven't figured this thing out!!! It really is an awesome game though DEFINETLY worth buying!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Can't play it without the game pad, February 10, 2007

By 

Gary Breckenbridge - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NBA Live 2004 (CD-ROM)

Can't play it without the game pad, so I could't play it yet.

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