

Be an NBA superstar and prove the skills against the best of the best. Which means that, whatever your choice is, you get to play ball, hit the net and draw the plaudits. No, they're not putting up on sale Allen Iverson action figures, they're trying to bring us a sports game.īasically, you have to do exactly what you did while playing the previous iterations: grab a team and win the league, play a "friendly" match, experience the All Star Weekend or begin your dynasty.

let's see.įor all those who want to be basketball superstars themselves or control the big shots like Garnett, Wade, James and so on, EA Sports tries to come with the answer.

If it is able to succeed in my case, it's very likely that the same will happen to you. In this particular case, NBA Live 08 is trying to make me feel better, to dress me like a superstar and make me finally become THE MAN. As you can imagine, this was one of those dreams that will never come true and, even more, it's very likely that I will never get the chance to feel the glass of an NBA court.īut, at least in theory, there should be a way for me to forget about my delusions and live my dream: the virtual reality or, better said, the virtual worlds. When I was a young lad who just started playing basketball, I was already dreaming: I was sure that, in a few years, I'll be in the spotlights, surrounded by cheerleaders, with a full crowd yelling my name, remembering my last triple double game. And we have an example right here, with NBA Live 08, one franchise that seems to have debuted since the dawn of time.

And that is the worst thing a gamer could expect. If things keep heading towards this direction where we'll only have 4-5 giants and nothing else, we'll soon end up playing games with double digits in the end. With every big company buying the smaller developers, more franchises arise.
