NBA Live 08 for PlayStation 2

You're down by one. Ten seconds are left on the clock. You've got the ball. What do you do? You make the choice! Using the Quickstrike Ball-handling, you can intuitively control the ball in all kinds of ankle-breaking ways to dominate on the court. Own the paint with new moves and counters for your big men so you can go head-to-head in the lane. Pump fakes, drop-steps, and spins have never been sharper. Actual NBA tracking data tells you who to defend and who to feed, as well as player strengths and weaknesses. All-new shooting mechanics mean five-on-five gameplay has never looked so real. Until now.

Critic Reviews

IGN Review (5.5 out of 10)

It isn't crystal clear whether it's the intricacy and subtle nuances of NBA basketball that makes it so difficult to emulate in a videogame, or if it's simply a lack of development skill on the majority of the teams that have produced these games (NBA 2K7 not withstanding), but regardless of the rea...more

User Reviews

Average Member Rating: 6.8 out of 10

Why waste my time. (1 out of 10)

posted by GameGod007 (CLEVELAND, OH) on Oct 14, 2007
Member since Jun 2005
2 out of 3 gamers (67%) found this review helpful

After playing Nba live 08 I found the game to be very boring, it seems that all you can really do is dunk, I would have liked to see better graphics. At first I thought the hot spots would have been an upgrade, but after playing with another person, I found it to be not so good. almost as if it didn...more

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