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Summary I played this thing at my sisters house.It was actually some good.I loved the 1-on-1 games it brings tear to my eye because i keep staring at it.Sound Whoo Hoo!!!!I love turning off the fouls and hitting the guys.I a big fan of hearing the fans when the home team gets the ball.Gameplay I played my 1st game with the 76ers.I know a lot of people wanted the Lakers to win but quite frankly im tired of them.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary For starters, this game is much better than it has been made out to be. Although it is a nice addition to the EA live series, it should have been better with the power of the ps2. If you like the live series, youll like this game. If you're a fan of the much less realistic 2k series, dont touch this game with a stickSound who cares about the sound anywayGameplay very smooth for the most part. can get difficult on the higher levels. multi-player is great though.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary NBA live has to be one of the most dissapointing sports titles on the PSX2 so far. Considering this game is coming from one of the best videogame sports companys ever it was suprising to see how bad this game acxtually sucked. I'm just glad I got the chance to play it at my cousins house first before I wasted any of my hard earned money on it.Sound Music is sparse but when you do hear some it's that singer who used to be really famous, Montell Jordan. Unlike NBA2K1 he stadium ambience (i.e. Announcer, coaches, players, Intercom music) Is seriously lacking. The Announcer sounds very unenthusiastic as if he's "just there to do his job". The same can also be said for the commentating which reminds me of commentating from the Old NBA Jam Games at the arcade. The color commentary is not colorful and adds no insight to how the game is being played and the play-by-play is very basic. 2K1's commentating actually sounds like they are watching and getting into each game just as much as you are! PLayer chatter is horrible and is just too chessy and sterotypical throwing around too much unneccassary slang to make the game "hip". It's very weak stuff. 2K1's chatter will actually have you laughing at some of the stuff they say, just play a street game.Gameplay Hmmm Let's see, the bad definitely outweighs the good in this category. For one, the menu interface is totally screwed up. I had a hard time just trying to find the camera options. Not to mention how fustrating it was to have to load up evey single screen in this game. Load times need to be cut down. THIS IS PSX2 PEOPLE!! I'M TIRED OF THESE LONG A** LOAD TIMES! As for actual game play It was difficult at first to play because of that whack carema angle they decided to use as a default. What ever happened to the simple press or full court angles?? On Pro players will miss WAY too many baskets, especially the open ones. I'm sorry but Allen Iverson shouldn't have THAT much of a problem draining a 20 footer. I did however like some of the crossovers but most of the time they felt wierd because the pace of how the players moved seemed suspiciously choppy. The Game intros a completely whack seeing how every home team player runs onto the court hoping and bouncing around like they're high on speed or something. And what about the visiting team? Don't they deserve SOME sort of reconition or announcement before starting a game??A lack of Franchise or create a playe mode didn't help my feelings toward it much either. The gameplay as you can see left ALOT to be desired.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By JavonFrom Youngstown, OH USA Review Date 07/22/2001 Overall Rating  5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary I was acctually looking at all the reviews and thinking to myself that I wasn't going to get this game because it got so many bad reviews. After my best friend told me that this game was GOOD I decided to take his word for it becasue we both have been playing NBA live since the first live came out and we've loved everyone of them. He told me that this was the best live ever. So I took his word on it. BOY was I glad. I thought that this was the best live yet!!! This game is REAL. You have to really work the offense and actually call plays in order to get open looks. In previous live games you could just run down the court and crossover and shoot. This is actually like playing a real live basketball game. The computer is SMART and is not so easily crossed over. You have to really do some fancy finger work for the computer to get lost. And even after that you only have a little while before it recovers!! For those of you that want to just pull up and shoot 3's with 3 people in your face or dunk with 3 dudes in the paint.....this game is not for you. This is a real live basketball game. Maybe those people should try NBA Street....I see that has good reviews...wonder why...For the real hardcore basketball live fans...NBA Live 2001 for the PSX2 is the best yet!!!Sound Sound seems to be unlimited to the commentery making fun of you because you ran out of bounds to the crowd making slick comments.Gameplay Crisp, I have one complaint though...sometimes your player doesn't shoot when you push the button in the paint...resulting in rips, or 3 in the key calls. you just have to get used to getting open shots.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary If the Sony Playstation 2 need a spark, NBA Live 2001 by E.A. has the name and the reputation to do so. Will this 128bit version live up to the NBA Live standard that we all have come to expect from Electronic Arts?This is a very fun basketball game to play and will get you hooked after a little playing time. Is it the best Live ever? That is a tough question to answer. It's easily the best looking Live you'll ever see, but the gameplay is not as tight as I expected. Nevertheless, all the rest of the goodies are packed within Live 2001. Sound There is no denying that Live has always been the best of the best in this department, and it's easy to see why. The soundtrack, performed by Montel Jordan, is music to your ears on the menu and options screens. I simply loved it. The commentary by Don Poier and in-game analysis by Bob Elliott do the job nicely, but is not quite up to par with Sega's NBA2K series and not nearly as in-depth. As for the rest, screaming crowds, squeaking shoes, E.A.'s classic P.A. announcer and in-game trash talk, Live is still the ruler of the land. Crank this baby up.Gameplay NBA Live 2001 looks great, no doubt about it, but how does it play? Players that have played the series in the past, know what to expect and should be right at home with 2001. The control scheme is the same with the exception of the back-down button, (which by the way is a welcome addition). The feel of Live on the Playstation 2 seems responsive, but next to 2K1, it doesn't seem quite as tight as NBA2K1.Shooting requires some major creativity by the game player. On harder levels, you're going to have to use the other buttons to get an open look. Simply stated, it's very difficult to make shots in Live 2001. Even with an open look, my players seemed to throw up bricks. The game also plays a bit slower than what most are accustomed to, so you'll need to hold the button down for a long second or two before releasing the shot at the top of the jump. This seemed to give the defense a significant advantage when blocking a shot. I feel that Live 2001 plays better as a 2 player game than a one player. The computer seems to know every move you make, because once you press that button, the computer adjusts accordingly. Stealing may be a bit too easy. Don't be surprised if you're entire team averages 10 steals a game. Defensive rebounding is also an annoyance in Live 2001. How is it annoying? For starters, it's a rarity for your computer team-mates to rip down an offensive rebound. Unless you are controlling the player underneath, expect zero help from your team-mates. They seem to do a little better job on the offensive end, but sometimes I want to scream at the atrocious amount of rebounds the opponents get. I prefer the free-throw system in Live over NBA2k1 because it's very challenging. You need to line up two cursors and players with cruddy free-throw %'s like Shaq and Dale Davis have to deal with fast cursors making things a bit tricky for the big guys in crunch time. If you play in rookie or starter modes, it's still too easy. Beef up the difficulty for the ultimate challenge at free-throws. Getting around the menu screens are a bit on the confusing side. People that have played Madden will be scratching their heads trying to navigate around fluently within Live's confusing scheme. But as with any game, you'll get used to it. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary I liked this game, except for the fact that is not like the real thing. If you watch tv youll see the croud doin the wave or after a championchip runnin on the court and tackiling the champions ,they just need to be more excited about the game.Also the coaches or refs arnt there. i would enjoy it to see one of the coaches to run out on the cout and argue and call the ref made. sure they have subsitutes but its like there cardboard!they dont move !but i did like the realness in the reeachin of the player that did a dunk and the auto replay is very real.and the commentary is horrible and offcoarse.ive been playing nba games all my life and i would expect more from this expessilly since tha makers of this made madden 2001 and ssx!Sound music is good the annoncers are annouying and wrong.Gameplay the game play is good (good not great) i like dunkin because thats basikly the only time i get to score points , sure once and a wile id sink a jumper or occasinally a 3. but still its good (good not great)Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary The game as a whole was mediocore the graphics were great the sound wasnt the intros were pretty cool the crowd wasnt it seems like if their were something positive there was another thing bad about it.Sound okGameplay gameplay was good until u tried to shoot 3's or jumpers then its nearly impossible im not sure if yur supposed to hold till the peak of the players shot or just heave one up right away im really not sure if it makes a difference ilike that the picks work but the crossover dosent at all u should take after march madness 2001 everytime a player makes a crossover the defender moves left to right as if getting fked out im confident u will improve this next yearWould you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Rod Rod OrtizFrom Manchester, CT Review Date 06/16/2001 Overall Rating  1 of 5 Rate this review? Summary OK, look. I've been playing NBA Live since Bulls vs Lakers, and I have not been so disappointed in the quality of video game play as I have for NBA Live 2001 for PS2. I know other people have dropped 50 bucks in waste for this game, and it seems that the EA NBA Live team thought they could get away with a half a$$ attempt to continue this series. Now it is embarrasing to claim to be an EA fan for about 7 to forever years, and then jump over to the NBA 2k series. All other EA games seem to be hot. I've tried.. .and tried to play this basketball game but it does not measure up to the gameplay of its competitors. I'm so bitter, that I'm about to email EA themselves just to b**** about it. Please don't waste your cash on this garbage, as I did.Sound Sound: These guys spent a lot of cash for the soundtrack on this game, which I don't quite see in music stores. All I see is mad copies of this stoopid game.Gameplay gameplay: basura- spanish for garbageWould you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary I was very disappointed with the gameplay. first of all it's too slow. secondly, there's really no excitiment like in the PS1 version of the game. I have returned to playing my PS1 version exclusively. EA what's up?Sound Sound is repetitive but alright. If the gameplay is tight nothing else really matters.Gameplay The gameplay is too slow and not at all exciting. I can strip the ball from the point guards pretty much anytime i like. EA should have kept the PS1 gameplay for the PS2 and you would have had the best B-Ball game ever for any console. I have since went back to playing my PS1 version of this game. Someone at EA sports needs to wake up and make Live 02 the best. I know they are capable of doing this. the PS1 version is the proof...Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary I've been playing EA Basketball games since Lakers vs Celtics and I have to say that this game was a definite disappointment. While it is a step up from the last release on PS1, it is a very small one and defintely doesn't utilize the PS2 platform properly.Sound Music is great, announcers are annoying and inaccurate.Gameplay Gameplay ranges from the ridiculously easy to the ridiculously hard. I can shoot and score on the inside at will but I can't make a 3pt for the life of me. The head fake is way to effective and the crossover and spin moves almost never work. If you are going to drive by someone it will generally be because of turbo and a pick not a one on one move. Defensive gameplay is pretty decent but the offensive rebounding is ridiculous.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary This game completely makes me want to cry. That's how bad it was, I have heard all the bad reviews and thought I gave it a try before buying. So, I did a very smart thing and just rented for 5 days and after playing nearly 20 minutes of this game, I just wanted to return it the same day! However, I wanted to get my money's worth so I spent some time with it and it still sucks! I have NBA2k1 for DC and that is 100 percent better in all aspects. This was a disapointment for me and I am glad that I've only rented the game.Sound Sound? please, the only sound I think that was good was the part it said "EA SPORTS, ITS IN THE GAME".Gameplay Gameplay? You can't even shoot when you're wide open with Allen Iverson or Reggie Miller! When I put the game on easy, its waaayy too easy. Then when I put the mode in just Pro, its wayyy too hard. I have been a gamer for nearly 10 years now playing and owning over 7 gaming consoles and this game just plainly SUCKS. There is no gameplay. If want to play a good basketball game, try NBA2k1. That is want you would get your moneys worth or for the PS2, just wait for other games to come out such as NBA2k2.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Madman TerrorFrom Alexandria, VA Review Date 06/09/2001 Overall Rating 1 of 5 Rate this review? Summary My fellow basketball fans, I have done wrong. An EXTREME WRONG!! I apologize, first off, to NBA 2K1 for even thinking about playing another basketball game, let alone going out and buying one (there's no excuse, I'm ashamed). I hope you find it in your lil' digital heart to forgive me. Second, I would like to congradulate EA for winning The Worst Game of All Time award...CONGRATS GUYS!!Sound sound...now there's a good one. The intro was the most exciting part of this whole EA project. Sound from there on plain sucks! OK OK, I won't take credit away from the music on the menus but the sound during gameplay (I still don't believe Live 2001 had any gameplay) was just HORRIBLE!!! IKH!!! PLEASE KILL ME SOMEONE!!!!!Gameplay Gameplay??! What gameplay???! You mean to tell me there was gameplay involved here???!! NO!! Stop playing with my emotions.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Huston MgbemenaFrom Houston, TX Review Date 06/07/2001 Overall Rating  2 of 5 Rate this review? Summary In general NBA 2001 is a big disappointment. WAKE UP EA, you did well on Madden but this game looks like you spent most of your time on Madden and put this piece of crap together in 1 month. WHAT HAPPENED. DO TO NBA THE SAME YOU DID TO MADDEN.Sound Besides the music everything else stunk. The commentators reapeat the same things and are very inconsistant. You should get Kenny Smith, Erny Johnson, and Charles Barkley to do it.And where are the fans. I see them, but I definately do not hear them. In order for a basketball game to work you need the fans to be more in to it, because the players feed off of their energy and emotions. Gameplay The game play was too choppy. The shooting was very inconsistant. I didn't know if I should of shot at the peak of the shot or risk shooting at the bottom and getting a travel called on me.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary This is the worst basketball game ever created! EA sports, what is this? It's so frustrating playing this game, it blows in every area. This is what the PS2 can do?? NBA 2K1 (which I own) just kills NBA Live, no competition, PERIOD! NBA 2K1 is the best basketball game ever created so far until 2K2 comes out. NBA Live 2001 makes me SICK!!Sound The sound is ok, music is fine....nothing new..Gameplay Ohh boy, dont let me get started here...Just flat out HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary After reading some negative reviews about this game I was a bit skeptical, so I rented it to see if it warranted a purchase. Whew! I'm so grateful that I did not drop $50 on this dreadful excuse for a game! I've played sports videogames since the Atari 2600 days and this ranks as one of my most disapointing gaming experiences. I cannot fathom how this game garnered ANY positive reviews (Gamespot 8.5 rating! What game did they play?) There are so many things wrong with this game I do not know where to begin. I guess I'll at least start with the positives...um, er...um..I'm drawing a blank..I'll come back to that later. Onto the gameplay!Sound Since when do basketball fans sound like a gallery at a golf tournament? The crowd is quiet and never has any emotion. The in-game sounds were taken right out of the PSOne versions of the game, even the same music riffs and lame "defense" chant. Announcing is average.Hold on a sec....just had to check and see if I got the PSOne version by mistake...It can't REALLY be this bad can it?...Uh, it says PS2 on the disk. Oh my. Avoid this garbage at all costs!! Gameplay The first thing I noticed was how unresponsive the game is. The poor framerate (more on that later) makes it difficult to control the players, buttons are unresponsive (I pass to an open man, press the button and he won't shoot...arrgh!) The ball physics are unrealistic. It seems like the ball moves too quickly when shot and rebounds always seem to bounce long no matter where the shot was from. The post-up game is useless (Shaq cannot back down some 3rd string center in the paint? C'mon, inexcusable!) The crossover never allows a player to drive to the hole even if your using Iverson. That ridiculous "push" move from old NBA Live versions is still available on defense(Is this NBA Jam?) At no point did I ever feel like I was playing a real basketball game. No realism whatsover. Inexcusable that this could be released on the PS2! Thank goodness NBA2K2 is coming this fall!Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary It's actually a really good game despite the negative comments. Shooting is very realistic-You make the open shots, don't make all the guarded shos, unlike NBA2k1 WHERE u miss basically all jump shots. The two main things that this game is missing is1)It doesn't have a Franchise Mode, but the biggest disappointment is 2) Lack Of Excitement- Play NHL 2001 for the PC.I promise that you will get into the game, as it is very intense. I find myself screaming out loud when playing that game. Then I go play LIVE and it's like, HO-HUM. It's just missing something. I wish the crowd would get more involved. Sound Here's the deciding factor. The crowd is just way too sedated. That kinda makes you sedated as well, creating an experience not as exciting as say NHL or Triple Play.Gameplay Overall fun, a little lackluster in some areas, but on the whole, fun. There really aren't many glaring problems, just little nit-pickings that are unnecessary to state.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By michaelFrom elyria,ohio Review Date 05/10/2001 Overall Rating  4 of 5 Rate this review? Summary i think the game was pretty well put together.it fun and all but its missing some of the modes and other ones had. mainly nba live 2001 for psone it had lots of things you could on it. i think they just rushed itSound that real good to. i like hearing the crowd and the vendors and the players small talkGameplay its a fun game to play but the game is kinda slow you cant do a give and go real good cause defence is always on there are hardly any fast break. and alley opps are almost impossible shooting threes are hard toWould you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Carlo CasavecchiaFrom Italy Review Date 04/27/2001 Overall Rating  3 of 5 Rate this review? Summary I played about 40 hours and I didn't understand yet if NBA live 2001 is a gr8 game... why? Because if we talk about action on the court things are good enough BUT the game lacks of lots of the elements you want from a PS2 game... and there is NO FRANCHISE MODE !!! I think that EA just did not finished the game in time, and I am sure that live 2002 will be an awesome gameSound Sound is ok but commentary is notas good as sound effects.Gameplay Gamplay is decent, guys move w/o ball quite well and you can get realistic shooting percentage douring the game. If you are looking for a realistic bball game, NBA live 2001 is the game for you. There are also things I don't like, for ex. it's too hard boxing out and if you'll try to dunk in traffic you'll too often miss the shot even if you are using Vince Carter on Shaq. It is impossible to do a quick pass and crossovers are a little useless, but I can say I'm happy about gameplay.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary i played a lot of nba live games from the old sega system to pc and now ps2, with that behind me i rank this game as ok, that needs a ton of improvements... they went over board with behind the back pass..... what happened to 3pt shooting contest??? too many offensive rebounds... too many steals...Sound like every game it's too repetative.. you start shooting bad and the announcer will say, "sometimes i think they got off the wrong play.." when you are playing at home and been playing at home for the past 3 games... too many inaccuracy on the announcing... during the season i was rebounding 15 to the other teams 38 and the announcer says i was dominating the boards?????? how???Gameplay use the designed plays and it will help... like someone else said you don't really know how to release the ball when shooting. sometimes you make it on the top of the shot, sometimes at the bottom, sometimes quick release works. they need a little consistency... i made the 3pt percentage of a player higher and he was still shooting 6 of 20.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary This game is very good. If you like basketball games this game is good. The only problem with this game is there is no three point compitition. That was a problem for me since i love doing the compititions. The good thing about this game is the "one-on-one." Live for PS1 never use to have it and its a lot of fun to play when your friends are over.Sound The sound is okay.Gameplay The gameplay is decent. The only problem is no 3-point compitition. The season games are excellent. If you want to buy this game to play actual basketball games and play in a season, or with your friends it is a great game to buy. The value is great in this game for me because im playing a season and the season is very realistic (on super-star) when they do mis layups sometimes and have an average of 25% 3 point shooting.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member.
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