Nba live 09 is good. The graphics are sweet. It's not the best challenge but its fun. There is only 2 problem. The Oklahoma team isn't called thunder, its just Oklahoma City. They dont even have the right jerseys. Their stadium is stupid as well. The second thing is that they dont have all the rookies. Like Mario Chalmers isn't on the Miami heat and when u just want to play a game derrick rose isn't even on the bulls. And then when u do a season u have to deal with the cap space. I hate that. And when u release a player it doesn't change at all. Overall I would give it an 8 out of 10. Another thing is that when the 2010 game comes out I think they should show when u r about to trade people that it should show if the other team is interested in the trade so u would know if they would take it. This game is good. If u have a ps2 and an xbox i rent both games first
Overall rating
4/ 5
Gameplay
4/ 5
Graphics
5/ 5
Sound
4/ 5
jschultz2808
nba live 09
PostedOctober 16, 2008
Nba live 09 is pretty good. I've had it for almost a week, and so far so good. Last year it didn't have all the rookies, this year it does. The free throws are still ridiculously hard, and the dunk contest is kind of too. Other than that it's a good game. It retails for 30, so it's a good buy. Unless you play on starter mode, it's way too easy. You end up blowing the other guy away with scores like 92-45 or things like that. I've played a full season game by game and am in the second round of the playoffs. I ended up with 4 losses for the season, so like i said very easy and that was on starter difficulty. Overall, i would definitely recommend this to the hardcore basketball fan. If you're not one of those, but like the game, wait for a couple months until the price goes down and you can get a used copy.
