These repurposed, and improved commands bring a new level of challenge, realism, and enjoyment to the game. The most notable changes were made to gameplay, EA has deliberately taken off some of the overly-complicated mechanics from earlier titles, and instead focused on in-game mechanics like: quickstrike ball handling, own the paint, shot counter-shot, and hotspots to name a few. Good news is: if you enjoyed NBA Live 07, you will definitely love this new version of the game.
There isn’t any other way to describe the game modes, other than an exact copy and paste from NBA Live 07.
NBA Live as a series has always taken a more fast-paced, arcade approach to the sport, which means career mode, three-point shoot-out, Dynasty mode, and the online mode feel exactly the same as earlier versions. The not-so great part about the title is that it doesn’t add anything new to the game aside from gameplay.
Since capturing all the nuances of a real game of basketball feels like a far-fetched dream, developers all around try to further simulation and realism with every new release, and in NBA Live 08 that is very clear. And that’s okay, because since the sport itself seldomly changes, any title portraying said sport will inevitably run out of things to create. Unsurprisingly yearly sport games aren’t famous for their ability to provide continuously groundbreaking and innovative games. Released in 2007 and the first of to be on all seventh generation consoles, NBA Live 08 gives players the ability to jump into the fray of the ‘07 and ‘08 season of one of the world’s biggest sports.