Truly unlike any other nba live and solved alot of problems in the previous but not without bringing it's own problems.
Gameplay
The game is fun once u get around a surprisingly long learning curve for a sports game. You will make the stupidest mistakes in the beggining but if u know your superstars abilities then u will have a good time in this one. The difficulty ranges from i would say retarted a.i. to undefeatable a.i. A problem i always had with the nba lives is the steep curve from the difficulty levels.
Anyway i forgot to explain the new features. let's see ron artest is not available in exhibition matches (it's new) and the freestyle superstars. there are powers, playmakers,scorers,shooters,stoppers,high flyers, and an inside outside version mor scorers and stoppers. Powers are the people who use their muscle to just plow through the opposition. Scorers do the crazy illogical impossible shots u would see at the end of a disney movie. High flyers are the vince carters who somehow manage to jump over yao ming and dunk it. Stoppers inside are the blockers and outside are the ball theifs. last but not least play makers do the pretty passing. A player can be all of them (tracy mcgrady) or none of them... (no one comes to mind)
To do these moves u need to press L and any face button to do four different moves. If you try it in the wrong situation(not a fast break) you most likely will miss the dunk the shot or the pass will get stolen. The game is fast paced and the dynasty mode is now more focused on making your rookies into superstars which is as difficult as it is in reality but satisfying when it happens. If you like this is really a hate love basis and because this isn't what u think it's what i think and i love it. Oh and why it doesn't mark perfection is the dunk contest is 99% unmolested (SAT word) i mean 1 new dunk that's pitiful
Gameplay gets a 9/10
Graphics
After a way too long gameplay discussion i'll make the graphics short and sweet. Improved just could of improved so much more. Non superstar animations are very similair but there are alot of new one's.
graphics get a 7/10
Sound
That annoying game announcer is gone which makes me happy but still there isn't enough audio even though there are alot of new dunk contest sayings (but one new dunk!) and the guys are just as ... colorful
sound get's a 7/10
Value
The dynasty mode has alot of cosmetic changes and now it's about making superstars which is also a hate or love thing because u need patience. though once again I don't care if you hate i love. And there are a bunch of extremely hard to do dunks like self alley oops tosses in games and using button combinations u can be even flashier. So there is alot of value to this one
value get's a 9/10
Tilt
If i couldn't see this through another person's point of view then i would of given it a 9. something and i love it when u dunk on someone... you'll know when it happens. Plus now you can destroy people with flare and dunk on yao ming as much as you want and it's not impossible.
tilt get's a 9/10
Overall this games get's an 8.5