GamingAccess review NBA 07 Review : This game needs a patch/mod

User Rating: 5.1 | NBA Live 07 PC
I´m a great fan of NBA Live series and I´m really dissapointed with NBA Live 07. Let´s start saying that this game is almost unplayable in the way it has been released. Graphic Problems? No, graphics are not too different from NBA Live 06. I was able to play with highest details, 1024 x 768 ( Geforce FX 5200) without problems. So then controls are the problem? No. They have improved passing options, shooting, adding new options to freestyle mode. The player physics and movements on the court are great.

So where´s the problem? Well it seems that the CPU has become amazingly dumb. Why?

(1) There is a big, horrible, major bug that keeps the CPU from making substitutions except when its players are in foul trouble! WHAT?! Yes! :mad: The CPU will never sub for a starter! (unless they get into foul trouble) The CPU starters play all game until exhaused - and keep playing and playing and playing. The CPU never uses any bench players making playing against the CPU very unrealistic.

(2) The CPU's point guard takes most of the shots ( around 90%) and drive to the basket for easy layups way too often! In my first match experience I´ve faced San Antonio and I guess that probably, as in real life, Tony Parker was decided to make everything possible to loose the game taking every shot. But then I´ve realized that this was another major bug since all CPU's point guard behaved in the same way.

There are other problems (there are no option to choose a 29 game season in dynasty mode so you have to play 82 matches!) but those two I´ve found are major ones and they make the game almost unplayable. This could be a great game only if those bugs are fixed.

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