EA Steps Up It's Game With NBA Live 10

Now you know I can't talk about NBA 2K10 without talking about NBA Live 10. Now I know I've been co-signing a little bit with the NBA 2K series but I also gotta give the NBA Live series some credit where it's due. NBA Live 95 is where it all started, basketball gaming evolution that is. There were other basketball games prior to Live 95 but none like it. This was the first serious basketball game where you could make give and go passes, timely assists, and take off in the air making signature dunks. It wasn't perfect but it was fun to play. I knew when that game came out other great basketball games would soon follow. I can't believe it's been almost 15 years since it's come out. You know what's so weird? EA Sports didn't have a 10 year celebration with it's series like 2K Sports is going to have. I remember when NBA Live 05 came out. There wasn't a big to do about the 10 year anniversary. I was pretty upset about that being a big EA Sports fan. I got over it quickly with the 2K series though. It seems that this year the guys over at EA Sports are going all out to make NBA Live 10 a contender against NBA 2K10. It was always hard for me to choose between these two games so every year I would get and play both of them. That's just me. I like having the best of both worlds. One game always had something different than the other. The NBA Live 09 game I had last year I barely played. The mechanics to the game just didn't feel right. I felt like I was running down the court with a robot or a stick figure. The game just wasn't smooth enough. From making the dribble moves to taking the shot, the game did not have any fluidity. NBA 2K9 was the obvious better choice. Well this year it seems that they've made it more of an even flow game. You can actually chase the ball down in this one when it gets loose. Gone are the lame robocop movements your player makes when you try to shake some one off the dribble. They've also tightened up on the animations making sure they coincide with the game play. EA Sports is really trying to dot their I's and cross their T's on this one. I think it's gonna be a pretty hard pick for gamers this year. Not for me because I'll be buying both titles. NBA Live 10 is set for release October 6. Here's some videos with the lead game designer for NBA Live 10, Mike Wang: