This obviously doesn’t help add to the flow of the game and can be quite irritating. An odd thing happens at times in the game, though, as a player you thought you had completely gotten past suddenly appears in front of you again. For more ball handling, you can turn to the right analog stick, which will give you a nice variety of moves you can call on. These allow your superstar players to bust out a few steps to freeze up the defender and get an opportunity to blow right past him. Another addition this year is the ankle breaker moves. While this system works well in the low post, it should not be used in the perimeter because a miss-call here and you’ll be giving up big shots. If you guess right, a shot won’t have much chance of success, but guess wrong and you’ll get schooled without a doubt. On defense, there is a new lockdown system as well– take a guess at what direction the ball handler will go and let the defender go to work for you. Drop steps and spins for use in low post action are also easy to call up which are another nice aspect to this game. Calling others plays is simpler now too and doesn’t leave a large portion of your screen unviewable for a small period of time. A quick hold down of the left trigger will set the pick and leave you ready to drive in for a deuce. Luckily, the slow tempo game is easy to control, however, with easily laid out controls and a revamped control for quick pick and roll plays. Whereas fast breaks materialize in 2K9, it’s rare that your teammates will break a dash along with you and help you put up a few easy ones on the scoreboard. NBA Live 09: The first thing you’ll notice when you slip in Live after having played 2K9 is that it is just slow. The bottom line is that NBA 2K9 has almost perfected gameplay to the point where what you do in the game is almost the same as what actually happens in the NBA. The controls have also been explained nicely in a new practice feature that details all of the possible moves that can be performed and really helps you understand all of the intricate mechanics built in to the game that make it so impressive. Surprisingly, this was not in last year’s game and with the complicated scheme, it was frustrating for gamers to unleash all that was available.
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Another huge improvement is a game manual that actually explains all of the complex controls (including low-post and isolation) in the game. Thankfully that won’t happen this year as the lockdown defense has been tweaked nicely with an ability based mechanism that even allows you to shade a player to the left or right. One of the biggest complaints with 2K8 was the lock on defense was too easy to pull off and guys like Shaq could shadow guys like Steve Nash too easily on the perimeter. Gone are the days of Kobe or Lebron making a nice isolation drive, easily getting to the basket only to miss a lay-up that I could probably make … this year those are going down. The biggest fix was finally allowing NBA stars to hit easy lay-ups and close range shots that they would blatantly miss in last year’s game. Thus, it was a pleasant surprise that within minutes of loading up NBA 2K9, it was easy to notice that the simple flaws that broke down 2K8 were completely fixed in 2K9. NBA 2K9: Clearly one of the biggest concerns of the developers of NBA 2K9 was to actually IMPROVE the gameplay flaws from their previous version. So has EA Sports closed the gap between the two versions? Or does 2K Sports continue to dominate the basketball gaming landscape? Find out now! But 2009 brings a brand new season and the developers over at EA Sports have built one of the best renditions of their game in recent memory, once again becoming relevant in the gaming world with NBA Live 09, while the folks over at 2K Sports have continued to improve their product with their latest and greatest being NBA 2K9. On the other hand, NBA Live has produced a run and gun style of arcade basketball that breaks down way too often. However, since the move into the next generation with XBOX 360 and the PS3, the market has been controlled by the NBA 2K series, which has brought a pure, fundamental-based simulation style of basketball.
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It seems David Stern and his crew actually got it right on this one (unlike say the NBA’s fashion issues), and the result has been some fierce completion between 2K Sports’ NBA 2K series and EA Sports’ NBA Live series, each bringing some unique aspects of the game of basketball to fans. Which basketball game reigns supreme on the hardwood this year?While the NFL and MLB have been busy selling their exclusive rights in video game development to EA Sports and 2K Sports, respectively, the National Basketball Association has decided to go with a different game plan and let any video game developer produce NBA games.