*NBA Live Preview*
It seems that are beloved NBA Live series has gone through some sagnificant changes. I know the game looks much better but the even better part is how realistic the game is. What makes it so realistic is what EA Sports likes to call "10-Man Freestyle" How could this 10-Man Freestyle make that big of a difference?
Well it reproduces the animation of all ten players on the court in just about any situation. The players on the court are actually fighting to get open or play D on their man. The developers accomplished this by captring all ten players on the court at once instead of the individual movement of players.
In NBA Live 2003 You could easily use the right anolog stick to get straight to the hole and score a point. The guys that were suppose to be playing D were just in their own little world near the three point line. Now in Live 2004 no matter which way you go the defenders will react to your movement and perform an action. So in general the players play hard defense.
Live 2004 is still early in developement so some changes can still happen.