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Greatest mobile basketball game

As an active player of this game i can honestly say it’s the most well put together mobile basketball game I’ve ever played and it’s definitely one of my top 3 favorite mobile games. The game makes it very easy to get a decent line up WITHOUT SPENDING ANY MONEY on the game and the gameplay is phenomenal!!!! But for the developers of the game (if they read this) i do have some problems with the game every once in a while my game just randomly freezes during a showdown match and i end up losing the game please fix this or find a way where i can get back into the match so I don’t lose the match automatically (no it’s not my wifi connection). Also i have two suggestions for the game that I’m sure would make this the number one game on the App Store. If you guys were to add a MyPlayer feature kinda like the console game or real time player vs. player where nba live players could play with their friends in real time whether it be online or if they’re sitting right next to each other. These two things would be amazing features to the game but I love this game and I love what the developers are doing with this game season 3 has been amazing and I hope the developers never make another season 2 but I’m excited to see what they’re going to do with season 4. Go download NBA Live Mobile!!!

Good game in general

So the game is actually really cool but the gameplay needs a lot of work. There are many times where the gameplay is off and glitches, for instance when you go into the slow motion I’ve had it were it freezes my player and a defender that is far away will almost comically slide over in no time and defend it? Also there is a certain defensive move where the player goes up to shoot and the defense won’t block it but make contact forcing them sideways and the ball is thrown out of bounds in the shooter. It just doesn’t make sense. I just think the game play needs to be tweaked so it’s more realistic because those things I’ve just mentioned and some other things just look bad and goes against the player, on both sides. I think everything is really cool all the Live Events and weekly events makes the game really fun, it’s just some of the gameplay mentioned. Also I’m wondering in the store could you possibly sell stamina for coins? And possibly let you buy Live tickets maybe 3-4 times instead of 2? Even possibly being able to buy cash with coins, it doesn’t have to be a lot you can buy but maybe some? I understand your trying to make some money and I have no problem with that, but I just think it will make it funnier to be able to play more and be able to get a little more cash in game. I love the game got it over 2K and am happy I did!

Deleted my account

I am really in happy with nba live at the moment. I have been an avid player of this game for a little over two years and loved this game it has been so much fun and smooth to play one of the only good basketball games out there. However, I am very disappointed and frustrated with the game because Over my full time of playing this game I have spent a lot of time in it and created a team I loved by grinding and working hard. I have been inactive for probably a month because I have been super busy and have not had time to pick up one of my favorite games. Today I go to play the game and I sign in through Facebook like I have always done and it will not let me get in, at first I thought there was an issue with the log in but no I made a new account just to see with the same Facebook log in and it created a new account. They deleted my old account for not playing for one month! That is ridiculous I have spent so much time in that game and supported it in its early stages very frustrating to see all my work disappear just because I didn’t play for a month they should not delete your account if you are inactive that is just a ridiculous because now I have lost all my progress and I’m not sure I want to go through all that again and create such a high level team that took so long. If you are going to get this game just be careful and make sure you play it so you don’t loose all of your hard work without a warning. Really not happy about this.

Extremely Fun but some flaws

The game is one of he most guns games I have played in recent memory, it is very addictive and I find my self playing it all the time, instead of doing things I would normally do. Even with how fun it is and rewarding it is play and do campaigns there are somethings that make me want to throw my phone. These things are as follows: The game calling a shot a 2-point when I clearly and purposely make my character go behind the line, shots not being called challenged by a defender when the defender isn’t even that close, and most recently the underdog campaign when you play as a team in the most recent playoffs, the card of the opposing teams say they are 75 overall or 80 overall etc. but actually have stats of an around 100 overall. To try to be specific with the last example I was playing as OKC against the Trail Blazers and Damian Lillard was an 80 overall, but he made ever shot and had a 104 3 point shot, and this was the same thing with the rest of the Trail Blazers line up. The overall of these player should either be lowered( because it takes me as a 95 overall around 4-5 tries to win) or the reward should be increased. But other than that the game is very fun and the first game that I felt I actually wanted to write a review about.

Money>Quality

I played the last version of NBA LIVE and thought it was fantastic. The controls were responsive and it was really cool being able to get a variety of all star players on my team. Sadly, this version has taken a step back. The controls are not as responsive as they once were, the pass button is almost never works and it’s hard to select the correct person to pass to. Another disappointment on the gameplay side is the play calling. First off you can’t really call screens or anything they just sometimes happen. There are points when playing certain events where the opposing team will screen you like crazy and there’s nothing you can do. There are points where you try and steal the ball and you never can poke it out. You can have 62 overall opponents playing like all stars and knocking down shots and you with your 80 and above players can’t hit anything. It’s interesting to see how the shot meter sometimes doesn’t seem to matter. I have times where I shoot the ball with a player that has an 87 or 90 overall three and hit a perfect release with no one there and the game says “open look miss”, other times I’ll get a eight or 9% and the shot will go down. Essentially you can have some of the best shooters in the game and still messed just because. Coming into this game you know it’s gonna be a grinder to get anything. EA has definitely taken a step with this game to make you almost have to pay to get anything good.

Suggestions and Small problem with the jerseys

I spend about 97% of my time on this game. I Love the game so far there is a small problem that bugs me and maybe other players but I’m sure y’all can fix it. I noticed that when they run towards the camera there is small black lines or black dots on their jerseys and shorts it’s really annoying to look at the players and when they dunk or layup their arms go into the black area like if you look at Anthony Davis he has a black undershirt and the the shoulder area of the undershirt goes through the jersey and also affects his arms it’s not as bad with other players but it’s still looks weird and annoying mom not sure what these black lines are but please fix it You don’t even wanna know how bad the the home jerseys are it’s even worse cause there’s no color to at least attempt to hide the lines or dots. I’m sure y’all will see this and fix it overtime. And two more questions one being a two-part. The first question is will y’all add more legends or players along with different and new dunk packages and will there be like flashy layups coming this season cause I’m sure us fans would love to see flashy layups and even flashy pass. The second will there ever be a Kobe or Jordan event

Good but...

This update made it good and they adding more stuff but they need to add the set for training grounds and it will give you a golden starting lineup or one elite ... and they need to add a stat thing at the end of a season game to see who got a triple double or how many shots or rebounds and assists and speaking about season you should make a season lineup where you can trade players and the bench switches and you can switch manually and players get injured ... and mvp of the game for season and of the whole season or finals and you should make it where you can change it to where you make the season games 5 or 10 minutes ... and more sets ... and backcourt foul and 1s and free throws also elite packs that cost 70,000 and also more season games like 20 or 30 per season plus there should be upgradable leagues (but idk tho) and more sets and some jerseys are wrong cause the cavs has lighter jerseys in the game than the real life so they should darken the red and new city and statement jerseys plus daily objectives should have pro packs if you complete them and lastly you should get a better reward if you complete finals and don’t ban so much players also add it where you can dunk on people and more handles and dunk and layup animations but those are just some suggestions

Good Game but needs work ASAP

I really love this game like I honestly do but as a fan of the game I have to give you guys my opinion the game needs to be worked on don’t get me wrong it’s not a bad game like it needs up updates on the jersey colors all the NBA team has new colors and they should be on the game also the graphics for the players needs to be worked on some people who have hair on the game doesn’t even show when you playing with the player that’s needs to be worked on also the controls we need some more crossovers and better shots too also the shot meter should change too and you guys should introduce My Player Mode as a option also the game should have random updates but makes the game better each time for the fans of the game you guys could also work on how the players could do a spin move right in front of you and the defender guarding him doesn’t make sense also how to call a pick and roll it’s needs to be a button or something also how u go against other people I don’t like it it needs to be more of like how 2k which is youcam go online an actually play people who online with there teams I noticed I have a 84 overall Paul George and when he miss a open 3 it said 41% percent no way!! In real like he would have made it once again I like the game but it needs some updates and work on ASAP! If you guys want more fans of the game once you do a big change like I suggested I will play it again

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