NBA Live 14
Développé par EA Orlando et édité par Electronic Arts sous le label EA Sports, NBA Live 14 marque le retour de la franchise sur la nouvelle génération de consoles avec une sortie le 19 novembre 2013 sur PlayStation 4 et Xbox One. Ce titre de sport repose sur le moteur EA Sports Ignite, présenté comme le socle technologique permettant d'allier l'art du basket-ball à la science du matériel next-gen.
Le cœur de l'expérience repose sur le système bounceTek, une mécanique de dribble basée sur la physique qui promet un contrôle ultime sur le terrain. Les joueurs virtuels sont animés par plus de 70 statistiques et tendances individuelles, mises à jour dans l'heure qui suit chaque match NBA réel, dans le but de refluer fidèlement la forme du moment. Le jeu mise également sur un flux de contenus et de défis quotidiens pour maintenir une connexion permanente avec l'actualité de la ligue.
L'accueil critique et public s'est toutefois révélé mitigé, voire sévère, se traduisant par une note agrégée de 48,63. La presse spécialisée a souligné des qualités techniques partielles : Digital Chumps a salué les mécaniques de dribble bounceTek tout en pointant du doigt une intelligence artificielle défaillante, des contrôles lourds et une réalisation jugée en deçà des attentes next-gen. Game Revolution a quant à elle considéré cet opus comme une amorce pour l'avenir du jeu next-gen, mais pas comme une réussite aboutie pour une marque sportive majeure. Du côté des joueurs, les retours sur Metacritic sont très négatifs, certains qualifiant le produit de « pure trash » et conseillant de rester sur NBA Live 10, tandis que d'autres déplorent l'échec récurrent de la série à s'imposer face à son concurrent direct, NBA 2K14.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« NBA Live ’14’s dribbling mechanics (bounceTek) is done well, but the rest of the game needs some work. Bad A.I., dragging controls and subpar next generation looks really don’t do much for a series trying to make a comeback. »
« In its return, NBA Live 14 helps kick off what there is to come for next-gen gaming, but as a representation for sports brands, it’s not the best outing. »
« The problem is justifying an NBA Live 14 purchase when NBA 2K14 is on store shelves. As a newbie, I had fun with NBA 2k14, but I didn’t have nearly as much fun with NBA Live 14. »
« After several years away, NBA Live returns to the playground with a so-so basketball simulator experience. Half-baked gameplay mechanics and different technical issues ruined the overall experience. »
« I can’t recommend that you go out and buy this game. »
« NBA Live 14 delivers an unambitious, sporadically exciting basketball simulation held back by its slavish adherence to replicating the televised game. »
« The on-court gameplay doesn't look very next-gen-like, especially when compared to its NBA 2K14 counterpart. »
« NBA Live 14 isn’t a broken or unplayable game, it’s just not in the same league as the 2K series yet. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Pure trash. EA you perform like trash when you have a competitor. People, don't invest anything into this **** **** stick with NBA LIVE 10. This game's gameplay, mechanics, animations, and it's unplayable. This is one of the worst PS4 games made. »
« NBA live 14 was suppose to be this game, that was suppose to dominate 2k14. (Which people always say when NBA live comes out, but it never happens) NBA live 14, took 2 years to create, and it was put on next gen. Then everyone starts buying it thinking it's the new 2k. And come to find out it's the same garbage with better graphics, that we were given in 2011. »
« i had to give this game a 10 compared with 2k's next gen mobile game "NBA 2k14". ALL of the missing and exploited features NBA 2K14 are completely overlooked by everyone. C'mon if you bought NBA 2K14 for the 360/ps3 and then played on the next gen and was satisfied then you must not really know the 2k series well. This version game is has 50% less content than the previous generation also you have to pay for every little thing you want to put on your myplayer, even your contract shoe. »
« Overall the gameplay is ok for me. Its difficult to play hero ball. Good ball movement and good defensive rotations are rewarded. What bugs me about this game is the AI in fantasy draft. I play teams with Steve Nash as center and Marcin Gortat as point guard. And Steve Nash can score from a standing position in the paint against Andre Drummond and Omar Asik. And Marcin Gortat won't turn the ball over even with immense pressure from Trevor Ariza and Russell Westbrook. Oh and the updates takes quite a while to download on 1Mbps. And you can't play while the game is updated. »
« This is far from a next-gen video game. The mechanics are atrocious. The graphics are on par with Madden 2008. NBA2K 14 has it's issues, but at least the entire game itself isn't the issue. Avoid NBA Live 14 at all costs. »
« I will have to give this game an 8 cause unlike nba 2k14 this game is super fun! so easy to play compared to 2k14 and a 1000x more fun. by the way i traded nba 2k14 for live 14 and 25.00 and im happy with the trade. »
« Anyone giving this game anything above a 3 obviously works for EA. It's an absolutely atrocious game. One of the worst sports games ever created, by far. »
« This game has everything horrible. Gameplay is horrible. Graphics is horrible. Animations are horrible. Physics are horrible. Models look plastic. Only good things are: the NET, and the nostalgia of a PS2 game (but since its intention is the NEXT Generation and the future of gaming) Details are horrible or you can say NONE. You can download the demo and see for yourself. Ultimate team is nothing special. Yeah its nice to see rating changing up and down. JUST LIKE IN FIFA AND MADDEN! As I said download a demo, or just watch the gameplay, and you can understand what I'm talking. »
