When speaking about entertaining sport simulations you don't need to look further than EA sports, the giants of the game developing world who have been working with sports since the late 80’s. With release upon release of American football games (Madden), NHL and European football which have charged the frenzied and further filled sports-licensing coffers, EA is one of the leaders when it comes to sports titles in the gaming world. The main advantage of EA is, in fact, that their games offer all the brand names, players and related competitions as you see in the real-life events. Hence the ‘It’s in the game’ motto; most of what you see in the NBA, including sponsors, will be a feature of the NBA live series.
NBA live 06 brings superstar ability and added player’s individuality. Although the latter is debatable you will at least see some difference in style between James and Wade, if not in their dunking moves at least in their physical build on the court. A nice addition to the ’06 version is the new modes of play; you will have the possibility of playing a ‘Dynasty mode’, an entire season, ‘Playoffs’ or run wild in ‘Free play mode’.
