EA Sports Freestyle Air
- NA release: 28th September 2004
- EU release: 29th October 2004
- JP release: N/A
- Developer: EA Canada
- Publisher: EA Sports
- NGC Magazine Score: 71%
- Mods Used: Widescreen Hack
More NBA and this follows on from what EA’s Ice Hockey game did last year: make the game oddly difficult. Even with everything toned down to the easiest difficulty, the opponent’s defence was a brick wall while they just ran past my entire team every single time. It make the game very annoying to play.
There’s also a 1v1 mode (with the same AI problems) and a Slam Dunk mode where you and an opponent try to score the most wicked dunks – although no matter what I did, it was always denied. A rather frustrating game to play.
Poor
But, somehow, you can’t love it. Not in the same way you can love Madden for its razzmatazz and tactical acumen, or NHL for its violence or even FIFA for its all-powerful license. Because for all the things Live does right – and it does plenty – it still has an air of detachment, a feeling that you could play this on autopilot from beginning to end, turn it off and instantly forget everything about it.
Tim Weaver, NGC Magazine #100
Remake or remaster?
Nothing for this.
Official Ways to get the game
There’s no official way to get NBA Live 2005.
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