

Like last year, your mentor, coach, reporters, and others interact with you via texting, but this year social media influencers and ESPN personalities also discuss your promising career over highlight reels that play between games. You can still take your create-a-player’s talents to the NBA in The League. as I do competing against other users or trying to capture an NBA championship. These variable rules call to mind arcade basketball games like NBA Playgrounds, but I don’t get the same thrill from playing against random collections of A.I. One game may require every player on your team to score to win, while another may reward five points for successful perimeter shots. Many games play out differently thanks to a deep collection of rule modifiers players can place on their courts. player of their choosing for Court Battle-themed rewards. At the same time, you can take a squad on the road to conquer other users’ courts populated by A.I. The newest addition NBA Live 19 brings to The One is Court Battles, a fantasy mode that allows you to bring NBA and WNBA players you’ve unlocked in The Street (or purchased with the in-game currency) to defend your customizable home court.

NBA Live 19 adds some new wrinkles to this formula, but stagnancy in legacy modes and new gameplay problems prevent the series from taking a big step forward. The create-a-player mode The One gave hoop heads a one-stop-shop for writing their NBA legacy, showing off their skills on the streets, and competing with rival players online. After nearly a decade of struggling to find its game, last year EA Sports finally found a promising centerpiece to build its NBA Live series around.
