I finally had the time to download and play the demo of
NBA Live 14 on my PS4. It seemed alright but I was a bit underwhelmed, which was particularly sad for me both because I was
so looking forward to the franchise's long-awaited return (including enduring a false start last year) and because EA Sports titles are generally my first sports games of choice.
Upon reading this thread and online reviews, I then decided to take the plunge and bought
NBA 2k14 digitally (I generally don't purchase games digitally since there's usually
some trade-in value with a physical disc for the following year's iteration as opposed to no trade-in value with a digital copy, but the $20 PlayStation Store credit I already had - a $10 credit code was included with the PS4 and another $10 credit code was included on the receipt of the store I bought the PS4 from - likely more than offset the eventual trade-in value).
From what little time I've had to play it thus far,
NBA 2k14 far exceeds
NBA Live 14 in just about all facets.
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And even putting comparisons aside,
NBA 2k14 absolutely shows off the advancement to the current next-gen systems.*
Now that I have
NBA 2k14 and
FIFA 14, my next goal is to get
Madden NFL 25 (the physical version this time, as I have no more PlayStation Store credits to offset missing the trade-in value with a digital purchase). Hopefully I'll be able to afford it soon and not have to wait too long before the NFL season ends.
-G
* It seems like yesterday that we were referring to the PS3, the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii as the "next-gen systems".