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.
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".