NBA Live 2005

NBA Live 2005 is the 2004 installment of the NBA Live video games series. The cover features Carmelo Anthony as a member of the Denver Nuggets. The game was developed by EA Sports and released in 2004 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and Windows.

Released: 28 September 2004
Platforms: GameCube PlayStation 2 Windows Xbox
Genres: Basketball Simulation Sports
Developers: EA Vancouver
Publishers: Electronic Arts
Series: NBA Live
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Country: Canada
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

NBA Live 2005 is the 2004 installment of the NBA Live sports video game series. The game was developed by EA Canada and released in 2004 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Microsoft Windows.

Keywords

basketball
gravity
minigames
online
artificial intelligence
instant replay
polygonal 3d
licensed soundtrack
non-player character
character creation
xbox live
difficulty level

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

EA Sports Freestyle Air. This mode allows the game player to become an offensive force with new style dunks, user controlled tip-ins, and more.

NBA All-Star Weekend. This mode allows the game player to play in the NBA All-Star Weekend, year-after-year, in Dynasty mode or go right to the Weekend in features on the main menu page. NBA All-Star Weekend includes the Rookie vs Sophomore game, the NBA All-Star game, the Slam Dunk competition and the 3 point competition.

Reception

By July 2006, the PlayStation 2 version of NBA Live 2005 had sold 1.6 million copies and earned $54 million in the United States. Next Generation ranked it as the 24th highest-selling game launched for the PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in that country. Combined sales of NBA Live console games released in the 2000s reached 8 million units in the United States by July 2006.

The game received "favorable" reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave the PlayStation 2 version a score of 32 out of 40.