Former fan of 2K planning on converting: What can I expect? I've been arena NBA 2K every year aback NBA 2K15, but the aloft has been steadily dropping, and I do not accept top hopes for 2K19 afterwards 2K18.
I am planning on acrimonious up NBA Live 19 and I was apprehensive what Live does bigger than 2K! My admired 2K bold modes were MyCareer, MyTEAM, and couch multiplayer.
So I just best up Live 18 a brace months ago afterwards just consistently accepting balked with 2k. I had played 2k every year aback 2k5 so it was a big change for me but heres my thoughts on the difference.
Myplayer/The One- Live 18s The One approach is decidedly aloft to 2ks myplayer mode. With the appropriate archetypes you can be appealing ascendant aboriginal on in The One but can still aftermath in NBA amateur even if you accept one of the weaker archetypes.
You can alpha your NBA amateur appropriate afterwards the alpha tutorial amateur or skip them all calm if you wish to get appropriate to the action. There's aswell artery tournaments to do as able-bodied which serve to accord you a fun and arduous experience versing NBA players in environments like The Drew Alliance and Venice Beach artery tournaments.
While accomplishing these you can admission XP to akin up, admission comsetics for your appearance through challenges, and about move advanced through some of the characters stories. There is a beeline adventure to your appearance and it's abundant bigger and blunt than 2ks additional you can in actuality skip fucking cut scenes!
Essentially it revolves about you aggravating to accomplish a improvement afterwards an abrasion in college. Some bad things about The One is not accepting able to buy cosmetics individually, the carbon advance arrangement is too limited, and some of the challenges they accord you can be balked (ex. Get 3 blocks, which is a botheration if you fabricated a PG). All in all I didn't apperception these accessory problems aback they weren't extensive for my wallet like 2k.
My team- Live has appealing abundant the aforementioned affair as 2ks MyTeam mode. You do challenges and complete amateur to admission packs and players. There's in actuality absolute little aberration actuality besides the layout.
However, I will say that NBA Live just hands out abundant players admitting a lot of the time you cull horseshit from 2ks packs. Additional Live gives you added options to admission specific players afterwards accepting to cull the from a pack.
Gameplay- 2k absolutely takes the Cake in this category. NBA Live doesn't feel as bland or accessible as 2k and Live can about feel scripted at some credibility in the bold aback animations are relied on heavily for any acquaintance that's made. This takes some accepting acclimated to but that doesn't beggarly it isn't fun.
Once you get acclimated to the breeze it already afresh starts activity like NBA basketball. The barter off actuality is that every bold you get to see alarming animations like behemothic dunks and blocks that should just abrade the brawl if it was absolute life.
Other notable points- NBA Live has a authorization approach but it's just a watered down adaptation of 2ks. You don't accept about as abundant ascendancy in NBA live. NBA Live doesn't accept celebrated teams or all time teams but they do accept WNBA teams.
Overall- I anticipate it's simple to adore NBA Live whether or not you abhorrence 2k, but if you are affronted of 2ks shitty business approach afresh I anticipate you'll acknowledge Live even more NBA Live Coins. 18 wasn't absolute but at atomic there's accessible things they could improve on and if done appropriate I anticipate NBA Live 19 will get even afterpiece to closing the gap with 2k.