NBA Live 2005

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Cover art
Developer(s)EA Canada
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
SeriesNBA Live
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, Xbox GameCube, Windows
Release
  • NA: September 28, 2004
  • AU: October 25, 2004 (PS2)
  • NA: October 26, 2004 (PC)
  • EU: October 29, 2004
  • EU: November 12, 2004 (PC)
  • JP: December 2, 2004 (PS2)
Genre(s)Sports (Basketball)
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

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.

Features

In-game screenshot of NBA Live 2005 on the PC.
  • 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.
  • Create-A-Player. In this mode, gamers can create their own player and can customize the looks, shoes, and the college attended of the fictitious created player.

Soundtrack

Reception

The game was met with positive reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 82.46% and 85 out of 100 for the Xbox version;[1][5] 81.85% and 84 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version;[2][6] 80.67% and 83 out of 100 for the GameCube version;[3][7] and 78.64% and 79 out of 100 for the PC version.[4][8]

See also

References

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