NBA Live 14

 Xbox One
User Score
3.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 90 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 90
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 90
  3. Negative: 61 out of 90
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  1. Kevin26385
    Nov 29, 2013
    5
    NBA Live 14 is a disappointment coming from an NBA Live 10 fan. The best part of the game is clearly the dribble mechanics. You can tell that the developers spent a lot of time in that area to build a solid foundation. However, passing and rebounding is frustrating.

    Passing is not as fluid as it should be and it makes fast breaks in the game almost impossible to pull off. User/AI    NBA Live 14 is a disappointment coming from an NBA Live 10 fan. The best part of the game is clearly the dribble mechanics. You can tell that the developers spent a lot of time in that area to build a solid foundation. However, passing and rebounding is frustrating.

    Passing is not as fluid as it should be and it makes fast breaks in the game almost impossible to pull off. User/AI rebounding is difficult. Some plays don't even jump when you hit the "Y" button and not many of the AI box out.

    NBA Live 14 does have a lot of nice features with dynasty mode, Ultimate Team mode and NBA Live seasons. However, online play was not as fluid as I expected after playing other EA SPORTS games like Madden and Need for Speed on Xbox One. I played a couple of games that were laggy and threw off the shooting mechanics. Also, I was very disappointing that Online Team Play was left out of this years game. I hope that makes a return in Live 15.

    Overall, the game isn't as enjoyable as I thought it would be. However, the developers did say they have the ability to patch in new animations and tweak the graphics with patches. I am interested to see how the game progresses and improves down the line.    … Expand
  2. Hortiez
    Jan 20, 2014
    3
    Wow, so sad. Played the demo, couldnt even finsh a quarter, animations and game mechanics are disgutingly bad. I love 2k, this shouldnt have been released so unfinished.
  3. nrgcoltsfan
    Mar 1, 2014
    0
    worst game i've ever played and i've played alot of **** 0 out of 10. I mean what were they thinking? Did they think people were gonna think highly of this crap??? Why don't they get some programming lessons from their rivals 2k. Another piece of crap shat out by EA. I recommend buying 2k14 this game is not worth 60 bucks
  4. JonKyser
    Jan 1, 2014
    0
    I've been a NBA live fan since 9 and this is a diss appointment EA worst game ever nba live 14 SUCKS ASS don't get it ball handling is retarded my opinion get NBA 2K14.
  5. ColtonRobbins
    Aug 11, 2014
    1
    It amazes me that a company would charge 60 dollars knowing their game was at this quality. As a decent human being, at least discount the damn thing from the start. I lost hope in NBA Live with this one.
  6. setxua
    Nov 19, 2013
    4
    I was impatient for the release of this game,
    After the first minutes of play I decided to return it. It felt like I was playing a ps2 game, with some ps3 graphics and a very few ps4 details, this is a lack of respect to nba live fans.
    AI was weird, some player running continuously out of the field, pg playing as PF and C playing as SF or PG, there was a mess over there. This game    I was impatient for the release of this game,
    After the first minutes of play I decided to return it. It felt like I was playing a ps2 game, with some ps3 graphics and a very few ps4 details, this is a lack of respect to nba live fans.
    AI was weird, some player running continuously out of the field, pg playing as PF and C playing as SF or PG, there was a mess over there.
    This game needs a couple of years of development in order to reach a decent level.
    Comparing with 2k14, well there´s no comparison. No need to continue with this.. I just hope nba live survives so it can give us a good nextgen game in a couple of years, until then 2k seems untouchable

    graphics 4
    physics 3
    simulation 3
    gameplay 4
    narration 5
    halftime and EA details 6
    AI: 3    … Expand
  7. Whity1
    Feb 25, 2014
    6
    Not a great game but I didn't feel like it was that bad either. I waited to review this once I really played alot of it. The mechanics are rough and strange but once you get the hang of them it feels very rewarding. Ultimate team was a big let down. I was hoping for the same that fifa and madden has, but got 2k14 with less legends. Even with all the problems, I feel like they could makeNot a great game but I didn't feel like it was that bad either. I waited to review this once I really played alot of it. The mechanics are rough and strange but once you get the hang of them it feels very rewarding. Ultimate team was a big let down. I was hoping for the same that fifa and madden has, but got 2k14 with less legends. Even with all the problems, I feel like they could make this game survive with a working ultimate team. Fifa and madden have brought tons of gamers and money to them with ultimate team, why they didn't put the effort into it I just don't understand. Glad to see nba live back, but it needs to take a big step with the next one or could end up being gone in the future.… Expand
  8. firefistus
    Jan 7, 2014
    5
    This game isn't good. It's a basketball game. It has the basic modes that 2k has had for a very long time. It has franchise mode where you can take over the franchise. It has my player mode where you create a super star. It has season modes, fantasy team modes where you earn cards and all the other normal modes madden and 2k have.

    The Graphics are poor. That's been said over and    This game isn't good. It's a basketball game. It has the basic modes that 2k has had for a very long time. It has franchise mode where you can take over the franchise. It has my player mode where you create a super star. It has season modes, fantasy team modes where you earn cards and all the other normal modes madden and 2k have.

    The Graphics are poor. That's been said over and over again. But what hasn't been said is the acting. I love Jeff Van Gundy as an announcer, but man. The dude can't act at all. He sounds ridiculous in this game. They just need to record some of his normal announcing and it would be loads better.

    The game mechanics are different than 2k, but they are fine for the most part. It's hard to snap to a player down low and fight in the post defensively. There are tons of bugs, especially when setting picks. I was a 7' 2' Center that weighed 280 pounds, went up to set a screen for Burke in the Under Armor game where you see where you get drafted, I was set in stone for the pick and I watched the other PG slide me all over the court. It was actually pretty funny, but a huge bug. They also walk through you mysteriously as you are trying to pick them. They also walk through you when you are trying to box out for a rebound.

    For a simulation game this game just isn't good, but you can actually play it. 2k14's servers flat out don't work and I haven't been able to play a game for VC since the first week of release. So, despite all it's flaws, I have to rank this one higher because I can actually play.

    All in all, this game is bad, go out and shoot hoops, you'll be happier than trying to play this years basketball games.    … Expand
  9. CarsonTK
    Apr 19, 2020
    1
    This is some shallow garbage. Online play, graphics, gameplay, everything just was not there. Even if the game was transitioning to the PS4/XONE series, the game still looked awful in every way. I can’t believe Live 10 fans waiting 4 years, just for waiting for this garbage!

    Don’t get me wrong, it was better than NBA Elite 11 and 12, but REALLY? It took 4 years to release such a    This is some shallow garbage. Online play, graphics, gameplay, everything just was not there. Even if the game was transitioning to the PS4/XONE series, the game still looked awful in every way. I can’t believe Live 10 fans waiting 4 years, just for waiting for this garbage!

    Don’t get me wrong, it was better than NBA Elite 11 and 12, but REALLY? It took 4 years to release such a barebones game. See, Elite 11 was so bad the games release was delayed and then cancelled. This would’ve been the worst NBA Live game if it had the same animations as 11. The Animations still suck, but at least they are better.

    Just stick with Live 18 and 19. They are actually decent games.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#18 Best Xbox One Game of 2013
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#18 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2013
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#19 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2013

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Metascore
36

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 12 out of 14
  1. X-ONE Magazine UK
    Jan 23, 2014
    30
    Disappointing on almost every level, EA needs to seriously rethink NBA Live if it ever wants to compete with the NBA 2K series.
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  2. MondoXbox
    Jan 5, 2014
    45
    EA's NBA title comeback turned out to be a real disappointment, due to a dated gameplay system and old-gen graphics. We'd save the excellent ESPN integration and the great play modes choice, but it isn't enough to make it a good basketball game.
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  3. ZTGD
    Dec 20, 2013
    35
    NBA Live 14 is a hot mess.
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