NBA LIVE Mobile Basketball Reviews

by DeadHedJosh

So EA Sports has once again destroyed a game. Season 1 was a lot of fun and very enjoyable. Season 2 has had one issue after another. Used to be tons of content you could "grind" for. This year most of that has been taken away. They primarily are focused on how to get more $ out of the player instead of fixing a very broken game. The Devs have yet to take care of multiple issues. A lot have been there for almost 2 years now. They just destroyed the AH because they can't control coin sellers making the game almost pointless now. Used to be able to make coins off of grinding and selling what you worked hard for. Not anymore. Their poor coding has led to problem after problem. If you go through the this app forum you will see nothing but post about how bad it has all gotten and the amount of hatred towards EA these days. Many feel this was suppose to help with the console release but since that is dead in the water now it appears this game is going along with it. If 2k had cards, lots of throwbacks, and an auction house absolutely no one would be playing this game. No one. I've been playing since the soft launch and used to love it. It's garbage now. $100 for chances to get an elite...what has gaming turned into? Money hungry developers over at EA. I am back to boycotting this company. Do yourself a favor and do anything you can to find another game to enjoy. This one will not be the one. It's a shame too.

by Hoodhendrix

Ok to save to the headache off jump you spend major too much achieving Elite players just for them to be mediocre. I have high level elite players missing easy layups and dunks . I have an elite roster and get to playoffs just to have them stay out the paint and the computer have all their players under the goal. No defense at all just standing around . You rip a ball and all of sudden another player (computer ) beats you to it. They pick and choose when you make shots even easy ones simple dunks. The only reason why I haven’t uninstalled is because I have a team in the tournament. After this I’m done . Don’t waste your time gaining elite players who get out performed by silver players during season games . You will miss easy open shots when you are by yourself and it will say bad timing. What ..? How the hell do you schedule an opportunity. These people developing this game must have never played ball in there life. The computer passes the ball with quick precision when you pass ball downcourt it never makes it may even pass it backcourt and not forward even when you are passing in the intended direction. I have nothing but . They choose your wins and losses by any means necessary. Don’t waste your time .....! Also other people have complained and aid the same no response from developer. All they want is support and not provide any for the people of interest. Just chunk it up and buy 2k nuff said..!

by Unrealcity

I love the game and play everyday, but this new update is off. I’ve got a 105 OVR (which I’ve worked very hard for), and still I have been missing easy shots in this current draft players event. Sure, it’s basketball. You’ll miss sometimes even if you’re a great shooter. But you shouldn’t miss three in a row when it takes you 75 energy to play. Not with 105 OVR players. And worst of all, you have to shoot from specific circles in some events, and since the new update, there have been many times where the color of the circle indicates my player is within the circle, and yet it does not register and says failed. If this happened a couple times, I’d let it go. But it’s happened so frequently that it’s starting to feel like it’s not worth it to play. If I’ve worked this hard to get a great team, what’s the point if you’re screwed out of precious energy to get the top players and upgrade your team? When these glitches get fixed, I’ll give it a 5 star rating. I do wish that showdown was random and you got good teams and bad teams in some order. As it is, the better your team, the harder your opponent. Again, why work hard for a great team if it doesn’t help you dominate those who haven’t worked as hard? But that’s not worth quitting for. Getting screwed by way to many glitches when you can afford to fail on tasks and you shot a perfect shot from the circle and it says fail incorrectly. That’s bogus.

by SlendyFilms

I don't understand how you can put out a game that doesn't work half the time. The block and shoot and rebound and pass and defense are all one button that doesn't work half the time and when it does work it works like 7 seconds after you pressed it. You have no control over your characters actions you try to stop he keeps running and doing spins till he feels like passing to the other team. The CPU in this game literally cheats and you can see it happen you can see the computer take over and make it impossible to stop it. You have no way to actually control your shot accuracy even in you hit the green mark perfectly with no defenders on you and a good shooter you will still miss consistently. Defense is just holding a button and hoping you do something which you usually don't and the CPU gets right in for the dunk or layup. If that's not enough star players like LeBron, Wall, Harden... Never miss shots... When you play against them. You can have a team of all red star players and still manage to miss every shot and turn over on every pass. This game doesn't let you rebound the ball 95% of rebounds is the CPU. The worst thing in this game in the CPU on your team they do nothing literally they mostly just stand there leaving the lane wide open and if you try to block you block 7 seconds after you pressed the button but by that time they've scored. Also the game switches your character for no reason at all times just because I guess...

by Kyledaboss

I am really in happy with nba live at the moment. I have been an avid player of this game for a little over two years and loved this game it has been so much fun and smooth to play one of the only good basketball games out there. However, I am very disappointed and frustrated with the game because Over my full time of playing this game I have spent a lot of time in it and created a team I loved by grinding and working hard. I have been inactive for probably a month because I have been super busy and have not had time to pick up one of my favorite games. Today I go to play the game and I sign in through Facebook like I have always done and it will not let me get in, at first I thought there was an issue with the log in but no I made a new account just to see with the same Facebook log in and it created a new account. They deleted my old account for not playing for one month! That is ridiculous I have spent so much time in that game and supported it in its early stages very frustrating to see all my work disappear just because I didn’t play for a month they should not delete your account if you are inactive that is just a ridiculous because now I have lost all my progress and I’m not sure I want to go through all that again and create such a high level team that took so long. If you are going to get this game just be careful and make sure you play it so you don’t loose all of your hard work without a warning. Really not happy about this.

by Nickapalooza

I played the last version of NBA LIVE and thought it was fantastic. The controls were responsive and it was really cool being able to get a variety of all star players on my team. Sadly, this version has taken a step back. The controls are not as responsive as they once were, the pass button is almost never works and it’s hard to select the correct person to pass to. Another disappointment on the gameplay side is the play calling. First off you can’t really call screens or anything they just sometimes happen. There are points when playing certain events where the opposing team will screen you like crazy and there’s nothing you can do. There are points where you try and steal the ball and you never can poke it out. You can have 62 overall opponents playing like all stars and knocking down shots and you with your 80 and above players can’t hit anything. It’s interesting to see how the shot meter sometimes doesn’t seem to matter. I have times where I shoot the ball with a player that has an 87 or 90 overall three and hit a perfect release with no one there and the game says “open look miss”, other times I’ll get a eight or 9% and the shot will go down. Essentially you can have some of the best shooters in the game and still messed just because. Coming into this game you know it’s gonna be a grinder to get anything. EA has definitely taken a step with this game to make you almost have to pay to get anything good.

by J. Mitchell T.

It’s hard to drive a Honda when you’ve been driving a Lamborghini. Make sense? Last seasons version was way better and it’s hard to play one that’s way worse. Okay there is a lot of good but so much decline from last seasons set up. There are hardly any achievements in comparison to last season. Part of the fun when you get to the spot in the game where you aren’t working on sets was looking up different achievements to complete for rewards.. that’s gone. Just read that this new update is supposed to fix league achievement.. didn’t work. No fan fav rewards for league play on my end. Loved the aspect of having multiple different lineups to build. I could spend more time on the game creating 5 perfect line ups with different boosts. I love the bench and the coaches, but say I want to switch coach and game style, there is now way to do that quickly or efficiently. If you still had multiple lineups we could build diff lineups with diff coaches and easily build better teams. No idea why that was abandoned. The games way harder which is fine in a way, but offensive and defensive rebounding and general defense is terrible and there’s nothing a user can do as far as in game play that can affect that. Old version of this game was definitely better. Please add more lineups that can be saved and used, add WAY more achievements throughout the game. Adjust gameplay a bit make those changes and you change my 2 star rating to 5.

by NawfSideJay

I really love this game like I honestly do but as a fan of the game I have to give you guys my opinion the game needs to be worked on don’t get me wrong it’s not a bad game like it needs up updates on the jersey colors all the NBA team has new colors and they should be on the game also the graphics for the players needs to be worked on some people who have hair on the game doesn’t even show when you playing with the player that’s needs to be worked on also the controls we need some more crossovers and better shots too also the shot meter should change too and you guys should introduce My Player Mode as a option also the game should have random updates but makes the game better each time for the fans of the game you guys could also work on how the players could do a spin move right in front of you and the defender guarding him doesn’t make sense also how to call a pick and roll it’s needs to be a button or something also how u go against other people I don’t like it it needs to be more of like how 2k which is youcam go online an actually play people who online with there teams I noticed I have a 84 overall Paul George and when he miss a open 3 it said 41% percent no way!! In real like he would have made it once again I like the game but it needs some updates and work on ASAP! If you guys want more fans of the game once you do a big change like I suggested I will play it again

by Chilqean

Already gameplay is same as last year. I’ve been grinding out this season and have a 77 overall team and I can’t beat people who are 5 overalls lower than me. My center is getting out rebounded by pgs. I can’t hit a shot and I can’t make any easy layups. And then on the other side of the court they are making impossible 3s that I should be blocking, little 72 overall point guards are dunking on my 77 overall center. This is also a pay to win game. I understand they need to make money but the way they are doing it is making it impossible for the people who don’t want to spend 100s of dollars in there game to get any good. So far the rookie promo is a bust. Can’t get anything without paying except for bronze and silver players. Last season you could have a WHOLE starting five of elites by grinding it out by the end of the first promo NO MONEY SPENT. This season you might be able to have a 77 overall lineup for your starting lineup if you play non stop no sleep. This game has so much potential and was actually good the first season and getting a lot better the end of season 2. Please see the community’s complaints and what we want and make your game better! I want to play nba live just not when I’m getting beat 34-12 by people several overalls lower than me. Who know ea I MIGHT even spend a couple bucks if you make things a little better and nba cash prices somewhat reasonable!

by SplashT0wn

I have been playing these games since the earliest Nba 2k mobile came out some years ago. The gameplay here is nice, smooth, and feels authentic. Lots of minigames (Campaigns) and the ability to play online means good variety and the game certainly isn’t lacking in content. Stamina system is fine, I agree with only giving a certain number of ads a day so new players cant grind and instantly the best players. The one thing wrong with this game can be illustrated by a new Golden Ticket player for sale in the store: Drazen Petrovic, the only man to not back down from Jordan on the court in the 90s. I really wanna put him in my lineup, but this 1 character costs 10,000 Nba cash. Thats about $85 USD. Not making this up. Thats beyond greedy, youll never earn that amount of cash on your own as the payouts for the events are basically scraps. I miss when you could just outright buy the game for $8 or however much it was and you had ALL the content, ALL the players. I hate how mobile games have evolved and how developers have gotten so greedy they can stick a good player in your face everytime you start up the game, only for it to be behind an $85 paywall. I can buy Nba live 20 and a used controller for that price. So be prepared for that before you download. Besides that, its good. 3 stars.

by Chi-one

So the game is actually really cool but the gameplay needs a lot of work. There are many times where the gameplay is off and glitches, for instance when you go into the slow motion I’ve had it were it freezes my player and a defender that is far away will almost comically slide over in no time and defend it? Also there is a certain defensive move where the player goes up to shoot and the defense won’t block it but make contact forcing them sideways and the ball is thrown out of bounds in the shooter. It just doesn’t make sense. I just think the game play needs to be tweaked so it’s more realistic because those things I’ve just mentioned and some other things just look bad and goes against the player, on both sides. I think everything is really cool all the Live Events and weekly events makes the game really fun, it’s just some of the gameplay mentioned. Also I’m wondering in the store could you possibly sell stamina for coins? And possibly let you buy Live tickets maybe 3-4 times instead of 2? Even possibly being able to buy cash with coins, it doesn’t have to be a lot you can buy but maybe some? I understand your trying to make some money and I have no problem with that, but I just think it will make it funnier to be able to play more and be able to get a little more cash in game. I love the game got it over 2K and am happy I did!

by Lansademe

I love the game but in showdown when I face better players it seems like the game works in favor in them. The team can make multiple seemingly impossible shots and plays on my defense even when it’s tight. The players of the other team even seem to go right past the body of one of mine like a ghost. Layups become easy for the other team because my defense doesn’t make them score with contact. I know my defense is just as good as theirs. On offense my players can’t produce that much. Also sometimes NBALIVE just shuts down during showdown matches and it becomes a forfeit, making me lose fans when I did not try to forfeit. This is really annoying. Also the clock runs sometimes while the ball is being thrown in. This shouldn’t be. It disrupts possible game winners and the clock should start running when a player gets the ball or if the ball hits the floor. Also there is one “layup” which players are sometimes forced to do which isn’t really a layup at all. It’s where the player is driving in, then stops to try a short range fade-away bank shot which rarely makes it in. Please stop making this as a layup. Also sometimes blocked dunks are goaltending but last time I checked, that’s not what it is in the NBA. Fix these mistakes please.

by Shermanbro25

I’ve been apart of the NBA Live family since it started and some of these upgrades are good but I think that most people would agree when I say we would enjoy with more upgrades. I believe that you should let us have replays, take our players off the bench during the game, and have timeouts. I also think that you should add a my player experience into the season. You should be able to trade players with other teams and friends. The My Player hit would be the thing that will bring your game to the next level and will have more people playing it. I think most people would agree. I also think that you should keep up the current players with the current teams. So if a player gets traded in real life then in the game he plays for the actual team he was traded to. In the game you should actually make the teams overall the actual overall in real life. Whenever I restart the account it is so easy to win the seasons because the teams are so easy to beat and I upgrade my team so fast. And finally you should make the season longer. Like actually make the finals, seven games long. But for now I love the game and I know that these updates will make the games more realistic and it will bring more people to play the game.

by Lionryan45

Overall fun game I enjoy very much. However a few things in my opinion that could help game for not only myself but countless other players who have told me they have same issues and would like this getting fixed... alright so first thing is the energy should fill up slightly faster. I’m talking 10 seconds maybe per energy faster. Not a big change but to get that full 100 energy it’ll mean ppl can play more and most ppl that do spend money say that’s something they wouldn’t use cash on, maybe if the cost for 100 energy was cut in half it would be more worthwhile. Secondly there needs to be better game controls or the ai needs to get better on the players team. They seem to never want to do anything that seems logical and I have all elites so they should be smarter. I assume the game is working on new players and sets so that isn’t a problem, but my final request would be for dunking, there are times when dunking challenges are impossible, I’m not saying make it easier to Dunk in the entire game, but I think if in those drills you boosted the dunk stat it would be helpful because sometimes like my center will go for a layup for no reason. Alright thank you and I hope one of these suggestions is implemented in the future.

by Storm The Pupper

I actually love this game, I started playing on my iPad a few months back and I became totally addicted. I had just completed the Vince Carter rewind event and I turned my VInce Carter 108 with in the paint ability, for VC with the double ability. I had someone from the help canter call me on Tuesday, he told me to wait 24 hours and it should reappear. I waited 48 hours and called back as it did not reappear. After sitting on hold for about an hour they came back and told me that I was lying and that I never had the Vince Carter that I was broke of and they could do nothing for me. The thing is that I actually took a screenshot of the page that said I completed this event. So not only did I have the Vince Carter double ability but I also have proof. When they told me that I didn't have the player, I asked them if they were implying that I was lying and he said yes you never had that player. I am so fired up over this I spent my own money upgrading this player that is now gone not to mention all the time that I put into it. It is one thing to say that they are not sure why I am missing a player, but to call me a liar when I have proof is over the top! I expected more from EA sports that a call center of crooks from India.

by GamerJayLos Angeles

What a game this is it’s not good it’s AWSOME!!! The fact that whoever came up with the 💡 for the superstars is a genius also the monthly masters are now with 2 players even better!But the good always comes with the bad here’s some suggestions I have. 1:In the season mode for the bench players can there be substitutes plz cuz what’s the point of bench players if there r no substitutes and a bonus is can there be a time select for quarters as well. 2:There’s some glitches that are really bad like sometimes when I go for a 3 point shot I make it but sometimes it doesn’t count I keep wondering I made the shot so y doesn’t it count? And sometimes if I watch a ad for example the boom or bust packs I watch the ad (which are like 50 secs long;-;) when the ad is over guess what.I get nothing I watch the ad and after I exit the ad it turns black and one time I waited for like an hour waiting but it doesn’t let me so I exit out the game and it doesn’t give me the reward. 3:Can you add more women players like Dylan Gonzalez and more WNBA players like Sabrina plz. Well that’s it for now but overall this a amazing game cya later for now😁😁😁

by Trulysnow

I’ve played NBA Live Mobile Since season 1 and I’m pretty sure not that many people played in season 1 it’s a good game but need some changes to it if we could be able to select are own music that would be amazing and you should a career mode witch I mentioned in season 2 but they never put it in I’m pretty sure in the next update they will add select music I gave ya 5 stars because I grew up playing f nba live mobile really fun game especially season mode I made it to 112 overall before in season 3 witch was a great season I had and I’m pretty sure you could of gotten higher that season but I stopped playing the game cause I didn't like the same thing every season what I mean is the same season mode the same live events and the same store ya need to add commentators to the game witch will be interesting to see and play at the same time and if ya could add mascots on the side lines that would make it 10 times better and some cheerleaders as well lol but other than that the game would be more fun to people and myself and YouTubers that’s why I’m returning to the game to see if ya can make some changes I respect the game and work that’s been put over the years keep it up!

by Bigthickie

The game is one of he most guns games I have played in recent memory, it is very addictive and I find my self playing it all the time, instead of doing things I would normally do. Even with how fun it is and rewarding it is play and do campaigns there are somethings that make me want to throw my phone. These things are as follows: The game calling a shot a 2-point when I clearly and purposely make my character go behind the line, shots not being called challenged by a defender when the defender isn’t even that close, and most recently the underdog campaign when you play as a team in the most recent playoffs, the card of the opposing teams say they are 75 overall or 80 overall etc. but actually have stats of an around 100 overall. To try to be specific with the last example I was playing as OKC against the Trail Blazers and Damian Lillard was an 80 overall, but he made ever shot and had a 104 3 point shot, and this was the same thing with the rest of the Trail Blazers line up. The overall of these player should either be lowered( because it takes me as a 95 overall around 4-5 tries to win) or the reward should be increased. But other than that the game is very fun and the first game that I felt I actually wanted to write a review about.

by Naayani

This update made it good and they adding more stuff but they need to add the set for training grounds and it will give you a golden starting lineup or one elite ... and they need to add a stat thing at the end of a season game to see who got a triple double or how many shots or rebounds and assists and speaking about season you should make a season lineup where you can trade players and the bench switches and you can switch manually and players get injured ... and mvp of the game for season and of the whole season or finals and you should make it where you can change it to where you make the season games 5 or 10 minutes ... and more sets ... and backcourt foul and 1s and free throws also elite packs that cost 70,000 and also more season games like 20 or 30 per season plus there should be upgradable leagues (but idk tho) and more sets and some jerseys are wrong cause the cavs has lighter jerseys in the game than the real life so they should darken the red and new city and statement jerseys plus daily objectives should have pro packs if you complete them and lastly you should get a better reward if you complete finals and don’t ban so much players also add it where you can dunk on people and more handles and dunk and layup animations but those are just some suggestions

by Lorenzo Torres Or

I spend about 97% of my time on this game. I Love the game so far there is a small problem that bugs me and maybe other players but I’m sure y’all can fix it. I noticed that when they run towards the camera there is small black lines or black dots on their jerseys and shorts it’s really annoying to look at the players and when they dunk or layup their arms go into the black area like if you look at Anthony Davis he has a black undershirt and the the shoulder area of the undershirt goes through the jersey and also affects his arms it’s not as bad with other players but it’s still looks weird and annoying mom not sure what these black lines are but please fix it You don’t even wanna know how bad the the home jerseys are it’s even worse cause there’s no color to at least attempt to hide the lines or dots. I’m sure y’all will see this and fix it overtime. And two more questions one being a two-part. The first question is will y’all add more legends or players along with different and new dunk packages and will there be like flashy layups coming this season cause I’m sure us fans would love to see flashy layups and even flashy pass. The second will there ever be a Kobe or Jordan event

by Let Me Eat Your Apple

I could have centers with 100+ rebounding but get it rebounded by a gold or how I can’t make a open 3 with 109 curry or 110 Lillard but the cpu can make contested 3s without a problem. Any is it that when you are sometimes open the game registers it as guarded and you miss when the cpu hits contested mid ranges every time. The game isn’t bad it can be better, the animation haven’t changed much at all since season 1, then the players face scans, hair and skin color would be wrong. Ex. why does 105 Derrick rose have dreads. There’s still no back court, when there is a foul in the game it makes no sense why one is called. What happened to the free premium pack week. Change in game audio it’s been the same for years, then add more to the menu soundtrack. Add more dribble more and a size up option. Why does center just allow the opposing team point guard to drive right down middle and dunk without any problems. Speaking of dunks add more default dunks. Improve the shot meter. Give more incentive for people who want to play season. add a stamina live event. Same with an elite love event where you free elites every week for completing a challenge. Make event where it’s possible to complete the set without having to spend hundreds of dollars just complete them, so the game is less pay to win. Lastly update the game and viewing quality and add more camera angles.

by Nik33ski

Overall, this is a really fun game. But it has way more potential to be an amazing game. But first of all, in the video previewing the game it shows them putting James Harden, a SG, in the SF player slot. But how come I can’t put players out of position in the real game? The training also looks different in the video. I think putting players out of position would be awesome, and it just doesn’t count for chemistry. Anyway, my first suggestion is to allow you to sub your bench players in in-game. Also allow for instant replays and at the end of season games/h2h quarters let you see the players’ stats. Also, for the programs, stay more consistent with players’ overalls. For example, the legends started as 89s and to do the set you had to get 4 worse legend cards for that player. Well now, the legends are 96s and the best player in their sets are 90s. They’re better than the original legends that got released. The way I explained that is a bit confusing but those who play know what I mean. Also the superstars started as 93s and costed 120 superstar tokens. Now IT4 is a 95 superstar and costs 100 superstar tokens. Logical? No. Those are the glaring problems imo other than the pay to win which is annoying and doesn’t need to be explained. The small problems are just things like making more gameplay graphics and little bug fixes. I hope you read this EA and make these things happen.

by Erfrats

I would give this game a 5 star review but the fact that there’s just too many glitches is annoying me, I just started the game and I can already start to get frustrated by the bugs and glitches for starters the other team or you can goaltend but the team that goaltended will get the ball or another example is when I can sometimes have a perfect shot wide open with a player that has a 3 pointer that’s at least 89+ and still miss but can sometimes hit even a flat out 0% that’s off the circle and drain it the thing that upset me the most was as some of you may know as of the time that I am writing this, The Oscar Robertson timeline has released, I’ve grinded hours on in just to get enough tokens to get a 96 ovr pg Oscar Robertson, I get the coins, on my way to the last one, and then just as when I think I’m about to get him, it disappears, gone, and after I get another triple double token, he is still no where to be found, I check my team, no where they gave me no packs, nothing, I am writing this huge text wall just to show that even a new player like me with 91 ovr at just Level 10 is not enjoying the game that much oh and one last thing, in arena, you can’t see what your percentage boost is (even though most times it won’t help) and the shots are released later than a regular shot which makes it easily block able and the shot meter is slow but anyway that’s the end of the review I hope it’s helpful

by SidthaKidVicious

Don’t get me wrong I am a big fan of NBA Live even more than NBA 2k and was let down to see it fall off the market for a time. This mobile version is very good but there are a still a few minor glitches going on with my game. I started the street campaign but only the street events that you had to use your warmup tokens for were available. Also the All-Star event ended with me having 40,000 all star points I was trying to save up and get a center I thought I had left myself another whole 8 hour day to get the remaining 20,000 points but it disappeared and all my 40,000 went to waste I would like to have been able to use them to either buy random all-stars or trade them back in for coins, cash, shards or players with a reminder that the event had ended and a chance to use all of my points.
On another note if you could add anything to the game I would love to be able change, add or buy more things to customize players especially the supetstars like shoes and/or shoe deals, head bands, wrist bands things like that. Also I wish there was a create your own player mode that worked like the Game Changer Super Star event.
Thanks again for the great game!!!