NBA Live 14 was the WORST NBA Live Ever...

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Ай бұрын

NBA Live 14 was so bad, NBA Live never recovered. Yes, it was much worse than the infamous NBA Elite 11. It's been 6 years since the last NBA Live, NBA Live 19. And NBA 2K is getting more and more pay to win without competition...
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@og_mante5138 Ай бұрын

It’s crazy that Kyrie ended up on the covers of the worst NBA Live and NBA 2K games ever.

@dimes305 Ай бұрын

😂

@SOFTDRINKTV Ай бұрын

He knows how to cause damage to a franchise

@samueltheman3012 Ай бұрын

@@SOFTDRINKTVCeltics reference?

@PJ.Rob06 Ай бұрын

@@samueltheman3012and the nets as well. We don't miss ya buddy

@og_mante5138 Ай бұрын

@@SOFTDRINKTV He is multitalented 🤷🏾‍♂️

@charlesmoxey8122 Ай бұрын

"It's very rare a game is so bad the company ends up apologizing". This was true some years ago, but not anymore

@SOFTDRINKTV Ай бұрын

sad

@jaheimmoultrie7584 Ай бұрын

@@SOFTDRINKTV same.

@purwantiallan5089 Ай бұрын

NBA LIVE 14 for me on IGN should've been 0/10! Not 4.3/10.

@jaheimmoultrie7584 Ай бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 i agree. it should've been 0 out of 10, not 4 out of 10.

@Idkwhattoput151 5 күн бұрын

I mean… they don’t apologize

@Auxilla Ай бұрын

That T Pose video murked a franchise. Crazy.

@purwantiallan5089 Ай бұрын

The graphics in NBA LIVE 14 looked like NBA LIVE 1996 PS1.😂

@JuanMunoz-ie2lr Ай бұрын

For a game series with "Live" in the title, it's been dead for quite some time.

@purwantiallan5089 Ай бұрын

NBA LIVE 14 should've been renamed "NBA LIVE 1996 REMAKE". The graphics looked like it came from PS1!

@thedreflacko Ай бұрын

Elite 11 is far worse than this

@chykomoney1085 Ай бұрын

18 pretty good

@LALakers4life34 Ай бұрын

NBA live was only good when it was on Sega lol when the 2K came out it was like VHS to DVS’s

@jax4113 Ай бұрын

The One mode was far better than MyPlayer FWIW

@birdgangnaj Ай бұрын

Lol they brought Kyrie out at E3 for this shit

@purwantiallan5089 Ай бұрын

Irving on NBA 2K25 cover art?

@DeeReeseBeats Ай бұрын

Its crazy that 2k raised the bar so high in 2010 that EA didn't know how to respond lol

@ottolottogaming8418 Ай бұрын

Not really EA has madden and madden blew up during this time with MUT. They ended up taking up the entire football market which makes more money

@christophermarriott1681 Ай бұрын

@@ottolottogaming8418 What are you talking about? We're talking basketball not football. 2K would kill Madden as well if EA didn't have the NFL license exclusively.

@OMSbets412 Ай бұрын

2k10 mycareer mode and newer technology was the 2 reasons live is now dead. 2k raised the expectations for a simulation hoop game. If 2k made a football game it would be 100x better than shitty EA

@JaySuavve Ай бұрын

@@ottolottogaming8418basketball sir.. not football

@deprosport7254 Ай бұрын

@@ottolottogaming8418you need to go thru softdrink’s catalog saying some bs like this, do you know where you’re at right now bro? 😂

@VoltX_1 Ай бұрын

In 2016 or 17 I got an email from Sony granting a free $10 coupon to the pS store….. I spent it on this hot trash. At least I did not pay.

@elliteMonkeygaming Ай бұрын

Omg I remember that code it was around Christmas time… literally this game was hot bullshit😂😂

@purwantiallan5089 Ай бұрын

Well some people from Italy also not gonna pay that either.

@Matt-wf7ry Ай бұрын

I wish people were as open and honest about how awful Madden is in order to get something to change as basketball fans were about NBA Live.

@BoxOfOranges84 Ай бұрын

EA had competition in NBA simulation games, and they imploded in the most hilarious way. That's why they will protect that NFL exclusivity at all costs.

@TheWhiteMamba35 Ай бұрын

Mike Woodson in nba live 14 look like Matt from Wii sports 💀💀

@Kings0424 Ай бұрын

Not gonna lie, NBA Live 14 was a okay decent game for me. I don't know why, but I just had a fun time playing NBA Live 14 with my friends. Still have fun memories with the game

@ogmrcool Ай бұрын

Dang man, that outro. You reminiscing on the old 2K and how good sports games used to be, along with that killer outro music just hit me 😔. I remember warning people how paid dlc was just the beginning and how it would ultimately affect gameplay but it always fell on deaf ears. Love the videos man 👊👊

@purwantiallan5089 Ай бұрын

Paid DLC and FC ULTIMATE TEAM packs ruined everything ever since 2010.

@IAmMicxh Ай бұрын

I remember checking to see if my local GameStop had this to add to the collection and the guy told me “you don’t want this game, it’s terrible” 😂 still bought it! Played it maybe once.

@purwantiallan5089 Ай бұрын

Is there a GameStop in France as well?

@x_HuLiMaKaFLip_x Ай бұрын

I stopped gaming for one ☝🏽 generation (PS3/Xbox 360 era), when I came back in 2016, I was hella blown away by the strides 2K had taken. NBA Live was my jam on PS1 and half of the PS2 era, but 2K was getting ahead of the competition. It’s sad where sports gaming is at now, but them years between 05-11 must’ve been crazy huh?

@deprosport7254 Ай бұрын

Legit the best years for all sports games across the board. PS2 is still the platinum standard for sports gaming period. Early 2010s was the beginning of the end.

@jc755. Ай бұрын

Ngl the nets in that game look so nice even 2k's nets nowadays don't look that good

@KenKaniff-dw4jw Ай бұрын

Its a damn good net

@Cw1047 Ай бұрын

I thought you were comparing the kg pierce d will and brook nets to the current nets 😂

@jc755. Ай бұрын

@Cw1047 kg pierce and brook Lopez damn near 3 hall of famers right there but everyone knew that team wouldn't work out

@premiumdude8353 Ай бұрын

funny how kyrie is on the cover of live 14(worst nba live) and 2k18(worst nba 2k).

@jUAN.T Ай бұрын

Damian Lillard as well

@KDRusha Ай бұрын

It’s honestly so crazy to me that EA SPORTS of all companies doesnt make a basketball game anymore.

@deprosport7254 Ай бұрын

They can’t hang without an exclusive license that takes away all their competition so you’re only left to buy their crap

@KDRusha Ай бұрын

@@deprosport7254 yeah madden would’ve been killed already if 2K had the chance to say something about it. Still waiting on that NFL game they’ve been speaking about, haven’t heard anything in some time now

@Mr.Misanthrope Ай бұрын

I have very fond memories of dunking for about 60 points a game from the free throw line with T-Mac on the Magic in Live 03. Baron Davis was another dude who could dunk from stupid far distances in that game.

@purwantiallan5089 Ай бұрын

Well i also still remembered the Buzzer Beater Game Winning 3 in an NBA LIVE BIG MOMENTS MODE.

@Lilone205 Ай бұрын

Damn i miss live so much

@netostyle Ай бұрын

X2 😢

@shawklan27 Ай бұрын

Live 10 is so goated

@Lilone205 Ай бұрын

@@shawklan27 i miss playing 19

@Disxreet Ай бұрын

@@Lilone205you do t have it? It’s free on psn

@kenjones3205 Ай бұрын

@@Lilone205just get EA Play and you can play Live 19.

@chad_b Ай бұрын

I miss NBA live. Live 18 and live 19 were pretty good

@coldpinga9305 Ай бұрын

NBA live needs a comeback fr, this series use to CLEAR 2K back in the day

@Kenfenit Ай бұрын

One the best presentation packages mixed with the absolute worst gameplay. Terrible scenario for EA

@TheClodec Ай бұрын

It’s sad how Live ended up. I still boot up NBA LIve 2005 every so often.

@Irv- Ай бұрын

EA started trolling after live 10

@ExExister Ай бұрын

Ironic how in every other sports genre EA needs competition but with basketball games they should become the competition.

@adamscott1731 Ай бұрын

@SOFTDRINKTV the way you narrate things is crazy lol. I really be sold when I watch your videos

@JayyTheLegend Ай бұрын

I struggle to understand why EA hasn't thought to revive the NBA Street series. By now they understand that Live is dead, but there's no need to give up on a basketball franchise. Forget a basketball sim title, you'll never catch or compete with 2k, but people would LOVE a return of the Street series. They could also introduce an online mode to compete with 2k's Park. I mean an arcade game with fun gameplay and an NBA license would do NUMBERS. The opportunity is right in front of them if they want it

@TerminalFrost79 Ай бұрын

I still remember how pumped I was as a kid when the very first NBA Live came out for the SNES and Genesis. I really loved the 96 version because you got to create your player. Those days are long gone but never forgotten. It would also be nice to get a new NBA Jam game with some depth.

@Martial21396 Ай бұрын

EA fuming rn.

@BogLoud Ай бұрын

While 2K hit a home run with NBA 2K14, EA fumbled the bag with NBA Live worse than that time they signed the contract with NFL in '05. EA Traditions

@rickyrichreacts9667 Ай бұрын

I’ve always hated Live games simply for the fact I can’t stand how floaty the players feel

@TheJstroud24 Ай бұрын

I think I stopped playing live after 08. But boy do I miss those 2000's when we were getting good 2k and EA basketball games. I would always get both cause I could never pick between the 2

@whataboutrob442 Ай бұрын

The gaming landscape is so boring these days. No competition in sports titles and I just can't believe how far NBA live had fallen. I went into a Game stop the other day for the first time in about 7 years and couldn't believe what I saw. The store I went to had been cut in half and they didn't have anything used that even peaked my interest. Just a handful of titles and Pokémon dolls and other crap.

@jaheimmoultrie7584 Ай бұрын

i can't help how wonder however, if NHL ea Has the same fate if NHL 2K was still alive, if 2k still makes nhl 2k games, 2k could have made enough to keep the series going on little longer, NHL 2k12 to today, and then maybe nhl ea would be a much better spot today, because when i hear live 14 was pale echo of the real thing basketball in name only, 9:15, that how i feel with nhl 15 to 24 ps4 ps5 xbox one, xbox scarlett replication of hockey.

@Trocav Ай бұрын

Idk If NHL is the best example that game has actually changed a lot over the last couple of years. They normally add something brand new to the game one year next year work on making it better then havea new element the following year

@jaheimmoultrie7584 Ай бұрын

@@Trocav look like i am still sticking with nhl 14.

@rikupv Ай бұрын

@@Trocavnah. It’s been getting worse and worse, I still play nhl 20 just because I enjoy playing a year or even two in the chl before going to the nhl. Although the older nhl’s are so much better.

@Trocav Ай бұрын

@rikupv this years wasn't that bad I feel . Does need a face-lift in some areas though

@robby469 Ай бұрын

Any news on the next Gen NBA game EA said they were taking a break to make? Been dead silent since that last statement yeeeeeaaaarrrrrrssss ago...

@TheBgard21 Ай бұрын

I remember buying this game so excited for an NBA Live game. And I also remember returning it an hour later.

@purwantiallan5089 Ай бұрын

Even in 2024, i still remembered a lot about "Bynum's T POSE" bugs in NBA ELITE 11 PS3....

@t_thegreat6 Ай бұрын

At this point I wonder if NBA Live will ever make another basketball game again

@nippy3674 Ай бұрын

Or - they would just change the series name to FIBA or FIBA Live and focus more on adding European/international leagues and national teams (like in NBA Live 08-10) (NBA would be still important, but less than 2K series). And EA with addition of global basektball teams and leagues should win the basketball game genre internationally. Imagine, if today we would have something like FIBA 24 or FIBA Live 24, with over 20-25 leagues to choose from (with NBA, G League and WNBA), fully licensed EuroLeague and EuroCup with all teams participating in every year, Eurobasket, Basketball World Cup etc. This idea would truly make NBA Live as an arcade competition to NBA 2K. So, NHL games have some European leagues, so why not NBA 2K or Live especially if they made another game?

@RiasatSalminSami Ай бұрын

Same happened with FIFA over the years. EA really lost their touch. They used to make decent games. Now they can't make games.

@deprosport7254 Ай бұрын

Same thing with NHL, Madden, all sports games suck now unfortunately.

@jaheimmoultrie7584 Ай бұрын

@@deprosport7254 same.

@yurskii2k974 Ай бұрын

live 19 is such an underrated game too. if only they started off hot that game should’ve been talked about more

@MatthewTorrence Ай бұрын

do a retrospective on Ncaa March Madness 2004🤘🏼

@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane Ай бұрын

I barely remember when this game was first released. When this game was released, they decided to release it as a 8th generation exclusive. Though it was first to be release on 8th generation gaming consoles, the game was garbage, and I avoided this game. I've played the PS4 version of NHL '15 and that game was garbage too. This was when NBA Live was put on life support after the NBA Elite '11 debacle. I've played NBA Live '95, '97-2000, 2004-06 and '10 and they're leagues better than this crap.

@jualexander3245 Ай бұрын

I remember trying to get that game in gamestop when it dropped and the worker begged me so bad to not get it lol

@aboutmillions Ай бұрын

S/O to you for giving Hard8Times is just due with the Elite 11 Jesus Bynum glitch, most people never do but he was the main reason Elite 11 was cancelled lol

@bmarsjpeg Ай бұрын

There was a practice mode on live 14 and they used to upload tutorials to their old channel

@panther189_ Ай бұрын

Wish we gotta Live 20 & counting😢19 was really fun

@Guillermosanchezing Ай бұрын

EA deserved this after making the NFL license exclusive. Fuck that company.

@Newyorkgiants123 16 күн бұрын

2k is much worse

@fritztm9261 Ай бұрын

If EA would just bring back NBA Street with the same art style and it would absolutely bury 2k. They can’t beat 2k at their own game.

@TheU3Killer Ай бұрын

grabbed it off ebay for 6$ an i despite the gameplay the presentation an soundtrack brings me back to when they released the demo on ps4 which was a decade ago, the aesthetic of nba live 14 holds a special place in my heart lmao

@dub456gaming8 29 күн бұрын

What was the music you used for the end of the video

@therealCJW900 Ай бұрын

I remember trying to play MyCareer and everytime I passed half court it would automatically pass

@Fender178 Ай бұрын

NBA11's elite controls would even be weird in 2024 not to mention back in 2010.

@mpppppppppp Ай бұрын

this live is just putrid 😭 tho i do miss the live series

@B1inded3agle__ Ай бұрын

bro Live 14 looks so bad I thought this video was being rendered in 720p 💀holy shit

@5StarPrinxe Ай бұрын

when this game came out I was in second grade n I swore up and down this game was decent but this game was deadass so shitty its crazy .

@BienSwinginbase Ай бұрын

NBA Live was starting to be garbage in 2014 years ago and all that stuff, but the old ones were absolutely goated with friends boss.

@VIDE_005 Ай бұрын

Softdrink, can you do a retrospective on NBA 2K20?

@luischavez1260 Ай бұрын

The only thing I liked about this game is the presentation others than that. The whole game is the complete mess.

@natethegreatreviews Ай бұрын

Bro this was one of the only games on release day when the ps4 came out. I actaully really enjoyed it then. Idk about now

@ybdante2x470 Ай бұрын

Live 14 felt like a mobile game lmao

@taym510Oak 6 күн бұрын

Fr hella trash

@osvaldorubalcava9721 Ай бұрын

Anyone remembered that FlightReacts glazed the hell out of this game

@envsparkyt952 Ай бұрын

This was the first live I ever played

@tylerbennett5282 Ай бұрын

Strange, I haven't spent a damn cent in 2k's MyLeague mode, which is the best franchise mode in all sports games on consoles

@Joshgaming.2009 Ай бұрын

Guys wake up, Soft Drink Uploaded

@kadirr8974 Ай бұрын

Its crazy. Bc with the absence of NBA Live 2K pretty much is the sole place to play and it pisses me off.

@djdagoat3564 Ай бұрын

I don’t understand how they can look back at all the lives and not bring back All star weekend and street ball 1 on 1 modes and smoother gamplay I refuse to believe they spent 2 years on that and the game came out in the state it was in.

@chykomoney1085 Ай бұрын

Live 14 is just fifa 14 but they thought nobody would notice

@Baguenaudeur Ай бұрын

The fact that Jesus Bynum saved the world from a release of NBA Elite 11 will always be the funniest piece of video game trivia.

@deondraemcknight232 Ай бұрын

Sad that NBA live hasn't been a top teir basketball game in years that was my favorite series before jumping over to 2k

@bmsports99 Ай бұрын

Can you rank every single Madden Game?

@derickmendez753 Ай бұрын

To me NBA LIVE always had the presentation on point it was always better than 2K . 2K just got the basketball aspect of a basketball video game to a tee. I will say Live 06-09 were UNfuckWITHable in totality. But 2K10 and on was just a different beast.

@kolbydavis4132 2 күн бұрын

NBA live 2005 was my favorite game doing the dunk contest and having the sheet how to do it

@oldnbaschool Ай бұрын

2K should apologize too for ruining the games and all their VC shit. Live will come back better. Live 19 already felt on the right track.

@rexquintonchief5666 Ай бұрын

This was a good game not gunna lie to you cuzz. This came out when I graduated Imao

@ThousandairesClub Ай бұрын

*Live 10 was the best basketball game i had ever played 🙌 so I was super disappointed when Elite 11 got cancelled. I played the demo and enjoyed it but it was definitely a big step back from 10 in terms of movement, stiffness, etc. 14 felt exactly like 11 but it was cool if you just focused on controlling 1 player 😂 passing, cutting to the rim, spot up shooting. Live 19 made up for it though. 19 is the best basketball game I've ever played in my life* 👌

@deprosport7254 Ай бұрын

If EA can’t get an exclusive license from a league to keep other companies from competing with them, this is what ends up happening.

@erinbunnyy Ай бұрын

personal opinion honestly, but live 07 was even worse 3 shoot buttons which were super confusing, even more artificial looking animations, a (for me atleast) mostly un memorable soundtrack, and a graphics engine which while good makes my 360 sounds like a jet engine, the game just sucks

@mvcentertainment5295 Ай бұрын

I remember arguing with my buddy when he tried NBA 2K 6 and the shot stick saying that it was garbage and live was better

@kevkevblazini Ай бұрын

I played this game a ton on Xbox One and I still have it. As someone who doesn't really enjoy sports games unless it's something silly, like NBA Street and NBA Jam, I liked this game exactly because it was so damn janky and didn't really play anything like actual basketball...and I only paid 2.99 for it from Goodwill too😂😂

@popsmokeandghost2416 Ай бұрын

The only way they can pull me in NOW is a College Dynasty.😎👍🏿

@foxnoel9434 Ай бұрын

With A college football video game coming could EA get back in the basketball market with a men’s/women’s college basketball game?

@kenjones3205 Ай бұрын

Why do people think college basketball games will sell? They were cancelled back in the day for a reason, and it wasn’t because of the likeness lawsuit.

@foxnoel9434 Ай бұрын

@@kenjones3205 rise in the interest in the women’s games could help sales, also the last college basketball games are so outdated it needs an upgrade

@UndisputedCam Ай бұрын

@@kenjones3205they sold well it was the lawsuit they were pretty much forced to its the collage basketball games that didn't sell

@kenjones3205 Ай бұрын

@@UndisputedCam that’s what I said. College basketball games didn’t sell so why do people keep talking about bringing them back.

@EAZUP Ай бұрын

Now.. everyone is playing NBA live 19. Funny how things come full circle

@meatwad376 Ай бұрын

My wife got me this game for my birthday and I immediately filed for divorce

@joshuaquinones9760 Ай бұрын

Soundtrack's fire tho

@DaquanTDS 5 күн бұрын

Crazy cuz now 2K is on the decline with 24 probably being they worst game in the franchise and a lot of people want Live to come back

@mlgxxx808 Ай бұрын

Did ea take down nba elite 11 videos

@levicroslin1586 Ай бұрын

ea does the same thing with ufc too. five is the worst yet

@DammitEjay Ай бұрын

This game was so bad no matter where I was there was always a copy at a dollar general or family dollar bin

@pelagiczartz4637 Ай бұрын

2k needs new net sounds

@BigDawgSev Ай бұрын

I feel like I’ve seen this video before is this a re upload lol

@cameron818 Ай бұрын

"The Career Mode unlike 2K had no Story or Cutscenes" That's a GOOD Thing

@JaySuavve Ай бұрын

that’s a bad thing foh

@wes3178 Ай бұрын

Do NBA Live 15 and 16 next

@SonicVoiceActsYT Ай бұрын

I have this game on my xbox and i wish i got my money back worst nba live of all time but live 06 is worst

@SOFTDRINKTV Ай бұрын

Live 06 was fire on GameCube/PS2/OG Xbox tho

@SonicVoiceActsYT Ай бұрын

@@SOFTDRINKTV live 06 on xbox 360 is hell for me

@jaheimmoultrie7584 Ай бұрын

@@SOFTDRINKTV same.

@MegaAlexcena Ай бұрын

I've always been more of a fan of NBA live than 2K. It might be just me but the gameplay of 18 and 19 felt way smoother than 2k's gameplay. It's sad NBA live is dead now... Ironic.

@Nfl360 26 күн бұрын

I loved live 10. One of the best crowds I've ever heard in a video game. Sure it was quite arcade like gameplay wise but it was FUN!

@eddied203 Ай бұрын

Madden would be dead today also if it wasn’t for licensing deal with the nfl smh. Tired of EA

@Skuutee_212 26 күн бұрын

Barely new it existed

@thegoat2874 25 күн бұрын

I didn’t mind live 14 I always liked the presentation of nba live it makes you feel like you’re in a real nba game. Especially when you put the camera on ESPN if 2k can somehow take that license away from live I think nobody would ever complain again