The arcade fun comes from the exaggerated speed of the game and dozens of new moves you can pull of with players using the right analog stick. Live 2003's attention to NBA details, rules, and style of play however is completely legitimate, while still giving players the freedom to repeatedly create exciting highlight-worthy plays that would keep the crowds cheering and coaches stressed out. Nine times out of ten, gamers are treated to schizophrenic sports titles that try and force-feed us over-the-top antics into an obvious basketball sim with rules and dimensions that piss off fans from both genres. Gameplay The most interesting aspect of NBA Live 2003 is that it somehow brings arcade and simulation elements together to coexist peacefully in one game. Improved in just about every category, and using an all-new right stick manipulation that will never let you go back, Live 2003 is very much the revolution that the marketing types have been yammering about. Succeeding because the developers finally found the proper balance between the exciting and entertaining parts of NBA basketball while retaining all of the rules and realism you'd expect from an all out NBA simulation, NBA Live 2003 is one of the biggest turnarounds we've ever seen.
