T-MAC-power wrote:Hi all,
Just had a retro session and concluded that NBA Live 2003 has a notable greater graphics quality which is extremely superior to 2005 on the same machine. My retro PC is P4 2.4 and Geforce 4 MX440, using same monitor and same detail settings, 2003 is much more well-reflected and ligtning effects are awesome, too when compared to 2005.
How can this be?
Cheers!
This is common with 2K and Live titles.
NBA 2K14 on this gen is still the superior game overall graphically, with better lighting/reflections etc. NBA Live 16 might be the best graphically in many areas, even over live 19, and certainly over Live 18.
NBA 2K12 was a major stepback graphically from 2K10 and 2K11.
Whether it's art direction, or intentionally downgrading to force people to buy the new consoles/games or to prepare for an even bigger splash in a later title, it's just something that these companies do.