Fifa 2003 & Nba Live 2003 PS2

oasisboston · Post by **oasisboston** » Wed Nov 13, 2002 11:41 pm

Couple things,
 
 
 First off great site. My question is however why isn´t NBA live 2003 reviewed on the site?
 
 About Fifa. My main gripes with the game are this:
 
 I absolutely hate how the player names are displayed in the corner and not directly below the player themselves. How does anyone feel about that? I never really know who has the ball.
 
 Also, I can´t figure out any distinct moves with the freestyle control, aside from the generic move that seems to happen everytime i touch the joystick.
 
 I also hate the lack of celebrations with goals. Granted 2002 fifa had very eleborate celebrations, but i liked them. Now it´s barely anything but a pumping fist.
 
 Oh, and last thing. Does anyoen know of any cheats or secrets for Fifa 2003? Hope to hear from you guys.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 1:19 am

Oasis:
 
 Thanks for your note and the compliments. I´m writing a review of NHL 2003 by EA for the Xbox this week and hope to have my review of NBA Live 2003 for the Xbox ready by next week.
 
 Sorry for the delay, but we do this as a labor of love, and we also play the hell out of the games before reviewing them, unlike some of the "big" commercial sites.
 
 Thanks for reading, and stick around!
 
 Take care,
 PK

Post by **Jared** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 3:46 pm

The player names on the bottom is kind of a pain. I think they removed it from underneath the player for aesthetic reasons...it makes things look cleaner and more realistic. I´m surprised they don´t have an option for that, however. (Maybe they do...I´ve never checked.)
 
 Distinct moves are there...but I haven´t had the time to play around with it enough to figure it out. Also, specific players have extra moves, so that adds a bit of variability to the mix.
 
 And as for goal celebrations...actually, I really like them. Most of them are understated, but they did a really good job in making them realistic and having player specific ones as well (Ronaldo´s airplane, Robbie Keane´s bow and arrow, Henry´s little wiggle-shake). I´d rather have realistic celebrations than over-the-top stuff that never happens.
 
 No cheats for FIFA 2003 that I know of...you might want to check gamefaq.com (or is it gamefaqs.com) for that information...they´ve usually got that kind of stuff up there.
 
 Thanks for the kind words about the site. Hopefully you´ll like our NBA Live reviews as well.