out of curiousity i checked ign.com to see how the reviews panned out and if in fact 2k5 would get better reviews but guess not...live outscored 2k5 on both ign's review and the reader reviews,most ppl said it was pretty mediocore and has alot of unrealistic game elements (im having 2k5 football flashbacks) like big men doing circus layups and shaq busting 3 pointers....i will probably get both anyway so it doesnt really matter to me,but sounds pretty dissapointing,might have to collect dust next to his buddy espn football,haha