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EA SPORTS™ NBA LIVE Mobile
Electronic Arts · 501,266 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 27 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
1
"game"
20 negative reviews mention this · 74% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bad game hate it. So bad trust me it won’t even let u play the full match in quick play" - Jjovdujsdicn
2
"play"
7 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bad game hate it. So bad trust me it won’t even let u play the full match in quick play" - Jjovdujsdicn
3
"live"
6 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Great job for turning into madden. Not much to say, loved the game. Mostly the AUCTION HOUSE. The Auction house was the main thing keeping my attention to this app. Same thing with the past Maddens when they had auction house. But then Madden mobile switched their whole styl…" - ZayIs_him
4
"bring"
6 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pls. Bring back the old nba live" - CbAlexander 71727
5
"players"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Used to be good. I loved this game for a long time but now all the events are repetitive and you have to pay to get good players. I put a lot of time and money into this game but I am officially done. Thanks for ruining something that was fun" - LFGRIZZ
6
"ball"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Worst game I ever played. I have a good team and then when the last 20 seconds my player start to not steal the ball and miss 3 pointers and they are sharpshooters" - Never play again ever
7
"better"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bring back Auctioning and Season game mode. This game lacks many things it used to have. i would play this game non stop when i was a kid and can say nba live was best during 2017-2018. The shot meter was so much more simple and nostalgic, the meter now i am maxxing it out but it's o…" - Tegerbeast27
8
"into"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Used to be good. I loved this game for a long time but now all the events are repetitive and you have to pay to get good players. I put a lot of time and money into this game but I am officially done. Thanks for ruining something that was fun" - LFGRIZZ
9
"yall"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Great job for turning into madden. Not much to say, loved the game. Mostly the AUCTION HOUSE. The Auction house was the main thing keeping my attention to this app. Same thing with the past Maddens when they had auction house. But then Madden mobile switched their whole styl…" - ZayIs_him
10
"every"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Fix yall game. Every time I make a good when I’m at the hoop, I miss it but then you need to fix your AI because all they do is lay ups and dunks. Please fix them make them shoot threes. This game is so rigged fix your game." - By Ksthagoat
11
"terrible"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Terrible. Too many long ads and definitely P2P !!!" - Pogi413
12
"full"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bad game hate it. So bad trust me it won’t even let u play the full match in quick play" - Jjovdujsdicn
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Terrible
Too many long ads and definitely P2P !!!
Bad game hate it
So bad trust me it won’t even let u play the full match in quick play
Dude…..
I just want to play the game… I don’t want to do all these challenges to get fans in order to play quick matches… absolutely ridiculous.. Give me an option to Quick Play without doing thirty challenges.. holy.
Garbage game
stat do not matter in this game. 210 shooting stat and still can't make a three
Used to be good
I loved this game for a long time but now all the events are repetitive and you have to pay to get good players. I put a lot of time and money into this game but I am officially done. Thanks for ruining something that was fun
Worst game I ever played
I have a good team and then when the last 20 seconds my player start to not steal the ball and miss 3 pointers and they are sharpshooters
Fix yall game
Every time I make a good when I’m at the hoop, I miss it but then you need to fix your AI because all they do is lay ups and dunks. Please fix them make them shoot threes. This game is so rigged fix your game.
CRASHES AND NOTHING LOADS
Game is fun if it would work. Super slow and makes your phone extremely hot.
What happened to the old game?
so many new glitches and the game js feels janky asf, why can my players simply pass the ball to eachother, i have 120 ovr players. constant glitches and they happen more in the higher overall matchups. some common glitches: none of my players run down the court sometimes, meaning that they all stay behind half court so if i try to pass to anyone it's a violation. ai takes over and i can't control my players for the rest of the matches, it's a weird glitch and you lose any control of anything unless you forfit. what did yall do to my favorite childhood game this is horrendous
Fix pls
Why this is the worst I tried play and o did not have a iPhone 17 I have 13 so make this game go back to how it was.
Very annoying
It was a wonderful game but now I cannot update it so now I cannot play it
It sucks
It sucks y’all need to add Ally hoops
Trash
Idk why they changed the way the game was. It’s terrible now, every quarter is a single minute the new “season” games are only for one quarter and it’s just trash now🤷🏾♂️.
Worst game ever
You guys let the opponent get ball every single game u don’t make your game fair even 2k is better than yall
Copy and paste
Used to love this game but they just made another 2k mobile copy and paste.
2018
Bring back 2018 NBA LIVE PLEASE I mean the auction house, events that were actually fun a currency that you’d get any event you did it’s to the point where I have about 30 games til I get a single star whatever the currency is 🤨 I played 2016-2019 the game has gone down hill
Update
Bring the old version back this is garbage 💯# end of an era 💔🤦🏿♂️
What happened
What happened to this game the old NBA live was better bring it back change it all back it’s terrible now all the players look like they are skeletons terrible change.
Players will come back when it returns to the old NBA Live version.
Players will come back when it returns to the old NBA Live version.
Rigged
So rigged you can’t make anything even if there one overall better then you
Worst game ever
Don’t ever play this game ever. Players dont defend, cant pass, doesn’t run, literally just stands still if you’re not the one moving them which is crazy cus its literally impossible to win
Bring back old mobile
Bring back the old NBA Live Mobile Pleaseeeee!!!!
REQUIRED - Full Services
As much as someone who used to play the beginning of this, when it was released, to how they have transitioned into nowadays, is despicable. There is a promo for Hot Spot 2 Pass. I brought Pass, but I can’t even grind to max level because there aren't enough opportunities to reach it. Will never spend a dime on this game moving forward.
Great job for turning into madden
Not much to say, loved the game. Mostly the AUCTION HOUSE. The Auction house was the main thing keeping my attention to this app. Same thing with the past Maddens when they had auction house. But then Madden mobile switched their whole style up, and became worst, which is what’s happening with NBA Live. Thanks for letting us down. Yall had to go modern.
Activity
It was intertwining, but lacked excitement and fun
Pls
Bring back the old nba live
Bring back Auctioning and Season game mode
This game lacks many things it used to have. i would play this game non stop when i was a kid and can say nba live was best during 2017-2018. The shot meter was so much more simple and nostalgic, the meter now i am maxxing it out but it's only green? My favorite part of the game was the seasons where i could take my team into a season and really play with my team. now all the game modes are just quick 1-2 minutes sessions. I miss being able to play full games. The auction also seems to have disappeared. I am very disappointed and sad because this played a big part into building your team. The adrenaline from auctioning characters was unreal. I really hope these features come back because i am very disappointed in the game mode selections and no auction. I will say the graphics and characters look a lot better but i also am seeing problems with whenever i am inbounding the ball my team is just stuck on the wrong side of the court resulting in me having a violation.
EA
EA is just the classic money scam where playing the game requires a credit card to be able to be any good, or requires you to spend all day grinding for the crappiest rewards. Gameplay is also mediocre, where any players that are high level seem to love throwing the ball out of bounds every chance they get and missing layups at a 112 level. They also barely ever make any shots you don’t perfect the timing on, no matter how close the bar is to the top, it’s rarely ever going in. Don’t forget, the opposing team in the campaigns will occasionally hold the ball for the entire 24 seconds in the clutch if they are ahead. Honestly liked the game better before they revamped it as a new game style.
Sentiment summary
92%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
5%
Negative (1-2★)