NBA Live 2001

NBA Live 2001 is the 2001 installment of the NBA Live video games series. The cover features Kevin Garnett as a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves and in Lithuanian copies of NBA Live 2001, it featured Arvydas Sabonis. The game was developed by EA Sports and was released on October 16, 2000, for the PlayStation, January 22, 2001, for the PlayStation 2 and February 7, 2001, for the Windows. NBA Live 2001 is followed by NBA Live 2002.

NBA Live 2001
Cover art
Developer(s)EA Sports
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesNBA Live
Platform(s)PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Windows
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: October 16, 2000
  • EU: November 10, 2000
PlayStation 2
  • NA: January 22, 2001
  • JP: February 22, 2001
  • EU: February 23, 2001
Windows
  • NA: February 7, 2001
  • EU: March 2, 2001
Genre(s)Sports (Basketball)
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
PCPSPS2
EGMN/A7.5/10[1]6.67/10[2]
Game InformerN/A8/10[3]8.25/10[4]
GameProN/A[5][6]
GameRevolutionN/AN/AB[7]
GameSpot8/10[8]8.9/10[9]8.5/10[10]
GameSpy85%[11]87%[12]60%[13]
GameZone9.5/10[14]8/10[15]N/A
IGN8.3/10[16]9/10[17]7.4/10[18]
Next GenerationN/A[19][20]
OPM (US)N/A[21][22]
PC Gamer (US)65%[23]N/AN/A
The Cincinnati EnquirerN/AN/A[24]
MaximN/AN/A8/10[25]
Aggregate score
Metacritic78/100[26]86/100[27]74/100[28]

The PlayStation and PC versions received "generally favorable reviews", while the PlayStation 2 version received "average" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[26][27][28] Emmett Schkloven of Next Generation said of the PS version, "If you like the franchise, it's a mild improvement. If you're not crazy about videogame basketball, this will not be the game to convert you."[19] Rob Smolka of the same magazine later said of the PS2 version, "It's good looking and plays well, but it isn't quite the leap it should (and arguably could) have been."[20]

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References
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  14. Shif, Gil Alexander (March 6, 2001). "NBA Live 2001 Review - PC". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
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  18. Zdyrko, David (January 23, 2001). "NBA Live 2001 (PS2)". IGN. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  19. Schkloven, Emmett (January 2001). "NBA Live 2001 (PS)". Next Generation. Imagine Media (73): 107.
  20. Smolka, Rob (April 2001). "NBA Live 2001 (PS2)". Next Generation. Imagine Media (76): 78. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  21. Zuniga, Todd (December 2000). "NBA Live 2001 (PS)". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Archived from the original on January 27, 2001. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  22. Zuniga, Todd (March 2001). "NBA Live 2001 (PS2)". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Archived from the original on April 10, 2001. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  23. Smolka, Rob (May 2001). "NBA Live 2001". PC Gamer: 60. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  24. Saltzman, Marc (April 4, 2001). "Hoops, there it is on the PlayStation 2". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Archived from the original on November 13, 2007. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  25. Boyce, Ryan (January 16, 2001). "NBA Live 2001 (PS2)". Maxim. Archived from the original on January 27, 2001. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
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  27. "NBA Live 2001 for PlayStation Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  28. "NBA Live 2001 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 28, 2015.


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