Are you ready? Redefine your way of play!
Experience a new dynamic career experience with THE ONE in NBA LIVE 18 in which everything revolves around your player, your choices and your legacy. Create a unique player identity and become a legend by perfecting your role on the field and using your unique skills. Become the best basketball player in the world in the league and on the street. Play with or against other players and dispel solo, coop and multiplayer challenges at live events. Master the pitch with an innovative one-on-one gameplay that gives you an entire arsenal of new moves for any position as well as unique control. Show what you can do by leading your favourite team up in franchise mode and live ultimate team.
The One!
Your player, your choices, your legacy. You are in the centre, and your path is determined by your choices, giving you the freedom to set yourself how and who you want to play with. Plus, the respect you deserve in The Streets is just as important as the rings you win in The League. Don't follow anyone. Be the one.
Your player.
Express yourself with comprehensive personalisation options and find your typical style on the playing field. Master your role and create your unique player DNA with a combination of playing styles, skills and features, to conjure up moves on the field that only you master. Unlike other sports games, NBA LIVE 18 offers a wide range of players within the community, guaranteeing balanced and authentic gameplay match-ups.
Your choices!
Develop your player seamlessly in an authentic basketball experience, experience the headlights and spectacle of the NBA in The League and enjoy the cool style on the legendary courts of The Streets.
• THE LEAGUE: Dominates in The League, an authentic basketball experience, and master the parquet to collect as many championships as possible.
• THE STREETS: Leave The League and plunge into The Streets, where the rules and the way to give you respect are slightly different. Play solo, co-op or multiplayer games on the most legendary courts and some of the most famous locations in the world.
• LIVE EVENTS: Play and get instant rewards in real-time live events that provide fresh challenges all year round and boss duels in the form of solo co-op and multiplayer match-ups.
• Your Legacy: From the East Coast to the West Coast, from The Streets to The League... all your career progress are reflected in your ONE points. Find out how you cut against the community and take your territory as THE ONE.
Game play!
1-on-1 gameplay system: equip your player with an arsenal of throws and hundreds of new signature styles, animations and interactions in all positions, and use the unique control and reactivity of the game.
• DRIBBLING SYSTEM: Use the Dribbling System in the offensive to catch your opponent on the wrong foot, and set the new capability based counter move in the Defensive to stay in the ball possession and determine the pace.
• REAL PLAYER MOVEMENTS: The brand new Real Player Motion (RPM) allows defence on the ball with perfect control and responsiveness. This means that you stay close to the player in ball possession and can prevent his train to the basket in capability based time windows.
• In the post, use your size and strength to play out your opponent, stop his train to the basket, defend the basket or score with the new post system yourself.
• Game overview: Experience explosive dark, gameplay on the basket with more variety and signature completions explosive dark, game decisive wickers and the physicality of player collisions.
Franchise!
Control your favourite NBA team and build a dynasty. Whether you're drafting players, making trades and improving your skills with the new upgrade points system... you're making all the decisions of your organization. Play season after season as part of a tightened gaming experience where you can concentrate on games and the improvement of your team.
Live ultimate team.
Collect and create a team of NBA superstars of yesterday and today to master the parquet in Live Ultimate Team. Receive coins, invest them in packs in the store and get new players, coaches, jerseys and arena to strengthen your squad. Master challenges throughout the season to get coin rewards and improve your status.
Game language English, texts and manual German.