Not quite as good as the NBA Live series.
Review 168
Released: September 25, 2006
Publisher: 2K Sports
Developers: Visual Concepts, Kush Games
Game Genre: Basketball Sim
ESRB Rating: E for Everyone
Opening Thoughts:
I have had a lot of beef with EA Sports's March Madness series. I recently picked up College Hoops 2K7 and thought it was much better. Now, I do not have a problem with the NBA Live series, but since 2K Sports had impressed me so much with College Hoops 2K7, I figured I'd give the NBA title a try.
Gameplay: 50%
Graphics: 30%
Durability: 20%
Gameplay (8/10)
Much like my review of College Hoops 2K7, the shot stick impressed me quite a bit. I immediately noticed the lack of a lock-on defense, as well as the fact that there was no scoring involved at all. With the Live series, 6-minute quarters were more than enough to rack up 100+ points. With NBA 2K7, 8-minute quarters were only resulting in 80-60 games, or at the most, a close game in the 70-70 range. I didn't feel like spending 2 hours on a single game, however, especially since the NBA season is 82 games long, plus best-of-7 series in the playoffs, so I just left the quarters at 8 minutes.
Graphics (7/10)
As with College Hoops 2K7, the graphics are too arcade-like. Carlos Boozer looks like a short, pudgy round-headed version of himself, and don't even get me started on Shaq. You'd think the cover-boy would at least look like himself in the game.
Durability (7/10)
Overall Score (7.5/10)
Final Thoughts:
2K won the college basketball battle, but I think EA takes the cake with the NBA.