The reality is that most of the game-critiquing world slobbered all over 2K11 and praised it as the best basketball game of all time. In many respects that was praise was well-deserved because of how jam-packed it was with unprecedented (albeit untested, and often times frustratingly poorly implemented) gameplay concepts. Said reviewers however, used these excellent additions to overshadow the major faults that would often times cripple the gameplay and experience. Most notably, the online experience. 2K12 improves on virtually all aspects of the basketball simulation, specifically the GAMEPLAY. I think the animations are smooth and beautifully blended together, making the game look and feel totally organic and fluid. The new post-system is really robust despite it's simplicity. Everything just feels more responsive (except for non-icon passing, which is still inexplicably inaccurate despite working fine in almost every basketball game since like 2000), and more streamlined. The player collisions are excellent in the paint, and once fouls are turned up on the sliders, it just feels a lot more legit inside the arc. On the perimeter there are some issues in that man-to-man defense is a little rough with the new "close-out" and "high pressure" animations. When not in those animations, defender's footing is so slow that it becomes more of a nuisance trying to stay in front of ANYONE with a handle.
The flaws in this game are numerous and obvious to anyone who's not blind. Terrible AI all around, psychic opposition, zombie teammates, blatant rubberbanding, unrealistic numbers every game, horrendous AI trading, unres... Read Full Review
This game obviously deserves a GameSpot score of 10.0. I am shocked that NBA 2K11 didn't receive a GameSpot score of 9.5, never mind this years version of NBA 2K12. NBA 2K11 got a score of 8.0 from GameSpot. Really?! LOL... Read Full Review
