Main game
2.81 average rating based on 177 ratings
So much hatred around this basketball game, but I can understand their pain though. Thankfully, I don't really care about My Career nor My Team mode. All I care about is the My League mode. I can only laugh about the casino games because they are so absurd and ridiculous. This kind of thing just does not belong in a serious sports simulation and always distracts me from the actual game, because I want to play basketball in NBA 2K and not spin lucky wheels. Without casino and VC, NBA 2K would be a far better game. So I get that it makes a few missteps in several modes and the gameplay is also pretty much the same as before, but it’s still a reigning champion in its genre as EA going hiatus with Live. Until next year's 2K21 vs Live 21, maybe?
2/5
Despite the huge amount of microtransaction bullshit in this game I still managed to enjoy the My Player mode for a while. I always run out of steam during the first season playoffs though as playing the same team over and over again gets boring quick, especially if you want realistic stats with full quarter lengths. The gameplay looks really polished when you watch it but it's actually pretty inconsistent and unsatisfying.
This is not even a playable game for god's sake. It just shoves a bunch of crappy cutscenes down your throat one after another for hours and hours. I've been on this game for 3 hours and have yet to play a basketball match. Don't even waste your money or time.
If you love watching terrible cutscenes with bad acting for hours, I guess you can buy this thing (not gonna glorify it by calling it a game) but it's not for me.