NBA 2K20

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User Score
1.4

Overwhelming dislike- based on 297 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 297
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 297
  3. Negative: 252 out of 297

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  1. bukorobe
    Sep 20, 2019
    10
    I lost my house to this game, and the publisher has sent out debt collectors who are threatening my knee caps, but at least I am the only person in Toronto who owns Kawhi.
  2. temo
    Sep 11, 2019
    8
    The core gameplay is slower than previous years, which is a refreshing change of pace. The players also feel like they're carrying more weight and momentum. Dribble move spamming is fixed, and the collision detection is far better than last year, so one on one defending is even more enjoyable

    The presentation is excellent as usual, although I did have some stability issues prior to    The core gameplay is slower than previous years, which is a refreshing change of pace. The players also feel like they're carrying more weight and momentum. Dribble move spamming is fixed, and the collision detection is far better than last year, so one on one defending is even more enjoyable

    The presentation is excellent as usual, although I did have some stability issues prior to upgrading my video driver (seems fine now). The AI is livelier than previous years, so CPU teammates and opponents are a little less predictable and useless.

    Aside from opening card packs, none of the gambling style elements involve spending any money. They're used as sign-in bonuses or for completing certain objectives. It's very easy to build a team of Hall of Famers and All-Stars without putting extra money into the game. That said, those elements do add a certain atmosphere that doesn't really make the game better.

    Otherwise, it's a solid upgrade with a plenty of enhancements and quality of life improvements that make it an essential purchase for those interested in the series and the game of basketball.    … Expand
  3. unionjac
    Jun 30, 2020
    9
    For a basketball novice this game is the probably the best out there great graphics and easy style gameplay whether you a great player or a novice this game is a must have .
  4. Morwoi
    Jan 31, 2020
    10
    i think this Game is Still better then Warcraft Refounded, so lets rate this up
  5. RoboReviews
    May 22, 2020
    8
    This game is good except that My League hasn't changed at all.
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  6. Baltifru
    Feb 24, 2021
    8
    Got this NBA 2K20 in a bundle, didn't expect anything from it (I knew nothing about basketball) but I'd say I was quite happy overall with my experience.

    I play mainly casually (only playing offline, or against friends) and I appreciate the gameplay of the game, with easy-to-learn-hard-to-master design: you can basically played with a simple set of moves (passes, running, simple    Got this NBA 2K20 in a bundle, didn't expect anything from it (I knew nothing about basketball) but I'd say I was quite happy overall with my experience.

    I play mainly casually (only playing offline, or against friends) and I appreciate the gameplay of the game, with easy-to-learn-hard-to-master design: you can basically played with a simple set of moves (passes, running, simple dribble, shots) or go a little deeper and practice harder dribbles, different ways of shooting, and so on. The game looks good graphically speaking and, although I've never watched NBA in my entire life, I can imagine that the sound design (with the comments from the casters in particular) make the matches feel just like real NBA.

    The career mode features a nice little story (although cutscenes could be shortened at times) and, even though the first few hours are a little painful, there's a real feeling of progression beyond that. However, there are inexplicable framerate drops during some pre or post-match cutscenes, although they seemlingly feature less NPCs than the matches themselves.
    The "My Team" mode is a traditional card collection mode as you have in plenty of sports games these days. I haven't played it much, but I can imagine that it feels like a cash grab for many players.

    Gameplay-wise I would only point out two little flaws:
    - Succeeding a pass, a shot or a dribble is merely the result of how high your player's characteristic is in this domain, times (for the shots) how well you can time the pressure on the "shoot" key. No big deal there but it feels a little bit random at times.
    - In career mode, there are numerous "defensive breakdowns" (i.e., event where you lose experience because you left an opposing player unattended although it was your task to defend on him) that feel unjustified. Sometimes simply because you seem to be defending properly; and sometimes because the defensive assignments are suddenly swapped between players of your team, and you're suddenly assigned to the guy who is about to score although you're several metres away from him. This is quite infuriating.

    I also have to mention several bugs (straight-up freeze + crash, or the fact that some in-game "necessary updates" just won't operate because your hard drive is full, but the game won't tell you), the fact that you need a third-party account to access some features (...) or the weight of the game (nearly 100 Gb, really guys ?) so my experience was far from perfect. But for casual players like me, I think there is enough material there for quite some fun.    … Expand
  7. Zinaldo
    Jun 10, 2023
    8
    one of the best 2k games ever I played , everything were so good , I like it
  8. delaware80
    Apr 16, 2021
    9
    I like the game because of the easy gameplay, the fantastic graphics, authentic basketball player profiles and the easy game mode where you can pick different teams (e.g you can play with 90s All-Stars against the reigning nba-champions). Very big pro is the possibility to change the difficulty in-game.

    On the other side the "casino stuff" and other crazy modes are bunch of bull..... :-)
  9. bluecheese666
    Oct 26, 2022
    8
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Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Riot Pixels
    Nov 11, 2019
    81
    NBA 2K20 makes a few missteps in several modes and the gameplay is pretty much the same as before, but it’s still a reigning champion in its genre.
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  2. Softpedia
    Sep 30, 2019
    70
    NBA 2K20 feels like a turning point for 2K, and not in the right way. The publisher got too greedy, and it's going to show, in the next year's earnings. It's actually detracting from a good game, turning into a casino experience. What makes it worse, is that there's literally a roulette wheel implemented, which only underlines what 2K had in mind. It's a shame, become the highlight of the NBA 2K20, like the addition of the WNBA, the improved ball control, and the multitude of other smaller changes are buried under a pile of microtransactions that make people wonder what they are actually playing. The only mode that seems to have escaped, somewhat, the microtransactions plague, is the story, which is almost good enough to keep the game upright by itself. But it's almost good enough.
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    Sep 24, 2019
    80
    Even if you just want to play a basketball game and you are frightened by the NBA 2K's hardcore character with its irreconcilable gameplay or if you are still averse to microtransactions, you have no alternative. Until next year's 2K21 of course.
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