NBA 2K20

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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. Morwoi
    Jan 31, 2020
    10
    i think this Game is Still better then Warcraft Refounded, so lets rate this up
  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. 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..... :-)
  5. 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
  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. RoboReviews
    May 22, 2020
    8
    This game is good except that My League hasn't changed at all.
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  8. Zinaldo
    Jun 10, 2023
    8
    one of the best 2k games ever I played , everything were so good , I like it
  9. bluecheese666
    Oct 26, 2022
    8
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  10. sabanone
    Sep 27, 2019
    6
    Game is nice everthing is cool, but this is not nice that advantage is for money spenders not for gamers, 2k why ? We love to play basketball not casino.
  11. jOSH82
    Jul 15, 2020
    5
    I recently bought this at a sale. Expected chilling game for playing in the background of the real NBA games (NBA will return soon), received terrible microtransaction experience. Mycareer mode unplayble - grinding machine. I don know why I have to unlock some basic features in MyLeague features like trade finder. Yes. You can do this without VC points later, but it hurts the whole game.I recently bought this at a sale. Expected chilling game for playing in the background of the real NBA games (NBA will return soon), received terrible microtransaction experience. Mycareer mode unplayble - grinding machine. I don know why I have to unlock some basic features in MyLeague features like trade finder. Yes. You can do this without VC points later, but it hurts the whole game. Back to the mycareer mode - it`s broken. I expected to have more control on player creation. Basicly you have only few presets for your player at the start. Development of the player is broken AF. You dont have any control on how often to practice, what coach to choose like in real life. There are so many thing that could be better in that mode it is even hard to put here. All effort they put to create story behind it. It is useless becouse after a while you skip it anyway.… Expand
  12. JanterX
    Sep 8, 2019
    4
    PARENTS BEWARE!

    This game appears to be an innocent basketball game on the surface but tricks people into spending real money on its shameless in game microtransaction system. There is several casino style gambling elements in the game that use psychological manipulation to make it seem like you can win a player. This preys upon younger players because they will think that they are    PARENTS BEWARE!

    This game appears to be an innocent basketball game on the surface but tricks people into spending real money on its shameless in game microtransaction system. There is several casino style gambling elements in the game that use psychological manipulation to make it seem like you can win a player. This preys upon younger players because they will think that they are winning and will start to pay more and more to get a player, which mind you is totally random and you always get a random player.

    The game itself (The non casino gambling elements) are fine and its the same ol 2K basketball with new rosters, But I cant in any good semblance recommend this to anyone especially not younger gamers. They trick you into wanting to gamble in this game. Ive watched one of my favorite franchises turn into a laughing stock that's getting ridiculed by everyone because of their greed. I mean they are after all called "Take 2" and they take 2 of everything because one payment of $60 wasn't enough. RIP sports games and the future of AAA gaming, it was a nice run.    … Expand
  13. syhine41
    Sep 9, 2019
    3
    My career looks like a partial payments MMORPG, not a sprots game.

    gameplay is not much development.

    graphic? ... See the nba 2K14 ps4.
  14. kabwenze1998
    Oct 23, 2020
    3
    Really bad in the way it is poorly optimized. MANY MANY ISSUES WITH HACKING ONLINE AND NO REPORT SYSTEM - IT'S ESSENTIALLY A FEE FOR ALL. TERRIBLE
  15. Aaargh
    Sep 21, 2019
    2
    This is an early access game. Wait at least 3 months before buying it. It should have a mature/adult rating because MTX in this game are a perfect example of real life gambling. Even if all of these things were fixed, I'd still rate this game 5/10 because the game is based on unacceptable amounts of grinding. The basic gameplay is great (same as previous year). Everything else is terribleThis is an early access game. Wait at least 3 months before buying it. It should have a mature/adult rating because MTX in this game are a perfect example of real life gambling. Even if all of these things were fixed, I'd still rate this game 5/10 because the game is based on unacceptable amounts of grinding. The basic gameplay is great (same as previous year). Everything else is terrible (same as previous year).… Expand
  16. Giero
    Jan 4, 2023
    2
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  17. mintlo
    Feb 1, 2020
    1
    Another year, another pile of garbage with the same issues as the year before.
  18. Notchle
    Sep 11, 2019
    1
    Gambling simulator, just like the last game.
    1/10 because the uninstall and refund worked flawlessly
  19. NecroIsGone
    Nov 21, 2020
    1
    not really worth playing on pc.
    the controls are bad on pc the same as all the other sports games.
    they are meant to be played on a console.
    the game is pretty boring. there is not much good about this game.
    stopped playing it after 20 minutes because it was so boring
  20. ulukaj
    Sep 12, 2019
    0
    Disgusting slot machine. This devolution of games must be stopped immediately. Still it is not much of e review bombing since the gameplay itself is absolutely identical to last years edition. Therefore this game actually deserves 0 and morally maybe even negative one...
  21. AnkitaMishra
    Sep 10, 2019
    0
    Ovepriced copy paste fron last season with horrible macro-transaction and gambling for your kids with a lot of glitches to start. Unplayable.... Do not buy this ****
  22. xcoders
    Sep 6, 2019
    0
    A casino game with a basketball mini game? and 3 year old children can play it? so, you're introducing gambling at a very early age, that's the way the industry works now. RIP AAA games. I hope you 2K Games go bankrupt and all your shareholders and executives rot in jail, life sentence for all of you! You're even worse than EA, that's just unbelievable, this is a new low!
  23. chilao
    Sep 30, 2019
    0
    2K really outdone themself this time. Unfortunately, as much negative reviews, there'll be player with 600+ hours... I was like that on 2k19, but since 2k17 I promised to myself if the game didn't get better about micro transactions, servers and cheaters, I wouldn't buy anymore... 2 years I failed this promise, not anymore.

    This is a huge spit on the face of their community. They are    2K really outdone themself this time. Unfortunately, as much negative reviews, there'll be player with 600+ hours... I was like that on 2k19, but since 2k17 I promised to myself if the game didn't get better about micro transactions, servers and cheaters, I wouldn't buy anymore... 2 years I failed this promise, not anymore.

    This is a huge spit on the face of their community. They are making me cheer for EA (sounds crazy right?), but they do need a strong powerhouse competition. Otherwise it'll be more of the same.    … Expand
  24. Talbis
    Sep 11, 2019
    0
    There used to be a joke about sports games being just the last year's edition with updated roster... It's no joke. This is the same game they've sold last year, even the icon is the bloody same! NBA 2K19 icon left behind, because... they've ruined it even more. Bugs, bugs, bugs... the whole progression is bugged, you can play but you won't see anything for your time and effort, the loadingThere used to be a joke about sports games being just the last year's edition with updated roster... It's no joke. This is the same game they've sold last year, even the icon is the bloody same! NBA 2K19 icon left behind, because... they've ruined it even more. Bugs, bugs, bugs... the whole progression is bugged, you can play but you won't see anything for your time and effort, the loading screens take ages (12 hours someone more patient pointed out). Anything I'm forgetting... oh, yeah. An open casino that takes your real-life money! Slots, pachinko, wheel of fortune, you name a game of chance and you might find it here, in a game advertised for ages 3 and up! More time went into making GAMBLING games within this title than actuall baskettball. DO NOT BUY THIS!… Expand
  25. Techbane
    Sep 9, 2019
    0
    This is a really pretty mobile casino game. What do you mean it's full retail price and you have to pay real money to gamble? What do you mean ages 3 and up? ...What do you mean "basketball game"??
  26. sotchi
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    Why lure children into casinos when you can bring the casino to their homes. NBA 2k20 In a Nutshell.
  27. Nzlr
    Sep 9, 2019
    0
    Would not be surprised if this game is used as a case in court for why regulation is needed when it comes to microtransactions. If you pay 60 dollars for a game you should not have to pay hundreds more to be actually able to play the game the way it should be played. Totally disgusting case of corporate greed and lack of morales.

    Shame on whoever rated this game safe for all ages. Totally    Would not be surprised if this game is used as a case in court for why regulation is needed when it comes to microtransactions. If you pay 60 dollars for a game you should not have to pay hundreds more to be actually able to play the game the way it should be played. Totally disgusting case of corporate greed and lack of morales.

    Shame on whoever rated this game safe for all ages. Totally totally disgusting. Game is also currently buggy, hardly anything is new compared to the previous year. Total and utter cash grab.    … Expand
  28. commandercool
    Sep 15, 2019
    0
    There was absolutely no reason at all to destroy this saga the way 2k did with this and last year edition, my lord this is a terrible job by them. Very disappointing
  29. AngryShark92
    Sep 9, 2019
    0
    I literally cannot find a single positive in this game, it is all negative. I got my Steam refund going after 60 minutes. I got this just to play single player but the game is the same as it has been since 2K16. Every year they just slow it down like I am running underwater and it is just flat out, not fun to play, even for single player.

    No positives whatsoever - No innovation -    I literally cannot find a single positive in this game, it is all negative. I got my Steam refund going after 60 minutes. I got this just to play single player but the game is the same as it has been since 2K16. Every year they just slow it down like I am running underwater and it is just flat out, not fun to play, even for single player.

    No positives whatsoever

    - No innovation
    - Same tired gameplay
    - Same tired cutscenes
    - Same tired graphics
    - Same tired mechanics
    - Same garbage marketing of gambling to potential buyers
    - All emphasis is on MyTeam monetization
    - Literally looks like a casino this year
    - Same bought-off critics and reviewers
    - PC optimization is awfui (FPS between 60 - 240 on a 2080 TI capped at 165)
    - They just don't care anymore, and neither do I.

    Stay away from this game, especially on PC. Do not buy this for your kids, if you do, find a way to block them from using your credit card online. This is not a basketball game anymore, it is casino simulator, with hints of a basketball game that was released in 2015 and provides a roster update. Waste of time and money, well done 2K.    … Expand
  30. IIIOK
    Feb 12, 2020
    0
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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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