NBA 2K21

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  • Summary: With extensive improvements upon its best-in-class graphics and gameplay, competitive and community online features, and deep, varied game modes, NBA 2K21 offers one-of-a-kind immersion into all facets of NBA basketball and culture - where Everything is Game.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 37 out of 50
  3. Negative: 0 out of 50
  1. Vandal
    Sep 9, 2020
    85
    NBA 2K21 offers the best virtual basketball experience out there, even if it still needs some tweaks to polish the gameplay and microtransactions are, once again, everywhere.
  2. Multiplayer.it
    Sep 8, 2020
    80
    NBA 2K21 is still one of the best sport simulations around, but if you are looking for something really new you should probably wait for its next-gen version.
  3. BaziCenter
    Sep 13, 2020
    75
    There aren't much changes in the latest entry in 2K's NBA series, and it seems that the developers are finally out of ideas, at least for this generation. If you already own the 2020 version, there is not much sense in paying the full price to get your hands on the new game, and maybe it's best to wait and see how the series will go forward when next gen arrives.
  4. IGN Italia
    Sep 14, 2020
    70
    NBA 2K21 is a solid update of NBA 2K20... but with a strange and unpredictable twist. The new shooting meter is made for online competition and, in the end, follows the metagame rather the basketball flow. Maybe it's good for the pro gamers, but it feels unbalanced and frustrating for the basketball lovers.
  5. COGconnected
    Sep 7, 2020
    68
    Even though the core gameplay is solid, most game modes are riddled with micro-transactions that prioritizes grinding and monetization over enjoyment.
  6. GameOver.gr
    Sep 25, 2020
    60
    The decline of NBA 2K games continues. It is still a good basketball game overall, but some changes, like the new shot system along with severe A.I. problems cause some serious problems to the experience.
  7. Vgames
    Sep 8, 2020
    50
    I think 2K needs to adapt to a new model, I believe that they need to stop launching the same game every year, and instead start to push towards updating the existing game every year. 2K21 is the best basket sim you’ll get to play, but I could’ve said the same on 2K20.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 285
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 285
  3. Negative: 264 out of 285
  1. julic
    Sep 15, 2022
    10
    el videojuego mas realista en basquet que exite de esta compañia llamada 2k
  2. alag
    Mar 29, 2021
    2
    Same garbage game every year, hasn’t been a good game since 2k17. Very lazy developers over at 2k.
  4. Geektopia
    Oct 20, 2020
    0
    This is what happens when you treat you customers with contempt. Shareholders aren’t everything.
  5. Tylernoll
    Sep 7, 2020
    0
    Christ, I bought this game 5 years ago. The amount of greed from this game is just **** disgusting, especially marketing towards kids withoutChrist, I bought this game 5 years ago. The amount of greed from this game is just **** disgusting, especially marketing towards kids without explicit warnings. **** off 2k. Also using a deadbolt man to sell more copies is **** despicable… Expand
  6. Zzz71
    Sep 14, 2020
    0
    bottom of the mariana trench bottom of the mariana trench bottom of the mariana trench
  7. Guinuto
    Sep 5, 2020
    0
    This is the worst 2k ever. Shot meater is pure trash and the gameplay is almost unplayable.
    Prelude cutscenes have fifteen fps or less without    This is the worst 2k ever. Shot meater is pure trash and the gameplay is almost unplayable.
    Prelude cutscenes have fifteen fps or less without mentioning the poor script. In "My career" barely has cutscenes and is the same thing as nba 2k20. "Myteam" remains to be a store not a game mode and the added cheat 2k still suck the players up with microtransactions, the atributes are even more expensive than last year. Is simply one of the wort games i ve ever played    … Expand
  8. sports_trap
    Feb 16, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. NBA 2K21 is... proof that 2K is going nowhere but downhill. While it has great Graphics, serviceable gameplay, and solid game mode variety, the game like many sports games now has a **** ton of microtransactions, a boring career mode storyline that puts you to sleep, and is so boring that many have not even bothered to buy this years version and even those who have have gone back to 2K20 (which was not a good game in itself) it’s a copy paste of previous 2K’s yet somehow still feels worse and has no wow factor at all. 2K needs to fire those at the top or else we must pray that NBA Live makes a new game to, if not be better, at least provide 2K enough competition to where they hopefully try with there next game because there is no effort pht anywhere into the current or next gen version of the pile of ****… Expand

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#24 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020