NBA 2K21

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  1. julic
    Sep 15, 2022
    10
    el videojuego mas realista en basquet que exite de esta compañia llamada 2k
  2. Easy_mode123
    Jun 9, 2022
    7
    i dont understand why some people still play this game like 2k22 is way better.
  3. Detty
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    Unskippable ads in a 70 dollar game? Laughable. DO NOT BUY YOU VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET. I FOR ONE HAVEN'T BOUGHT ANYTHING EA OR 2K SINCE 2018. DO NOT BUY
  4. Bloodnes
    Nov 4, 2021
    5
    Не являюсь фанатом этой игры, но есть опыт игры. В целом графика приятная, броски после фифы прям напрягают с этой шкалой, в целом только графа зацепила, на этом все 5/10
  5. Darthcloud456
    Aug 11, 2021
    0
    The sheer greed of this company is ridiculous. As someone that mainly plays my career this years iteration is unplayable, shooting is broken, when defending it feels like you have cinderblocks in your feet, and it turns into having to hit layups and dunks only without shooting. Having such high VC prices to level up and get a higher overall is trash. Compared to a career mode like FIFAThe sheer greed of this company is ridiculous. As someone that mainly plays my career this years iteration is unplayable, shooting is broken, when defending it feels like you have cinderblocks in your feet, and it turns into having to hit layups and dunks only without shooting. Having such high VC prices to level up and get a higher overall is trash. Compared to a career mode like FIFA where just playing in a game leveled you up or previous 2k iterations where it didn’t feel like a drag to play a game. I paid 3 dollars for this game and feel that was too much. I wouldn’t play this game if it were free. Don’t buy and see how the new one is before buying since all they care about is their pockets. Let’s hope EA starts taking basketball seriously so there is some competition which is severely needed in this genre!!… Expand
  6. MertGlar
    Aug 10, 2021
    0
    This is the worst 2k basketball game that I have ever played.Bugs,stupid A.I's etc. makes me sick!!!
  7. Westberry225
    Aug 7, 2021
    0
    Worst game ever. Career is good and Myteam
    Is good but as far as neighborhood it’s fake. Moving screens don’t get called. Crab animation is dumb because anyone whoever actually picked up a basketball would know shooting with someone on your back is tough. The game is just fake. Madden will again outsell this game hands down. There is nothing but little kids on nba 2k and until they    Worst game ever. Career is good and Myteam
    Is good but as far as neighborhood it’s fake. Moving screens don’t get called. Crab animation is dumb because anyone whoever actually picked up a basketball would know shooting with someone on your back is tough. The game is just fake. Madden will again outsell this game hands down. There is nothing but little kids on nba 2k and until they take away people shooting from half court and dribbling al game. This game will continue to be pathetic. I will have no part in 2k22. Sorry madden is 150% better. And that’s coming from a true basketball fan. College ball and semi pro. NBA 2k is a fake basketball. Do us all a favor and actually CALL MOVING SCREENS IN NEIGHBORHOOD.!!!!!!    … Expand
  8. Nutsack
    Jul 24, 2021
    0
    Game is a piece of s#!t! NBA2k is losing a 1 man race. Wouldn't buy with monopoly money.
  9. papamhnas
    Jul 16, 2021
    1
    the same game every year with the same bugs it wasnt worth 20€ thats why you give it for free every year
  10. Filipe-95
    Jul 8, 2021
    0
    Nba 2k is **** Nba 2k is **** Nba 2k is ****!Nba 2k is **** Nba 2k is **** Nba 2k is ****!Nba 2k is **** Nba 2k is **** Nba 2k is ****
  11. Wastelander967
    Jul 6, 2021
    2
    I've been an avid NBA2k player ever since I had a Wii as my only console. NBA2k14 is one of my favorite games of all time and I absolutely loved the first couple installments on the PS4. That's why it pains me to see what this franchise has become. I'm done with NBA2k, forever. It's going to take a complete rebuild of this franchise to get me to invest in it again. I know we make fun ofI've been an avid NBA2k player ever since I had a Wii as my only console. NBA2k14 is one of my favorite games of all time and I absolutely loved the first couple installments on the PS4. That's why it pains me to see what this franchise has become. I'm done with NBA2k, forever. It's going to take a complete rebuild of this franchise to get me to invest in it again. I know we make fun of sports games for being copies of last year's game, but this is by far the most blatant copy and paste job I've ever seen in gaming. if you turned off the shot meter and handed me a controller, I honestly don't think I could tell the difference between this and NBA2k20. The presentation is exactly the same, with the exact same cutscenes, animations and on screen graphics. Whoever decided it was acceptable to charge $60 for this should be fired and blacklisted from every game development company. Gameplay is somehow even worse than last year in some regards. Last year there was an issue where easy shots just didn't wanna go in for some reason. Prime MJ missed layups like Javale McGee on Shaqtin a fool with absolutely no reasoning behind it. So, how did they fix this? By making EVERY SHOT go in. I'm not a pro player, hell I'd hesitate to call myself above average, but I have never shot under 70% in a game. That's unheard of in the basketball world, so why does it happen in the only simulation NBA game we can buy? Character movement does feel more realistic, but it results in slower reaction times, so you get burnt by even the most average of iso players on a regular basis. AI is absolutely incompetent, to the point that it ruins the experience. I have never seen a center shift to the basket to contest a driving player. Never. They give up wide open layups 100% of the time. Players don't shoot when they're wide open and pass the ball out of bounds constantly. The computer commits backcourt violations all the time and runs out of bounds on a constant basis. Now for the worst part of this game: the microtransactions. I'll give some credit to 2k, they put one hell of a basketball mini game in a gambling sim. Oh, wait this is a basketball game. Sorry, easy to forget sometimes. They purposely make everything such a massive grind to encourage the purchase of VC to speed up sed grind. It's blatantly obvious and absolutely disgusting. Realistically, if you can't play this game for hours everyday, you're never going to reach max level in mycareer or have a full galaxy opal squad in myteam. It's just impossible with the grind they've enforced on the playerbase. I honestly think some of the gambling mechanics break the law, but 2k is in the pockets of the ESRB and therefore, gets away with it. The soundtrack sucks, as it usually does. There's no variety, it's all just mumble rap. Blacktop is the same as it has been for the past 3 or 4 years, which is disappointing. Remember when you could have a dunk contest in the Blacktop mode? I know I do. Hey, there are WNBA teams this year again, because that's definitely something we asked for and wanted the devs to spend their time on. Don't buy this game, stay the hell away from it and just stay away from 2k in general. The only reason it got a 2 is because it does somewhat work and 0s an 1s are only reserved for games that don't even work.… Expand
  12. buihjbhb2525653
    Jul 4, 2021
    1
    The worst sports game I've ever played. It insults its players by making it unplayable in My Player mode without purchasing tokens to improve your player only to shoot 17% from wide open shots. What they consider "realistic" is really just shadiness with no integrity or loyalty to its players. Wow us with graphics just to slip that wallet from your pocket when you aren't looking.
    If    The worst sports game I've ever played. It insults its players by making it unplayable in My Player mode without purchasing tokens to improve your player only to shoot 17% from wide open shots. What they consider "realistic" is really just shadiness with no integrity or loyalty to its players. Wow us with graphics just to slip that wallet from your pocket when you aren't looking.
    If you love feeling ripped off and frustrated from failing when hitting perfect shots, then by all means waste your money on this.    … Expand
  13. gordazo0
    Jul 2, 2021
    0
    Trashuuuuuuuuuúuuuuuuhgggtttgģggggggggggggggiuvjochchicihciyfyiixgxgiixhxgiigx
  14. snoochybouches
    Jun 27, 2021
    0
    Absolute trash game. Broken defending mechanics, predetermined outcomes for myPlayer games, unresponsive controls. Just an abomination to play. I got this game for free and I still feel ripped off.
  15. Topherjames
    Jun 19, 2021
    2
    As an on again, off again fan of the franchise since 2K7, I can say with certainty that this is one of the worst 2K games I've ever played. I primarily play offline MyLeague and it's been quite frustrating. The CPU struggles to simulate any sort of logic, often using iso plays and dribbling out the majority of the shot clock before moving the ball around. There is also a glitch if you useAs an on again, off again fan of the franchise since 2K7, I can say with certainty that this is one of the worst 2K games I've ever played. I primarily play offline MyLeague and it's been quite frustrating. The CPU struggles to simulate any sort of logic, often using iso plays and dribbling out the majority of the shot clock before moving the ball around. There is also a glitch if you use the "Real Player %" over the shot meter, both teams will shoot close to or exactly 100% from the free throw line. I'm talking Shaq shooting 90% from the line in a game! This immensely harms immersion. Usually I can circumvent this by using custom sliders but even that can only do so much this year. Beyond that, this year removed creation features such as the ability to choose your accessory colors for custom teams. The creation suite also desperately needs to be redone as it encourages players to steal and repost other creator's work since there is no way to save a design or favorite it. You can favorite a creator, but with so many reposts, finding the original creator is a Herculean task.

    The usual micro transactions are back that have plagued the Mycareer experience for a while. The mode has very little value if you do not have a strong desire to play online as the grind still exists. Additionally the story for Mycareer this year was notably poor. It wants to incorporate role playing elements but still forces the player into contrived situations that they have no agency over and punishes the protagonist for it. There doesn't have to be a "right choice" and a "wrong choice" per say but perhaps something like hamming it up for the media would increase your popularity but lower your team chemistry and vice versa. This idea exists in previous games but it has never been well executed. Given the fact that it seems like many players prefer the Mycareer mode as a means to play Park and Rec, perhaps that should be the mode entirely and a new story mode could be introduced similar to FIFA's "The Journey".

    In short, the NBA 2K franchise has relied on its reputation to keep it afloat for far too long and the product is now no longer innovative and frankly, no longer fun.    … Expand
  16. netflixnchilys
    Jun 14, 2021
    0
    I hope that the employees who actually had to work on this game are ashamed to be a part of such a bad final product. The shooting mechanics seem to have been done by blind people, the All-Star game is just not fun, period. Dunk contests are supposed to be a fun event, not some minigame that you try and restart 5 times in a row and then just give up. The game crashes at some points whereI hope that the employees who actually had to work on this game are ashamed to be a part of such a bad final product. The shooting mechanics seem to have been done by blind people, the All-Star game is just not fun, period. Dunk contests are supposed to be a fun event, not some minigame that you try and restart 5 times in a row and then just give up. The game crashes at some points where you start to wonder whether the crash was accidental or not. Just really really bad… Expand
  17. BlitZeR_95
    Jun 10, 2021
    2
    I have honestly never played a terrible game like this in my life. Very poor design, definitely not beginner friendly at all. In MyCareer mode, your character would constantly miss 80% of his shots, while the other team would constantly score a lot. The only way through this is by having shooting badge, and to get your shooting badge up you need to actually score, but as mentioned beforeI have honestly never played a terrible game like this in my life. Very poor design, definitely not beginner friendly at all. In MyCareer mode, your character would constantly miss 80% of his shots, while the other team would constantly score a lot. The only way through this is by having shooting badge, and to get your shooting badge up you need to actually score, but as mentioned before it's incredibly hard to score. Just very poor game design overall, it's like the game is created to make you lose constantly at the beginning giving you no chance. If you're a beginner to NBA2k games and you just want to enjoy career mode, you can forget about it. The lowest difficulty is pro, which is not beginner friendly at all.… Expand
  18. StuFitz
    Jun 6, 2021
    1
    Absolute worst!
    Im nearly 60 years old and been ONLINE ballin on Playstation games since their existence....The shooting requirements are terrible.......I dont like that meter thing....!
    I always end up throwing in the towel because trying to get control of the game seems nearly impossible.......I end up switching to Madden or Call of Duty or something......PLEASE FIX THE BASKETBALL    Absolute worst!
    Im nearly 60 years old and been ONLINE ballin on Playstation games since their existence....The shooting requirements are terrible.......I dont like that meter thing....!
    I always end up throwing in the towel because trying to get control of the game seems nearly impossible.......I end up switching to Madden or Call of Duty or something......PLEASE FIX THE BASKETBALL GAME FOR US OLD TIMERS!!!    … Expand
  19. OgMacaroni
    Jun 1, 2021
    0
    The worst game ever created, I really dont know why people still buy this **** every year.
  20. Widden
    Jun 1, 2021
    0
    A horrible piece of garbage, that's what this is. 75 charssssssssssssssssssssssss
  21. Acarter23
    May 25, 2021
    2
    This is honestly the worst 2k besides 18, terrible mechanics, I have HOF finishing and shooting, with a 6'5 slasher on an open fast break and somehow a 6'3 playshot is able to not only get to the rim first, but actually stops my dunk. Let's not even get on how inaccurate and useless that meter. You can literally have the line in the middle with a high percentage shot and you'll miss and ifThis is honestly the worst 2k besides 18, terrible mechanics, I have HOF finishing and shooting, with a 6'5 slasher on an open fast break and somehow a 6'3 playshot is able to not only get to the rim first, but actually stops my dunk. Let's not even get on how inaccurate and useless that meter. You can literally have the line in the middle with a high percentage shot and you'll miss and if you try to focus on the shooting que, you still may miss according to the damn meter. As soon as NBA live comes up with something remotely better, I and my money are GONE!!… Expand
  22. ikedotexe
    May 22, 2021
    0
    the worst decision of my life was giving 2k $100. please do not make the same mistake
  23. longislandny
    May 16, 2021
    0
    The gameplay is the exact same as last year. I’ve been playing now since September on my Xbox One, and it’s the same as the PS4 version. This game still has terrible physics, animations, fouls, and jump shots. The game design feels rushed, jagged, and overall lazy. And don’t get me started on 2K and contested shots. This game is actually WORSE this year with highly consteted shots stillThe gameplay is the exact same as last year. I’ve been playing now since September on my Xbox One, and it’s the same as the PS4 version. This game still has terrible physics, animations, fouls, and jump shots. The game design feels rushed, jagged, and overall lazy. And don’t get me started on 2K and contested shots. This game is actually WORSE this year with highly consteted shots still going in. I was playing a myTeam game, and the CPU was constantly green releasing 50+% percent contested shots. This game is the exact same unrealistic, mess of a game as last year. Don’t even buy packs either. I bought deluxe packs 5-10 times with my spare myTeam points that I had, and I got the exact same card every time, which would be the worst possible one. This game is nothing more than a cash grab and is a torture chamber to play.… Expand
  24. IHateSportsGame
    May 9, 2021
    0
    I literally created an account just to review this game, congratulations 2K you have officially ruined my favorite sports game franchise, it used to be madden but we all know how that turned out.

    For starters why in the hell did you add the AP system to mygm who the hell asked for this? It takes a point just to view the roster, it takes a point to offer a contract EVEN IF THEY DONT    I literally created an account just to review this game, congratulations 2K you have officially ruined my favorite sports game franchise, it used to be madden but we all know how that turned out.

    For starters why in the hell did you add the AP system to mygm who the hell asked for this?
    It takes a point just to view the roster, it takes a point to offer a contract EVEN IF THEY DONT ACCEPT IT!!!!
    It honestly takes a lot of the fun out of the game, whoever came up with it needs to be taken out back and old yellerd if I pay my hard earned money for a game I should be able to do what ever I want it adds nothing to the game.
    You also don’t have the choice to insert your own draft class or even edit rookies again WHY!!!

    The new shooting system is trash the old system was fine why change it?

    I’m tired of games catering to the online crowd some of us simply want to have a nice single player offline experience and they’ve ruined it.

    I will NEVER pay money for a sports game again.    … Expand
  25. DISCIPL3
    Apr 24, 2021
    1
    Game is terrible. Same **** every year. Game mechanics are **** every year gets worse and worse. Best nba ever was 2k16. Now they just rushing with games just so they can make money. Greedy ****
  26. NotPatrick
    Apr 16, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a glorified DLC expansion of 2k20 with broken stat headers online since the launch of the game , complete science fiction level shooting for people with mods , inexplicable steal mechanics off your back and face , a blatant bias for paying to win as far as buying XP as VC for boosts Cheating with all sorts of aim assisting mods is rampant and happens several times a day every day The broken game mechanics make online play unrealistic and repetitive by glitches being constantly exploited

    Its not about being good at or even understanding basketball its about who can abuse the imbalance of the game more in their favor

    The only people benefitting from this broken gambling pit are cheaters and trolls that have bothing to do with basketball culture    … Expand
  27. footballguyboy
    Apr 12, 2021
    2
    As a MyTeam and MyLeague player, who is currently on next gen but spent a long time on current gen, I can say that offline MyTeam on current gen is actually fun, playing through domination with my no money spent lineup was actually fun, but aside from that, online modes aside from limited are horrible.

    Speed boosting has ruined the game, along with the Curry slide. Those two things are    As a MyTeam and MyLeague player, who is currently on next gen but spent a long time on current gen, I can say that offline MyTeam on current gen is actually fun, playing through domination with my no money spent lineup was actually fun, but aside from that, online modes aside from limited are horrible.


    Speed boosting has ruined the game, along with the Curry slide. Those two things are all that anyone does, unless it’s a limited weekend where the cards aren’t good enough to consistently do them, then you have a chance at getting real basketball. The post game is pretty much unusable unless you are a stick shooter, which by the way makes for a huge zen problem where people use modded controllers to win every game online. Post hooks are super OP with the stick, but hooks, fades, dropsteps, etc are hard to do in game. Finishing is pretty much running at the barleys and hoping for a good animation, euro steps, spins, hop steps, floaters, and double clutches are practically useless. Shooting is a whole other issue, some players will make every single shot and some will miss every shot, it’s incredibly random at times unless you can get a team of guys that you know the releases of. As a NMS MyTeam guy, the door is always revolving, so it’s hard to learn new releases every few games. MyTeam is still a cash grab, attempting to force people into buying packs for the best cards, although it is better than its Madden counterpart, with actual budget players who can legitimately compete with the best cards in the game in the hands of a skilled player (a la Nick Anderson earlier in the year). As for myleague, I have encountered numerous glitches and bugs, mostly from downloading older rosters, taking over all 30 teams, etc. I encountered a glitch where random played in the league would have their stats messed up, like one time I had Ja win most improved player after averaging nearly the same stats as the year before, but when I looked at the stats from the year before, which was his second year, it said he averaged 2 points for the Hawks, when I know he was on the Grizzlies and averaged about 19 points. This happened to a lot of players around the league. I also encounter glitched with classic rosters where players don’t age, or don’t regress, sometimes the court turns completely black as do the players when I jump into games, sometimes I’ll jump into a game and a team will be running a 5 big man lineup, this happens a lot actually. Sometimes 86 overalls will sign for the minimum contract because they don’t sign in the offseason, there is no voter fatigue, tendencies are very inaccurate, auto generated draft classes are not balanced at all, injuries are too frequent, teams sign and draft way too many players at one position while neglecting the rest of the positions, cpu trades are very rarely meaningful, often times it’s just a player at a position with a certain overall being traded for another player at the exact same position with the exact same overall, it feels like the trade just to trade, with no meaning.    … Expand
  28. Moobilizer790
    Apr 6, 2021
    1
    I paid £13 for this title in a sale and feel that's about £12.50 too much!! What even is this
  29. Asher97
    Mar 31, 2021
    0
    This is the worst **** 2k ever made hands down. Shooting is trash, defense is trash, and the game modes are trash. The devs don't give a **** about their fans anymore. All they do is cater to the streamers and dribble spamming shot creators. Literally can't even play the damn game without making a meta builds. **** this trash ass game. Like why would they take out the other shooting barsThis is the worst **** 2k ever made hands down. Shooting is trash, defense is trash, and the game modes are trash. The devs don't give a **** about their fans anymore. All they do is cater to the streamers and dribble spamming shot creators. Literally can't even play the damn game without making a meta builds. **** this trash ass game. Like why would they take out the other shooting bars and force us to use one nobody asked for? Can't even shoot without playing on **** pro. GARBAGE.… Expand
  30. alag
    Mar 29, 2021
    2
    Same garbage game every year, hasn’t been a good game since 2k17. Very lazy developers over at 2k.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 50 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 37 out of 50
  3. Negative: 0 out of 50
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Nov 15, 2020
    70
    It loses a point because of its Virtual Currency (VC) obsession, a recurringissue in 2K games. It’s supposed to ensure that all your actions in every mode – career, MyTeam, even watching 2KTV – secure rewards, but they’re often someagre that the entire game comes across as a grind, aimed at funnelling you towards the PS Store to part with real cash.Please don’t do that. The only way games like this and FIFA will change in the next gen is if their players make a sustainedeffort not to exchange any of their hard-earned dosh for digital trading cards. Otherwise this is solid, but on that front 2K (and EA, and the rest) must do better. [Issue#181, p.94]
  2. GamingBolt
    Oct 31, 2020
    60
    NBA 2K21 makes welcome improvements to its MyCareer and MyTeam modes, but the frustratingly inconsistent new shooting system and lack of changes elsewhere make it feel like it’s lost its step over other sports games.
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  3. Games.cz
    Oct 23, 2020
    70
    On the court, this is a brilliant basketball game that doesn’t change much. Why would it when it’s not really necessary? The microtransactions, however, are more annoying than Houston’s playstyle.
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