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  • Summary: Pursue your NBA dreams in NBA 2K25, where you can lead a dynasty in MyCAREER, or build one from the ground up as a General Manager in MyNBA. The latest iteration of the NBA 2K franchise features elite competition in various modes, including MyTEAM, the ultimate card-collecting experience.Pursue your NBA dreams in NBA 2K25, where you can lead a dynasty in MyCAREER, or build one from the ground up as a General Manager in MyNBA. The latest iteration of the NBA 2K franchise features elite competition in various modes, including MyTEAM, the ultimate card-collecting experience. Control your favorite NBA and WNBA teams in Play Now and win your way. Expand
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  1. Positive: 31 out of 41
  2. Negative: 0 out of 41
  1. Oct 1, 2024
    90
    NBA 2K25 takes everything from its predecessors and takes a step into greatness. With astonishing visuals, incredible immersion and tons to be getting on with, NBA 2K25 feels like the most complete iteration of basketball thus far. The microtransactions continue to bring down the entire experience, and there's a sense that it feels more like a casino than ever before, but if you have the strength to avoid them, you'll have one hell of a time.
  2. Sep 10, 2024
    85
    NBA 2K25 has improved greatly on the court thanks to Pro Play and the new dribbling mechanics, with some nice tweaks to various modes.
  3. Sep 16, 2024
    85
    While the on-court gameplay improvements from last year are incremental and subtle, NBA 2K25 is still the high-water mark for sports games. A more newcomer-friendly MyCAREER, and the addition of worthwhile game modes to MyTEAM make this one of the best entries in the series, even despite it constantly trying to reach deeper into your pocket.
  4. Sep 13, 2024
    80
    If it works, don't change it. However, given the price, fans have the right to expect bigger changes. NBA 2K25 brings refined gameplay, improved MyNBA and MyGM modes, and minor updates in The City mode. The quality has improved compared to last year, and it remains a top-tier basketball simulation.
  5. Sep 8, 2024
    79
    Looks like NBA 2K finally gets back on track: While problem like the microtransactions remain omnipresent, the overall gameplay was been refined. Once you got used to the changes, NBA 2K25 is a damn good basketball-simulation.
  6. Sep 17, 2024
    75
    On a pure gameplay level, NBA 2K25 is "The" basketball simulation. Too bad about 2 K's "vampire" attitude that sucks money in online modes. Like it or not, you must make in-game purchases to compete; the gameplay and graphics innovations convinced us, somewhat less so those related to game modes: the Steph Era is cute, and The W has unexpressed potential. The rest has not changed much from last year.
  7. Sep 6, 2024
    70
    On the court, NBA 2K25 is probably the best instalment in recent years. Off the court, it follows a path that might work, but it’s crying out for someone to compete against 2K. Even so, if we disregard the online component, the game provides many hours of fun on the NBA courts.

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