NBA 2K22

 Xbox Series X
User Score
4.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 51 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 51
  3. Negative: 27 out of 51
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  1. Marcus123
    Sep 22, 2021
    1
    This game is 1 big commercial.. 1 big advertisement.. 1 big micro transactions.. Its sad
  2. AlexTrashiboi
    May 2, 2022
    3
    Terrible. Just terrible. The first issue that I would like to bring up is i created a character with terrible stats, have lost every game they've played and had an average C- rating and still somehow got into the nba draft? The older games actually had you try to get a role in the nba but now it's practically just promised to you. They kept illuding that you're going to for sure be in theTerrible. Just terrible. The first issue that I would like to bring up is i created a character with terrible stats, have lost every game they've played and had an average C- rating and still somehow got into the nba draft? The older games actually had you try to get a role in the nba but now it's practically just promised to you. They kept illuding that you're going to for sure be in the second round of the draft pick. I have to say that in this game you don't have to try to be good, you can be terrible and still with either your credit card or just repeating practices you can level up your character's stats and get badges, You don't even have to play basketball to get VC (The in game currency) All you have to do is either purchase it or just do as many side missions as you can and just sim through the season. Why even try, it's not a surprise that on the first day of the game's release hundreds of players got level 99 characters.… Expand
  3. worldcollapse
    Apr 29, 2022
    0
    This game is pay to win. Its forcing you to but VC, without that you simply can't compete even on collage.
  4. Dantjanal
    Apr 7, 2022
    0
    I told myself couple of years ago that this is the lasy time that i bought NBA 2k. After all those years I thought that perhaps it's better now since it's new generation game. Unfortunately it's even worse than it used to be. Every player is dpoy on this game, animations the same as in 2k18, physics non existing, even graphics seems to remain the same. Total waste of money.
  5. p1n0
    May 9, 2022
    0
    Pure trash. MyCareer mode is stupid hard and no way to lower the difficulty. Stay away from this awful game.
  6. WhoDnee
    May 10, 2022
    0
    Honestly. This is all based on AI. Never in my life have I seen such atrocious "rubber banding" AI in my life.

    Example: I'm up 19-2, with 2 minutes in the first half left, after coming back in. I had two personal fouls so I was pulled in my college career. But my team is up 17 with 12 minutes of total game time to play left. The CPU starts playing lights out for the other team. Hitting    Honestly. This is all based on AI. Never in my life have I seen such atrocious "rubber banding" AI in my life.

    Example: I'm up 19-2, with 2 minutes in the first half left, after coming back in. I had two personal fouls so I was pulled in my college career. But my team is up 17 with 12 minutes of total game time to play left. The CPU starts playing lights out for the other team. Hitting contested shot after contested shot. I'm not shooting mind you, I'm play Center, so I'm boxing our for rebounds, hut nothing comes since the other team is hitting literally everything.

    My own team mates? Start dropping, or I should say missing, wide open shots. I counted 7 missed 3 pointers that were completely uncontested. Every other shot they took was some sort of weird mid-range jump shot with them leaning into the CPU. Never taking an uncontested shot outside of those 7 missed 3s.

    It's one thing to sit here and let the CPU come back into the game. It's another to have to deal with the game literally forcing the comeback. "Rubber banding" the game so the CPU wins or makes it close. It's not fun. Trash game is trash. 2K USED to be fun, but now it's a literal pile of ****    … Expand
  7. Xxjair54xx
    May 16, 2022
    0
    El peor juego de la historia. Este juego si se puede llamar así es una porquería, los controles son horribles son toscos y mal diseñados.
    ES UNA PORQUERÍA
  8. Xbox_Alive
    Sep 14, 2021
    9
    NBA 2K22 is the best title in the series’ history. Big improvements on defense make a difference, and the revamped shot meter is a step up from NBA 2K21. The truth for many years has been that what you get out of an NBA 2K games depends entirely on what you’re looking for. The gameplay remains rock-solid, and a wide variety of modes provide a huge variety of experiences. Many of theNBA 2K22 is the best title in the series’ history. Big improvements on defense make a difference, and the revamped shot meter is a step up from NBA 2K21. The truth for many years has been that what you get out of an NBA 2K games depends entirely on what you’re looking for. The gameplay remains rock-solid, and a wide variety of modes provide a huge variety of experiences. Many of the series’ biggest strengths remain virtually unchanged for years, though, while some new additions feel somewhat terrible. Let’s start with the biggest addition to NBA 2K22. The City is a sandbox that you create a character and work to the top. Playing basketball is a big part of this, with street ball, leagues, and a variety of challenges to help you develop your player into an NBA superstar. There’s just as much to do off the court, though. Grow your personal brand, build your style, get into races; this mode is filled with things to do. Too bad so much of it feels off. The city is definitely big, but getting around this huge place is never fun. Your character moves so slowly, and he gets caught on nearly everything. You can hop on a skateboard, or in time a bicycle, but none of these control all that well. Moving around the city doesn’t have to be the draw, but it shouldn’t feel this awkward when you spend so much time doing it. That’s before getting into the nightmare of branding here. Any sports game is going to feature brands. Things like Nike, Adidas, they’re part of the culture. So playing on the Mountain Dew court or seeing banners in the background are hardly deal-breakers. Do I really need to sit through lectures on the importance of Gatorade or hang out with Jake from State Farm? There’s a line, and The City is over it. Even if The City isn’t for you, there’s still a wide variety of ways to play in NBA 2K22. Many players will jump into My Team, where you collect cards, level them up, and build the best team you can. It’s actually a lot of fun. Trying to go free to play here is awful, with the pace of unlocks horribly balanced. This entire mode is designed to force players to spend real-world money. That’s no big deal in free-to-play games, but when it’s a part of upward of $100 title, I’m a little less inclined to be forgiving. Offline, there’s always single matches, a playoff experience, or the mode which has kept me busy for twenty years: franchise. This allows you to take over a team or group of teams and lead them through the years. This mode hasn’t really changed. There are a few minor tweaks like the ability to remove teams from the league instead of just adding them, but they’re minor. Still, it’s so fully loaded that there’s a ton of fun to be had. You can also jump into a single-player WNBA experience now, which is nice, though it’s pretty bare-bones compared to The City. It focuses on the basketball and removes running around a janky city in slow motion. Once on the court, everything turns around. The team at Visual Concepts has done a fantastic job of building on the game’s already great base. The little things this year feel bigger than in many others, though. The shot meter introduced last year was solid, but I had some difficulty finding the right timing with it. This year’s version does a great job of helping players get a feel for a team full of players and even the defense has seen an overhaul. Perimeter defense feels a lot better now. It feels awesome to silence a crowd and terrible when you just can’t despite your best efforts. Funneling players to your bigs feels natural, and shot-blocking has taken a huge leap. It feels natural, allowing big men with great shot-blocking ability to put their stamp on the game in a way that has been difficult in recent years. AI is also improved. Defenders move together, recovering smoothly. On offense, off-ball movement is the best in the franchise. Finding open shooters after they cut around your pick and roll is awesome. The perfect shot now leads to a little cinematic, which did a nice job of highlighting the moment without taking me too out of the game. Perhaps these are too common, but it’s nice to see a reward for getting my timing right. The rest of the game’s presentation is a mixed bag, though. It looks great on the court with fantastic player models and strong lighting. You really feel the power of the PS5. With everything else looking so good, though, the developers still not quite getting the eyes right stands out, though. Perhaps more importantly, the game’s menu system is a mess. Over the last couple of years, Visual Concepts have worked to streamline what had become a deeply dense menu. There are so many options here that presenting them all in the open can feel a bit overwhelming. Now you’re only shown a limited set of options that look great. The problem is that now it’s almost impossible to find certain features but hands down this is the best version of the franchise to date.
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  9. Sportsfanatic
    Sep 15, 2021
    0
    Created an account for the first time ever just to give this rating. The absolute most trash 2K I’ve ever played. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!
  10. TheSoulman
    Sep 12, 2021
    0
    The Mycareer is supposed to be fun. However, they made the college section so difficult on purpose so you have to buy vc to upgrade your character first. If you don't finish college with a championship, you cannot upgrade your character fully. It is a total scam.
  11. aj587
    Sep 17, 2021
    0
    I've been playing 2k since 2k6. This is the worst 2k by far. I've been park legend, 95% win rate in quick match, etc so don't think this is just a bad/salty player.

    Online: Everybody can shoot online in quick match/player control. Players that were HORRIBLE from previous 2ks now look like Ray Allen. You could be blind in one eye and still make everything regardless if it was late or    I've been playing 2k since 2k6. This is the worst 2k by far. I've been park legend, 95% win rate in quick match, etc so don't think this is just a bad/salty player.

    Online: Everybody can shoot online in quick match/player control. Players that were HORRIBLE from previous 2ks now look like Ray Allen. You could be blind in one eye and still make everything regardless if it was late or early. Its not fun anymore when even bad players will make every jump shot, especially when they have the likes of Curry on the team. I even heard they removed locker room all-star teamup!! I can only imagine how bad park/rec will be once everybody gets badges.

    Offline: The computer is insanely broken. They make every open jumpshot, even if on rookie difficulty. Every player, regardless of position, will lock you up on defense. If you're a guard and being guarded by a slow 7 foot center, that center will make you pick up your dribble in most cases. You have to pray to God to get animation anklebreakers just to get by the computer

    This game is a departure from previous 2ks in a significant ways other than you still miss layups often and they don't call fouls still.    … Expand
  12. NxtDoc
    Sep 27, 2021
    1
    Slow loading times in online games thanks to Take-Two's penny pinching on production side, still horrible lagging and latency issues in the city and online games. But you can bet that Take-Two didn't cut any costs in Brand Placement, as fake Jake "from State Farm" is in the game.

    Game play is near excellent. Graphics are fairly impressive. But could be better. MicroTransactions, are    Slow loading times in online games thanks to Take-Two's penny pinching on production side, still horrible lagging and latency issues in the city and online games. But you can bet that Take-Two didn't cut any costs in Brand Placement, as fake Jake "from State Farm" is in the game.

    Game play is near excellent. Graphics are fairly impressive. But could be better.

    MicroTransactions, are absolutely egregious. But that's all that matters right? For all you cancerous gambling morons are crushing the gaming industry and its games    … Expand
  13. quiggm25
    Oct 8, 2021
    0
    The whole nba 2k22 community is so toxic at this point the game is unplayable online, and most of the game's features are online. This franchise has been declining for almost a decade now and unfortunately this will be the last nba 2k game I even bother trying.
  14. Seolfer
    Sep 20, 2021
    1
    The game flat out hardly works.

    Playing offline is its only saving grace for me to give this a 2/10, it would be a three but the in game stat tracker has a tendency to stop working and following your actions, the game the game also crashes to dashboard, otherwise, it is completely functional. Online is a completely different kettle of fish however, the in game joining system does not    The game flat out hardly works.

    Playing offline is its only saving grace for me to give this a 2/10, it would be a three but the in game stat tracker has a tendency to stop working and following your actions, the game the game also crashes to dashboard, otherwise, it is completely functional.

    Online is a completely different kettle of fish however, the in game joining system does not work and inviting your friends to your neighbourhood (or lobby if you'd prefer) tends to stall and crash the game, also moving from one area to another can crash the game, there is a work around for having your friends join you, which involves everyone going to a specific zone and joining each other there, however you all then have to try and cross three zones to get into the stadium to play a game and if one of you crashes out you have to restart the entire process.

    When you've finally all survived the wasteland that is the online death lobby game, made it to the rec stadium and start joining an online game, you proceed through matchmaking for 2 to 3 minutes and the game will then start, however, quite often at the start the game will encounter an error which will send all of your team to the games Main Menu, crash the game or my personal favourite, shut your xbox off.

    While we're on the topic of the xbox turning off though, the game can and will, do this whenever it feels like it, in any online lobby, which is awkward when the Online lobby system is mandatory to even play single player career. I was generously going to give the game a 2/10 but I proof read what I'd put and changed it to a 1.

    TL;DR - It gets a 1 because technically the lobby game is a game, a bad one.    … Expand
  15. Daflygoat
    Sep 20, 2021
    0
    This is the dumbest game .. on Xbox it turn off randomly when online . It literally randomly just took away all my tattoos I bought - wasted money. Too many glitches it’s starting to piss me off y’all need to do better no cap . Disappointed
  16. Shehryar23
    Sep 12, 2021
    1
    Horrible gameplay. I gave it a 1 for the beautiful city, but I don’t pay $100 CDN for the city! I pay to have FUN, which I didn’t have a single second playing this so far. AI is too OP. It’s a video game, it’s supposed to be fun! 2K manages to makes their game even worse by the year. Focus on GAMEPLAY. Screw your micros transactions and pay to win game! If anyone is deciding to pick thisHorrible gameplay. I gave it a 1 for the beautiful city, but I don’t pay $100 CDN for the city! I pay to have FUN, which I didn’t have a single second playing this so far. AI is too OP. It’s a video game, it’s supposed to be fun! 2K manages to makes their game even worse by the year. Focus on GAMEPLAY. Screw your micros transactions and pay to win game! If anyone is deciding to pick this up, DONT DO IT. Wait for it go on sale in like a month then it might be worth the money, but even then what’s the point if you’re not gonna even enjoy the damn game!… Expand
  17. Mattyice
    Sep 21, 2021
    9
    I simply don't get the overall hate for this version of NBA 2k22. I skipped out on NBA 2k21 and I got this one to complement my next-gen system, and it's definitely the best playing 2k ever. While the AI defense can be a bit overpowered this year, as well as the pick and roll, the gameplay is fluid, shots FINALLY take openness far more into account than in years past (meaning moreI simply don't get the overall hate for this version of NBA 2k22. I skipped out on NBA 2k21 and I got this one to complement my next-gen system, and it's definitely the best playing 2k ever. While the AI defense can be a bit overpowered this year, as well as the pick and roll, the gameplay is fluid, shots FINALLY take openness far more into account than in years past (meaning more realistic 3 point shooting for once), and the visuals are great. Furthermore, all the modes are loaded with depth (especially franchise mode, which is easily the best of all the sports games), draft mode actually makes me want to play MyTeam for once, and the addition of PA announcers for each team, although a small addition, makes me feel even more connected with the game. I'm not nearly as much of a MyCareer player, so I can't comment on that quite as much, and although microtransactions are still very much prevalent, I don't pay a dime and still have a ton of fun. Overall, NBA 2k22 is a great experience and I'm glad I came back to the franchise after some years of it feeling stale.… Expand
  18. MinePlay512
    Sep 11, 2021
    10
    NBA 2K22 on next gen, is awesome, with new features on the MyNBA mode, and improved gameplay. As well as new features in overall, It's basically one of the best basketball games when on Next Gen.
  19. Patrick26
    Sep 14, 2021
    10
    That's the bar for all sports games. This game is just beautiful. It's basically impossible to try everything that it offers, I think this is the most replayble sports game of all time.
  20. Kevion
    Sep 16, 2021
    10
    NBA 2K22 Finally a better game and now is the best of Xbox One and Xbox Series X.

    Worst Games of Xbox One.
    NBA 2K18, NBA 2K19, NBA 2K20, NBA 2K21 Current Gen. Accept for NBA 2K21 Next Gen was little best but not much because of terrible microtransactions version.
  21. Kobe0824
    Sep 12, 2021
    10
    Great game. Takes a lot of practice to master this years 2k. Anyone giving this game a 0 is totally clueless. Because you don’t take the time to master this game it’s trash? I love this game.
  22. S01idB1itzKR
    Nov 1, 2021
    6
    Finally a playable game. Compared to 2Ks that were released in the past 5 years, this is the relatively most reasonable game. The offense and defense balance was the strength of this game, but after the Season 2 patch, the game became more offensive. But the defense still exists and the game is pretty enjoyable.

    Even though the game is pretty enjoyable, I really do not appreciate the    Finally a playable game. Compared to 2Ks that were released in the past 5 years, this is the relatively most reasonable game. The offense and defense balance was the strength of this game, but after the Season 2 patch, the game became more offensive. But the defense still exists and the game is pretty enjoyable.

    Even though the game is pretty enjoyable, I really do not appreciate the microtransactions and how this company is trying to make users pay more money.    … Expand
  23. Kingkaszii13
    May 26, 2022
    6
    Gra zaczyna być swego typu rozgrywką dla zabicia czasu. Gra w MyPlayer nie daje już takiej przyjemności z gry i możliwości wciągnięcia się w swoją historię, ponieważ mamy znowu umówiony scenariusz i ciężko się utożsamiać z bohaterem.
    Ocena 6/10
  24. DzmitryBoston
    Aug 13, 2022
    7
    It is fine. No big improvements, but there is only so much you can do in one year. Not too exciting.
  25. glauquera
    Jul 11, 2022
    0
    Totally scam. The first game of the game is absolutely impossible to win. If you winning, the coach remove you from the game, and you back again losing by 10 or more points, forcing you to spend money to win.

    To much SCAM.

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. GameCritics
    Nov 22, 2021
    70
    It appears that NBA 2K has finally started to take the “next step” into greater gaming possibilities. Though MyPlayer needs a good amount of tuning and streamlining before reaching the heights of past story modes, it hints at bigger things down the line. But, based solely on the thrilling, beautiful, on-court presentation and gameplay, 2K22 is still a tremendous achievement.
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  2. XboxAddict
    Oct 7, 2021
    75
    NBA 2K22 is probably best entry that the series has seen in many years. On the court everything flows exactly as it should with many improvements from last year. Unfortunately, microtransactions are still rampant everywhere in the game, and to be able to compete online with your created character or in MyTeam you're almost forced to spend money if you actually want to be competitive. If you have skipped the series in the last year or two, it may be time to take a look now. It is not best of all time, but it has taken a very big step in the right by listening suggestions from its players.
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  3. ZTGD
    Oct 5, 2021
    75
    NBA 2K22 has a few things that make this upgrade feel worthy. The new play mechanics are excellent, and it continues to excel on the presentation front. The microtransactions are still super gross and I wish some of the other modes such as Blacktop would get a proper overhaul as they are starting to feel dated. Still being the only NBA game in town it does upgrade nicely. I found myself deleting the old version to play this one, and not being a huge NBA fan that is saying something.
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