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Mar 31 2005
NBA Review
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| Summary: Enjoyable Portable Basketball Game
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I'm a straight up sports gaming nut. The entire EA Sports line is why I bought my PSP (except for Madden.... his quips just get to me!!). This was my first PSP game and I've enjoyed every minute of it!
The menu interface is the first thing you encounter and it's beautiful and easy to navigate. One note on Season Mode: if you have a game selected in your schedule and hit the SQUARE button by accident it will simulate the game. No warning.
Gameplay is great with a shooting system that takes a game or two to become accustomed to. Hit once to jump and a second time to release (a colored halo around the ball gives you feedback when it's the best time to release for the shot). You'll find that the better the player the easier it is to make shots. I've played an entire season and still see different types of dunks and moves keeping things interesting.
The drawbacks are small and acceptable for a portable game-- especially one with such great graphics and game play. Some of the minor things are the AI of both your team and the opponents. It's a bit lame and sometimes gets caught in loops. It's rare (maybe once a season) but you'll notice when the player on your team with the ball isn't the one you're controlling. One other minor squabble is that I chose to play shorter games (I think) and in season mode I'm not even close to being in the "Leaders" charts in any catagory. PPG, Rebounds, Assists and so on are really lead by other teams playing a much longer game then I am. At the most I score about 60 or 70 points a game with the high scorer having maybe 20 points a game. Hardly enough to compete with teams scoring 100 or so points a game.
The last thing I have to mention is the "minigame" mode where you can try your skills in three different events: Skills Challenge, Paint and 3 Point Challenge. Each game is fun and really helps you get better with basic controls. After finishing the three point contest, though, it displays your score for the "first round" and lists no scores under the second and third rounds. The only thing to do at this point is to hit X to continue..... Which, surprisingly just takes you back to the main menu. No idea what that is all about. I'm assuming there are two other rounds of the three point contest I can get into but just don't have that option... Yet. Odd? Yes.
Overall, this is an excellent basketball game with continued variety and a few "minigames" to play. A must have for basketball fans!
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it does. but very simplified.
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I rented it today, and I have to say that I am very enthralled with it. The shooting method is annoying as hell, but it works. I have been playing for hours. I even recreated last years finals, Pistons v Lakers, and of course... my Lakers lost. *sigh*
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YES YES YES. Calm down people! This is a review for 989 Studios NBA! I was a little loopy I guess when I wrote the reveiw. What can I say? It was my first review... and I blew it. But besides that little issue, the review is what it is. I do enjoy the game. The shooting was a bit... odd at first but I got used to it pretty quickly.
And I still hate EA's Madden!
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I believe it does have a season mode.
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Rent this game. Do not buy it. If you like basketball you will not enjoy it. Way to many blocked shots and steals. Not that this makes the game difficult, it is just frustrating in how un realistic the game is. You quickly realize that you can't just pull up and take a shot or it will be blocked. So you have to move to the left and right and take a shot, and when you get a handle for the halos you can make them almost every time. I can run up the score on the CPU to beat them by 50-60 points. 20/27 from the 3 point line and every other shot is a dunk. This game looks pretty good but the substance just isn't there.
The Mini Games are cool.
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