NBA Basketball

5 Responses to “NBA Basketball”

1. Mobius
   February 8, 2010 at 5:27 pm

   About the only thing this game will do is show you the potential of the PSP. The game itself has nice ideas in terms of setting up plays but falls down in the implementation. Why setup a post play that’s 50% effective when you can jack threes all day and hit just about all of them?

   This game is a rental at best. A very short rental. Also, it does not come with commentary of any kind except when the announcer goes through the starting lineups. This is one of the last games I would pick up for the PSP. I’m waiting for NBA Street. That title has never let me down.
   Rating: 1 / 5
2. Joel
   February 8, 2010 at 8:14 pm

   The knock on 989 sports games has always been unrealistic game play… This title is no exception to that charge.
   
   Before I rip the game, I will say this: if you’re not worried about realistic game play, it’s a fun game. The graphics do a great job of showing the potential the PSP has. The mini-games are quite fun and highly replayable. Sadly, the mini games are the best feature.
   
   In my first game (keep in mind all this happened the FIRST time I picked the game up) I scored 60 something points with Rashard Lewis, almost all of the points coming in the 2nd half, once i became comfortable with the controls… almost all of his points came on 3’s… I hit something like 17 or 18 3’s… If you hae a decent 3 point shooter and he’s taller than the man guarding him, you hit like 80% of your 3’s! Also, Luke Ridinour threw down a 2 handed dunk where his head was lke 2 feet above the rim at one point. LUKE RIDINOUR!!!!!! also, the oposing point guard, mike bibby had 30 points and 25 assists! 25! that’s an NBA record, and I still won the game!
   
   the bottom line is, if you just want to have a basketball game and you’re not worried about gameplay accuracy then you can get by with this game. But if you want something that resembles an NBA game, then stay away.
   Rating: 3 / 5
3. Anonymous
   February 8, 2010 at 9:25 pm

   If you want ever lasting fun than buy this game. It won’t break when you take it out of the psp. For even more fun go to the play offs and be you favorite NBA team.
   Rating: 5 / 5
4. Joshua T. Wire
   February 8, 2010 at 10:44 pm

   First off, my biggest complaint about the game is the precision shooting. Why not just press the button once and depending on a few variables (openess, players ability, or distance to the rim) the ball will go in or out. Instead you have to press the shot key twice. Also a turbo key would have been awesome. I don’t think it is too much to ask as I recall the NBA Live games on PS1 had a turbo button. Obviously there are a few rules that the developers lost in translation as you can shoot the ball and have a long rebound travel back to the other side of the court and if you shot the ball you will be called for backcourt. The same goes for blocked shots and swipped balls that are touched by the opponent and travel across the half court line and then recovered by your team. I’m not exactly sure why anyone would by any sport game from this company and this game is no different.
   Rating: 1 / 5
5. Justin O'Brien
   February 9, 2010 at 12:17 am

   NBA is a very lacking and boring game. It’s really no fun at all because you pretty much just play(it’s way to simple for me). You can’t even take free agents because it doesn’t show any of there stats at all so it’s pretty much a gessing game.The only good things about It is it has pretty good graphics and you can play infrastructure mode. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!
   Rating: 2 / 5