NBA 2K13
SCORE: 87
All the talking is done. All of the hype
has stopped. NBA 2K13 has arrived here at Family Friendly Gaming. The
time to look at images, watch videos, and read news stories has come to
an end. It is now time to share my impressions after playing it. This
year it is a mixed bag.
2K Sports does not just churn out basketball game after basketball game
year after year. They add interesting things every single year. In NBA
2K13 we get a Shoe Creator, USA Basketball Dream Teams, Virtual Currency
NBA 2K Everywhere, and some right stick controls.
The first thing I ran into with NBA 2K13 was it demanded I register an
account with them for my player. This required a user name, email,
password, and my favorite team. Guess what? I was not able to pick the
Seattle Super Sonics. Bad enough they were stolen from Seattle, but I
can not register them as my favorite team. Okay getting stolen was
definitely worse.
When I finally got through that awkward moment I was able to actually
get into the screen with three windows. After pressing some buttons I
found the various options. This felt pretty clunky, and honestly pretty
annoying. Which almost brings me to the music.
The menu screens thump around with the some guy called Jay Z. Don't
worry I had never heard of him before either. After hearing some of his
music I could see why. Not my cup of tea. So I found where I could turn
off his music. I still had to suffer through his music videos before
games started. Hint a press of a button can skip that facet of NBA 2K13.
The announcers are stellar in NBA 2K13. I am shocked and amazed at how
good they are, and how accurate they are. Once in a blue moon they made
a little remark that was not completely in touch with the events on the
screen. But those times were rare. They provided a lot of fascinating
information related to the game.
The presentation of NBA 2K13 is amazing. We have company sponsors for
certain parts of the game, like a real one. In fact NBA 2K13 can easily
fool those walking by. It is that realistic. The graphic angles, and
adjustments are another reason. The animations and graphics are
shockingly realistic. 2K Sports did an amazing job there.
I will come right out with it. I am not a fan of the new shooting
controls in NBA 2K13. They are clunky like those menu screens. I missed
so many shots because my guy kept pump faking instead of shooting. The
first game I played showed me a little screen and then left it up to me
to figure out. The computer controlled characters had no problem scoring
over and over again. Expect to lose in NBA 2K13 - and a lot. The only
way to win is to figure out how to shoot. I had a few shots make it here
and there, but way too often I just failed. This led to frustration.
NBA 2K13 is not approachable for families mainly because of the
controls. With enough practice and experience I may be able to (some
year) use these controls. But I now have a mental block because NBA 2K13
threw me to the wolves. Losing game after game because the controls are
too confusing is going to turn off a lot of family members.
NBA 2K13 contains an insane amount of content. You can create your own
shoes and have Nike make them in the real world. Current teams, and
classic teams can be played. The Virtual Currency is like an online
stock market of items. Prices fluctuate from day to day.
NBA 2K13 is still all in all a very solid basketball player. There are
some interesting things players can do with that right stick basketball
control. There is room for improvement, especially for those who do not
want to use that system, or receive some in game training on how to
utilize it effectively on a routine basis.
- Frank
Graphics: 88%
Sound: 85%
Replay/Extras: 100%
Gameplay: 77%
Family Friendly Factor: 84%
System: 2K Sports
Publisher: PS3/PC/Wii/Xbox 360
Rating: ‘E’ - Everyone
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