@@theopulentone1573 if you’re not no streamer you’re basically throwing away your money every year, 24 was my last year paying for mycareer & i have a job
I don't get why people complain over them. They release the same game with just updated rosters every single year meaning they depreciate the fastest than any other genre. People looking to see big changes when it's only so much you csn change besides the rosters lol.
Truth be told, NBA 2K5 on Xbox Live was one of my greatest online memories and actually made friends playing that game. Diehard Wizards fan and I could do work with that team that year.
@ I had it for the Dreamcast and I just remember due them adding the feature of allowing a defender to block/board someone shot off the backboard was monumental for us at the time because that wasn’t a possibility before. I was a die hard NBA Live guy at the time too so it was kinda refreshing.
This game is terrible. I literally haven't touched multiplayer in weeks. So many nonsense shots going in, horrible shooting, and insane foul calls. Not to mention the community is probably the most toxic among all games, rivaling the old call of duty days.
Facts you can literally watch somebody mistime a shot and still make a white. Like what is even the point of high risk shooting at that point if whites will go in??
I completely agree with everything you said in this. I don't play MyPlayer either. This is an NBA game so 2K should be more focused on the actual NBA part of the game.
Yep, I thought that was the whole point of sports games. The franchise most part should be the most important. But even if you look at my NBA there’s too many 80-89 overalls and teams do not know how to manage cap space whatsoever, so it’s pretty much after year 3. But I guess they’re gonna give us another era so we can shut up about more core issues
It is the same crap game every year - totally because of a lack of competition. The annoying pop up’s to get you to buy vc are near constant. I’d much rather play ps2 or original Xbox era sports games that felt like they had a soul not these modern pay to win cash grabs
Not to mention the game isn’t even playable after a couple of years. That is super wack. I use to be exited to buy this game. 10 years ago. If I wanna ride a bike around I can play GTA. When I want to hoop, I just want to hoop Dude, feeling this topic. Hit home for sure
… NBA 2000 Nintendo 64, Madden 2002-2008 original Xbox PS2 were fun… NBA 2K11 is amazing, Tecmo Super Bowl, NES, SNES , Ken Griffey baseball SNES and N64 … Tyson’s punch out, I can go on, old school sports games are Magic !
Hof my career inundates the user, you can’t do anything to stop the opposing team. Imperfect releases, the bailout shots. Your team forgets how to play, I’m all for challenge but, it’s more so unfair. They clearly show favoritism to the “star player” because guys like luka, Tatum, will drop 50 to 70 playing hero ball. Smh
While this might be true, if you have a good build and your badges and overall is maxed out and you know how to actually play you shouldn't have no problem adapting to hof difficulty and actually getting better and dominating despite some challenges...
It won't let you build up to a 99 off tgd gate. It stops you at 85 and then you have to grind. You can still pay for vc to raise your stats....but you actually have to play to game to unlock it. But the limitations are silly. Even if you lose some of the storu challenges, the story should continue. It's sipose to be your career.
AND you can create a team, and MyNBA/Eras is a GREAT franchise mode. It's Soo good, and Soo deep. I don't think he really played it, I think he wanted a video and thought, complain about sports games, that'll work!
Yeh I don't know why he tripping the game rewards you for playing a Ton but if you don't have time you can buy vc SO WHAT!! I've seen and have clips of 67 overalls DOMINATING a 99 overall center its all cap..
All we needed on the NES was Baseball Stars. Make your own team. Name all your players. Play games to improve stats. We played that over and over and over until the battery save messed up. Then we just do it all over again.
Sports games and garbage have been inextricably linked since they began producing the identical ones year after year with little to no differentiation or competition.
The shot meter arrow and lack of control of your player during dribble animations is making me Rage. And ive been playing 2k since Dreamcast. Theyre breaking my 💔
Haven’t purchased sports “simulation” games since 2018. Best decision ever. All those games get rid of fun game modes just to work on the garbage ‘ultimate team’ type of game mode filled with microtransactions. No idea why people continue to play that game mode rather than using the real teams and funner game modes. Yearly releases for sports makes no sense. All you need is a roster update throughout the seasons. And i have no idea how somehow the gameplay becomes less and less realistic and buggy.
2K15 was the last one for me. Just a sad microtransaction gambling Simulator. I think I got 2K20 in a humble bundle and the key remains unredeemed. You can't give me a current NBA 2K game and I LOVE basketball Simulator and games and have since double dribble for the NES.
I also loved create a team, for years I’ve been spamming 2K begging them to bring it back. So many good times were had creating fantasy teams & going head to head. It’s a shame man.
Wish the NBA Street series would come back, thats all I want. I don’t care about all this other stuff, I just want to play exhibition games all day like I use to with NBA Street Vol. 2 as a kid.😔
I abandoned NBA2K when the story mode was only accessible if you have an internet connection. But as well once they shut down the server you also lose access. So that’s another reason why abandoned this series.
Honestly, I'm not surprised. 2k and EA sports have a monopoly on the NBA and NFL licenses respectively, and they genuinely don't care about proper quality control nowadays. As long as it sells millions of copies, who cares if some people are upset, right? I'll be completely honest and say I'm not the biggest sports games person, it's just not my preferred genre of video games. The only sports games I typically play are Mario sports games, but I dabbled in Madden at my friend's house and at church meetings. But even I am in Shock and Awe when these modern sports games release in unfinished, even broken states and I'm left pondering why people keep buying games from these franchises. Granted, this is more of a problem with the current industry as a whole, where some companies/developers purposely leave content or features out of the game and the people that bought the game think to themselves "Don't worry guys, they'll patch it in later. Nothing to be worried about." It's especially horrible for series like COD and any modern sports games franchise where their parent companies believe that they have to put out a new game every single year. You could get away with this during the 90s-2000s when updates weren't all that common, but with the current technology we have now, that business model isn't necessarily that sustainable. For people that enjoy these sports games franchises, I hope companies like 2K and EA wake up and give you something genuinely worthwhile, but I'm just going to stick with Madden 08 and Fifa 14.
@BUPMY1 Honestly, you're right. They're not exclusive to 2k and the NFL license is exclusive to EA, but Idk how far that reaches. So other companies can make games for the NBA and NFL, but I believe the problem is that they either don't have that tight relationship with those licenses as EA and 2k do, or the people behind those projects aren't sure how to make their game different enough, to where people don't group it up with the industry ponies of those licenses. I.E. to make a distinction drastic enough so that most people don't say: "Oh, it's just another Madden" "or another NBA2k." I'm not sure how that process actually works since I'm not part of a big development team, but I imagine it's easier said than done in that particular aspect, creatively.
You're right, all that really needs to happen is another company has to make a basketball game, charge like 20 or 30 less dollars for it, and just have all of the basketball related stuff in it and nothing else. A lot of people would give it a chance solely based on the fact that it's cheaper. And then there you go, rivalry ensues
I have been playing NBA 2K14 on PC with the 2025 season mods and it is so much fun. The NBA 2K14 community is really awesome. I agree with you here, it’s the same game every year and it’s always overpriced… Great video dude! 🔥
5:37 is the main problem with the game. #1 problem tbh, it’s suppose to be a RPG in MyPlayer but when money is involved, people can skip pass it and mess up their builds unintentionally just to make the ultimate builds…..3+ builds later…..That’s rent money or at least a car note. That’s diabolical
All facts. I've been saying this for many years. At the end of the day, it's just basketball and football. Touchdowns, jukes, punts, 3 pointers, and crossovers. You can't deviate too much from that. A roster update. Something else I've been saying to my friends.
“We’ll never get back the feeling of watching the ’98 Finals: Utah vs. Bulls, then heading to your boys house because he was the only one with NBA Hangtime on the 64. You’d bring your own controller and talk smack about who was better”Pippen and Jordan” or “Malone and Stockton”. Now, everything is compartmentalized into a packaged, capitalized version of what we used to be. Every industry has been brainwashed by ‘profit over everything.’ We used to fight for consumer rights, boycott corporations, stand up for what mattered. But now, we’re all stuck, paralyzed by endless choices, comforts, and letting corporations feed us the same nonsense over and over. And no one, absolutely no one, is standing up to stop it. Stop buying these games. They’re manipulating how we think, pulling us into this fake cycle of ‘pseudo-progress.’ It’s a trap: if the game has no end, then you’re not playing it…it’s playing you.
This game has been terrible for years. You shouldn't have to input combos to play a basketball game. I wish EA would get their act together and make Live what it once was.
Two different ways to look at 2K. For the offline gamers like me, no sports game has ever come close to 2K's Franchise mode. It's great! Then there are the online/mycareer players and that mode is...... trash. I never play it Nobody should be buying sports games every year. Im still playing NBA2K22, you can buy last years edition for 10$ used lol. I don't blame 2K, I blame the players who keep giving them money every year
This is absolutely an issue in most sports games. EA Sports NHL series being the prime offender. Im not a basketball fan and thus have never played an NBA 2K game, but the introduction of microtransactions and online features have killed most of my interest in sports games, yet... like an abusive relationship, we always come back and plunk our 60 or 70 or $80 so we can get "packs". Preach Brother!!
It's crazy people are still buying and complaining about sports in 2024. I get it sports games are an easy target, but I wouldn't keep buying or playing something if I hated it so much.
I doubt anyone on here plays or participates in sports. Lol. It’s a bunch of kids who follow this guys rambling, or old menchildren, who still watch pretend wrestling on this channel
I don't think he played the whole game and actually dived into the game modes like "my era" where you can play an dynasty with created and expansion teams. Everything else I definitely agree with for sure.
All sports games have been unfun since the beginning of PS4, ONE. The fun is no longer there in sports games. Start up a 360 or ps3 sports game it can be fun as heck. Stockholm syndrome have modern gamers accepting of the trash.
NBA jam was the best basketball game and the only one I truly liked, other than that basketball games tended to suck even back then but at least there was competition unlike now.
Preach. I barely played 2k24 and here is 25. It should be a subscription service at this point and we just pay for roster updates. The longer you stay subscribed the cheaper the updates. 150 a year for 2 games in nuts
NBA 2K lost me when when they made the controls too complex and they changed every year. I stopped playing Madden NFL too but at least the controls are the same for the most part. I can play a game of Madden NFL now if I wanted…
Historically the only sport games that MAY be worth full price are the 1st or second edition after a next gen console release, when they put to use all the new tech that the new generation consoles bring. Every single release after that, is a just a lazy roster upgrade cash grab. So I wouldn't be surprised if the next real/significant release is NBA2K28 or whenever the PS6 and next Xbox are out. It's always the same
This is the best review of this game. The passing and the missed inside shots due to some nearby-defender stats are the two most infuriating aspects of this game. Try a layup with Pippen or Rodman standing behind you and you’ll likely miss, despite NBA players making this shot IRL like 99.9% of the time.
It’s harder to hide RNG in sports games . I’ve put the game down when I mastered shooting and the game in general . But now I put it down 5 months earlier . Crossplay destroyed 2k for Xbox players . Mostly kids on PlayStation that’s why most content creators play on PlayStation . Now you combine the 2 but I can’t even communicate with PS users . The worse part is I be thinking it’s a kid trolling till some 35 year old dude gets on the HS 🤯
How does anyone play this or like this?!? Who wants this MyPlayer and the card collecting money making scheme in their sports games?!? Might be a time for a full overhaul or I think we stop buying garbage games.
Just give us the EA Big games from back then. MLB Slugfest, NBA Street, SSX Tricky, Street Football, ect so many more fun titles. All sports games are pure garbage.
Lost all credibility when you said you don't have to grind and you can buy your way to the top. That's not true. Now if you have rebirth, then you can go as high as your highest rating. Also, you can definitely still create a roster.
The fact people are paying FULL PRICE for this game, then an extra $100 to create a myplayer for online is mind bogglingly dmb. 🤷🏾♂️
Not if I'm grown and can afford it.
You don't need to spend $100 to create a player after buying the game. That's nonsense.
@@theopulentone1573it's still dumb
@@shanafan he meant the money you have to spend to be good at multiplayer modes. It's a pay 2 win.
@@theopulentone1573 if you’re not no streamer you’re basically throwing away your money every year, 24 was my last year paying for mycareer & i have a job
I wish I could just pay like $20 to update the rosters and stuff every year instead of buying a new game
exactly
That would be giving us what we want, not what makes them money. It’s all about money.
I thought the rosters automatically update 😮
Don't buy the game
9.99 usd is much more good
These sports games have just become a glorified rosters update year to year
facts
I don't get why people complain over them. They release the same game with just updated rosters every single year meaning they depreciate the fastest than any other genre. People looking to see big changes when it's only so much you csn change besides the rosters lol.
Never thought I’d say i miss nba live
No you don't. You just miss 2K16
Bru ..I grew up on the same games ..I feel ya 100 . BTW respect..got that e.99 instrumental in the background. I will not buy this ...
NBA live was great
@@lazcoroner1483 nope. NBA Live 19 is better than the last 6 years of NBA 2K garbage.
@@atlien1988 Well 2K16 was 9 years ago soooo..
Exactly why I haven’t bought madden in over 10 years. Stop buying the game rgt
They never will, that’s why they keep making new games
I still remember getting NBA 2K5 and NFL 2K5 both for $40 brand new. And also NBA Street where Mario, Luigi, and Peach were bonus characters.
I just was thinking the same thing, it was back in 2004……
I remember that too brand new games were like 40 bucks and were so worth it back in the day
That’s how they got in the door, then we let them stay over, then we let them live there. Now they wanna change the price? That’s how they do!!!
Truth be told, NBA 2K5 on Xbox Live was one of my greatest online memories and actually made friends playing that game. Diehard Wizards fan and I could do work with that team that year.
@ I had it for the Dreamcast and I just remember due them adding the feature of allowing a defender to block/board someone shot off the backboard was monumental for us at the time because that wasn’t a possibility before. I was a die hard NBA Live guy at the time too so it was kinda refreshing.
I miss the days when you bought a sports game and had access to all content with the price of the game.
Ah man that Ben Wallace cover game was GOLDEN
YESSSSSSSSSS ,thanks for reminding me of the joy I had playing that.
The fact that you need a constant online connection to play my player turned me off for good.
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This game is terrible. I literally haven't touched multiplayer in weeks. So many nonsense shots going in, horrible shooting, and insane foul calls. Not to mention the community is probably the most toxic among all games, rivaling the old call of duty days.
Facts
Sound like u suck 😂😂😂
Facts you can literally watch somebody mistime a shot and still make a white. Like what is even the point of high risk shooting at that point if whites will go in??
I completely agree with everything you said in this. I don't play MyPlayer either. This is an NBA game so 2K should be more focused on the actual NBA part of the game.
Yep, I thought that was the whole point of sports games. The franchise most part should be the most important. But even if you look at my NBA there’s too many 80-89 overalls and teams do not know how to manage cap space whatsoever, so it’s pretty much after year 3. But I guess they’re gonna give us another era so we can shut up about more core issues
Wooow a sports game in 2024 is BAD?! No way! Didn’t see that coming.
It is the same crap game every year - totally because of a lack of competition. The annoying pop up’s to get you to buy vc are near constant. I’d much rather play ps2 or original Xbox era sports games that felt like they had a soul not these modern pay to win cash grabs
Old school all the way
@@funkyflights Yep
that’s the perfect way to describe the new era of sports games… “soulless” 😭
All sports games are garbage.
Correct
100%
Not true I’m loving madden 25 on pc!
The Madden cover curse is garbage
Not NBA Street Vol. 2!
Not to mention the game isn’t even playable after a couple of years. That is super wack. I use to be exited to buy this game. 10 years ago. If I wanna ride a bike around I can play GTA. When I want to hoop, I just want to hoop
Dude, feeling this topic. Hit home for sure
NBA live 2004 was my jam as a kid. I miss EA’s spin on it.
The old NBA jam was fire 🔥
Stop buying the games, RGT. Lol.
Why would he do that? at this point It’s just as much of a job so it’s good content either way.
NBA Jam, Tecmo Bowl, NFL Blitz, and FIFA 90’s and early 2000’s were the best sports games. ❤
… NBA 2000 Nintendo 64, Madden 2002-2008 original Xbox PS2 were fun… NBA 2K11 is amazing, Tecmo Super Bowl, NES, SNES , Ken Griffey baseball SNES and N64 … Tyson’s punch out, I can go on, old school sports games are Magic !
Hof my career inundates the user, you can’t do anything to stop the opposing team. Imperfect releases, the bailout shots. Your team forgets how to play, I’m all for challenge but, it’s more so unfair. They clearly show favoritism to the “star player” because guys like luka, Tatum, will drop 50 to 70 playing hero ball. Smh
Its horrible
While this might be true, if you have a good build and your badges and overall is maxed out and you know how to actually play you shouldn't have no problem adapting to hof difficulty and actually getting better and dominating despite some challenges...
It won't let you build up to a 99 off tgd gate. It stops you at 85 and then you have to grind. You can still pay for vc to raise your stats....but you actually have to play to game to unlock it. But the limitations are silly. Even if you lose some of the storu challenges, the story should continue. It's sipose to be your career.
You can challenge a call, hold the TO button after the foul. Only in offline modes
AND you can create a team, and MyNBA/Eras is a GREAT franchise mode. It's Soo good, and Soo deep. I don't think he really played it, I think he wanted a video and thought, complain about sports games, that'll work!
@@addidaswguyyeah. Which is crazy because there’s so much to complain about with 2k lol. It’s no need to lie about what they actually got right lol
@@KWILKSP exactly!
You can do it online too
Yeh I don't know why he tripping the game rewards you for playing a Ton but if you don't have time you can buy vc SO WHAT!! I've seen and have clips of 67 overalls DOMINATING a 99 overall center its all cap..
NBA Shootout had Create-A-Dunk, man what a time to be a sports gamer.
Collage football 25 is the best sports game right now.
No its not, its so repetitive 😅
@@2k4ever-v9vLol...
@@2k4ever-v9vso what is then🤔?
@@deerel320 it gets boring real fast because it is very repetitive gameplay...the ps2 football games were more fun
that’s as too, don’t sell yourself short jimbo
I grew up on NBA In the Zone '98 on N64. Played the crap outta that game. What a hellscape modern sports games have become.
To much realism but not so real lol 😂
All we needed on the NES was Baseball Stars. Make your own team. Name all your players. Play games to improve stats. We played that over and over and over until the battery save messed up. Then we just do it all over again.
Baseball stars and tecmo bowl … 2 best NES sports games of all time! Period. Baseball stars gets no love
Nothing beats NBA Jam
Konami should bring back Double Dribble for the modern age, I wonder how that would play out!
that would be insane
Sports games and garbage have been inextricably linked since they began producing the identical ones year after year with little to no differentiation or competition.
Garbage yet they still sell.
The shot meter arrow and lack of control of your player during dribble animations is making me Rage. And ive been playing 2k since Dreamcast. Theyre breaking my 💔
Haven’t purchased sports “simulation” games since 2018. Best decision ever. All those games get rid of fun game modes just to work on the garbage ‘ultimate team’ type of game mode filled with microtransactions. No idea why people continue to play that game mode rather than using the real teams and funner game modes.
Yearly releases for sports makes no sense. All you need is a roster update throughout the seasons. And i have no idea how somehow the gameplay becomes less and less realistic and buggy.
You hit every nail on the head!! 🤣 I remember the first 2k I owned on Dreamcast 🔥 … 2k died after 2k12
You know its real when he says "You're going to just listen to me on this video." No footage
There needs to be a new NBA Jam every 2-3 years
You can find hacks of the snes game that updates rosters
2K15 was the last one for me. Just a sad microtransaction gambling Simulator. I think I got 2K20 in a humble bundle and the key remains unredeemed. You can't give me a current NBA 2K game and I LOVE basketball Simulator and games and have since double dribble for the NES.
I also loved create a team, for years I’ve been spamming 2K begging them to bring it back. So many good times were had creating fantasy teams & going head to head. It’s a shame man.
Wish the NBA Street series would come back, thats all I want. I don’t care about all this other stuff, I just want to play exhibition games all day like I use to with NBA Street Vol. 2 as a kid.😔
I abandoned NBA2K when the story mode was only accessible if you have an internet connection. But as well once they shut down the server you also lose access. So that’s another reason why abandoned this series.
Honestly, I'm not surprised. 2k and EA sports have a monopoly on the NBA and NFL licenses respectively, and they genuinely don't care about proper quality control nowadays. As long as it sells millions of copies, who cares if some people are upset, right?
I'll be completely honest and say I'm not the biggest sports games person, it's just not my preferred genre of video games. The only sports games I typically play are Mario sports games, but I dabbled in Madden at my friend's house and at church meetings. But even I am in Shock and Awe when these modern sports games release in unfinished, even broken states and I'm left pondering why people keep buying games from these franchises. Granted, this is more of a problem with the current industry as a whole, where some companies/developers purposely leave content or features out of the game and the people that bought the game think to themselves "Don't worry guys, they'll patch it in later. Nothing to be worried about." It's especially horrible for series like COD and any modern sports games franchise where their parent companies believe that they have to put out a new game every single year. You could get away with this during the 90s-2000s when updates weren't all that common, but with the current technology we have now, that business model isn't necessarily that sustainable. For people that enjoy these sports games franchises, I hope companies like 2K and EA wake up and give you something genuinely worthwhile, but I'm just going to stick with Madden 08 and Fifa 14.
Someone could correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the NBA isn't exclusive to 2K and that other publishers may not want to take that risk.
@BUPMY1 Honestly, you're right. They're not exclusive to 2k and the NFL license is exclusive to EA, but Idk how far that reaches. So other companies can make games for the NBA and NFL, but I believe the problem is that they either don't have that tight relationship with those licenses as EA and 2k do, or the people behind those projects aren't sure how to make their game different enough, to where people don't group it up with the industry ponies of those licenses. I.E. to make a distinction drastic enough so that most people don't say: "Oh, it's just another Madden" "or another NBA2k." I'm not sure how that process actually works since I'm not part of a big development team, but I imagine it's easier said than done in that particular aspect, creatively.
@@Virus_of_doom Oh know EA I believe do have some exclusive deal with the NFL/NFLPA.
@@BUPMY1 Yeah, EA for sure has an exclusive deal and it's definitely stopped other companies from trying to put anything out.
madden 09 is better & fifa street is better you’re playing the wrong games man
You're right, all that really needs to happen is another company has to make a basketball game, charge like 20 or 30 less dollars for it, and just have all of the basketball related stuff in it and nothing else. A lot of people would give it a chance solely based on the fact that it's cheaper. And then there you go, rivalry ensues
I want NHL for the Switch
I have been playing NBA 2K14 on PC with the 2025 season mods and it is so much fun. The NBA 2K14 community is really awesome. I agree with you here, it’s the same game every year and it’s always overpriced… Great video dude! 🔥
How do I do this
Live 19 is still better than this. The player movement was way better, most importantly it was fun. Btw I only play offline
5:37 is the main problem with the game. #1 problem tbh, it’s suppose to be a RPG in MyPlayer but when money is involved, people can skip pass it and mess up their builds unintentionally just to make the ultimate builds…..3+ builds later…..That’s rent money or at least a car note. That’s diabolical
we let all of these sports games developers get away with the garbage for decades, and now here we are.
Bro don't make me defend 2k.. you challenge a play by pushing timeout button.
My favorite 2k youtuber
All facts. I've been saying this for many years. At the end of the day, it's just basketball and football. Touchdowns, jukes, punts, 3 pointers, and crossovers. You can't deviate too much from that. A roster update. Something else I've been saying to my friends.
NBA 2K 11 was the last good 2K game every thing else after has been trash
nahh.
2K15 and 16 were really good too. 16 was the last game before they decided to microtransact everything and focus on non-basketball stuff
Shut up
Just curious but where are these things you mentioned you have a problem with in your video so we can see them?
He said he didn’t bother recording footage and I’m just confused as to why he wouldn’t do that
@@Bobo12300 I don’t understand it either. I want to be shown the issues not just told them.
The Hate on sports games is nasty work. If you suck at sports games just say it but hating on game your not good at says a lot about ya.
I remember the 2k transtion from the 360 to the xbox one. The fun I had that year and the amazement is unmatched. I just hope we get that again
Those micro transactions make me not want to play.
The shot meters are trash I want a original meter not a cheesy meter I just been playing on real player% because this game is boring
…and the wwe games as well
“We’ll never get back the feeling of watching the ’98 Finals: Utah vs. Bulls, then heading to your boys house because he was the only one with NBA Hangtime on the 64. You’d bring your own controller and talk smack about who was better”Pippen and Jordan” or “Malone and Stockton”. Now, everything is compartmentalized into a packaged, capitalized version of what we used to be. Every industry has been brainwashed by ‘profit over everything.’ We used to fight for consumer rights, boycott corporations, stand up for what mattered. But now, we’re all stuck, paralyzed by endless choices, comforts, and letting corporations feed us the same nonsense over and over. And no one, absolutely no one, is standing up to stop it. Stop buying these games. They’re manipulating how we think, pulling us into this fake cycle of ‘pseudo-progress.’ It’s a trap: if the game has no end, then you’re not playing it…it’s playing you.
im a double dribble man. nes
I wish it was on the online service
The Xbox one version of NBA 2K25 literally has no championship celebration when you win it all, NOTHING ! So ridiculous
Lol
If u think thts bad try their wrestling game
Damn
This game has been terrible for years. You shouldn't have to input combos to play a basketball game. I wish EA would get their act together and make Live what it once was.
Sports games plateaued several years ago. Innovate you say? Welcome to my player. Micro transactions galore.
If i buy it for my 12 old son for $20, it's worth it?
Yeah the lack of competition is one of the issues.
People can still make a basketball game unlike football. 2k beat out nba live fare and square.
The 2K series peaked for me with NBA 2K12. I still keep my PS3 around just so I can play that game when I need a basketball gaming fix.
5 10 ? Come on rgtyou gave yourself a few inches there😆
Two different ways to look at 2K. For the offline gamers like me, no sports game has ever come close to 2K's Franchise mode. It's great!
Then there are the online/mycareer players and that mode is...... trash. I never play it
Nobody should be buying sports games every year. Im still playing NBA2K22, you can buy last years edition for 10$ used lol. I don't blame 2K, I blame the players who keep giving them money every year
This is absolutely an issue in most sports games. EA Sports NHL series being the prime offender. Im not a basketball fan and thus have never played an NBA 2K game, but the introduction of microtransactions and online features have killed most of my interest in sports games, yet... like an abusive relationship, we always come back and plunk our 60 or 70 or $80 so we can get "packs".
Preach Brother!!
So there’s not an AllStar section for the 3 point and slam dunk contests?
lol.
remember that time 2K implemented gambling?
What was that one game where all the corner 3's were goated? I saw it on Family Guy, and I'd like to pick it up. Anyone know?
It’s a SPORTS game, of course it’s gonna be trash
Amen
The norm should not be what it is
I just bought a current gen console coming from old gen. Currently I’m playing my last gen 2k24. Rn 2k25 is on sale for $38, worth the upgrade ?
No. Wait a little bit and get it for $10.
Stop buying sports games. Problem solved.
This guy pre ordered 2k26 just to make the same vid next year
Man you trippin…this the best 2k since like 2k16
this guy is insane, people like him is killing the 2k community for real
It's crazy people are still buying and complaining about sports in 2024. I get it sports games are an easy target, but I wouldn't keep buying or playing something if I hated it so much.
2k has a contract with the NBA just like EA and the NFL 2k has exclusive rights to sim basketball games
With the decreasing viewership of the NBA i don't think it is wise for companies to invest in an NBA game.
I doubt anyone on here plays or participates in sports. Lol. It’s a bunch of kids who follow this guys rambling, or old menchildren, who still watch pretend wrestling on this channel
I don't think he played the whole game and actually dived into the game modes like "my era" where you can play an dynasty with created and expansion teams. Everything else I definitely agree with for sure.
All sports games have been unfun since the beginning of PS4, ONE. The fun is no longer there in sports games. Start up a 360 or ps3 sports game it can be fun as heck. Stockholm syndrome have modern gamers accepting of the trash.
Blowing wide open layups was my last straw with this game.😑
NBA jam was the best basketball game and the only one I truly liked, other than that basketball games tended to suck even back then but at least there was competition unlike now.
Preach. I barely played 2k24 and here is 25. It should be a subscription service at this point and we just pay for roster updates. The longer you stay subscribed the cheaper the updates. 150 a year for 2 games in nuts
You can challenge calls, just press the timeout button when a foul occurs
When did you start selling speedos in your merch store?
NBA 2K lost me when when they made the controls too complex and they changed every year. I stopped playing Madden NFL too but at least the controls are the same for the most part. I can play a game of Madden NFL now if I wanted…
You suck 😂😂😂
Simply put, we need more competition in the basketball gaming industry.
You can challenge calls in 2K, you gotta press the time out button and a prompt comes up
I gave up on this series back in 2015. Stop buying them and I guarantee that they will make the best basketball game ever.
Historically the only sport games that MAY be worth full price are the 1st or second edition after a next gen console release, when they put to use all the new tech that the new generation consoles bring.
Every single release after that, is a just a lazy roster upgrade cash grab.
So I wouldn't be surprised if the next real/significant release is NBA2K28 or whenever the PS6 and next Xbox are out. It's always the same
This is the best review of this game. The passing and the missed inside shots due to some nearby-defender stats are the two most infuriating aspects of this game. Try a layup with Pippen or Rodman standing behind you and you’ll likely miss, despite NBA players making this shot IRL like 99.9% of the time.
they’re not going to change until sales start to decline. including game sales and in game transactions. haven’t bought a 2k game in 9 years
It’s harder to hide RNG in sports games . I’ve put the game down when I mastered shooting and the game in general . But now I put it down 5 months earlier . Crossplay destroyed 2k for Xbox players . Mostly kids on PlayStation that’s why most content creators play on PlayStation . Now you combine the 2 but I can’t even communicate with PS users . The worse part is I be thinking it’s a kid trolling till some 35 year old dude gets on the HS 🤯
I think this might be my favorite RGT video ever. He really let his rage loose in this one.
I cannot WAIT to see what you have to say about the new Dragonage! 😂😂😂
How does anyone play this or like this?!? Who wants this MyPlayer and the card collecting money making scheme in their sports games?!? Might be a time for a full overhaul or I think we stop buying garbage games.
They should just drop the new rosters every year for DLC and charge 30
Just give us the EA Big games from back then. MLB Slugfest, NBA Street, SSX Tricky, Street Football, ect so many more fun titles. All sports games are pure garbage.
Lost all credibility when you said you don't have to grind and you can buy your way to the top. That's not true. Now if you have rebirth, then you can go as high as your highest rating. Also, you can definitely still create a roster.
To be fair EA had no competition for YEARS before 2k came around. Let's be honest
Nba looks the same each year NBA Jam is my favorite game but NBA 2K suck.