With 50 hours into the game now, I can say this is an okay entry in the series. Gameplay wise it’s fantastic. My career in my opinion is great…. Until you have to do the main story and then it’s a long drag. Online multiplayer seems a bit better this year as I found it wasn’t as laggy during games but it could still use improvement especially with SBMM. Gameplay wise loved it, story wise it absolutely sucked. Last years story was way more interesting. MyTeam is the exact same tbh and Jordan challenge is cool I guess (not my kind of mode but that’s okay). 3/5 for me

I don't follow the NBA very closely so I tend to buy 2k every other year or so, and this year's 2k is like every year I buy 2k: whatever the newest 2k is is the best basketball video game there's ever been.

I don't want to sound too hyperbolic or anything; there's stuff in here that I don't like. But when it comes to the pure on-the-court basketball? Whatever the newest 2k is the best it's ever been.

Are the newest 2ks my favorite basketball games? It's tough to say, but probably no--that would go to Dunk Kids I think.

Basketball is a skill game--it's tough and wonderful and joyful to watch; I think spiritually it's America's soccer. But the sort of individual skill we see our favorite players display is incredibly had to replicate unless you've got a powerful engine. It's why, for as much as I love NBA Jam, you don't get to feel like those guys like you do in every newest 2k.

If you like basketball, grab this and have a blast. It's incredibly easy to ignore the obnoxious microtransaction stuff.

This is worse than FIFA, at least EA tries to change that shit a bit every year. 2k has been the EXACT SAME since 2018 and they only made it worse year by year. But this one is the cherry on top. Scoring is impossible, you have to green every single shot or it's not going in and everyone feels sluggish and clunky. Mycareer is just filler cringe stuff that it's forced down your throat, and my team is way too grindy for anyone who has a life. I don't know what to say, I didn't think it could get even worse. Waste of money.

Nâo senti praticamente nenhuma diferença desde o 2k20 (3 anos atrás), mas o fato de terem servidores brasileiros no MyPark, já me deixou bem mais confortável de jogar.
Tem os mesmos defeitos de literalmente todos os jogos de esportes anuais, serem exatamente a mesma coisa que o game do ano passado, com algumas mínimas mudanças em times, e claro, por Full price.
Uma coisa que quero pontuar é que esse jogo acrescentou uma grande variedade na criação de personagem, então da pra fazer várias combinações.
Não tem quase nenhuma mudança ou adições do anterior, isso é um saco, mas não aguento mais reclamar disso em jogos desse tipo, as empresas simplesmente nunca vão mudar isso, então fod4se.
Eu me divirto jogando porque é meu esporte favorito, além de ter um grupo de amigos que jogam bastante, então da pra curtir, mas se você não se importa com o online, e tem qualquer um do 2k20 pra cima, pode ficar neles mesmo, provavelmente só terão mudanças significativas lá pro 2k26.

REDUX REVIEW:

It's yet another 2k game! NBA2K23 honestly feels a lot better than 22 and 20 overall. They added a neat little feature to MyLeague and brought back the Jordan challenge which are both cool.. kinda. The MyCareer is fucking stupid but that's common 2k shit.
What really disappoints me this time is the shooting. If you aren't getting greens EVERY SINGLE TIME you are probably missing.. so that sucks. It's a little better if you're just messing around with friends on Semi-Pro but bleh. I did get the greens on a lot of jumpers down so it's not... terrible... i guess.

2k is always pretty fun if you have someone to play with. This game is no different. Not amazing though and $70 is INSANE!

i got it 70% off :p

The main reason I got this year's iteration is because it came with a year's worth of league pass, and I've definitely got my money's worth in that case.

I only really play this is my career mode. The last few years have all been absurd story's about rising stardom, dealing with off court distractions and improving your game. And while that's not changed too much, the approach in this one seems a little different. Almost abstract at times. There were parts outside of playing actual basketball where I couldn't tell if the voice acting was badly edited, or if there were pause for effect moments. The amount of bad puns, street slang and general awkward delivery made it seem like it was taking the piss half the time, and being genuinely sincere the other half. I'm gonna assume that they were all self aware things going on, because outside of getting good at basketball, this is a really stupid career mode. From rapping, skateboarding and fashion quests, to various other side bits, I felt second hand embarrassment playing this sometimes, but if you wanna get that delicious in game currency without paying real life money, those are the hoops you've gotta jump through.

Laborious story mode quirks aside, the game has never been better in terms of the actual basketball. And this season you could draft to any team you want to, which was great because 2k22 sent me to the spurs and they sucked shit. One man does not a brilliant basketball team make.

I managed to throw a few more alley oops and get some 3 pointers in, as well as the usual acrobatic dunks etc. The recent 2k games have been the best basketball video games I have played in terms of the actual game. Unfortunately, everything surrounding that seems to drag it down.

I know they need to keep things fresh and exciting for each annual installment, but the pay to win aspect is bullshit when it comes to playing online. I probably won 2 games in total, because I simply refuse to pay anymore money than what I bought the game for. Plus I like the grind. Playing a your rookie season and seeing those improvements is great. Although if you want to pad your stats, your gonna need to increase the game length as there's no way you're getting more than 25 points a game or a few assists if you don't put the quarter length up to at least 6 mins.

I spent a surprising amount of time racing go karts in the basketball game.