ESPN NBA Basketball is a basketball simulation video game developed by the Visual Concept and published by Sega. This is the fifth installment of the NBA 2K franchise and the NBA 2K3 successor . It was released in 2003 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Allen Iverson is a game-ending athlete. ESPN NBA Basketball is the predecessor of ESPN NBA 2K5 in the series NBA 2K . This is the last 2K NBA game before being sold by Sega company to form 2k Sports.
ESPN NBA Basketball simulates the National Basketball Association experience, as well as basketball in general, and features a realistic mix of NBA games, and arcade-style games. Players play NBA basketball games with real teams, such as the Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs, and play street basketball with customizable players. Comments feature NBA games, pregame events, and other aesthetic influences. Some improvements to the game are made; new dribbling, dunking, shooting, and passing systems are introduced, while visuals and sounds are also enhanced. A hip hop-focused soundtrack is present. The game has several game modes, such as 24/7, a mode in which players create their own basketball players and take on NBA stars, and online multiplayer, which is the first for this series.
ESPN NBA Basketball received a positive reception after it was released, with some critics calling it the best basketball game available for Xbox and PlayStation 2. Most positive comments relate to the overall richness of content, visuals and gaming.
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Gameplay
ESPN NBA Basketball is a basketball simulation game that simulates the experience of the National Basketball Association, as well as basketball in general, and features a realistic mix of NBA simulations, and arcade-style games. The game has several game modes, like 24/7, a mode in which players create their own basketball players, and multiplayer online. Players play NBA games with real teams and players, and play street basketball with customizable players. The NBA game simulation features comments from Bill Fitzgerald and Tom Tolbert, and a pregame event by Kevin Frazier. The game features online multiplayer for the first time in the NBA 2K series .
Some game enhancements and additions are made. Passing games for example have been rebuilt; instead of a basic pass type, players can freely choose from the base, behind, between the legs, or the passageways. The previous dribbling system has been replaced by IsoMotion, a system that features a lot of animation, allowing players to perform skepticism, incoming and outgoing, or ankle breakers, and emphasizes fast timing and reflexes.
Mode 24/7 is one of the main features of the game. Players create their basketball players, adjust their physical appearance (facial features, hair, skin color, accessories, jersey, etc.), and travel across the United States, competing with other basketball players, including NBA stars, in tournaments or street pickups. The player completes various challenges in various types of events against his opponent. For example, the player's goal in one event could be to get five dunks in a one-on-one game, while elsewhere, the player can be assigned to complete five-five events without getting blocked shots. Players enhance the abilities and attributes of their basketball players, so it gets better, open different animations, and complete different accessories, as they complete the event. Players also improve their "rankings", which in turn, unlock more events or items, and increase player reputation, allow players to play with certain players and pick up bosses.
In addition to the 24/7 mode, online multiplayer, and local multiplayer game modes, this game has other modes, such as fast games. Players can play playoff games, play through the full NBA regular season, practice in the empty arena, play street basketball games, which are very different from regular NBA games, as well as manage teams in franchise mode, where players can shoot coaches and other personnel, , and play through the NBA.
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Development
Allen Iverson is a closing athlete. This is the last time he appeared on the cover of NBA 2K ; Iverson appeared on the cover of the first five games in the series NBA 2K .
Unlike previous games in the NBA 2K series , every in-game NBA player has a unique face design, giving it a more real game.
Release
This game was released worldwide in 2003 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. ESPN NBA Basketball is the only game in the NBA 2K series that does not display "2K" in the title. This is also one of two games in the series (the other is ESPN NBA 2K5 ) to have "ESPN" in the title and is displayed in the game itself.
Reception
ESPN NBA Basketball received "favorable" reviews on both platforms according to Metacritic review aggregation website.
Game Revolution reviews cite graphics, game modes, and online features as a positive thing, and rough mechanics of rebound and play isolation as negative. The review concludes, "With great graphics and game modes, ESPN NBA Basketball is a great and powerful title, a game of gameplay such as the trouble of rebounding and tin animation is there and can be frustrating, but easy forgotten when you take a big picture It holds itself in paint. "
Jon Robinson of IGN says: "Sure, the addition of the pro-hop button and the separation of the shoot and dunk buttons will make the game even better, but even without that feature, ESPN NBA Basketball is still the best overall basketball game this season For the first time ever, basketball fans have a reason to play games at four in the morning This is 24/7, the life of a baller Forget Jon Robinson The life of Jrob Andsteal has now begun.
Giancarlo Varanini of the Official US PlayStation Magazine praised the flow of the game, calling it "almost perfect", "top-notch" comments, 24/7 mode, praised for its addiction, and its visuals. Varanini has a small complaint about certain aspects of gameplay, most of the control during break fast. He concludes, "There's so much to love about EIBN Basketball that every basketball fan - casual or hardcore - will be considered insane for even considering passing it."
Bob Colayco from GameSpot said: "While there are very few minor flaws with the game, ESPN NBA Basketball has almost everything a hardcore NBA fan can ask for, including powerful, but useful simulators-gireplay, feature-packed franchise mode, street-style game mode, and a truly unique 24/7 game mode that might be good enough to be a game of its own.If you're a hardcore NBA fan with Xbox or PlayStation 2, your game library is incomplete without copy of EBB Basketball ESPN . "
References
External links
- ESPN NBA Basket on MobyGames
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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