Terry (Bucky Tee)

Gameplay: I think the gameplay for 2k25 may be the best on the Xbox series S/X and PS5 next generation consoles this far for sure! ProPlay is finally feeling more implemented than last year. For the “current nba” I really can see player likeness and authenticity, the ball to rim physics are back like past 2k games which is great and I love them! Shooting is fair, I personally like it more than 2k24. Myplayer/Online Scene: Just like these last 4-6 years the online scene is still very toxic and VC based. Basically, you truly can’t compete being a 60 overall unless you purchase VC or “grind”. This game is literally unplayable unless you invest some sort of VC into your player. Badges aka “Artificial boosts” seem to run the show when it comes to 2k basketball games these days, I stopped playing the online scene back in 2k23 and I am happy with my decision. Games mechanics: There’s still a TON of legacy issues the NBA 2k series has that’s been hurting the gameplay for the last 6 years but more specifically the last 4. Players are sliding and skating ALL over the court, very bad footplanting, at times you can literally see players floating above the court, like their feet isn’t even touching the court. Enormous amounts of suction, weird janky movements, players on fast breaks tend to slow down at times and bend forward, basically running awkwardly, dribbling can still be a little out of control at times, lot of yo-yo like dribbling. MyNBAEras Mode: This is a mode where many people who love the past great players or teams see a lazy job on 2k’s end. They literally don’t have players likeness , attributes, etc correct for MANY past great players, even team courts and jerseys etc are not accurate. There’s even some missing players. Final conclusion: I think the gameplay has improved a bit, however I just can’t give this game 4 or 5 stars because of the neglect to “very important” aspects of this game. I’d say it’s worth $70 max! But I’d strongly recommend others who play online to try not to spend so much money after purchasing the game.

One of the worst NBA 2K releases ever made. Too dependent on getting you online to spend money to “upgrade” your MYplayer. The developers seem to be more concerned about getting kids and young adults online and spend money more so than focus of actual improvement of GAMEPLAY. The graphics and gameplay have regressed as time went on. Since 2k18 (with exception of 2k19) the gameplay has gotten worse and worse. Gameplay issues: too much sliding and skating going on all over the court, lot of suction, horrible foot planting, unrealistic rim mechanics, unfair shooting mechanics, too many canned animations. Just overall unrealistic player movement. The graphics were great in 2k14 but since then it seems like they have gotten worse over time. The player models look like very unrealistic and the jersey textures appear to be stuck to the players bodies instead of having bounce and texture to them such as past 2ks as far back as 2k7. I’ll end this by saying this, 2k will continue to get away with this until another basketball game comes into the space. Until then, I have lost faith in 2k rebuilding the game from the ground up.