Ppl who say this the best in years just bought a next gen and love the animations n graphics. I'm a gamer. NBA live was RHE FRANCHISE then 2K passed it for 2 decades. Now they're just lazy. It's become all about the park/playground and all those ppl drop 200/300 on release just to get featured. The my player and league 8n game features are HORRIBLE. there's always a learning curve but the defense is just God reincarnated in the form of the last person on every teams bench. Who wants to play a game where you LITERALLY can't move. I just bought it on sale bc of the reviews and it's STILL THE SAME. Want to fix it, DINT BUY IT. they'll change even with a 15% drop in purchases