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Reviewed for Big Boss Games by: PK The Green Usually when I spend $20 for a game it's used, greatest hits, or horrid. This one is none of the aforementioned. ESPN NBA Basketball 2K5 by Take 2 Interactive is brilliant in many ways. First off, I was amazed to see they allowed me to create my own shoes. A sign of a true Superstar is their very own signature kicks. The presentation lives up to the ESPN tagged to the name. Various ESPN personalities supply pre-game and post-game reports, as well as sideline reports. Bill Walton comes up with the half-time report showing replays of the best plays. Ah, and now for the gameplay. A hop-step button has been added for another dimension in storming the hoop. Also, rebounding is more in your control, no more tapping the button and hoping you'll get it. My only complaint is that with all of the beautifully rendered character models, your created character doesn't look up to par. The cheerleaders also look like they're straight out of a Gumby cartoon. With the same great gameplay from last year, and new things added, for a price of $20, sports fans gotta have it. Overall score: 9/10Read full review
Just bought it for the nostalgia. No micro transaction, good gameplay, full game available how it used to be.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Get this. When I first bought this game it was to get on XBox live and play a few games against my friends. I love baseball. Adore football. Usually, at least before this game, I abhored basketball. I just wasn't able to get into the swing of things with this sport. This game has completely changed me for the better. I have not become a diehard basketball fan, but I actually understand completely the stats and what a rebound actually is. Now to the game play. Awesome. Flawless in my opinion. The ability to back your opponent to the net. The ability to spin. The ability to complete fast breaks. How about a Blount to Pierce alley oop?? And of course with a little help from you every last one of your teams players can perform normal dunks to complex dunks. Set the level. Never having played this before, on the second easiest setting I beat the Nuggets with the Celtics 200-105. I would recommend starting out right about there and then moving higher up the levels. The higher levels are extremely challenging. It's a game you can possibly lose! But to be honest, with this much fun, can you really?Read full review
I have to say, I am not the biggest sports game fan in the world, I pretty much like to play Halo, Call of Duty 2, Splintercell, Etc... and I am not much of a Basketball fan at all, but since I had the other ESPN 2K5 games I decided to try this out, after all, if I didn't like it I could resell it here on eBay. and so I bought it, and have been playing it around once our twice a week ever since! Multiplayer is pretty much what I play, since I have friends that come over, and the quality of graphics rivals new games such as Halo or Burnout Revenge. You can always read the listings here on eBay to learn more about it, but overall I would recomend this to any Xbox owner as a Party game or single player as well.
It's a shame the ESPN games stopped. They were so good. This was a great basketball game. So much better than any sports games by EA. For about $3-$5 it's a deal.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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