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ESPN NBA Basketball 2K4
Overall: This game is overall a very fun game to play but there are a few things in the game that become really annoying and end up pissing me off. Overall, however, this game has a lot of different modes which provide many hours of fun. The 24/7 mode is especially amusing.Gameplay: The gameplay is pretty smooth and fun but there are a few things that are annoying. First, people that have above a 85 rating on long range shots make almost every 3 point shot they take including WALLY SZCERBIAK shooting fadeaway 3's and making them consistently. Next, half of the time when you take the ball up the court, your players suddenly start crossing over and doing spin moves without you pressing a button. This is very frustrating because they call a charge on this often. Also, layups and dunks are way to easy to block. If Kevin Garnett pulls up to dunk over Mike Bibby there is no way that he would ever be stuffed. And yet, it happens every other time. I realize that you can turn down the effectiveness of blocks on dunks and layups but it is still annoying. Finally, on the new feature of 21, after you make a shot and get to shoot your free throws, your oppenent can jump up and goaltend the freethrows and half of the time they give the ball to someone else. Whats up with that? Well other than those complaints the gameplay is fun.
Graphics: This game has above average graphics for a basketball game. The players in this game were done exceptionally well (although Kevin Garnett looks like a gorilla) and every court looks almost identical to how they do in real life. Although the crowd is nothing spectacular, it is not bad.
Audio: The soundtrack for this game is pretty good, although when you play for a few hours in a row they just keep playing over and over. You end up knowing all of the words and find your self singing them in the shower. Just Kidding but they are still kind of repetitive. The on-court sounds are good except the announcing, which needs a little more to be good. For example, I was winning a game and the computer took a last second shot which would have sent it into overtime but he missed it. The announcer suddenly yells out "HE MADE IT! WE ARE GOING TO OVERTIME!" although the game ended right there. Little things like that bother me.
Suggestions: Fix those complaints that i mentioned in the sections above. The only reason I will not buy ESPN Basketball 2005 is because NBA Live 2005 is supposed to be on Xbox Live, which was mostly the only reason I chose ESPN over Live in the first place. Finally, the roster updates are far from right so next time take more time to update every teams roster.
Overall Score: 8.0 / 10
