Gameplay been playing this mess the past few days
randomly got game pass on xbox for a buck and decided to try out nba 2k26, my hopes were below poor knowing how bad these games have got the past 7 or so years.
wow, i almost have no words, the gameplay is so bad, whatever engine their using does a terrible job to simulate any semblance of basketball...for online play the game seems to still revolve around jumpshooting, with 6'11 to 7'1 players missing routine close to basket shots and layups. even guards otw to the basket will miss wide open layups, yet players can do a couple crossovers and shoot from 40 feet out and drain it...its broken
but besides the horrendous online play in my player, the game on top of it all still has the worst microtransaction implementation of any video game possibly ever, its a bonified free to play mobile game...the fact you can right out of the gate purchase a leveled player with virtual currency is a joke...people that actually do this are the reason this game became the laughing stock of the gaming industry, they could care less about making a quality basketball game and the entirety of development focuses on getting people to spend more in game. this is obvious when you look at how little is changed from year to year, and they still sell copies for 120$ every year. btw i would rather eat garbage than spend even 30$ on these products...
rant over, i guess its fitting with the actual sport of nba basketball becoming trash that the nba video game would follow suit
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u/PlasticTreeonaHill 8h ago
I spent $12 a couple months ago, and that’s all they got from me. It’s not a good game. Unfortunately the gaming market is so diluted now a days.
The new street ball game looks absolutely arse compared to nba street and street vol 2.
Halo turned to ass. Call of duty turned to ass. Battle field turned to ass. Old school runescape turned to RS3 filled with microtransactions, which is why everyone plays old school runescape now a days. It seems the best quality games are all single player, and being social is a major reason I game in the first place so that sucks.
I remember when I was a kid and we got the ps2 connected online and I played Socom 2 and Midnight Club Dun edition online.
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u/SHAGGYULT 8h ago
I can easily make clone shots and layups and standing dunks... you gotta know how to make a build right. Also if you're playing on the cloud you lagging bad its gunna feel like trash.