So I recently played my roomate in a game of NBA 2K12. I bring my game plan, which is basically play the 'sim' way that most on here do.

My roomate is a cheeser. He tries to steal every inbound, uses 1-2 star players on offense, steal bash is his idea of defense. Turbo around to the paint and dunks with LeBron, D Rose, Rudy Gay, etc. And his friends all the play the same way. I win some, but I also lose some by trying to play 'sim' against the cheeser play style. I don't even...

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That's what NBA 2K12 for online quick games might as well be called. In last year's game there were tools to help counter the cheesers - reach in fouls were called at a decent rate, steal spamming wasn't a viable option, and if you drove to the paint ad-nauseum prepare to get blocked at a decent rate.

Now in 2K12, the ball is in the cheeser's court. They can bash the steal button and bash on turbo on offense and defense and not be heavily penalized - in fact they're usually rewarded...

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NBA 2K12 is getting rave reviews all throughout the gaming press. Don't believe me? Just go to NBA 2K's Facebook page, where you'll see the glowing reviews. "4/4 STARS!" from AP. "10/10" from SI.com. "Perfect 10!" from GamesRadar. You'd think this game had no flaws. You would be wrong, and the fans seem to agree.

Don't get me wrong, the game is great and builds on alot of the things which NBA 2K11 did so well. But there are also some key missteps....

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I know bashing Madden in the gaming community is about as original as hating on Justin Bieber in the...human community. But I can't get past looking at Madden as that ex who you used to spend all your time with, but as you got older things changed, and you grew apart. That's the way I've become with Madden now.

Even as Madden 12, the 7th iteration of Madden on this generation of consoles, gets set for launch at the end of next month, there's still a feeling among gamers that the series...

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Recently gaming website Kotaku posted an article debating the merits of NBA 2K11 as a Game of the Year nominee. 2K11 is widely regarded as one of if not the best sports game of this generation. And many have said that the detail and lengths which it went to replicate the basketball experience, and bringing in icon Michael Jordan and making him playable, a rarity in basketball games, warrants it a spot not only as sports game of the year, but as overall game of the year, period.

Well...

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