NBA 2K12 Review (360, PS3)

[bigsmallwood]

2K12 while phenomenal, is not a perfect game...however it is well deserving of a higher score than 8.5....#thatisall

[RaychelSnr]

2K12 while phenomenal, is not a perfect game...however it is well deserving of a higher score than 8.5....#thatisall

Maybe on your old archaic college paper grading scale

(Insert plug to actually read the scoring rubric to see how we actually score games with a full 10 point scale here)

[skillz7854]

It needs a patch up because online is bad the players reactions are slow 3 pt needs to be turned down there we should also be able to choose any Jersey we want online.In till a patch comes out it deserves a 8.5 then a 9.3

[llatson2]

so if nba 2k12 didnt have online play all together then the rating would be higher, right.

[mr_geez]

Re: NBA 2K12 (360/PS3) Review

Good review, except one thing. I have beef with this statement:

The passing and player movement -- two huge upgrades in offline gameplay --

IMHO passing and movement offline is a big step back in 2k12 in comparison to 2k11 (and I even played 2k11 right after 2k12 to confirm it). Passing is so unresponsive and sluggish (only alley oop passes are the same as they were in 2k11, btw oops are the only sure thing to finish a fast break and not get sucked into this awful contested lay up animation) it kills all the openings that occur on the hardwood and I don't even want to mention amount of unforced turnovers that the "new" passing system produces.

Movement looks good, but I think players have way too much momentum which is a problem especially during inbound plays on opponents half. Way too many times receiver of the inbound pass (the whole process of "inbound plays during Time Outs is also buggy, most of the time the inbounder I choose during time out is not inbounding the ball and it leads to whole play not "playing out" properly) commits backcourt violation because of way exaggerated momentum while receiving the ball. I don't want my players to turn on the dime but right now it is a bit hardcore (2k11 had it correct).

[coolcras7]

Re: NBA 2K12 (360/PS3) Review

Has operation sports given any game this year a score higher than 8.5 ?

[DustinT]

so if nba 2k12 didnt have online play all together then the rating would be higher, right.

No, it would have taken a huge hit.

[Thinger]

Re: NBA 2K12 (360/PS3) Review

Has operation sports given any game this year a score higher than 8.5 ?

What happened to the 10 point scale?

1 terrible, 5 average, 10 classic

Everything is rated between 5-10 on OS ... there's no way in god's green earth is a game like Madden anywhere on the same stratosphere as NBA 2K and there's only a .5 or .1 difference between the titles on OS.

Frankly, that's just wrong.

[DustinT]

That is not true. I cant stand online play on anything except shooters

To many laggy games and to many cheesers to even make it worth while.

I know many love it but the off line is a master piece and lowering the grade because of the rookies is not fair because it is not 2K fault. And by next week the rookies could be back if lock out ends and no mention of that possibility

I didn't knock it down because of the rookies, I just stated that it sucks and that it does affect the realism of an Association. In other words, I stated the obvious.

[DustinT]

Has operation sports given any game this year a score higher than 8.5 ?

No games have deserved anything higher. You should go read our grading scale

[JohnDoe8865]

Has any game really deserved better than an 8.5 this year??

[RaychelSnr]

What happened to the 10 point scale?

1 terrible, 5 average, 10 classic

Everything is rated between 5-10 on OS ... there's no way in god's green earth is a game like Madden anywhere on the same stratosphere as NBA 2K and there's only a .5 or .1 difference between the titles on OS.

Frankly, that's just wrong.

You can easily make the argument for why they are one category away. If NBA 2K shipped with a functional online mode and a more bug free experience in My Player the score would have easily been a 9 if not a 9.5. We review games As-Is and review games as a whole not JUST the gameplay or gameplay/presentation. A game's score here at OS depends on it's ability to stand the test of time -- which means every part of it has to be clicking to enter into the 9.0 realm. I honestly thought NBA 2K was going to be our first 9 under the new scale, but literally you cannot be a 9.0 on the 10 point scale without having everything at a level that's great. When Online, which is 10-20% of a game is not functional half the time, is broken -- you can't give a game a 9 period.

Like I said in my blog today, it's really a testament to NBA 2K12's gameplay and presentation's greatness the game received an 8.5 with the flaws in the game at launch.

As to your point about the 10 point scale -- most AAA sports titles fall within the 6 - 8.5 range because they're all usually quite good at the end of the day. We have had games all over the spectrum since the launch of the new scale. We'll likely see the scale in it's full glory as we head into minor release season, when games can really be closer to average to quite bad at times.

[coolcras7]

Re: NBA 2K12 Review (360, PS3)

No games have deserved anything higher. You should go read our grading scale

Seems that the new grading scale is like a female who thinks she is going marry Brad Pitt except she is over weight has bad teeth bad skin and lives in the outback. Reviews of NHL 12, FIFA 12, NBA 2k12 and even Madden 12 state that they are the best of their series, so the question I have has operation sports set its bar to high ? I agree with all the complaints for the game and maybe reviews like this is what 2k needs to step up their game.

[youvalss]

Re: NBA 2K12 (360/PS3) Review

Fair review, and not too much affected by the hype - and that is a plus. But for some reason when I saw 8.5, I felt like the score was 7. After 2K11, everything less than 9 seems like 7. But it's good to see someone pointing out some cons and not letting the buzz around the game control the review.

[thevaliantx]

I think the game should have gotten a score in the 7-7.0 range. 2K simply did not add enough to the game in the way of improvements, took away things that worked fine in the past, the association modes are broken, player movements (passing, running the court) are broken. I applaud 2K's effort in trying to be innovative, it's the breaking of things that didn't need fixing and the removal of things that weren't broken that are the problem.