Mediocre game with stellar graphics
First things first, graphics and player models are good, with fun animations. On the other hand , the game is very incomplete and underdeveloped. No announcers? You can’t be serious, all you hear is the same repetitious fan noise and player call outs with no variation. The lack of a replay cam takes the fun out of huge dunks. Gameplay is also very underwhelming. Controls are mediocre at best, player models have forced animations that look unnatural. Can’t guard well without being pushed into some imaginary wall, offensive rebounds are automatic put backs and shooting is a Hassle. Unless your completely wide open or getting a green, no shot is going in consistently. Post ups are nonexistent, for example a 7 foot player will not score against a defending point guard unless your giannis or Anthony Davis. Overall the game is only good for a few plays before it becomes a tedious headache.
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Needs to be better
As much as i love to play this game there are some things you guys could add to it and fix. 1. You need to fix the passing options. There’s times where i want to pass the ball to someone who’s open and it’ll throw it across the court to someone else and it’s frustrating to say the least. 2. The defensive assignments get changed every two seconds and i get the penalty for someone i wasn’t even guarding if they make a shot. 3. I think you guys need to implement guidelines for the plays being made like in the actual console game. This would help people who have never played before realize what they should do when playing a position. 4. I think there needs to be team practices every once in a while for maybe badge upgrades but also to help your player get better and actually practice.
I understand that this is just a mini game version of the actual game, but i still think these things will help and get a ton of more appreciation for the game.
I understand that this is just a mini game version of the actual game, but i still think these things will help and get a ton of more appreciation for the game.
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Unfinished game/waste of time
Not like the other versions of NBA 2k on iPhone in the past. They have gotten rid of Vc’s, career mode doesn’t have a story line, playing multiplayer doesn’t keep track of w’s and l’s. In career mode it’s hard to get a good player and after 20 seasons you automatically retire…. Compared to the other versions since 2019 I’ve be playing it on mobile and I recently had it on PS5 but the difference is sad. This game is pretty much not even finished. The sound track is just instrumental instead of actual up beat songs. I purposely had gotten Apple Arcade just to play 2k but this was a waste.. hope next year for 2k 22 they do a better job.. i don’t know what they were doing with this.. they can keep this game… waste of time…. 2k you guys gotta do better….
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Worst than 2k20
Honestly This Was A Letdown and in my opinion worst than the first one, there’s just wayy to much removed from 21 compared to 20, the only good thing I could give this are the graphics and even those aren’t the best, I know it’s a mobile version but that shouldn’t be an excuse bc 20 was wayy better than this, the controls trash, the gameplay trash the story mode trash, there wasn’t even really a story mode, and can we still with the narrated story modes it gets boring and annoying, I know this is just a $5-$10 game but still if it’s a new version I expect it to be better than the previous not worse. After this review I’m deleting this and redownloading 2k20 because at least I had more fun and more characters to play on black top with.
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just frustrating and v e r y time consuming
After playing more there is NO VC SIM, not even half so it would take 5 full in game season to get to a 93 overall BEFORE badges. The controls are again bad, very bad. I find the defender is glued onto me or if I’m defending my player can’t follow him. They added a defensive assist button but it’s the equivalent of your guy putting his arms up. At least the graphics right? Nope. Jerseys are blurry, crowds are barren, player expression is non existent. The only good thing is the actual court. But hey, at least I can’t buy vc, I just have to put in hundreds of hours instead! This game was made to be monetized, but since it’s on arcade they just removed the buy vc option that’s it. So no balancing what so ever.
Better off with any other arcade game on here really, spend your time somewhere else.
Better off with any other arcade game on here really, spend your time somewhere else.
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Don’t play if you are looking for a fun Sports Game
Let’s face it, EA does not have a good track record when it comes to customer service or being focused on the game aspect. While NBA 2k series has drifted down the dark path of simulation, it now moves from clawing at it’s fan base’s money to just clawing at the fan base’s time. The grind in this version is even more stifling than the pay to win console versions. VC was not modified to accommodate the move to mobile devices and therefore expect to play an ungodly amount of time to make any custom player feel like they even deserve to be on the court. With 10 hours in I’m about to can my own player just because, despite averaging 20 posts a game and B+/A- ranking the VC just doesn’t come in fast enough and the team mate AI is horrid. While all opposing teams are hitting greens on 9 out of 10 shots, your team mates will never fail at committing fouls, getting the ball poked from them, or missing wide open shots. Despite your own best efforts to carry the whatever team you play on, expect to lose a majority of your games. Don’t play if you are looking for a fun sports experience because this game was designed to push you to pay in order to compete and this version has no pay option, so you’re left with being unable to compete. Great job EA and Apple.
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Terrible. Just terrible.
You don’t really have any control over what happens in the games. If you’re leading against the Lakers then the computer just takes over, Lebron scores 15 points in 2 minutes, all of your shots are suddenly being blocked and you end up losing the game.
My other favorites are when I’m leading by 6 and my player gets taken out of the game, then I come back in after only 1 minute and I’m down by 14. Or how about passing the ball to a computer player and having them hold it for literally 20 seconds then hoist up some ridiculous shot even though there is still 3 minutes left on the game clock. Don’t even get me started on passing the ball to a teammate who is wide open under the basket only to have said computer-controlled player sit there and wait for a defender, then spend the next 10 seconds faking only to have some weak attempt at a layup blocked by a shorter player.
On the other side of the ball, the “defense assist” button is a complete joke. When the opposing player starts to drive, your player follows them about halfway then just gives up. You get dinged on for a “defensive breakdown” when a player you’re not even supposed to be guarding scores.
I could go on about the myriad shortcomings of this game, but it just isn’t worth it anymore. Suffice it to say that this is an absolutely awful game.
My other favorites are when I’m leading by 6 and my player gets taken out of the game, then I come back in after only 1 minute and I’m down by 14. Or how about passing the ball to a computer player and having them hold it for literally 20 seconds then hoist up some ridiculous shot even though there is still 3 minutes left on the game clock. Don’t even get me started on passing the ball to a teammate who is wide open under the basket only to have said computer-controlled player sit there and wait for a defender, then spend the next 10 seconds faking only to have some weak attempt at a layup blocked by a shorter player.
On the other side of the ball, the “defense assist” button is a complete joke. When the opposing player starts to drive, your player follows them about halfway then just gives up. You get dinged on for a “defensive breakdown” when a player you’re not even supposed to be guarding scores.
I could go on about the myriad shortcomings of this game, but it just isn’t worth it anymore. Suffice it to say that this is an absolutely awful game.
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Good Game But Needs More
Well this game is fun to play it has mycareer blacktop play now and that’s it. No blacktop online, no mynba, no myteam, and no exhibition online. my career feels very basic and boring more or less if you want to play street ball with your favorite NBA players or just put the best on your favorite team (mine is the Bulls lol) and make dudes like Lebron or AD or Lonzo Ball on the magic or something like that than go ahead and download this game. That’s everything that you can do in the game.
Overall fun to play but boring after 20 minutes or so. Just get a game like OceanHorn 2 or Sneaky Sasquatch on Apple Arcade this game really is not worth your time right now so just play it on console please.
Overall fun to play but boring after 20 minutes or so. Just get a game like OceanHorn 2 or Sneaky Sasquatch on Apple Arcade this game really is not worth your time right now so just play it on console please.
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2K21 Review
Bruh the game and graphics is ok but when it comes down to playing it just like any other 2K21 game it’s a whole nother ball game. Your teammates is literally standing there the whole entire time. They always do and run into the same places everytime i run to a certain spot on the court. Whenever I’m trying to execute the paint with my boy Giannis. My teammates come all under me while I’m playin bringing they defense right my way. I hate how I can’t pass the ball exactly to the person I want to on the play. So for example, while on a fast break, I try to pass it to the person already down the court but instead they pass it to someone else or if someone cut to the basket open lane, it pass it to someone else. I hate how when the defense come to double team me most time it’s a center. My center do not cut to the basket at all, he just stand there looking at me get double teamed an wen I go to alley oop. Instead of a dunk, he tap the ball and miss. And I play with karl towns and Giannis together so Ik Karl towns would yam that ball while going against a double team. They need to fix that ASAP for it to be at least ok. I mean the players literally stand there all the time and do the same cuts everytime i move a certain direction. Something needs to be done about that.
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MyCareer needs some tweaks
The game is so polished for a mobile game and I am amazed with how well it mimics the console versions. Although modes are limited it's very fun for a game on the go I like playing MyCareer. However, there are some things that are very very annoying that make it hard to progress. I would like for the devs to add stamina regeneration during timeouts because you gas very quickly in MyCareer. Also, if your build doesn't include the red pie, good luck trying to grab a board that directly goes towards you. My player will literally fumble a rebound because it's a playmaking slasher and has 30 ovr rebounding that can't improve. You could either make it so every build has at least a 50 ovr you can max to with height and position being able to affect it.
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Would love this game but one thing
I play this game a lot and thoroughly enjoy it. However there’s way too much of this game especially in the myCareer mode that is covered in cutscenes. This would be fine if you could tap through them but you cant. You have to wait through 30 seconds of cutscenes after every half and every timeout and sadly this happens a lot. Most of the 4th quarter if it’s a close game is just waiting for the timeout animations to be over. It would be so much better if there was a way to just tap through it but sadly the game doesn’t have this capability and I’m hoping you guys add it. I know you must’ve spent a lot of time and money on that cheerleader animation but man I just want to play the game. It adds at least 5 minutes onto the time of each game and it’s extremely frustrating
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Should be better.
I normally don’t review games but this game has some criminal moments. I get not having every game mode (even though you should and could). But can we at least get a save and quit during the game of my career. If I have to quit in the middle it would be nice to save progress instead of hoping for a 30 minute block of no phone calls or interruptions to complete a game. Also what’s up with the random quitting in career mode. I can be having a great game and then the game quits. Almost makes it unplayable. The controls get stuck at times and you have to hit like three times to make passes some times. The game doesn’t have to be perfect but it should at least be better than this.
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Good game, needs improvement!
Good graphics, player ratings and badges. However, the defense is terrible! There’s no help defense, defensive rotation or double team button. Everybody just guards their man with no help, so it’s SOOO easy to get scored on. Also, there should be more offensive plays than just pick and roll. There should be an isolation button, a post up button, a basket cut button and a midrange or 3-pointer play option where the shooter comes off screens. The only way to score is to run pick and rolls.
Also, there should be weekly ratings updates so we don’t have to edit the ratings using player rating sites.
Also, there should be weekly ratings updates so we don’t have to edit the ratings using player rating sites.
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Good but frustrating
The gameplay is great, but it’s like there’s still forced animations like blocks for example. Shooting is a bit more difficult to time but the ball handling and other factors for gameplay are wonderful. Wish there was an association mode featured in the game like 2k20 mobile which would be great or maybe bringing back something like playing a mycareer as an actual player again like 2k11 or 12 I believe just to stir it up a bit. I believe the way vc was implemented in the game isn’t good and it’s too much of a grind for mobile players. The system I feel should be implemented like 2k20 mobile where you get large sums of vc everytime you hit a certain overall. Game is enjoyable but 2k barely listens to their audience and has just become money hungry. So I don’t expect things to change much, but it’s good to play once you’ve finished everything you’ve had to do for the day and have some free time. Still the best basketball game out there!
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Just fix the glitch for me
Ok first off this is a great version of 2k there are just a few things i would add to it. First i would love it if you could add a commentary to the game i can understand if this is not possible. Second i would love if you could add nicknames and maybe a post conference after the game once again i understand if u cant do the post conference, i think the nicknames wont be a problem. Those are the two things i want you to add now this is why i rated the game 3 stars, there is a glitch where if you walkup slowly to the defender after you get the inbound he will slowly walk backwards leaving you wide open for 3 it does this over and over on any difficulty. I will rate this 5 stars if you just fix the glitch, Thank you
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This is close as you’re going to get to the console version.
The gameplay is smooth. I like how y’all brought the 2k20 shot meter back with this one. The touch-stick sensitivity isn’t where it needs to be, but that may be a setting I have to tweak. The reason I give it 4 stars and not 5 is because you guys didn’t implement the classic/all-time rosters & there’s no coach settings to run plays & set up defenses. I haven’t tried the online play but I heard you have to do it either on the same wifi as your opponent or via Bluetooth, was kinda puzzled by that. Maybe mobile gaming isn’t that advanced yet or adding these features requires a lot of software programming that would take up a lot of memory on our phones. Either way I say if you’re subscribed to the Apple Arcade it’s a definite download. If you own a console, don’t waste your time. The price EA’s asking for it is an easy steal & when you put that into perspective it’s understandable why certain features are missing in the mobile edition.
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2K
The game is actually pretty good I’ve been playing 2K since 2k11 on console and on mobile I just wish we had a few more options like a practice facility so we can practice on our jump shots and dribbling and also i know it may not happen but if you all add an online mode like on the console like my park that would be hard and there’s no commentary in the game and when we’re playing an online game against a friend I wish we could get the option to turn the fatigue off but other than that it’s a really cool game it gives me 2k20 on the console vibes and one more thing it’s a little pixel when I’m playing online against a friend like the frame is not as good as when you’re playing against the computer other than that the graphics are amazing keep up the good work 2K😎
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This game is good but…
I love playing this to pass time, but I needed a practice area, where it’s just me and a hoop, so I can practice my shots and stuff, because you all just threw me in a game expecting me to know what to do, and missing every shot. You have to build your character up because now I am a starter on Golden State and I get a few points during the game, usually end games with a B. I have come across issues where the game froze literally at the end and I had to quit the game and make no money, but other than that it’s a lot of fun and I use a PS4 remote to play on my phone which makes game play easier!
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Great, but needs some work
Way better than last year, though there are some problems. Very slow progression, with no way to buy vc this is quite noticeable. The stamina system needs to be improved by quite a bit, I am usually depleted fully by halftime each game. Perhaps the most annoying thing, if you score 5 or more points in the 1st quarter, you’ll be hip rode the rest of the game with little to no way to get open, making it feel like every player plays like a defensive player of the year. Those are the things I believe need improvement, otherwise it’s a great game by far the best mobile version of 2K we’ve ever had.
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Potential
Has potential but overall the game is pretty garbage. Controlling the player is very difficult, and starting off, player stats are so bad that your player doesn’t even seem like an NBA player. I picked a three point shooter and the dude can’t even hit uncontested shots from the perimeter. Then he’s just ice cold and useless. Basically make money and stats by getting assists. Stamina is so garbage my dude can’t even keep up with the game. God forbid my dude has to dribble the basketball because apparently he made it to the NBA without any ball handling skills. My dude probably couldn’t even get around Drake from Degrassi in his wheelchair. My dude also stays getting blocked, can’t switch directions without losing the ball. Annoying game honestly.
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