PlayStation 5 User Reviews

they only care about money therefore any customer feedback isn’t taken seriously. this game has no competition and will never change because of that. your money is absolutely better spent on literally anything else so save the stress and go play something that actually brings joy

Very unbalanced, needs so much work. Scoring didn’t need to be this nerfed. The cheesy moves and 99 three needed to go but now the whole thing out of whack. Really bad game.

How they succeeded by making the same gameplay with the same problem but somehow it gets worse every year it's like they don't give a s*** about us ‏i will say though i like the new my career that you can play in different eras or that new story of mp that you can play with your friend in the nba and form a dominate duo but other than that it's the same problems but somehow it's worse than last year

This game isn’t a great representation of basketball. The shooting is really atrocious from last year. 2K only caters to the online community bc the simulation is absolutely horrible. The gameplay is sloppiest it’s ever been & everyone plays Kawhi Leonard defense which is unrealistic & not fun. Wind up doing the same things to score, the alley oops are still the hardest thing to do along with shooting with is dumb asf. I’m hoping a patch could save this game but I doubt it. Alleys shouldn’t be a **** meter. Not everything has to be a meter like wth everyone isn’t trying to be a pro at 2k. Every year your alienating casuals with switching the game up every year and making it much more harder to the point it’s not enjoyable on any difficulty. Oh and you miss a lot of easy dunks and layups if someone is near you but the cpu makes incredible shots. This is the worse 2k in a while and really not fun at all. **** is outrageous you can make a decent game last year then completely **** the bed next year. Shooting is so **** stupid, clearly RNG is in the game with every shot and it’s a hard down to the wire game every game which isn’t realistic. This game **** overall & I’ll play Madden and then GTA before playing this again. At least Madden is less broken but that game **** too. Both EA & 2K are ruining sports gaming year by year.

Tedious, Unforgiving, and No Longer Fun: A Legacy Player’s DisappointmentI’ve been playing NBA 2K since the very first installment on the Sega Dreamcast, but over the last couple of years, the series has lost sight of what made it great: pure gameplay enjoyment. Instead, the game has become an unnecessarily punitive chore. Finishing around the rim is completely broken: It is absurd that draining a contested three-pointer feels more reliable than making a wide-open layup. Watching NBA superstars blow uncontested bunnies right under the basket completely ruins the simulation. Unforgiving shot timing meets terrible netcode: The strict "green-or-miss" timing window is pure agony online. European servers remain awful, with constant, unpredictable latency. It is long overdue for 2K to display opponent ping before jumping into a game instead of forcing us to guess the input delay. Over-tuned and clunky gameplay mechanics: The shot-blocking is completely out of hand this year, turning games into unrealistic block parties. Paired with cheap, magnetized turnovers on routine passes and minor bumps, the flow of the game feels disjointed. Play Now Online is entirely neglected: The standard online head-to-head mode hasn't seen a meaningful update in ages. The division tier system is stale, and there is still no way to see regional win/loss breakdowns or matchmaking statistics. All resources clearly go toward predatory monetization modes while the core competitive experience rots. In attempting to turn every fundamental basketball move into a sweaty, hyper-strict e-sports mechanic, 2K forgot how to make a basketball game genuinely fun. A massive letdown for long-time fans.

I paid CAD $100 after tax for NBA 2K27, and I find its progression design extremely unethical. I am a casual player. I enjoy playing single-player content, not spending hundreds of dollars building the perfect online player. I completed the main story with my build. When I want to play different NBA Eras, however, the game requires me to create separate builds. Every new build starts at 65 OVR. I am currently at 69 OVR, playing on the second-lowest difficulty. In the Michael Jordan Bulls Era, I am asked to beat David Robinson in rebounds. At this rating, the challenge is almost impossible without purchasing VC. This is not a story mission. It is single-player Era content that I have already paid for. Why should I have to pay again to make a new build playable? I understand that VC is part of NBA 2K’s business model. But there is a difference between offering optional purchases and designing progression so that casual players feel forced to buy currency just to enjoy the game. The game seems to cater to whales and online influencers who spend heavily on builds, while casual players are left with an experience that feels frustrating and unnecessarily expensive. I paid $100 for a game, not for the privilege of paying more to enjoy its single-player modes.2K needs to rethink this design. Let players enjoy single-player modes without forcing them to grind multiple builds from 65 OVR or buy VC. Full-priced games should respect casual players too.

This game is absolutely garbage and a disgrace to basketball. Mike Wang is an absolute imbecile! Do not waste your money on this garbage, there are way better games out than there than this dumpster fire I promise you. Literally a bunch of BS happens every game and your badges don’t do what they are supposed to do! This game is also still riddled with cheaters that chuck up heavily contested shots and green them consistently so it’s no point in even playing defense. Myteam is underwhelming af! The game has been garbage for a long time but 2K just finds a way to continue to make this game more trash than it already was! Long story short, **** THIS GAME!

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This game is a complete waste of money. Its just terrible. They made shooting inconsistent and claimed they “fixed” the defense. I’ve made way more contested shots than I’ve made open shots. It makes no sense. Can’t enjoy playing online due to the extreme latency. I would say 2K fix your game but we all know at this point they don’t care about making a product the community enjoys. They only care about the micro transactions. They always do the opposite of what we want as a community.

What did they do to this franchise??? I’ve never had less fun playing a sports game. Absolute waste of money,

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