What's the best NBA2K?

[PS5 Pro]

You showed your age on that son. But I agree Live 98 was the GOAT basketball game for a long time. Double Dribble was overrated tho, Tecmo NBA was waaaaay better.

nikkaz slept on this fire tho

That Game had potential but didn't live up to it imo. I think Konami gave up after that.

And I didn't love Tecmo NBA. It was like John Elway football, I played it but I didn't love it.

Konami did make perhaps the best basketball game ever (from a potential standpoint) in Run n Gun. What that series would look and play like today

And I'm still in my 30's... For now

 

[Ari Gold Bawse]

NBA 2k11

had the best soundtrack aswell

 

[Easy-E]

2k11 is the one that brought me in and officially converted me from NBA Live

This

And it wasn't hard;

NBA Live 01

NBA Live 04

NBA Live 05:mjriiite:

NBA Live 06

NBA Live 07

NBA Live 08-10

 

[ISO]

This

And it wasn't hard;

NBA Live 01

NBA Live 04

NBA Live 05:mjriiite:

NBA Live 06

NBA Live 07

NBA Live 08-10

NBA Live 10 was good

 

[Take It In Blood]

You showed your age on that son. But I agree Live 98 was the GOAT basketball game for a long time. Double Dribble was overrated tho, Tecmo NBA was waaaaay better.

nikkaz slept on this fire tho

crazy how there were so many basketball game options on the market back in the day

and now theres really just one

the positive is that 2K rose to the top by simply being the best quality product

instead of doing shady sh1t to eliminate comp like Madden did

 

[Easy-E]

NBA Live 10 was good

Not good enough for a game for it's generation

If it came out 3 years earlier when I had a PS2

I have it on 360 and it feels so dated

I literally stopped playing 2K11 MyPlayer last year

I bought and tried out 2K14-2k17 and of course the graphics are better and there are more animations and more realistic physics

But, they just aren't as solid gameplay wise as 11

NBA Live 10 feels like 06 with better graphics and more modes

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

From a gameplay perspective? 2K11 is king, imo. Was there still some b.s. and rubberbanding a.i.? Yes, but it was minimal in comparison to other games in the series. I never got better games vs the a.i. or human competition than I did in 2k11. Everything felt organic and the players didn't feel like they were stuck in the mud. When I lost, it was because I was outplayed. I also loved those size up moves, particularly Michael's which were scary authentic. Speaking of Mike, I believe this was the first 2k to feature him as playable and to offer so many versions of him. Playing as 80s Mike was different than the '96 version. Really fun game.


My personal favorite however, is easily 2K7. It's nowhere the smoothest or deepest. In fact, compared to the games that followed, it was bare bones, but it's the very first "next gen" title I popped into the system after jumping from the PS2 to the Xbox 360. It was surreal how significant the leap was from a gameplay & technical perspective. I had it on PS2 first, so going from



To



Was insane. So many players having signature shots, the sweat that you could actually see build and fly as players minutes increased, and the enhanced court was crazy to me. Of course it isn't impressive 12 years later, but it's probably the biggest leap I've ever experienced. I used to destroy teams w/ the '05 - '06 Kobe.

watching these vids.... the real question is, what camera view are y'all playing on

 

[Trapperman Dave]

@Illuminatos aye bron the cover athlete for 19 start the thread up or @Tunez

 

[Illuminatos]

@Illuminatos aye bron the cover athlete for 19 start the thread up or @Tunez

I got it.

 

[Jx2]

can't wait til the Lebron version drops where u relive all his finals loses

They've mastered player's signature moves, but his arsenal of post play complaints about phantom calls is seemingly missing. I can only hope they'll address these in the Deluxe NBA 2Kang edition

 

[sidenikkagawd]

2k11

2k5

2k2

2k15 pre-patch was the best this gen

 

[Alvin]

From a gameplay perspective? 2K11 is king, imo. Was there still some b.s. and rubberbanding a.i.? Yes, but it was minimal in comparison to other games in the series. I never got better games vs the a.i. or human competition than I did in 2k11. Everything felt organic and the players didn't feel like they were stuck in the mud. When I lost, it was because I was outplayed. I also loved those size up moves, particularly Michael's which were scary authentic. Speaking of Mike, I believe this was the first 2k to feature him as playable and to offer so many versions of him. Playing as 80s Mike was different than the '96 version. Really fun game.


My personal favorite however, is easily 2K7. It's nowhere the smoothest or deepest. In fact, compared to the games that followed, it was bare bones, but it's the very first "next gen" title I popped into the system after jumping from the PS2 to the Xbox 360. It was surreal how significant the leap was from a gameplay & technical perspective. I had it on PS2 first, so going from



To



Was insane. So many players having signature shots, the sweat that you could actually see build and fly as players minutes increased, and the enhanced court was crazy to me. Of course it isn't impressive 12 years later, but it's probably the biggest leap I've ever experienced. I used to destroy teams w/ the '05 - '06 Kobe.

yeah 2k7 was the only sports game I owned at the time and that shyt left me awe struck on the 360

 

[Easy-E]

2K18 making a case...most fun one since 2K11...2K16 the only close one

 

[desjardins]

2k12
I'm like 20 seasons in on my franchise (short season tho)

 

[Grand Eeezus Maxwell]

2Ks 8–11