![]() A change is clearly overdue.Ĭompounding things are M圜areer games that are clearly scripted, so you go in resigned to a loss before the tip-off has even occurred. This has been a perennial issue in NBA 2K games for a long time now, but it feels especially pronounced this year. How are you an NBA prospect, scoring six points a game and leading your team in turnovers? It's nonsense. In a career mode where you're once again being touted as the next big thing, it's a joke to see your MyPlayer completely outclassed on the hardwood, saddled with rock-bottom stats and a laughable inability to be truly effective. ![]() Perhaps NBA 2K21's biggest and most egregious problem is progression – M圜areer, in particular, being guilty of holding up your character's development unless you're willing to part with real cash to make your player even halfway decent. The reasons to fork out for an upgrade are few and far between.ĭon't dar to reach in for a steal. Even the rosters are the same as last year, with coronavirus halting the draft (which in fairness, can’t be helped). NBA 2K21 introduces a new M圜areer – as it does each year – this time dubbed 'The Long Shadow' (in which you guide new protagonist ‘Junior’ to NBA glory), and doesn't really do a whole lot else. Thank goodness next-gen is just around the corner, as it's high time NBA 2K underwent a serious revamp – for years now the series has remained unchallenged, as EA's attempts at resurrecting NBA Live went down the toilet, leaving the way open for 2K and developer Visual Concepts to seemingly become increasingly complacent when it comes to innovating. But that's the least of the game's problems this year – NBA 2K21 feels like it's running on empty, perfectly content to rehash the same experience from last year. The game's overtly cynical microtransactions remain a sticking point, for sure, marring progression through what is otherwise yet another very good basketball game. NBA 2K21 is essentially NBA 2K20 in a different wrapper, plagued with all of the same issues the previous game had, not least the continued implementation of its all-pervasive Virtual Currency, which infects almost every facet of the game's M圜areer and MyTeam modes. Familiarity breeds contempt, and, as the years and new iterations roll by, 2K's NBA series grows increasingly contemptible.
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