It’s immediately clear that developer Visual Concepts listened to complaints about last year’s insipid, Spike Lee-directed M圜areer debacle, because the game’s flagship mode now features a much tamer story. And that’s exactly what you’ll be doing in the gorgeous, grinding “NBA 2K17.” Righting several mistakes from last year’s game, this is a stunning, robust basketball sim that smooths out rough spots, is replete with modes, and delivers a painstakingly authentic experience from start to finish. What any superstar would do, naturally: practice, practice, practice. What would it do in the offseason to improve? While “NBA 2K16” still ranked head and shoulders above the competition, the franchise had a rare misfire thanks to a dud of a Career mode and some uncharacteristic technical woes. I’ve been watching the NBA for several decades and can’t remember a more thrilling (and, as a Bay Area guy, saddening) end to a season.īut it wasn’t an especially good year for the best basketball video game series on the planet. In the final weeks alone, we marveled at the Warriors breaking the all-time regular season win record, held our breath through countless playoff nail-biters, and lost our minds when LeBron “King” James reminded us why he got his particular nickname. The 2015-2016 season was a treat for NBA fans.
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