NBA 2K20 Review: Before You Buy

So IGN released their 2K20 review this year and as usual they always miss the important things when it comes to reviewing the yearly 2K release. They usually focus on things that don't really matter to the game nor do they acknowledge anything new in the games. They ended up giving the game 7.8/10 and at this point I don't know if they played the pre-released version or the version that the masses received. The best part about 2k is the gameplay. It gives players the best video game simulation of NBA basketball. However, this year, this game is completely broken. The shooting in the game doesn't work whatsoever. 2k decided it was a good idea to put all of the skill into badges, which are skills added to specific players to give them more real life likeness, rather than keeping the skill into the players hands. It was a terrible idea and players aren't able to make simple jumpshots no matter how much you "master" the game. It's honestly disgusting.

The worst part about 2k this year is they blatantly lied to the community. They promised us things that we could do in the game that we clearly cannot, then acted like they never said these things. Players were even told that the Neighborhood(Park) wasn't the exact same but when we got the game, it was literally the exact same. They did make the grind to 99 much easier while making the game much more impossible to play. 2k claims to be working on a patch that fixes the game but who knows if this will happen. The issues in 2k currently include: My Player names aren't popping up, players are receiving negative rep, sometimes when you update your player the game doesn't update, some players aren't receiving rep, stealing is way too easy for everyone with low steal ratings, nobody can shoot, badges don't work, MyTeam gameplay is broken as well. They also added the WNBA without even allowing us to play online with them. Play Now Online tier system is still terrible. MyGM doesn't have a difficulty. MyLeague hasn't added anything, even though the mode is very diverse, it could've added sign and trades. It's just honestly a very lazy release.

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2K20 is a game that was released upon false advertising. They promised us things that they didn't deliver on. The things they updated are good ideas but executed quite terribly. If you haven't bought this game then I wouldn't buy it. No other gaming community has to deal with the atrocity of a release like this. If they are sued due to false advertising I wouldn't be surprised.