The only NBA licensed product available on console where no competition exists. Only to watch microtransactions increase year after year while the games quality gets slower and clunkier. They add mechanics that determine outcome of play instead of installing anti-cheat software for people using 3rd party cheating devices. The player
The game play is trash! They don't care about the game just making money. I've been playing 2k since nba 2k16 and the game is getting worse in gameplay. Can someone save us from this bad dream?!?!?!?
This 2k is hot trash if it wasn't for the fact there's no other basketball games I'd love this garbage alone... The development team is TRASH they need you really listen to the real players... The community is horrible too because they don't know how to not be toxic... 2k25
Design wise the game looks good and the rep system is nice. But gameplay is horrible and unplayable. The game controlls the narrative. No skillgap. Just bring back arcade gameplay. Zero fun, you have to play cheessy in order to win. RNG makes you scared to shoot the ball. There
Game has become pay to play to the extreme over the years. You can only play 1/3 of the game really free. Sure you can play all of it, but a majority of the game is next to impossible to enjoy unless you start buying the all mighty VC and/or
Same copy paste game with more micro transactions and less player control. Ronnie2K admitted there is a slingshot effect in the game that he exploits. NBA should revoke their license. Will never buy a 2K game or take part of it again. I wish I could get my money back.
Bring back when 2k actually tried on their basketball games. Thank goodness NCAA basketball will be made by EA instead of 2k cuz the profit gouging is insane
Ive played nba2k since the first release on dreamcast. This is the worst game play ever. The shooting is broke, the baseline going out of bounds is broken. The overall gameplay is broken. I have over 3,500 hrs on 2k25. I feel confident in my decision. The new debate is
Micro-transactions
Same old same old
Glitchy
Terrible servers
No creativity same old 2k
Overpriced items
Copy and paste game
RNG IN SHOOTING you can know ya timing an still missed due to the build in RNG can’t forget 2k claimed no rng WAS IN THE GAME
SCRIPTED GAMEPLAY
2k is content as a company no competition no need
Older versions were better, now just a money grab and no effort made by creator to make gameplay better, just a copy past strategy year to year
Game is not good don’t recommend they want you to create new builds to try to get good at the game but it’s a setup they control the way you shoot and dunk everything. Unacceptable worst 2k in history
Game becomes stale , nothing has changed for Myleague , my career is unplayable at times , there's less and less effort in the game because of my team is their cash cow and everything else just gets touched up or nothing at all.
I've been playing 2k since the beginning
NBA 2K25: A Game with Potential Undone by Flawed Design Choices
NBA 2K25 shows flashes of promise, but is ultimately held back by questionable design decisions and recurring issues that continue to frustrate longtime fans. The most polarizing change this year is the implementation of RNG-based shooting. Instead of rewarding precise
RNG ruined this game. The contest system is inaccurate and random, some smothered shots are registered as open some wide open shots are registered as strong or weak defense. The virtual currency is demanded to be purchased for a more competitively equal game. Shooting a white on poorly timed shots
First and foremost, this game was engineered to make money. It was not engineered to please the gamer. At release the game was decent. As 2k developers do every year, they changed to game once casuals complained. This patch completely messed up the game and developers never recovered.
This is the worst 2k I have ever played. RNG, too many bump animations, animations where people go through you just because they hit square, the contest system is absolutely broken, the game rewards spamming steal instead of playing decent defense, they removed the ability to drive baseline so almost
Rivals ai and my career ai have the same rating but for some weird reason the rival ai character plays much better. Is idiots I know the game settings change between the two but I matched everything together purposely. This game is rigged around the board against you to do