NBA 2K12

The last time I watched an entire professional basketball game was during the Michael Jordan, Reggie Miller, Malone/Stockton era. The last time I owned a basketball video game was NBA Jam for my Super Nintendo. Simply put, I'm just a baseball/football guy. Last week, however, my brother brought home this game and wanted to play a few games. I obliged, and quite surprisingly was sucked in from the opening tip-off of that first game.

Though I can't comment on the "frills" of this game (career mode, practice, etc.) as I will never use them, I have now played dozens of exhibitions against friends and have immensely enjoyed the experience. The biggest reason? The control scheme is very well designed (the key structure of any successful sports video game franchise). The controls are simple enough for beginners, yet "deep" enough for the seasoned vet to perfect his/her game.

Thus, I was pleasantly surprised by this game and foresee more hours of fun with it in the future. Wheres 2K Sports have fallen way behind the curve in their baseball franchise, they are the "industry leader" in this NBA fare and I hope they continue into the future. Even if you aren't a "baller" you can still have fun with this one.

Now not saying 12 is better than 11 but it's up there. Im giving it a 9. I believe that is was a very underrated installment. It came out during the NBA lockout so it was kinda a screwy release. There was no rookies at the beginning. But people have to look back and realize that they took upon NBA 2k11 and they added to it. More features, more teams and I'm curious what the idea actually was and did we know that 12 was better than 11 before the nostalgic hit. But 12 is still useable. I can't even imagine how lucky y'all were to have a had PC back then to enhance on what was already a great consul release.