NBA 2K12 (Xbox 360, 2011)

fun game and will like it was alot better than i thought you can use every on in the nba back Last year, two of the biggest complaints were the cheap defensive AI and the alien looking players. NBA 2K12 improves on both counts, but it's not perfect. The defense never lets up and will take advantage on every play if you let them. They still occasionally become psychic (my favorite was Dallas Mavericks center Brendan Haywood executing a perfect backhanded block without ever turning around to see me coming in for the layup), but it's rarer. The fact is that you're given so much more control of your footwork and shots, that it's up to you to get around the defense, because the game won't do it for you anymore. Choosing which hand to shoot the layup from or which way to fake before a jump shot makes or breaks every point in the game, and NBA 2K12 give you full control. It takes a little while to get fully accustomed to, but the amount of control you have is incredible.

As for the players, many of them look better. Kobe Bryant got a noticeable improvement. There are still alien looking players on every team, and each time the game cuts to them it is a bit jarring. Everything else about the game looks so amazing, that it really stands out. People would watch me play and comment on how fantastic the game looks, and then boom, Jarret Jack comes on screen looking like he got stung by bees in his face or Steve Nash shows his hideous mug.

This game is action packed and it is just awesome. Up until last week I was still playing NBA 2K11. No other sports game has lasted me as long, and I was contemplating skipping this year's version because, hey, 2K11 is still fun and I like to take breaks between my sports games. That would have been a colossally stupid move. NBA 2K12 takes everything I love about last year and makes it better. Then it takes nearly all the parts I didn't like and turns them awesome. Hey, other sports games, you just got schooled. Again.

Game is excellent! If your looking for the supreme NBA experience, you have to look no further because this game is the game to own. NBA 2K12 is the basketball to play, lockout or no lockout!

The game is definitely worth its price for an NBA fan. The difference between NBA 2k12 and NBA 2k11 is significantly great. The MY PLAYER mode is completely different and the game speed is a lot more quicker and realistic. I would give it around four stars because some things remained just the same.

I love the NBA 2K games because the realism aspects of the game. The game play itself is fantastic. The mechanics of the game is great for any basketball fan of any sort. This game gets a 5/5 from me.