Product ReviewsESPN NBA 2K5 (Sony PlayStation 2, 2004)

Simply Brilliant in So Many Ways!

Reviewed for Big Boss Games by: PK The Green

Usually when I spend $20 for a game it's used, greatest hits, or horrid. This one is none of the aforementioned. ESPN NBA Basketball 2K5 by Take 2 Interactive is brilliant in many ways.

First off, I was amazed to see they allowed me to create my own shoes. A sign of a true Superstar is their very own signature kicks. The presentation lives up to the ESPN tagged to the name. Various ESPN personalities supply pre-game and post-game reports, as well as sideline reports. Bill Walton comes up with the half-time report showing replays of the best plays.

Ah, and now for the gameplay. A hop-step button has been added for another dimension in storming the hoop. Also, rebounding is more in your control, no more tapping the button and hoping you'll get it.

My only complaint is that with all of the beautifully rendered character models, your created character doesn't look up to par. The cheerleaders also look like they're straight out of a Gumby cartoon.

With the same great gameplay from last year, and new things added, for a price of $20, sports fans gotta have it.

Overall score: 9/10Read full review...

ESPN NBA 2K5, The one Basketball Game you Must Have!

I have to say, I am not the biggest sports game fan in the world, I pretty much like to play Halo, Call of Duty 2, Splintercell, Etc... and I am not much of a Basketball fan at all, but since I had the other ESPN 2K5 games I decided to try this out, after all, if I didn't like it I could resell it here on eBay. and so I bought it, and have been playing it around once our twice a week ever since! Multiplayer is pretty much what I play, since I have friends that come over, and the quality of graphics rivals new games such as Halo or Burnout Revenge. You can always read the listings here on eBay to learn more about it, but overall I would recomend this to any PlayStation owner as a Party game or single player as well.Read full review...

Great game

Brought me back to my younger years

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: silverbluedog55

WHAT THEY SAID...

I'm pretty much with the other reviewers... mostly anyways. Except for the complaint about cheerleaders, see I bought it for the basketball reason (ya know the TITLE OF THE GAME), so I haven't even noticed the cheerleaders to complain about them looking like "gumby cartoons". It's alot easier to play than any other basketball game out there. The one thing I love about the ESPN games is their "Crib" or "Skybox" extras, see there are little things about sports games I do like, but seriously... complaining about what the cheerleaders look like? Sorry, I must've missed them on the cover of the game... oh that's right... that's not a cheerleader, it's BEN WALLACE, an NBA player... as in ESPN NBA 2K5... not ESPN CHEERLEADERS. ANYWAYS: BUY THIS GAME... FOR THE NBA REASONS.Read full review...

Great condition!!! It was for my grandson out of state. He loves it!

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: new | Sold by: jjgames

Great

Amazing

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: ohiovideogames

Raw Master

My friend love playing this game this why i got this game for him. He been look for this game. And i don't have any dislike about this game at this time. I know that he well be happy to get this game when you send it to me. Thank you again.Read full review...

great

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: superdavid341

ESPN NBA 2K5 (Play Station 2, 2004)

I brought this game ESPN NBA 2K5 (Play Station 2, 2004), for my grandsons.
About 2 or 3 months ago. He really like this game and him and his brother
plays it all the time. he wanted this game so we got it for him..
Thank you..Read full review...

ESPN NBA 2K5

its a good old game...if you like the the nba series games this is a must. i love all of them and lost this one and got it for so cheap which is another reason why this is a steal!