NBA Ballers

[Lamrock]

Well, with a new installment coming out, I thought I'd make this topic. Does anyone like NBA Ballers? While NBA Street is easily the superior game, I have always had a soft spot for NBA Ballers, despite it being extremely frustrating and difficult at times. I still own the first two games.

The newest one, NBA Ballers: Chosen One comes out on April 21st. I'm going to get it.

[Sauru]

i have never played ballers myself, always looked good though

[Tuomas]

Never played any Ballers game but always wanted to. This I might check out. What are the strong points of the series? I remember the last one being cool with the hanging around the city and such, I so wanted to play that game but it never came out here so

[Cool2Fool]

Superior Player detail! Oh I just wish they make an NBA game with their graphic

[Beatboxer]

Why don't they release these kind of arcade games for the PC platform? If the reason is a "dual analog controller", that is not a reason, i think.

[k-d]

Why don't they release these kind of arcade games for the PC platform? If the reason is a "dual analog controller", that is not a reason, i think.

simple.

most of the people download pc games, they don't buy 'em.

if you wanna play on console, you have to buy the games.. and even x360 has downloaded games but to play them you cannot play on xboxlive.. on ps3 there isn't a mod yet.

so the producer of the games prefer consoles to pc because they can reach much more money..

sorry for my english, hope you've understood. simple.

[k-d]

I hope that a demo will be released in march or in april, anyway before the release.

wanna try this interesting game.. honestly i didn't like nba street homecourt..

[BIG GREEN]

I wonder if they're gonna add the superman layup since dwight howard is the mascott for the game.

[Cool2Fool]

I had this game for over a week now and only played it once...this game is uglier than it look.....shit gameplay and story mode

[Lamrock]

The new one got bad reviews and I hear its shit. I actually just dusted off the first one and am having some fun, and frustration with it. These games are always so hard to beat towards the end.

[deihatein]

I only have NBA Ballers: Phenom. Cant say it's bad though, but for me it feel short because of the 1 on 1 rule and some moves are hard to pull off. The loading time is shit in the PS2. The story mode is a shit also, but multiplayer might be great

[Andrew]

I've never played any of the games but I did check out some of the previews of the latest one. It's a unique approach but I wasn't moved to buy it.

[Lamrock]

The new Ballers is pretty bad. It just has a feeling of being rushed (you can tell by the poor presentation), created ballers can't have hair, the camera is too zoomed in, and the gameplay no longer has strategy.

[CMJ3]

I own it, got it for a present. Its not bad better multiplayer than single player i would have to say

@ Lamrock93, to change the ballers hair im pretty sure you go into hat and keep going across...

[Jing]

I remember not being able to put down the first NBA Ballers game, but its more or less the same game after that.

[buzzy]

Is there a demo of it on the 360 market?

[Lamrock]

Last time I posted here I only made a brief statement saying it sucked after playing it once. I picked it up again (I have about 10 games out from Gamefly. They will send me the next game on my list as long as I say I sent it a week ago) and beat the first two episodes. Here is a review based on the hour or so I spent:

It might be the worst basketball game I have ever played. The first 2 games in the series were arcadey, but were actually quite deep and had some strategy to them. Chosen One has most of the same gameplay elements from the first two, but the gameplay is completely fucked up.

All of the strategy is gone. To win, all you need to do is spin around until you get to the basket and dunk it on offense, and on defense, go for an easy steal or a block. Sure, the CPU will sometimes steal the ball or block it, and on offense do a cheap super move (more on that later) but the game is easy enough that you can pretty much use that strategy to the end.

The aforementioned super moves are some of the most retarded things I have seen. It is a 15 second cutscene of the other players doing a bunch of fancy basketball moves (with your character just standing there even though the ball would be easy to steal), leading up to an epic dunk that is for some reason worth 5 points. (in a game to 11 using 2's and 3's) They are uncounterable, and pretty cheap. I didn't bother to find out how to use them, since I can still win my way.

There are also special conditions matches. Generally the strategy is the same. One of the most common is the No Ball Checks game. It is probably the worst gameplay mode in history. Basically, after you make a shot (well, actually a dunk, because shooting is pointless in this game, only blocks, steals, rebounds, speed, handles and dunks are important here), you can rebound it from under the basket and dunk it again, and again, and again. Despite my character having stats all around mediocrity, for some reason, I could out-rebound, block and dunk guys like Jermaine O'Neal and Chris Bosh here.

Everything else about the game is pretty shitty too. The presentation is awful, with cheaply made intro videos for each round, and some pretty ugly menus. The soundtrack consists of a dozen or so generic hip-hop tracks by Just Blaze, making me grateful for the 360's ability to connect with MP3 players. The graphics are okay, but everything looks a little off. Its hard to explain. The player list is about the same as the last 2, but slightly smaller for some reason. Also, while scrubs such as Adam Morrison and Sebastian Telfair are included, stars like Deron Williams and Floppu Ginobili (both in Phenom) are absent. Additionally, despite being released in mid-April, the rosters seem to be from January.

I think I'm forgetting something, but oh well. Sorry about that rant. I just really hated the game. Until they make Simpsons Basketball, this is my least favorite B-Ball "game" of all-time.

[Andrew]

Doesn't sound like I'm missing out on much. Thanks for the review.