Even without the casino rubbish from last year, its hooks are still very much in the game. Micro transactions are still very present and aggressive as ever. The MyTeam stuff didn’t surprise me being online, but once again it’s annoying to get booted to the main screen. Having the Switch go into sleep mode will boot you from your single player game. The M圜areer mode isn’t helped by being online only. If you want to engage with the 2K21 community or hang out with your friends then the 2K Beach will have something for you, especially if you have the cash to splash on outfitting your player. You can’t access this mode initially without either progressing in the M圜areer story or skipping it outright. It’s a cool area that really stands out compared to the stadiums and courts that fill the rest of the game. There’s also several different shops for fully accessorising your player, whether it’s clothes, shoes or animations. This mode takes place in 2K Beach, a coastal basketball hub for playing matches against the CPU or other players. The NBA 2K21 Neighbourhood is more of a social space if you want to play against other people online, customise your player and boost your stats. You wouldn’t be missing much, but if you want to get a little more from the game it’s relatively short while you work your way through Collage basketball. If you want to get to the NBA and the Neighbourhood street basketball straight away you can even skip all the narrative story. It’s pretty standard stuff, the actors are doing the best with what they’re given. ![]() Your rise to the NBA has you dealing with a shady agent, a coach that believes in you (despite my awful playing), and college romance. It’s something you can overlook, but it’s hard to focus on the pretty average story going on. The visuals aren’t any better, it looks like current-gen motion capture has been stuffed into last-gen bodies. These aren’t action-filled scenes, so it doesn’t make sense why it would run this badly. ![]() Strangely, it’s here where the game struggles. The first thing you’ll notice starting this mode is how badly the cutscenes run. As with other years, 2K are bringing in the star power with Djimon Hounsou and Michael K. After trying your luck at Football (NFL), you’ve come back to basketball while living in the shadow of your father’s legacy. After you create your character you are plonked into a world where your recently deceased father was a basketball great. M圜areer also returns with a new story The Long Shadow, chronicling your rise into the ranks of the NBA. There are a few returning modes, MyTeam is back with the whole card collecting shebang. Although it does raise the question of how necessary a completely new game is? There aren’t a lot of other changes this year, which is good if everything works well. If you don’t like it you can also just hit the Y button and take a shot that way too. Use the right stick to control what kind of shot you play, as well as aim it once the meter shows up. There’s a new shot meter that is a little different from the usual kind of aiming. With NBA 2K21 the Basketball side of things is still fine. By the time I’ve gotten to these games they’ve sorted out most of the performance issues and bugs, so what’s usually been left is a solid game of Basketball. While I’m definitely not as good at a more grounded game of Basketball, I can manage. This hasn’t meant I didn’t wind up with the previous two NBA 2K games. I’ve always enjoyed the NBA Jam/Hangtime games more than I’ve been into the more realistic sports games. With EA already leaning on FIFA legacy editions, does the Switch version of NBA 2K21 stay fresh enough to keep from the same fate? NBA 2K21 has arrived at a time where not only the world in the midst of a pandemic that affected the actual NBA, but we’re also on the cusp of the next-gen consoles and cross-gen titles. Last year’s NBA 2K20 legacy was the casino theme that marred the already-gross microtransactions. ![]() As with any yearly iteration of a sports game, it can easily just feel like another year, another NBA 2K game.
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