"Unique isn't always better..."

Well I must give them credit for being creative everything about this game is different than any other basketball game I have ever played, but I didn't say better than any game now did I?

GRAPHICS 6/10
Very basic even for a hand-held console. The only times the graphics make allow you to tell the difference between your players (besides skin color obviously) is a close up which isn't too common.

SOUND 6/10
Not much on the sound track side of things just a little menu music but when you're in the game nothing to get exited about. I suggest turning the volume off it gets annoying after a while as do most PSP games I own.

CONTROLS 4/10
This is the part where everything got changed these controls take a while to get used to unless you have never played a basketball video game in your life before. The configuration of the buttons is kind of awkward. You have to tap the shooting button twice, once to initiate the shot and the other to finish it preferably at the peak of your jump. Alley-oops are another concept that just was too confusing for me so I don't even attempt them.

GAME PLAY 5/10
NBA gets very repetitive and boring if you play it too much unless you are one of those people who can continuously play a game for hours on end. A feature that some might like and those who like a challenge and realism won't, when ever you propose a trade it will be accepted. You are able to offer the worst player in the game and you can get KG.

OVERALL 5/10
Definitely a below average game, I was hoping for a mediocre game considering PSP is supposed to be a hand-held PS2 and I'm a fan of their basketball games on the PS2. So back on point this game was a disappointment to me being the game I first got along with my PSP I did do a lot of playing but I just had to get more games or my PSP would just sit around collecting dust.

BUY RENT OR DON'T BOTHER
Don't bother with this game maybe give NBA 06 a shot to see if they have improved from this game which I expect them too but I have been wrong before lets just hope I'm right now.

Reviewer's Score: 5/10, Originally Posted: 03/20/06