Customer Reviews

NBA '07

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Having bought both NBA 07 and 2K7, I preferred the former. In many ways 2K7 may be the better basketball game, but I just didn't find it to be as much fun (which is why I sold it).

Pros:

- If you are looking for a faster action, offense oriented game....this is the one to buy.

- The graphics look very good; i'm not sure where the negative reviews are coming from on this one. Granted, I've not played the game on HDTV...but it looks great even in standard def. Both 2K7 and NBA07 were good here, but I think NBA07 wins out here.

- The gameplay is solid when you get used to it, and personally I actually like the bar that comes up for shooting.

- The mini-games are fun, especially shooting around for the most points with a group of friends.

- The online options and downloads are good, though admittedly I use them alot less than just playing the season mode.

- I really hated the gimmicky way that 2K7 used the motion sensor to shoot free throws. The motion sensor might be a really great technology for some games (it works very well in Flow, for instance), but was tacked on in 2K7 and didn't work for me.

Cons:

- Isn't as deep as 2K7. There is a season mode, but no franchise/dynasty mode. This isn't a big deal for me, as 82 games in a season is a ton to get through anyway.

- You can only have one season saved at once, so far as I can tell.

- The defensive AI is *much* weaker than 2K7. Really, it is a joke at times. Unless you want to play center and hope to snag rebounds, playing a person at anywhere other than near the basket is a sure way to give up easy points. For me this isn't a big deal because I like an offensive oriented game, but if you want a more realistic game, get 2K7.

- It takes a little adjusting to the game, especially on defense.

I'm not gonna lie, This game looks amazing. It truly shows how nice the PS3 can make the games look. Although a few people say the characters look like plastic. It still shows off the great resolution.

The Bad and the reason why the 2 stars.
The game play is horrendous. The game focused so much on "fancy" dunks that there is no defense playable whatsoever. The instant you go for a dunk, YOU CANNOT STOP IT. I've made dunks over 4 people all jumping. The game looks amazing but if you want to have an all around basketball game. This is not it.

The Playstation 3 needs some good sports titles. There isn't much right now, pretty much Madden, NBA 2k7 and of course NBA o7. NBA 07 was developed in-house by Sony. The series has been relesed on both the PS2 and PSP with only average reviews. Thankfully, this version does not suffer the same fate, it's a good game of hoops even though you have a much better choice with NBA 2k7. But if you like basketball like I do, you might want to consider this one too, just because it's a different experience.

What stands out is the graphics. The graphics are top notch, and I feel in most ways, it's a better looking game than 2k7 due to the incredible player models and stadium details. In true 1080 HD, the game is really sweet too look at. It really struts some of the power of the PS3 has to offer. Smooth crisp animations, nice player models, terrific reflections on the court, realistic stadiums and excellent use of vibrant colors and dripping sweat to boot! The player models are not perfect. The players look to sweat a little profusely and when this happens, they look a bit "manequinish", is that a word? I guess you can say they resemble a zombie in a round about sort of way. But you'll only notice on replays, timeouts and closeups, so it's only a minor gripe. But the players faces look very much like their real counterparts and they even got the hair down to a tee.

Gameplay wise, I would describe it as a 70% sim and 30% arcade feel. The gamep plays at an amazing fast pace and there is lot of scoring. The defense A.I. still needs some work, I noticed too many easy holes to the basket as my computer controlled teammates do not seem to help out in the lane when they should. One thing also that really bothered me was that very annoying shot meter. It's difficult to perfect it, as it seems to want just that, "perfection" to make a shot. Luckily, the shot meter thing can be disabled,so if you have problems like me making open jumpers, just turn it off. Other problems are with player fatigue issues. I noticed players being tired really doens't seem to affect them when their still oncourt. I've had guys below 50% and they were still moving fast and making shots on the court like they were fully rested from the bench. This is certainly an issue if you want realism and if you play online as substitutions are basically not needed. They need to patch this up.

Ouch. You would think of the slick presentation with TNT by it's side, you would think we would have a great tv style presentation. Well, good stat screens and cool TV replays are nice, but where the heck is my commentary? NBA 07 is lacking any commentary whatsoever. All you hear is the P.A. announcer. This is a major bummer and considering this is a next gen title, leaving out commentary is a big no-no.

Online play for the most part seems to be pretty smooth, I only notice a few laggy games, of course a lot depends on your connection. The modes are pretty bareboned, typical Season, Exhibition and a few mini-game which are actually very fun. The NBA Replay mode lets you replay games from the past week (in real life) and alter the ending. It's a good experience and with so many scnerios each week from the NBA, this mode is fun and will keep you busy. There are no deep franchise modes or the "The life" mode offered in the PS3 version, which is a bit disappointing. You would think a full priced NBA game for the PS3 would be loaded, but it still seems to a bit lacking.

Overall, I really liked NBA 07. The on-court gameplay is very good and is a good change up from 2k7. It's a game anyone can jump into and most will have fun with it. A few issues in the gameplay and lacking modes keeps it from being a must have. IF you only want to get one game, I would say NBA 2k7 is your best bet, it's still the best basketball game on the market.

Well i kind of liked the gameplay.But i mean really why not just play black ops right.So all you xjawz fans stick to war games.Plaese press like for every time you do i seta meal.On our table.And also i like feeling liked.

CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although I can't imagine anyone being interested in this game anymore, if you are thinking about giving this game a try I highly recommended that you don't. I know it's pretty cheap at the moment, and if a cheap basketball game is all you're looking for, I would try an older 2k or NBA Live game. Way too easy, a lack of good game modes, boring gameplay, and the fact that it's offline now are some of the problems this game has... However, the graphics are pretty good, and it's quite easy to just pick up and play. So, if you're looking for a cheap and easy basketball game that you can play quickly with friends, I guess this wouldn't be a bad option.

This game is pathetic, way to easy and the Season mode is a Huge JOKE, im sad that Kobe had to endorse this game. No game now a days should have a season mode where you can't continue into year 2, and so on.

This game is pretty much the worst game I've ever played. I'm really not trying to be melodramatic, I just think it's important to be honest. I played some older basketball games on Sega Genesis, and actually enjoyed them. I even played a couple ps2 games with a friend, and they were alright. But this thing was insanely easy. I 'mastered' it after about six hours. Cranked it up to max difficulty and STILL managed to post 130 points with Ray Allen in consecutive games. As said elsewhere in the thread, there is nothing resembling defense in this game, as the glorious dunk is unstoppable. Also, the franchise mode (or whatever it was called) is silly. There's no 'fair trades' option, and there's not even a good salary system or anything remotely deep about it. You could trade your 40-50pt players for 90pt players without the other team batting an eye.

Still, the graphics are pretty smooth looking, but I didn't like the motion engine for the cut-scenes. Everything was moving like it was made of blocks.

I'm totally willing to admit that I may have an untoward bias, but this game was really quite awful. I was shocked when I was able to trade it in for $35.

well, to start things off, i will list the pros of the game. i happen to own both nba games and 2K7 is better by a long shot. i have to say the graphics are great. the facial graphics arent the best but overall its very good. it shows some of my systems potential to my friends. secondly, if you love blowing out the other team by 50-80 points its easy to make shots in this game. i shood 95% from the field every time on easy difficulty, 80% on the next level and still manage 60% on expert. so if you want an easy to win game, this is it.

here are the cons. there is no player creator that i am aware of. kinda sucks because i know all my friends would love to create themselves in a basketball game and asign himself to his favorite team. secondly, the gameplay is bad. playing defense is a hassle unless you steal the ball from the cpu which isnt hard at all. its pretty much impossible to block a dunk or win the tipoff on any difficulty.

well, there are other features in the game which i never used, but all in all, 2k7 is the winner.

Pros
- Good graphics
- One of few games to support 1080p
- Mini Games are fun especially the shoot out

Cons
- AI is horrible. You can have 3 defenders in the lane when a defender gets burned and they just stand there and watch as the opponent goes in for a slam
- Shot meter needs to be tweeked
- Passing needs work. You can pull your controller up to the left and hit the pass button trying to get the ball to a wide open teammate and it will pass it to a guy behind you to the right.
- Too many slam dunks, had 12 dunks in a row in one game
- Limited number of set plays (4 on offense and 3 on defense)
- No defensive controls expect poke at the ball which 90% of the time just gets a foul called on you
- Season mode is a joke as well

Overall
- One of the worse sports games Ive played in a long time, its a sham that this game was released in the state it is in.

NBA07 is a great game the mini games are awsome and its just plain fun. as i also own NBA 2k7 and its better but NBa 07 isnt 100% basketball 2k7 just doens have the full package and online games make you crave for more. i was tied in the forth quarted with one guy with 30 seconds to go my palms were sweaty and i was sweatin i felt like it was so real and i had a perfect ecored so thanks to the shot meter when i stalled with the ball in the last 7 seconds and popped a 3 with NASH in the last 2 seconds my oppenent wasnt happy to se the ball go *SWISH* as the buzzer went off