NBA 2K10

by 2K Sports

Product Features

• The game features 1-4 player support in versus and coop play locally and 2-10 player support in versus and coop play online with up to a full five man roster on each side.
• The NBA Today feature, in which all the real world matchups, news and stats are automatically streamed right into your game providing dynamic commentary and presentation elements based upon what is happening in the real NBA.
• My Player Mode, a career mode, allowing players at home create the ultimate NBA player from the ground, up and guide his every career move.
• Crew functionality, allowing you to round up your friends and build the ultimate squad, using either your created players from My Player mode or an actual NBA team, then go online and battle other Crews for bragging rights and progression points.
• Living Rosters, which allow you to keep NBA 2K10 fresh with up-to-date team with real player information, including roster and lineup moves, trades, injuries and player ratings via interactive menus and analysis.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002C7RBFQ
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 6, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,466 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #8 in Video Games > PlayStation 3 > Sports > Basketball
  • #27 in Sports & Outdoors > Fan Shop > Video Games & Accessories

Product Description

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3 | Edition: Standard

Amazon.com Product Description

NBA 2K10 is ready to tip off another championship season. NBA 2K9, the #1 selling NBA video game set the standard for all basketball video games, and NBA 2K10 aims to surpass that that by delivering an even better basketball experience this year with all-new gameplay components, out-of-this-world graphics, even more realistic Signature Style animations, all-new presentation elements and an unrivaled online system -- this season you won’t just play the NBA, you’ll live it. Create the ultimate player in My Player Mode. View larger. News and stats with NBA Today. View larger. Improved offense and defense. View larger. NBA Today NBA 2K10 is committed to providing a realistic NBA experience. Just one aspect of this is NBA Today, in which all the real world matchups, news and stats are automatically streamed right into your game providing dynamic commentary and presentation elements based upon what is happening in the real NBA. My Player Mode My Player Mode is perhaps the most exciting new feature built into NBA 2K10. Instead of focusing on over all team status, My Player Mode is a career mode, allowing players at home create the ultimate NBA player from the ground, up and guide his every career move. Start as an undrafted rookie in the Summer Leagues, where you specify every aspect of your character's game and physical makeup. Work hard enough throughout the series of games played here, gathering enough experience points along the way to build the skills your player needs at his position and you may get an invite to participate in an NBA team’s training camp. And if you don't make the cut, not to worry there is always the D-League, where you can work more on your game until you get your next shot. Either way, the road to being an NBA star is a long and hard battle full of challenges. Crews Basketball is a team sport, and NBA 2K10 acknowledges this with its Crew functionality. Round up your friends and build the ultimate squad, using either your created players from My Player mode or an actual NBA team, then go online and battle other Crews for bragging rights and progression points as you try to climb your way to the top of the Crew leaderboard rankings. Living Rosters The 2K Insider and his team of NBA analysts continue to keep NBA 2K10 fresh with up-to-date team and player information, including roster and lineup moves, trades, injuries and player ratings. Now track all of the changes through the season with interactive menus and analysis. Seamless Online Experience Forget the past, with NBA 2K10 online play is fully incorporated into every mode of the game. Now you can play the AI, challenge the friend sitting next to you or play your buddy across town anytime, from anywhere in the game. The game features 1-4 player support in versus and coop play locally and 2-10 player support in versus and coop play online with up to a full five man roster on each side. Signature Play Signature Play pulls together all of NBA 2K’s player Signature Styles and adds in all-new Signature Tendencies and facial expressions, creating NBA 2K10 teams that play and react like their real life counterparts for an unbelievably realistic NBA experience. New Intuitive Offensive Controls All-new easy-to-use dribbling and post game controls allow you to pull off ankle breaking Iso-Motion moves and dominate like Kobe from the perimeter to the paint. Shut Down D Every NBA star knows that offense is flashy, but defense wins championships. With this in mind NBA 2K10 gives you the opportunity to show your stuff at both ends of the court. Shut down teams like never before with innovative defensive controls that allow you to shadow your opponent’s every move, deny position off-ball, and even select how you want to contest shots.

Product Description

NBA 2K10 is ready to tip off another Championship season.   NBA 2K9, the #1 selling & #1 rated NBA videogame*, set the standard for all basketball videogames, and NBA 2K10 aims to surpass that that by delivering an even better basketball experience this year with all-new gameplay components, out-of-this-world graphics, even more realistic Signature Style animations, all-new presentation elements and an unrivalled online system - this season you won’t just play the NBA, you’ll live it.

Customer Reviews

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41 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too much attention to presentation, not nearly enough attention on gameplay, October 6, 2009

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Erik in OC (Costa Mesa, CA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NBA 2K10 (Video Game)

2K and Live b-ball hasn't been a contest in the last few years, as 2K has always been the one to buy. I was really hyped up for this year's version, especially after the amazing trailers.

Unfortunately, 2K Sports released an unfinished game full of glitches to meet the deadline. I will only list some of the glitches I've had happen: player moving backwards 8-10 feet, like a teleportation; getting a traveling violation after a scored basket; the inbounder running backwards in place until you get a 5 second violation; made dunks not counting count and everyone keeps playing; the game clock freezing at the end of a quarter; graphics displays, like the current conference standings, taking up the screen so you can't see (while the ball is in play); delays in the crowd noise reactions to plays. A lot of the glitches will be fixed with downloadable patches, but I'm reviewing the game as it is now.

For the positives, the graphics are much improved over 2K9. Online, there is less lag than there was before. The pre-game rituals, such as Lebron's chalk clap and Sasha pumping up Kobe are nice, but I looked at those the first few games and always skip it now. What really matters is gameplay and I wish more time was spent on that. Some of the things that need attention: defenders standing like drones around the rim, while a PG blows by for an uncontested layup, even with help defense bar maxed out; players having their stamina drained 2 trips up the court and then having to sit for an entire quarter; the ridiculous low post game and automatic skyhooks; guys missing uncontested lay-ups too often; players going into automatic post up, for no reason.

The "My Player" feature is pretty fun building up your character. If you played team-up online, you are familiar with the grading system. There are major gripes here, as well. My teammates also play very stupid defense, constantly leaving everyone, including superstars, wide open. When you are playing as a team in the regular game, you can switch and "babysit" your defenders, but you will be frustrated with the stupid play in this mode. There are also frustrating glitches in this mode like the graphic blocking the screen so you can't see for about 15 seconds and the way too frequent backcourt and out of bounds violations, when there is no defensive pressure. I watch a lot of games and I see a backcourt violation maybe once every 10 games but it happens usually 3 or more times here, again, with no defensive pressure.

If you need your annual NBA fix, with updated rosters, this is still ahead of Live (and I have played Live 10 for a few hours). If you're only a casual player, and just want a fun game regardless of whether rosters are current, stick with 2K9, at least until they fix the major bugs.

UPDATE 11/9: I'm finished with this game until a patch comes out. Supposedly, one is coming out this week, but judging from the 360 patch feedback, it's severely lacking and causes more issues. It's been over a month since release and it's unacceptable.

Here is what pushed me over the edge: In My Player mode, I was in the first round of the playoffs as the #2 seed, with Golden State. The Mavs shot 70-80% EVERY game, the vast majority of which were perimeter shots with a defender in their face. I managed to take it to game 6 somehow, but in the last game, my teammates would take it up the court, dribble out the clock, and shoot a 3 with 1 second on the shot clock. I would set a screen, move around frantically, call for the ball, ANYTHING, but they just stood there dribbling (we were down on the scoreboard and this was infuriating). Still somehow, I made it close by working for high percentage shots. With 10 seconds it was tied, Dirk hit a contested 20 footer with 5 seconds left. I drove to the basket and was fouled making 2 free throws to tie it with 2 seconds. On the next inbound, Jason Terry tosses up another 20 footer with a defender in his face and of course makes it. I wasn't surprised because Dirk and Terry hit literally 90% for the series. That was it. 2K, fix your broken game. I've always bought 2K games on release day but I learned a lesson here. I will never do that again and after this experience, I may never even buy a 2K game again.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ho hum, October 8, 2009

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Christian A. Orton - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NBA 2K10 (Video Game)

I played the heck out of NBA 2k9, so I was excited about NBA 2k10, especially because of the My Player mode.

However, the one thing that ruins sports games for me is the bread and butter play...you know, the play you can use to score every time? Well, NBA 2k10 suffers from the same thing (ironically) that's plagued the Live series for years, dominating point guards. Even on Hall of Fame difficultly, I can take Jason Kidd and score 60 against the Lakers. I've adjusted sliders, but to no avail in fixing the issue. What I usually do is start on the wing drive toward the top of the key, do a quick hesitation and then blow by the defender and down the lane for an easy lay-up...it works every time.

And when I get tired of that, it's really easy to exploit the AI defense. Just keep passing around the 3 pt line until a guy goes down low for an easy lay-up. It's that simple. I'm serious on this too, and I'll say it again, sliders don't fix anything. The AI defense is really poor. It's unplayable for me. It's not fun to dominate this easily.

There are some framerate issues, particularly in post play, but I haven't noticed it enough to piss me off or anything. Supposedly they're worse on the 360 version.

Outside of the poor defensive AI, the other big complaint I have is that the action is kinda choppy, not fluid at all. Passes are great, but ball-handling and driving the lane animations are unnatural. I played the demo for Live 10 and it's much more fluid, so I may try it, though I suspect it's not outstanding either.

The graphics remain good, but not great. The players don't really look much like themselves, especially Dirk. They're really shiny, and move awkwardly in the cutscenes. It's annoying.

Players miss the easiest lay-ups around the basket. Blocks from behind are uncanny. If the AI breaks free and heads down court for the easy lay-up, you can turbo your PG and catch him almost then attempt a block as the opponent is performing the lay-up and block it almost every time. It's unfair. I wish you could turn them off.

I'm really, really disappointed. I'm struggling to point out what's really good about this game. I can't think of any part I've really enjoyed. Hopefully a patch will address a number of these issues. It's just too easy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "My Player" feature has me hooked, October 16, 2009

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Aaron Gould "shadow" (USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: NBA 2K10 (Video Game)

I was an NBA Live fan up until 2k9. I've heard other 2k's before that were better than Live but I was too loyal, hoping maybe one day NBA Live would get it together. 2k9 was soo much better than live I felt deprived. Now 2k10 in some ways isn't better than 2k9 but the "My Player" mode is what NBA games have been lacking for a long time. Yes you could lock to a certain player but it really didn't do much since it wasn't really tracked as far as how well you were playing the position. My player brings that challenge to work day in and out. After playing a regular franchise you get bored but to make accomplishments as an individual has really got me playing this game allot more trying to get better. It's not perfect but I'm loving it so far.

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