ESPN NBA Basketball

THE BAD:
Now the bad...I HATE the freethrow meter thing, it's horrible...you have to hit it perfect..PERFECT or you will miss...sometimes even when you get it perfect you miss. Also I hate how they took away the zooms on the cameras. Personally I am a side basketball player..but no matter what camera angle you play. It's just too far away from the basket. Also with the Franchise mode, can you extend contracts on your players??? I couldn't find it anywhere...the whole Front Office in the Franchise mode is confusing...and I have played many many games with Franchises and have not had a problem. One last thing, the game feels too slow...The last NBA @K series I had was 2K3 for the Dreamcast, and it was faster than this...

THE BAD:
You cannot use your 24/7 created character in your franchise or season modes!! But this is promised for next year.
You cannot manually adjust your camera angles like NBA2K3- why did they take that away?

SUMMARY:

This is REAL basketball people, every play is not a tomahawk dunk from the baseline. If your looking for the fake he's on fire, or the crossover+crossover+dunk technique, go and get Nba Jam or ( Nba Unreal I mean Nba Live )True Sega fans get that joke. Speaking of graphics, this year you will see the sweat on the jerseys, as well as a smarter "sweat" on players, the shorts move in the wind and you move around the court. Every face of EVERY player has been redone, to give you ultimate graphics for everyone. So forget...

THE BAD:
Gameplay is still a little to slow, but everything else in the game is designed to perfection.

SUMMARY:
If you are a basketball junkie this is the game to get not NBA Live 2004. In this game there is also a 24/7 mode where you can compete in drills with other people, raise your persons stats, and even win things like jerseys etc... The great thing however about this game is that you will have the opportunity to take a team like the Cavs and through many years of hard work make them a Championship contender. I have yet to actually play the game itself but I know that it is worth every penny of its 50 dollar cost which is why I recommend everyone to buy this game