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NBA 2K12 Free Download GAMESPACK.NET Up until last week I was still playing NBA 2K11. No other sports game has lasted me as long, and I was contemplating skipping this year’s version because, hey, 2K11 is still fun and I like to take breaks between my sports games. That would have been a colossally stupid move. NBA 2K12 takes everything I love about last year and makes it better. Then it takes nearly all the parts I didn’t like and turns them awesome. Hey, other sports games, you just got schooled. Again. NBA 2K12 has three different covers highlighting the athletes that define basketball (though most gamers will see the Michael Jordan cover, marking the second year in a row his Airness takes the spot). But it’s about a lot more than MJ this year. Last year’s Jordan Challenges were the highlight of the game, but 2K12’s NBA’s Greatest mode trumps it. Michael Jordan is back, and along with him come Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Hakeem Olajuwon, Scottie Pippen, and 10 other basketball greats. They’re matched up in games against other basketball legends such as the ’93 Hornets, Dikembe Mutombo and Shaq with the Orlando Magic. Every team you play as and against is unlockable, letting you pit the greatest players of the last 40-plus years against the stars of today. Want to see Dwight Howard go head to head against Shaq in his prime? Of course you do because that’s awesome.TOP/BEST ADULT VIDEO GAMES IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

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Each game gets the full presentational treatment. (You’re going to hear a lot about presentation in this review, because NBA 2K12’s is astounding.) The games are treated like television broadcasts from the era, so Bill Russel’s mid-’60s Celtics game is in black and white. The announcers treat the games like playbacks, talking about your performance as if it already happened and sharing trivia about the players. Last year, two of the biggest complaints were the cheap defensive AI and the alien looking players. NBA 2K12 improves on both counts, but it’s not perfect. The defense never lets up and will take advantage on every play if you let them. They still occasionally become psychic (my favorite was Dallas Mavericks center Brendan Haywood executing a perfect backhanded block without ever turning around to see me coming in for the layup), but it’s rarer. The fact is that you’re given so much more control of your footwork and shots, that it’s up to you to get around the defense, because the game won’t do it for you anymore. Choosing which hand to shoot the layup from or which way to fake before a jump shot makes or breaks every point in the game, and NBA 2K12 give you full control. It takes a little while to get fully accustomed to, but the amount of control you have is incredible.

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As for the players, many of them look better. Kobe Bryant got a noticeable improvement. There are still alien looking players on every team, and each time the game cuts to them it is a bit jarring. Everything else about the game looks so amazing, that it really stands out. People would watch me play and comment on how fantastic the game looks, and then boom, Jarret Jack comes on screen looking like he got stung by bees in his face or Steve Nash shows his hideous mug. (Granted, Nash is kind of ugly anyway, but still.) For me, the improvements to My Player sold me on the game. Last year, My Player was the most popular mode in the game, which is surprising considering how slowly it started. For NBA 2K12, the developers streamlined the draft process. Instead of pickup games and a possible trip to the D-League, you hop into a single game, with full presentation, commentary, crowds, and flair. From there you go into interviews with three potential teams (so you can fine tune who exactly you end up with), and then it’s straight to the draft. After that, the mode feels very similar: you control your guy, meeting game objectives and trying to be a team player. But the developers made it easier to get into the game by making your player start out with higher stats and making the Teammate Grade system more forgiving.The Captain Switch NSP

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It’s easier at first, but that’s because this year you’re trying to get into the Hall of Fame, which is no easy feat. You’ll have to play your ass off to meet the requirements, and it takes a long time. My Player is one of the most robust single-player modes in a sports game, rivaling MLB The Show’s “Road to the Show” mode. The gameplay is tighter, the presentation is broader, and it finally feels like your character is an actual NBA athlete. Association, NBA 2K12’s franchise mode, returns and is largely similar to last year’s, but that’s not a bad thing. Association does a wonderful job of putting you in control of the team. It’s here that the presentation and commentary outshine other sports games. 2K12 treats every game like a televised matchup, with intros, animated roster lineups, and commercials for upcoming games. The crowds and stadiums are realistic and react to how well your team does. Seeing nobody show up to a Charlotte Bobcats game (a serious real life issue for the franchise) and then watching the seats fill as you take the Bobcats to their first ever playoff appearance highlights the level of detail. Playing the same team for dozens of games will cause the commentary to repeat a bit, but that’s coupled with a multitude of commentary for every other team you play. There was an amazing bit where the commentators started joking about which famous politicians they roomed with in college, poking fun at Grant Hill’s parents.

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I “WTFed” in the best way possible. It is worth noting that this review takes place completely out of context with both previous versions of NBA 2K on Wii, and also versions of NBA 2K12 on competing consoles. This is the first NBA basketball game I’ve sunk any real time into since NBA 2K3 on Nintendo GameCube, and so I am coming into this review without any real preconceptions on what features the game should or shouldn’t contain. Despite a labor conflict that threatens to end the 2011-2012 NBA season before it even begins, NBA 2K returns to Wii yet again with NBA 2K12. The series, now in it’s 13th year, has taken video game basketball and shined it to an amazing polish. The series is so successful and prolific that rival EA Sports had to take a two-year hiatus from the sport just to rethink their strategy. The real question with this review, however, is how the game translates onto Wii, a platform that is clearly not the lead platform for the development of the game Although the game is playable by Wii Remote and Nunchuk, I played the game largely with the Classic Controller Pro. The first thing to note as you reach the main menu is that when it comes to depth of content, NBA 2K12 is not messing around. On top of the Quick Play mode, which the game drops you into when you first start up.Energy Invasion Switch NSP

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The game has no fewer than four other deep experiences. First up is The Association, an incredibly deep franchise mode that puts you in complete control of an NBA team with all of the budgetary, contractual, and scheduling obligations therein. For NBA mega-fans, this mode is a dream come true as you can build your ideal roster, monitor the news feeds for trade information, and still play a game of basketball every few in-game days. The level of customization is bewildering, and as a newbie to the NBA 2K experience, I found myself completely overwhelmed with the amount of options that were available to me. The menus are a bit confusing, as the game seems to assume that you have some basic familiarity with the mode. There is no built-in tutorial. In addition to The Association are standard modes such as Season, Playoffs, and Situation Play, the latter of which allows you to preset the score, time remaining, and any other minor detail you could think of, creating the exact situation you want to play through. Also included is a Blacktop mode that contains three-point contest, slam dunk competition, 21, and pick-up street games with actual NBA players. The slam dunk competition in particular was quite hard to grasp; only after playing around with it for a good half hour and reading the instructions a dozen times was I able to complete a single dunk. After I got the hang of it, though, I had fun with it. Like much of NBA 2K12, the learning curve is steep.

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The biggest draw for NBA 2K12, however, is the lineup of legendary matchups – 15 in total. These games represent some of the most memorable games in NBA history, and put you right into the middle of the action. Each of these allows you to unlock legendary NBA players and teams. The rosters and players have been recreated faithfully, and playing in these modes is a blast for NBA historians. Finally there is the My Player mode, which allows you to create a new player, hire an agent, and guide them through their career in the NBA. When evaluating the visuals in the game, it is a question of macro vs. micro. If you take into account the entire presentation, including the camera angles, and infographics, the game looks very good. The entire thing has the distinct feel of a television program, even to the point where between quarters, a commercial will show up for a game taking place later on the calendar. The audio plays into this as well, as the announcers really do a fantastic job of creating a realistic game-atmosphere. They bring up statistics from prior games, discuss how the current game fits into the grand scheme of things as the season unfolds, and generally sell you on the idea that they care about what’s happening in the basketball game. It’s truly amazing to see the presentation that NBA 2K12 has to offer. Unfortunately, at a micro level, there are problems that break the realism of the overall package.

The individual character models are very blocky, especially the one that aren’t NBA players (cheerleaders, coaches, referees). While you can definitely see that some effort was put into making the players look like their real-life counterparts, during close-ups, the effect is ruined. When the game is zoomed out, (as in, when you are actually PLAYING the game) it looks fluid, the animations are top notch, and the framerate stays consistent. When you take into account the amount of effort that went into making sure that the whole package looks good, it’s easy to forgive the ugly character models. The game supports up to four players locally, but unfortunately no online play is included. This is disappointing, considering that competitor EA Sports has generally been very good about including online play on their Wii sports titles. The modern sports gamer is accustomed to being able to play in the same league as their friends, or at least being able to play them in an exhibition mode. All in all, NBA 2K12 is an incredible package deal, but one with a potentially overwhelming amount of content. The difficulty curve is steep, but if you’ve been playing NBA 2K titles in recent years, you should be able to pick it up fairly quickly, as by all accounts the control scheme is not particularly different from last year’s game. If you are an NBA fan, and the Wii is your console of choice, you can’t go wrong by picking up this game.

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But if you skip NBA 2K12 this year because you’re upset about being unable to watch LeBron and Kobe in real life, you’d be doing yourself a disservice. Like a dream team on which all the right pieces fall into place, this year’s edition elevates its game to new heights. The centerpiece of 2K12’s banner year is the revamped broadcast presentation. Steve Kerr joins previous commentators Kevin Harlan and Clark Kellogg to deliver the most convincing booth commentary in video game history. This trio breaks down team matchups, discusses roster moves, talks about player streaks, and even has several anecdotes on hand about the players and coaches. Most impressively, the audio programming is smart enough to interrupt a discussion when a noteworthy play unfolds on the court and then return to the topic at hand. Coupled with the TNT-quality stat wipes and camera angles, this is the best sports presentation I’ve ever seen. The moment-to-moment basketball play is equally polished. Visual Concepts didn’t bring any game-changing additions, but instead tightened the already strong gameplay to make the controls more responsive. Player collisions look more natural, it’s easier to string together a sequence of impressive dribbling and shooting moves, the post game feels more organic, and the deep player-centric playcalling system ensures that teams attack the basket like they would in real life. Black Book

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