Nice.Įlsewhere, the game sounds uniformally excellent, with tremendous in-depth commentary which features play-by-play from Kevin Harlan, with the color side handled by Clark Kellogg and five-time NBA champ Steve Kerr, and sound effects that take you right down to courtside. The standard drops a bit with the likes of Coldplay and U2, before we get the pleasant surprise of Phoenix’s well crafter Gallic pop and some left-field psychadelia from the Dirty Projectors. And Jayhova shows that he is a big man by squashing all kinds of beef by selecting “Shook Ones Pt II” by former adversaries Mobb Deep, and two tracks featuring Nas. Puff Daddy’s undeniably cinematic, Biggie-laced “Victory” has just the sort of epic feel the game deserves. The ominous sprawl of Roy Ayers’ “We Live In Brooklyn, Baby” is a fine tune, which I haven’t heard in years. OG b-boys will love hearing Eric B & Rakim’s classic “I Ain’t No Joke”, which still sounds as fresh as a daisy. SOUND: Jay Z is credited all over the place as being “Executive Producer”, and I wonder exactly how much involvement he really had, but there is no denying that it most definitely involved selecting the soundtrack, which is a splendid mix of contemporary hip hop, pop and old-school thrills, with some unusual inclusions if you know your Hova history. And as a long time basketball fan, I was blown away to see how the legendary stars of the 1992 Dream Team looked and behaved. Kevin Durant will raise his index finger after swishing a three point shot through the hoop, for example. Like the exceptional work EA have undertaken in giving their interpretations of real-life stars believable personalities and defining characteristics, 2K have given the NBA players, from yesteryear greats right up to the present day, signature animations and traits. The player models are so detailed, that you can make out the real-life tattoos on the arms of the players, and believe me, I checked, Googling a picture of Deron Williams on my phone to compare it to the player I was controlling with the joypad. It may sound cynical, and it bloody is, lets face it – but in the context of things, it works, and adds to the realism of the package. This is true right down to the advertising, slam a particularly mean dunk and the action will cut away, ludicrously, to an advertisement for Sprite, who apparently sponsor proceedings when a player jams the ball home with enough Sprite-tastic fervour.
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Walk into a room with someone in full flow and you could be forgiven for mistaking the on-screen action for an actual NBA TV broadcast. The in-game graphics themselves are utterly incredible. The way games are introduced, with snippets of the many music videos included in the game, along with the usual pre-game regalia you would expect, is spot-on. That is how confident they are that their own creations look the business. GRAPHICS: It says a lot that for the introductory sequences, 2K Games have decided to use the in-game character models in a tasty highlights package, interspersed with a bit of concert footage from the ubiquitous Jay-Z, instead of just using television footage. Without a worthy challenger to the throne, and now with an affiliation with none other than the Jigga man himself, can 2K Games improve on the superb 2K12 instalment that I fell in love with last year? Or does the lack of competition see them resting on their laurels?
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He sits proudly as the elder statesman of the rap world, the same way that the NBA 2K series has emerged as the king of the basketball simulation, rejecting advances from the likes of EA, who this year have decided not to even release a b-ball title. Jay Z has constantly evolved his persona and act to stay on top of the rap game, despite numerous beefs and challengers to his fictitious “King of New York” title. And my team, the perennially underwhelming New Jersey Nets, who reached two NBA Finals at the turn of the century, but have delivered precisely bugger all for five years, were re-named for the third time in their history, and taken over by a Russian billionaire and a series of investors, one of whom happens to be Jay Z. Led by big-scoring Kevin Durant, Oklahoma went the closest that franchise has come to capturing a championship since 1996 when it was still based in Seattle. King James finally added an NBA Championship to his list of achievements, whilst his predecessor as the finest player of his era, Michael Jordan, suffered the embarrassment of his recently acquired Bobcats enduring the worst season in NBA history. Available On: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, WiiĪfter much wrangling and missed games, the NBA eventually sprung into life last year with the shortened schedule producing one of the most exciting and interesting seasons in recent history.
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