I can't say I'm surprised that the $70 next gen version is mostly just a few new features and better looking models and courts, but I am surprised that they made this happen while the game feels less fluid and actually has dips in frame rate at many times. While the MyCareer story addition of the G-League is cute, it lays bare yet again just how thin the actual MyCareer framework is after the story mode is completed. Oh also they made a whole bunch of the WNBA look like shit because they can't figure out hair color and whatnot.
It's fun some times. Got me to at least finish season 1 and win an NBA title with my created player. Just didn't fire consistently though. My team would at times just forget what they were doing (not play defense, stand by the hoop uncovered with the ball and just pivot around, etc.). Also, I can't believe there were not sliders to fine tune my experience. My player had a 95 in 3-pointers, a HoF badge that said it ignored defenders when shooting, a gold badge in catch & shoot and a gold badge in corner shots. I wanted to just drain 3's like Steph Curry, but the game wouldn't do that. Also, nobody would ever set a screen for me and roughly 50% of the time when I set a screen, my teammates would just stand there with the ball.
I can play as the Blazers and put like 230 points on the Warriors, it would be nice if the timing on jumpers wasn't so dependent on a tiny little dial above your head but whatever. My Team might be one of the weirdest gacha games I've ever played and I'm not really comfortable with the implications of it.