With 50 hours into the game now, I can say this is an okay entry in the series. Gameplay wise it’s fantastic. My career in my opinion is great…. Until you have to do the main story and then it’s a long drag. Online multiplayer seems a bit better this year as I found it wasn’t as laggy during games but it could still use improvement especially with SBMM. Gameplay wise loved it, story wise it absolutely sucked. Last years story was way more interesting. MyTeam is the exact same tbh and Jordan challenge is cool I guess (not my kind of mode but that’s okay). 3/5 for me

I give this game a 3 star rating because some parts of the game I love while others I hate.I love myteam yes there is micro transactions but you don’t have to spend money to have a good team you just have to grind.My career is horrible because you either have to spend 200 dollars or grind hours and hours to max out a build.One mode I love playing is my nba eras you get to pick a nba team from either the modern era of the nba or 3 other eras that allows you to go back in time and pick a team from that time and you get to rebuild the team and make trades and draft and win championships it’s a lot of fun.A problem with this game is that it is you green your shot or you miss which makes shooting hard which makes the play style of the game running to the rim and dunking or mashing with tall players which makes short players in myteam unable to be used.

I play these games an unhealthy amount. Out of all the games I play, every year, 2k is the most time played. Yet outside of Madden, the NBA2K franchise is my lowest reviewed franchise by far.

All that being said, this year for once I felt that my 60/70 dollar purchase was worth it. I don't know how long its been since I could say that for a sports game.

My career and the city is the WORST its ever been in 2k23. Its unplayable GARBAGE. Yet this is still my favorite 2k in years. Ignoring that horrendous mode, MyTeam almost had its best year to date. Had they just not done out of position players so people have 20ft tall lineups, it would have been the best. It was for once a great experience for someone who never buys micro transactions. MyLeague, though not changed much at all, was still great and had far less bugs in my experience. The OFFLINE gameplay quite easily was the best its ever been.

reason it is not higher than 3 stars:
- My Career/City is an embarrassment to game development
- Out of position hurt myteam
- absurd micro transactions as present as ever
- online gameplay is clunky
- did I mention how bad my career and the city is?

to be honest. This is my very first 2k game and it sucks and wins in both.
Playing just a match between you and your friends - sure. Fun, Charming, whatever you wanna call it.
Afterwards tried the other game modes, mycareer, quick matches and so on. I don't know when an AAA game felt so 2010.
The graphics look the same as I saw on the 2k12th game. realisticness despite playing the matches sucks. The story mode in my career dialogs are good, but the characters and the underworked textures made it feel just bad. Maybe I was expecting too much, but comparing it to FIFA - such an underdog this game is.

It was a good 2k. I am still upset with how 2k changed the dribble moves with the right stick back on 2k21. It was way better before as the dribble moves coincided with the direction the stick was moved. Now it seems like the dribble moves got simplified. More so about a video game set up for dribble moves rather than a basketball focused one. Shooting in the game also seemed much move difficult than previous games. I think that largely came down to the shot meter which never looked great. Apart from those two complaints, I enjoyed the time I spent with the game. I retired the game because I find myself just waiting to get ahold of Wembanyama in 2k24. Hopefully 2k24 can continue the great simulation style individual game modes created for 2k23.