best game from the ps2 era? definitely a contender for best soundtrack! so stylish and over-the-top it’s hard to even call it a basketball game but also epitomizes everything i love about sports games. and this one lasts forever bc it has a killer original cast so it doesn’t need to be tied to any specific era
Not just the greatest basketball game ever made, but the absolute peak of sports games as a genre. Performing the most over the top moves with the coolest players of the era (and Karl Malone) is a simple concept that never loses its luster. The 1000th time playing NBA Street Vol. 2 is just as fun as the first, and the timeless aesthetics with the unbelievably great soundtrack ties it all together. A perfect video game.
Not only one of the greatest arcade basketball games ever made, but one of the best sports games ever created!
This game perfected the "Street" format. Gameplay is silky smooth, hype as hell (especially when you achieve a Gamebreaker) and a whole lotta fun. The announcer kills it, and the game's soundtrack and its overall style are legendary.
A perfect game for any NBA fan.
This game perfected the "Street" format. Gameplay is silky smooth, hype as hell (especially when you achieve a Gamebreaker) and a whole lotta fun. The announcer kills it, and the game's soundtrack and its overall style are legendary.
A perfect game for any NBA fan.
there's no genre more affected by the push for realism than sports games. look up any madden entries from the past 5 years. i think the desire to make sports games more realistic and less "gamey" is missing the point. nba street 2 trades realism for a romanticized recreation of the craziest plays in our memories. megagrafix comes at the cost of soul - but soul is timeless, and graphics aren't.
I was a 2000s kid, but I idolized 80s and 90s NBA stars before my time and looked up to legends like Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Dr. J, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Rented this from Blockbuster constantly and was always amazed at the awesome, unique gameplay and being one of the few basketball games at the time to utilize such a legend-heavy roster.