NBA Jam, this is not. It's an arcade style basketball game ruined by lootboxes (digital card packs), microtransactions and grinding. Players are unlocked through card packs, purchasable with in-game earned baller pucks or bought-with-real-money golden bucks. Bronze, Silver and Gold card packs exist and just like expected, lower packs contain average players while gold packs contain household names. It's worse because players do have NBA Jam like stats in each category, but they have to be leveled up from bronze to diamond (shoot 3's to increase 3 point stats, steal the ball to increase steal ability, etc.)
Court Creator and player customization are basically locked behind a paywall since the swag packs that contain these items can only be bought with golden bucks (real money).
Gameplay doesn't fare much better. It's classic 2v2 basketball, but played in a single, 3 minute quarter. Lottery Pick is the gamechanger here, where successful shots, steals, rebounds and blocks reward you with a random 30-second power-up (double 2-point shots, double 3-pointers, infinite turbo, increase to stats, freeze the opponents' goal, etc.).
The 2010 NBA Jam remake by EA is a much better game.
Court Creator and player customization are basically locked behind a paywall since the swag packs that contain these items can only be bought with golden bucks (real money).
Gameplay doesn't fare much better. It's classic 2v2 basketball, but played in a single, 3 minute quarter. Lottery Pick is the gamechanger here, where successful shots, steals, rebounds and blocks reward you with a random 30-second power-up (double 2-point shots, double 3-pointers, infinite turbo, increase to stats, freeze the opponents' goal, etc.).
The 2010 NBA Jam remake by EA is a much better game.