NBA 08 PlayStation 3
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63 out of 100

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  • Summary: To complement the fast-paced basketball action, NBA 08 introduces an all-new progression system where players earn skill and experience rewards that can be used to thoroughly customize player appearance and play styles. With a control system from last year that utilizes broader SIXAXIS functionality, gamers can engage in all-new and comprehensive gameplay movement on and off the ball. Also for this year, character models are updated with new animations, more dynamic movement, and new skin textures to give them a more realistic look. Additionally, the user interface has been revamped to incorporate a retro NBA look and feel – from the menus down to the loading screens. To submerse gamers in a true basketball atmosphere, NBA 08 introduces for the first time a comprehensive and in-depth audio commentary with top broadcast talent. The game features a fully reworked user interface, revamped character models and environments, and a robust online system with player profiles and quick play options. [SCEA]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 29 out of 37
  3. Negative: 3 out of 37
  1. PSM Magazine
    80
    Overall, NBA 08 looks great and plays smooth, but more importantly, it's a huge improvement over last year's entry. [Dec 2007, p.80]
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  2. Pelit (Finland)
    73
    NBA 08 is no more than a mediocre basketball game. The gameplay is too simple and easy to master. Lack of decent season mode is also a big problem. [Mar 2008]
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  3. Gamers' Temple
    73
    NBA '08 can provide its own brand of fun and excitement, but there are too many holes in the on-court action for it to make a championship run.
  4. Armchair Empire
    45
    NBA 08 feels like an almost finished game.

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  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. OrenM.
    9
    Cool Free6 control !!!
  2. BryanM.
    2
    Out of the three nba games out on the ps3 right now (NBA 2k8 and NBA live 08) this game has the lowest in sales with NBA 2k8 with the 2nd most then NBA live 08 with the most. it is sad that sony is trying to get money this way, why do you even try to go into battle vs 2k and EA. they are the best just like way back then when sony had game day that NFL game and they went up vs NFL 2k and Ea's Madden and what happend to that game sony lost tones of money and after three years they scrapted it. the graphics are the only thing that is going here for this wast of space. just get LIve 08 if you have a PS3.… Expand

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