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NBA 10: The Inside

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Game Info

Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America

Developer: SCE Studios San Diego

Genre(s): Sports, Basketball

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: October 6, 2009

Summary

Franchise and Playoff Modes. Be the All-Star on the court played at a smooth 60 FPS. Be the General Manager making all the right deals. Play ad-hoc against your friends. All New Quest Modes: Dodge, Give & Go and MiniQuest strategy games allow the player to battle across the country for ultimate NBA domination. Crazier Mini-Games. Need a little break from your serious hoop time? Welcome to the Block Party with all new arcade-style games like Cherry Pickin’ and Bowling, joining classics like H.O.R.S.E, Alley Oop, Bang the Boards, Shootin’ Bricks, and Own the Court. [SCEA]

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What The Critics Said

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Worth Playing

Overall, NBA 10 The Inside provides a thorough basketball experience, with a nice franchise mode and, via the exhibition option, customizable tournaments and the like. However, if you're playing most of this season's basketball on a home console, you, like I, will probably be more entranced by the mini-games.

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GamingTrend

For NBA 10 on the PSP I said that Sony threw in everything but the kitchen sink, and the same holds true this year. The biggest problem is that the developers didn’t really work on improving the actual basketball simulation game.

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Games Radar (in-house)

While it may not be the best pure basketball game you’ll ever play, it’s definitely tons of fun on many different levels. It’s also our favorite PSP hoops game of the season, which, considering how good they all are, is really saying something.

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Digital Chumps

While not a *huge* upgrade from NBA 09, NBA 10: The Inside is still well worth a look for the NBA fan on the go.

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Gamervision

It’s strange to think that a game with lackluster core game mechanics can make up for it with its variety of gameplay modes, most of which rely on those same core mechanics, but that’s exactly the case here.

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IGN

NBA 10: The Inside is a solid game that’s sadly lacking in a crucial department. It’s a bummer that the basketball is the weakest aspect of an otherwise impressive stable of standard and off-the-wall game modes.

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GameZone

While the mini-games can be pretty fun experiences on the go, the basketball element needs a lot of work here.

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Gamer 2.0

NBA 10: The Inside isn’t going to blow you away in any aspect of the game since it just offers a decent game of portable basketball that will be enjoyable by those that can accept its flaws. Just looking at what NBA 09 offered last year, you might as well use the $29.99 that you’d pay for this year’s game and get what is essentially the same game without the added fluff for a cheaper price.

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1UP

Both NBA Live 10 and NBA 2K10 offer PSP versions this season, but The Inside hardly suffers in comparison to its competitors. With its more forgiving take on the sport and wide array of simple but addictive minigames, it should be the most appealing choice for more casual sports fans who want some arcade-style hoops with a solid array of minigames on the side.

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GameFocus

It is really hard to recommend this year’s edition of The Inside. The additions from last year are strictly on the Block Party side of things when improvements were desperately needed on the hardwood. If you still have last year’s edition, I would say stick with it for one more year. But, if you are in desperate need to play an NBA game on your PSP, be prepared for a mediocre performance on the court.

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Game Revolution

What we’re presented with is a patchwork, yet not entirely unworkable mishmash of NBA clichés, as spliced with a series of fun but ultimately insubstantial mini-games and fan-service bonuses.

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Cheat Code Central

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that I didn't enjoy my time with this game at all. In the end, the game of basketball on offer in NBA 10: The Inside for the PSP simply isn't the complex, free-flowing sport it should be.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 0.6 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Zach D gave it a0:
I've owned a PSP since January 2009, and have played somewhere around 20 different games. This is, by far, the worst game I've played on PSP. This is by no means a game you can pick up and just play, like NBA Live 10. The controls make no sense, the camera angles are terrible, and the graphics are shoddy. Nothing about this game is fun, and nothing about it is worth spending time on. Don't waste your money on this piece of crap.

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