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NBA 2K2
Universal acclaim
Based on 17 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Visual Concepts
Genre(s): Sports
Players: 4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: February 25, 2002
Summary
Features devastating new low post moves, exclusively captured by NBA All-Star Rasheed Wallace. Exploit your defender with a quick drop step, back him down into the key, pull up for a sweet fadeaway, or pass to the open man. Includes real street courts - hoop it up at nine of the most famous playgrounds around the country, such as Rucker Park or Venice Beach. [Sega]
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What The Critics Said
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GamePro
EA's "NBA Live" has better character models and Microsoft's "Inside Drive" has the best-looking arenas, but Segas NBA 2K2 is the complete package for basketball on the Xbox.
Read Full Review >Operation Sports
Visual Concepts has started their series on the Xbox in outstanding fashion. If you are looking for the best the series has to offer, I suggest you go out and get this game.
Read Full Review >Official Xbox Magazine
This game has it all – great gameplay, tons of depth, awesome AI, and plenty of gameplay modes...it sets the standard for all future basketball games. [Apr 2002, p.78]
Gaming Age
A franchise mode, season mode, exhibition, playoffs, and even a deep street mode that could be a game all to itself, round out the massive game that is NBA 2k2.
Read Full Review >Hot Games
It's the best, most well-rounded basketball game out there, and soars above the competitors.
Read Full Review >Electronic Gaming Monthly
This is the best hoops game I've ever played. [Apr 2002, p.141]
Xbox Nation Magazine
Sega Sports has gone back to tweak the intricacies of the series' already stellar gameplay, making it even hotter than its Dreamcast and PS2 counterparts. We're talking tamale on the sun here, folks. [Spring 2002, p.88]
Game Informer
Xbox 2K2 got the cosmetic makeover the PS2 version sorely needed. [Mar 2002, p.83]
Total Video Games
Perhaps the most impressive part of NBA2k2’s presentation is not the graphics, sumptuous as they are, but the audio. The commentary in this game is wonderful, the best in any sports game to put it simply.
Read Full Review >Electric Playground
The most well-rounded simulation in this highly-competitive genre.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Thanks to the street-ball mode, it's like there are two games in one--the graphics are on par with most any basketball game on the market, and the gameplay is tight and intuitive.
Read Full Review >GameShark
The crowd doesn't just scream the entire game, it cheers louder when the home team is winning on on a run and less if they are not.
Read Full Review >Play Magazine
Impossible to put down. [Mar 2002, p.46]
Sports Gaming Network
An average basketball game...All in all, Visual Concepts didn't really push the bar too much as they've done in previous versions.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jonny J. gave it a 10:
Its the best game. I can't wait till 2k3 and 2k4.
Javier V. gave it a 9:
This game is hot. This is a must buy for every hoops fan who owns XBOX. Best B-Ball game in the market.
