NBA ShootOut 2003

 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: Sep 25, 2002
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5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  • Summary: NBA ShootOut 2003 furthers the NBA experience with 18 one-touch player controls including Screen, Auto Defend, Pump Fake and Special Dribble so gamers will have quicker and more refined player movements. Coupled with Total Control Passing, Screening, Shooting and Dribbling, gamers will haveNBA ShootOut 2003 furthers the NBA experience with 18 one-touch player controls including Screen, Auto Defend, Pump Fake and Special Dribble so gamers will have quicker and more refined player movements. Coupled with Total Control Passing, Screening, Shooting and Dribbling, gamers will have complete control over lifelike player motions that are the result of more than a dozen NBA stars being motion-captured in all aspects of the game, be it dribbling through traffic, passing, shooting or performing one of more than 50 signature dunks. [Sony]… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 22
  3. Negative: 3 out of 22
  1. Gaming Maxx
    85
    The game may not be completely up to par with the competition in other areas, but the career mode is definitely the best to have.
  2. Media and Games Online Network
    78
    989 Sports has created their most impressive sports title in a very long time.
  3. IGN
    73
    It may not be pretty or fast, but it's realistic and most definitely sports the best career mode we've seen in a long, long time.
  4. Electric Playground
    70
    The best thing about NBA ShootOut 2003 is the career mode that allows you to create a player and work your way into the NBA through good play in the summer leagues.
  5. Game Informer
    68
    Full of more holes than Swiss cheese. [Nov 2002, p.119]
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  6. GamerWeb Sony
    65
    Sim junkies will be totally captivated by its career mode, and if you can get past this games technical woes, you'll have a great time playing.
  7. Game Revolution
    33
    Join me as I pour my cheap beer all over this game. Though a few nice tweaks put it on the right street, it's still going the wrong direction thanks to bad gameplay mechanics, awful graphics and sluggish control.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 2 out of 4
  1. RobertB.
    Mar 5, 2003
    7
    I give this game approx. a 7...The graphics are pretty good considering the fact that basketball is possibly the hardest game to emulate into I give this game approx. a 7...The graphics are pretty good considering the fact that basketball is possibly the hardest game to emulate into a video game situation. The sounds in the court are pretty accurate to a real game, but I think that the comentary needs some work.… Expand
  2. DonovanR.
    Jan 15, 2003
    6
    All I have to say is CAREER MODE.
  4. GeorgeG.
    Nov 23, 2002
    2
    The thing that made me not give it a 1 was its Career mode. Besides that it sucked especially the graphics. I thought I was playing a The thing that made me not give it a 1 was its Career mode. Besides that it sucked especially the graphics. I thought I was playing a Playstation 1 game.… Expand
  5. DennyC.
    Jan 7, 2003
    0
    Rancid! Only basketball game on the market sans a franchise mode. Like telling your 5 yr old son to go mow the lawn when everyone else's Rancid! Only basketball game on the market sans a franchise mode. Like telling your 5 yr old son to go mow the lawn when everyone else's teenagers are out doing it. That's what I think of career mode. It's pathetic having a game in this age where you cannot control rosters, only the fortunes of one player. Career mode is vastly overrated. They take the starting player from the team you picks position to top it off. Graphics are Tecmo Bowl-esque, gameplay is sorry, the only way to miss shots is to have them blocked, and there is nothing revolutionary about the game. And there's no silver lining to it. Like trying to find a virgin in a whorehouse. Miserable hoops game. James Naismith would be disgraced he invented the sport if he played this game.… Expand