- Publisher: 2K Games
- Release Date: Sep 15, 2017
- Also On: iPhone/iPad, PC, PlayStation 3, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One
User Score
Overwhelming dislike- based on 723 Ratings
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Positive: 79 out of 723
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Mixed: 45 out of 723
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Negative: 599 out of 723
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Sep 25, 2017Microtransactions don't belong in fully priced games. Virtual currency is even worse. This company has 0 respect for consumers, they treat us like ATMs. Never touch another 2K product or any other game company's product if they pull crap like this.
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Sep 22, 2017Seriously, Im Canadian, i paid 79.99 + tax for a game that I am basically forced to spend another $60 to be playable. Fans are waking up, the greed is unreal, im glad nba live is stepping up, this is blatantly disrespectful for 2k to do this to it's loyal fanbase
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Sep 16, 2017
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Sep 25, 2017You need a lot of VC to upgrade your attributes
You can't earn VC because you can't play well without decent attributes
This game is the definition of Pay to Win. -
Oct 5, 2017
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Sep 22, 2017Holy balls, wtf is this shiat!? You're kidding me? Are you expecting me to pay 80$ more on your shiat just to have fun, with a game I already paid a small fortune for? 2K, bijatsh, please!
Don't buy this game, you want have fun with it. Unless you're ready to spend another fortune. -
Sep 23, 2017SCAM!! Paying $60 does nothing more than make this playable. The bulk of the content and actual progress requires more and more $. The career mode is pretty awful too compared to some of the earlier entries. AVOID!!
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Sep 20, 2017I've seen games use micro-transactions many times but this time they went too far, this is just inexcusable for a 60 dollar game to get to a point of it being unplayable unless you pay more. I hope 2K goes bankrupt, they don't deserve to exist.
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Sep 22, 2017Currency system ruins the game. Returned Immediately. Be aware of critics that rate this high. Even if the design of the game is decent, you shouldn't get a pass on an awful business practice.
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Sep 22, 2017
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Sep 15, 2017
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Sep 16, 2017
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Sep 23, 2017Greedy **** 2k want to suck every single penny in our wallet . Don't buy this **** guy . stop letting those scumbag climb over your head . They ruin everything they touch
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Sep 22, 2017
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Sep 22, 2017Well I was having fun before I got my DAMN PLAYER DELETED. Seriously, I spent 50 dollars of VC on my player, and then it was deleted. Still waiting on a reply from 2k support after I submitted a request 4 DAYS AGO. I'm really pissed off at this company for not realizing that I spent 50 dollars only to have it go down the drain. If I don't get my player back I'm gonna be so **** pissed.
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Sep 22, 2017Nothing new to the game is actually more a step back from 2017 than I thought. Without talking about the aggressive microtransaction. It's a sport game so please 2K don't milk your customers.
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Sep 19, 2017MONEY 2K18 is HERE! You can buy MONEY 2K18 only with money, also in MONEY 2K18 with money you can buy more money! ALL HAIL TO THE BEST MONEY SIMULATOR EVER (and i hope all the people who made MONEY 2K18 such it is will DIE!)
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Sep 17, 2017vc,vc,vc for everything!! i play most in my career mode and my player is a total noob, i max all the stats and he can't score a single shot! garbage! cut scene not skippable and servers problem....
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Sep 18, 2017MyTeam is a joke. MyGm is the worst manager mode experience I have ever experienced. MyPlayer and everything that goes into it is worse than ever, besides the above mentioned VC related stuff, it is made in a way to lengthen the time spent in the game.
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Sep 23, 2017
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Sep 23, 2017After all the hate Microtransactions get these years. Publishers and developers clearly keep pulling this on the consumer.
Overpriced cosmetics, a slow progression system (unless you pay), microtrasactions -
Sep 22, 2017
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Sep 22, 2017As a guy who has a guilty pleasure with Sport Sims, this game is an alright basketball sport sim with an obvious money pig objective which drags the game A LOT. For a guy who LOVES Career Modes in Sport sims, the fact that VC dictates mostly everything and practically revolves around it, I'm very disappointed.
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Sep 22, 2017Pay to play - The Game. They don't even try to hide it in a creative way. It's blatant, insulting, and unfortunately will work. 2K17 was good, this is a slight upgrade in graphics and mechanics and 10 steps backwards in just about every other aspect. What a joke.
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Sep 19, 2017They completely ruined MyCareer. It takes forever to play. Between all the unskipable, meaningless, stupid cut-scenes and the whole "neighborhood" theme, it's absurd. I can't believe 2k got this bad. I was hoping for more from 2K than this piece of garbage. Unfortunately I got the digital copy so I can't sell it or return it.
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Sep 23, 2017I had to return this game. It has been rendered literally unplayable due to greed. While the graphics were good, I base my score on my personal experience with the gameplay. Do not support this behavior. Developers and publishers will continue if they think they can get away with it.
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Sep 22, 2017The worst 2k to date. Micro transactions are riddled everywhere that myplayer is unplayable. But if that wasn’t bad enough the whole game is unplayable, you’d think with this being the next installment in the 2k series it’d be better.. but that’s further from the truth.
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Sep 22, 2017
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Oct 30, 2017The progress in MyCareer is normally a grind, but if you were curious as to how much VC is needed to improve your rookie, it took about 100,000 VC to upgrade to a 75 rating. The gameplay is still quite good on the court, but the cut scenes and VC-cash grab makes the game nearly unplayable. I've owned every game 2k game for the past ten years, but this is certainly my last.
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Sep 22, 2017
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Sep 18, 2017
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Sep 16, 2017The worst 2k ive played in a long time, maybe even all time. The gameplay was awful, the my career mode was the worst its ever been. VC has become a joke, and you cant even play mycareer offline.
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Nov 3, 2017
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Sep 15, 2017
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Sep 22, 2017**** microtransactions in AAA games in general. In particular, this ****ing "game" is full to the brim with them to the point they hugely impact the gameplay and the general experience. DO NOT BUY.
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Sep 15, 2017The currency system in this game is a joke. 2k has cut down the amount of VC (in game currency) you can earn considerably, and has started charging for ridiculous things like haircuts. They've implemented a free-to-play model in a $60 video game. It's unbelievably greedy and dishonest.
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Sep 16, 2017This game is an absolute money grab, the the microtransactions you would expect from a free game. MyCareer, is broken and is riddled with unskippable loading screens and long loading times. The gameplay doesn't make too much innovation either, but it can be fun once you are actually able to get to it. Unless you're a hard core NBA fan, there would be no reason to buy 2K18 instead of 2k17 or 2k16.
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Sep 15, 2017
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Sep 16, 2017
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Sep 18, 2017The career mode is virtually unplayable if you don't purchase extra VC. Your player is unrealistically bad. You either have to spent lots of extra money or suffer through hours of comically poor gameplay, in what they call the road to 99. This is not the road to 99, this is the road to hell.
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Sep 18, 2017
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Sep 15, 2017
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Sep 16, 2017This series keep on going down hill... this game is way over hyped by the community. I bought it and seems way to similar to 2K17. Run the neighbourhood is way overrated
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Sep 15, 2017
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Sep 21, 2017I'm going to make it sweet and simple and to the point. 2k is the pimp and the consumer is the trick period! that explains this game perfectly. $150 won't be enough to enjoy your MyCareer
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Sep 16, 2017
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Sep 17, 2017Terrible attempted money grabber, the whole design of my career is flawed so you can't succeed early in an attempt to for you to purchase coins. It's truly a painful grind, the prices of the barber and drinks etched is pathetic. The cutscenes are obviously made for and written by 10 year olds,
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Sep 16, 2017Just a grind to get anywhere, the whole purpose is to sell vc, my player is so rigged to fail unless you buy coins to boost your player, it's pathetic, plus with the repeative cut scenes and sub par facial animations, 2nd rate graphics, makes this a fail.
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Sep 16, 2017
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Sep 24, 2017
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Sep 23, 2017
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Sep 22, 2017
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Sep 23, 2017
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Sep 23, 2017Absolutely disgusting f2p elements ON A 60$ GAME THAT IS PRETTY MUCH A BEST-SELLER AMONG BASKETBALL GAMES.
DO NOT support this company, they dont deserve any money for trying to do this to consumers, at all. -
Sep 22, 2017
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Sep 28, 2017
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Sep 22, 2017The currency system needs an insane reboot. The system they have for the newer NBA 2k games is horrendous. The gameplay is just as good as it usually is but I can't support the greed shown by how expensive trivial things like haircuts are. Please either reduce the amount of VC needed to level up your MyPlayer or scrap the whole micro-transaction system seen in all modern Sports video games.
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Sep 23, 2017
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Sep 25, 2017
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Sep 23, 2017
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Sep 22, 2017Key fundamental parts of the game are broken (layups). My 86 ovr 6'4 slashing sg misses wide open layups consistently. I have played 2k religiously over the past 5-6 years and never did I expect to experience this. I didn't listen to all the haters and I'm regretting it now.
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Sep 26, 2017
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Sep 25, 2017this is just wrong to pay for a game which try to milk you from the first moment. it used to be bad but this year it has crossed the line. it feels like the industry went to far with robbing our money. nowadays you pay for an half game in the best case senerio and 2K took it above and beyond. Urrrr
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Sep 27, 2017money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money . thats the only important in this game...GIVE YOU MONEY money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money moneymoney money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money money
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Sep 23, 2017Free to play game mechanics for 69.99 €. The good gameplay that exists,has no value since you cannot experience it ,unless you commit to microtransactions.The game was so heavily downgraded in order to steer us to VC purchasing that my career mode is honestly unplayable if you don't pay for VC. I wish i could refund.Seriously stay away unless you intend to spend money in VC.
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Oct 30, 2017
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Sep 25, 2017They are abandoning users who were loyal to them, users who like basketball, who see it daily and who loved the franchise for what they had achieved in degrees of realism and immersion .. And for me, that is biting the hand that gives you food ..
NBA 2K18? NO! NBA VC18... -
Sep 25, 2017This game is a well crafted game. Beautiful graphics, fantastic gameplay, great animations. The problem lies in the Virtual Currency. This kind of thing is unacceptable. Literally.
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Sep 25, 2017Greed kills. VC has ruined this game and in the process the developers haven't done anything but make the gameplay worse.
Lots of broken aspects and modes, also there's a scripted rubber band effect in place that makes the losing team catch up even if it's human vs human. DO NOT BUY. -
Sep 26, 2017Microtransactions ruin the career mode. The predatory way they were implemented is disgusting. Look up the review on Kotaku for a fairly complete list of how they try to force you to give them more money. Do not buy this game. 2K has lost my faith completely and unless they change I will not be giving this company another cent.
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Sep 26, 2017
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Sep 27, 2017
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Sep 27, 2017
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Sep 27, 2017If you want a game that screws you over and reaches out for your pocket wallet with microtransactions, this is the game for you. Not only do you pay full retail price for this, you also pay to unlock the full game. It's basically free to play without being free.
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Sep 28, 2017This is the worst basketball game to ever be released. 2k went from great, to spike leer rock bottom to the absolute definition of hell. After Lee I figured career mode and GM mode could only get better, but forget racism, this is way worse then racism, this game is ass.
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Sep 27, 2017This shame of a game is just a 2k17 reskin with horendous microtransactions from a company that will not see the color of my money until highlander dies.
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Sep 27, 2017Im tired for this micro transactions system 2k adopted,what is the next in nba 2k19,we will have to pay 1000 VC for toilet paper when u got use the restroom and needed clean the butt..this game is garbage for me now...I guess we needed start supporting nba live18
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Oct 2, 2017They shove VC down your throat! It's a great game that was simply ruined with a pay to win method! They ruined a pretty much great game otherwise...
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Sep 26, 2017This Deserves nothing more than 0 because of outrageous use of Cancer of the gaming industry: micro-transactions.
Do not buy this game! Do not support this kind of BS greedy money collection! -
Sep 23, 2017
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Sep 24, 2017Micro transactions micro transactions micro transactions micro transactions micro transactions micro transactions micro transactions micro transactions micro transactions micro transactions
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Sep 24, 2017if you can't afford to pay for Virtual Currency and don't have time to grind then this game is not for you, I've been playing NBA2K for years and never felt cheated like this.
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Sep 25, 2017nba 2k 18 reach a new level of micro-transaction, the problem is you have to buy with 70€ for play f2p, p2w my carrier mode disgusting, im out i dont buy anything from 2k never again
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Sep 25, 2017
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Oct 12, 2017Es un abuso de las empresas poner micropagos para todo. Se fijan en los usuarios que no se informan por x motivos que aun son miles. El próximo juego vendrá con otra aberración más.
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It is an abuse of companies to put micropayments for everything. They focus on users who are not informed by x reasons that are still thousands. The next game will come with another aberration. -
Sep 27, 2017It is so effing sleazy what 2k did to this game. As someone who thought I'd be buying NBA 2k every year($60 / year no big deal) count me out. No more 2k games ever.
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Sep 27, 2017You're paying $60 for a ad-filled game with unskippable cutscenes loading with microtransactions reminiscent of a f2p mobile game. I'm sorry 2K but YOU DONE **** IT UP. Totally regret buying from this **** dev, do the right thing and dunk your game into the trashbin, I would give this game negative score if I could.
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Oct 1, 2017
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Oct 6, 2017I'm 36 years old and this is by far the worst sports game i've ever bought in my life. Never bought a game so full of bugs, glitches, problems.
Getting "db18fc2c" error code in Ps4 nowadays and i can't access myteam for almost 10 days. 2k support doesnt seem to exist. You see the user score here, it perfectly reflects how bad this game is. -
Oct 5, 2017Just terrible. The need to spend money to play is at an all time high. 2k has found a way to make MyTeam even worse this year then the last two installments! Pack and Playoffs are terrible. Not to mention plenty of glitches to go with it. Save yourself the $60 you'd have to pay to play this and want to rip your hair out after. Terrible product 2k, listen to your COMMUNITY!
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Nov 30, 2017Worst NBA2k game to date a game where pro players miss layups constantly, no one can shoot consistently but the AI,long load times, way too many cut scenes, a definite PAY TO PLAY concept to play this game everything cost you money, if this is the future of gaming, I’m going back to playing the Nientendo games.
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Sep 27, 2017
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Sep 29, 2017This is one of the best sportsimulation games out there. but wf...
MT for a CHF 80.00 game, seriously ? pay2win is an absolute insolence. its not a free2play game. it is a pay (more)to play game
Think about your business practices and your fans -
Sep 30, 2017
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Oct 16, 2017
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Oct 14, 2017
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Oct 1, 2017
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Oct 5, 2017The grind for the game is purposefully intended to be painstakingly long and boring. They do it so they can push you to pay for VC, without VC you cannot be good at the game. This game is paid to win and the game company has a scam mindset.
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Oct 12, 2017
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Oct 2, 2017
Awards & Rankings
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Jan 28, 2018Basketball fans, NBA 2K18 is your new best friend… until the next fall.
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Nov 26, 2017In no way is NBA 2K18 a bad game, but it's certainly not worth its current price-tag, as the few improvements it offers are simply not enough, and, secondly, its sub-par single-player portion relies too much on micro-transactions.
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Playstation Official Magazine UKNov 20, 2017A beautiful, exciting representation of the sport. You'd be hard pushed to find a better, more accurate simulation of basketball on a modern console. [December 2017, p.82]