IGN writes: "One of Sony's largest selling points for their basketball series has been the focus on true HD gameplay in 1080p, along with an easily accessible shooting mechanic and gameplay scenarios thanks to the NBA Replay feature. However, while the arcade-styled game was friendlier than some of the other basketball games on the market, the Sony NBA franchise suffered from old issues and a lack of some features found on the PS2 and PSP versions of the game. A year has passed, and Sony has recently released its latest installment of the game, NBA 09: The Inside. However, even with a couple of new features thrown onto the court, NBA 09 doesn't feel like it's improved at all in the offseason".
EverGeek:
"But if fast goofy fun is all you want from your basketball game, that's great. But you certainly shouldn't be expected to pay the same sixty bucks the top NBA games command."
Would Crispy Gamer play this game for more than an hour? No.
Why? They don't have the head for technically sound, five-person basketball. They would rather just push people over and put up massive dunks.
With a token nod to the role-playing as athlete mode most sports titles are including these days, The Inside's version, "The Life," is shallow and lifeless and, thus, not worth living through.
But if fast goofy fun is all you want from your basketball game, that's great. But you certainly shouldn't be expected to pay the same sixty bucks the top NBA games command.
4 out of 5 ....the biggest sony supporter me would have to give this game a 2 . ... I bought it i buy all sony exclusive ...this game sucks....go with nba2k.....spend $120 on basketballs game.
I just laughed out loud at this. I knew it would get something in that neighborhood though.
TGSI