In many ways, if a basketball game does not move forward in terms of gameplay, it's going to get stripped of the proverbial ball and the competition will take off in the other direction on a fast break. That's what has happened with Sony's NBA 09: The Inside. This is a game that had potential but squanders it with disabling SIXAXIS controls and downgrading the The Life portion into a series of mini-games that purport to track the career of a player created by the gamer.
Gameplay 6.8
Graphics 7.4
Sound 6.8
Difficulty Medium
Concept 6.5
Multiplayer 7
Overall 6.6
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.
