Gaming Nexus writes: "I'm a big fan of San Diego Studio's MLB games. They're fun and offer some great unique features for a baseball game. It's just too bad that NBA 09: The Inside is such a disappointing basketball game plagued by animation and gameplay problems.
I'll start with some of the good stuff that San Diego Studios has done with the game. Graphics wise, the game players look OK but the crowd is really well done. Normally you'd get a few carbon copy animations from same folks scattered about in the arena or ball park like in their MLB game but this time around, there's some nice variety to the animation. It seems each individual is modeled and when brought together, the visual created is one of the nicest looking crowds in a sports game."
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.
