Game Focus writes: "The group that brought the popular 'MLB: The Show' series is back again with NBA '09: The Inside for the PlayStation Portable. Their idea is to give gamers a basketball game that is not only fun but filled with plenty of other options to enjoy. How well they did depends on which aspects of the game you spend your time with."
Pros
+ Mini-Games are a lot of fun
+ Pinball is worth the cost of admission alone
+ Easy to learn and simple controls
Cons
- Really Questionable AI
- Awkward momentum shift
- Won't appeal to the Hardcore Basketball Fan
- Pump-fake = Travelling (?)
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.
