Review by Vlad Mihaiescu:
"Hmm… Once again, I get stuck reviewing a sports game with no official storyline per say. Most of today's sporting games don't have a clear-cut storyline, but at the same time, they all have some kind of a season.
If you use your imagination you can look at the season(s) as your storyline. In NBA 09 The Inside you take over one of the many NBA teams and act as player, coach and general manager. Drafts, trades, retirements and injuries are some examples of how your club's story can be affected. Yes, there is no official story with movie scenes and wild dialogues, but at the same time, 25 seasons of basketball will certainly create a story of its own."
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.
