It's so successful that it has destroyed the competition, with gaming series such as NBA Live taking years off to regroup and still not matching up NBA 2K23 MT. The most recent installment was released in NBA 2K23.
Although it's considered to be the top basketball tournament, it doesn't mean it's perfect. Every year, there are usually at least several things that could be improved. It's the same with NBA 2K23, which has a fair share of issues but still, of course it did a great job.
It's the largest issue in the world of video games this day and is present with NBA 2K23. Microtransactions infuriate gamers to no end. It's perfectly normal to be used from time to time, but certain games go too far and require you to pay extra for several aspects.
For NBA 2K23, you basically aren't able to do anything of note in modes like MyTeam nor play The City without having to pay a little extra. It's difficult to ask players to fork over several little things when they already have their $60 for the game .
In the majority of cases it gets the gameplay right and has been in play for quite a while. But, one aspect that's often not mentioned enough is the way it's presented. It's easily the best in any franchise of sports gaming and, once more, this game is perfect in all aspects of it right down to the sound.
The commentary is very smooth, which can be hard to achieve considering the speed of basketball. The broadcast still seems more authentic and more like a real broadcast than in games for slow sports like baseball or football. The graphics are also impressive, as are the pre-game shows and such. The only question mark is in the crowd's reaction that isn't always on point.
Although the graphics are impressive but players have noticed a few animations do appear to be clunky NBA 2K MT Coins. While the developers managed to improve some of the age-old bump steals are actually worse this time around.