NBA 2K20 PS4 Review

NBA 2K20 PS4 Review

Released by 2K Games
Platform: PS4

The annual iteration of the basketball sim is here.

And once again 2K Games proves that it largely knows what it's doing with these sims and gives the audience what it wants.

As well as providing teams from the WNBA that have not been part of the series prior to this release, NBA 2K20 builds on its foundations as a sim that's for all-comers. Though, as ever, anyone with a previous knowledge and skillset will find much to get ahead with straight away.

With MyCareer story mode, and voice work from Idris Elba, 2K have, as they say, got game. But there is an element of microtransactions which make matters a little blurry and muddies some of the water done by the franchise.

Yet, on the positive side, the game looks incredible, the players are wonderfully and stylistically rendered to ensure if you're a fan, you can get the best out of what's on offer.

A buggy AI occasionally keeps the game on its toes, but confounds the player, and while there's much to keep the hardcore fan of the NBA happy, the casual player may prefer to sink time into the three-pointers and odd games rather than pile in hours-upon-hours of playing.

There may be an argument to say these games potentially need a year off and a reason to continually exist, but it can be said that for its foibles, and its use of microtransactions, NBA 2K20 does enough to justify its place off the starting bench.