There’s always been something about basketball games that have kept them from reaching the level that Madden has, and it’s the fact that the speed of the NBA game doesn’t translate to gaming well. The second problem with the demo is a problem with all NBA simulation games: it’s the hardest sport to translate to gaming. Where’s the Michael Jordan 1-on-1 mode, or the classic Chicago Bulls team vs. With 2K pushing the “We’ve got Michael Jordan in our game” aspect so hard in all their marketing, I expected his Airness to show up in some form in the demo, but his only appearance was on the splash screen at the end of each game. “But Zak,” Celtic fans will say, “If I have to be the Lakers, I’ll just sub in Theo Ratlif, he used to play for the Celtics.” Not so fast my friend, you can’t perform substitutions. You’re not even presented with the option of choosing what team you want to control, so I hope you’re a Laker fan. To only include a stripped down four minute quarter is somewhat disappointing. In today’s gaming world, we’re getting demos like NHL ’11‘s, which is giving gamers full modes to try out (EA Sports Hockey Ultimate Team) on top of the standard ‘quick game mode’. I understand that it’s an early release demo and that it’s showing the meat of the game, but that’s no excuse. No menus, no commentary, no in-arena announcer, nothing. I have a handful of problems with what I experienced, so lets start with the biggest one: this demo is bare bones. And while the intention of an early demo release is usually to stir up interest, this one may have the opposite effect. 2K Sports just released their NBA 2K11 demo on both Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network, a full 3 weeks before the full release of the game. While most sports fans (and in turn sports gamers) are probably working through year 14 of their Madden ’11 franchise, the NBA season is fast approaching and with it a batch of new NBA games.

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