NBA 2K23

MyCareer is a pay-to-win MMO suckfiesta. MyTeam can be a little pay-to-winny in the normal multiplayer modes, but the singleplayer MT was great, as was the multiplayer drafting bit. MyLeague is great as usual, simmy enough for spreadsheet nerds, but gamey enough for everyone else. Lack of cross-platform play and current gen graphics on the PC version knock this one way down the list. A shame because.... the actually playing basketball part? Really really good.

This game is great...on those rare occurences when it's coincidentally about playing basketball. I get offering some sort of career/build your player mode, but this quest-based, half assed attempt on a plot unfolding in this lame "open world" or hub or whatever (paired with the absolute worst skating mechanics i've ever seen) feels more like the progressives wet dream of a re-educational concentration camp. Fam.