NBA 2k11

As part of my 2 free rentals I used up from Gamefly, one of them was NBA 2k11. I was in love with this game from the moment I started playing it, the easy to pick up controls, the great graphics, the intelligent computers, it was a great game. To top it all off, you got to play as non other than Michael Jordan. He is the cover-boy for the game, and even has his own mode where you can relive some of his greatest feats and try to duplicate them perfectly. As much fun as I had with the Jordan Challenge mode, I found myself playing through a season with a user created team of my favorite athletes. Where else can you see LeBron, Dirk, Dwayne Wade, Jordan and Chris Paul on the court? But enough about my ridiculous (or should I say riDIRKulous) user created team. Let's get down to the meaty stuff of NBA 2k11.

The game runs SMOOTH. Controls are easy to learn and it is one of those games you can jump in and play at any time, no matter what. What makes it even better is after just one game, you are in the flow of things, you can find yourself sitting there, shooting 3's with Dirk and then saying to yourself, "With a shot this great, no wonder the Heat got beat by the Mavs!" The graphics are amazing, and the crowd is pretty intelligent for a sports video game crowd, they cheer when big shots are made, they boo when an opposing player is at the foul line, NBA 2k11 really captured what a basketball game is like.

My only complaint about 2k11 is the fact that, as fun as the Jordan Challenge is, if you aren't a really amazing player the challenge is very difficult at times. There are the easier ones like beat the Boston Celtics in the Finals, but then there are the ones where you need to replicate Jordan's crazy stat lines. But if you ever feel the need to whoop on some hapless team *cough*Cavaliers*cough* you can always fire up the mode where you can play as one of Jordan's amazing teams and blow out some overly matched present or past NBA team.

All in all, NBA 2k11 is a very solid game with amazing replay-ability. I usually never play basketball games, I stick to Madden and FIFA, but after hearing all the great things about this game I had to try it out for myself and was very much impressed by it. I'd recommend it to ANYONE who loves a good sports game, or just a good game in general.