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With NBA 2K21<\/i><\/a> being one of the most anticipated games<\/a> of September, the annual sports game should,\u00a0in theory, only improve year after year as the developer can refine and tweak\u00a0the criticisms of its predecessor while keeping what fans liked about the game unchanged.<\/p>\n

RELATED: NBA 2K20: Ranking The 10 Best Los Angeles Lakers Of The Last Decade<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

While that is true in many parts of the popular basketball game, NBA 2K21<\/i> falls victim to many EA development tropes; the bugs when playing online and the incessant micro-transactions to name a few. The game does have its failures, and it won\u2019t be making the best EA Sports games<\/a> list anytime soon, but there are some terrific and unexpected developments too.<\/p>\n

10 <\/span>Got Right: Shot Stick Aiming<\/h2>\n
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Shot Stick Aiming isn\u2019t just a tweak on the gameplay, but it is a completely new addition to the game and revolutionizes\u00a0the way players shoot baskets in the series. It even puts newbies and seasoned experts at an even keel, as the technique is difficult to master and resets the learning curve of NBA. It is the best addition to the latest entry and the new technique might even be enough for 2K21<\/i> to be considered as one of the best NBA game<\/a>s.<\/p>\n

9 <\/span>Failed: Story Mode Campaign<\/h2>\n
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The new career campaign, which is named The Long Shadow<\/i>, follows Junior who is playing basketball in the shadow of his father who passed away. The career sees Junior go from playing in high school to making the NBA draft. Strangely, much of the story focuses all too much on Junior\u2019s girlfriend and it negatively distracts from the gameplay of the campaign all too much. However, there is an upside in which the mode it\u00a0skippable and that it brings back high school courts in to the game.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

8 <\/span>Got Right: Online AI For Teammates<\/h2>\n
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Though a lot of NBA 2K21<\/i> unsurprisingly repeats many of the same sins its predecessor had, it\u00a0has improved in some surprising ways. Non controlled players in online-play act much more realistically than they ever have, and they even make more space for themselves instead of annoyingly crowding around each other like they so often used to do. This improvement makes online play actually fun and it\u00a0helps the game feel more like basketball.<\/p>\n

7 <\/span>Failed: NPC Issues<\/h2>\n
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Though it doesn\u2019t make the game unplayable, fans of the series will constantly be losing games and missing shots due to something that most likely wasn\u2019t their fault, as there are\u00a0constantly examples of bad team chemistry.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

RELATED: NBA 2K20: The 10 Best Player Cards In MyTeam Ranked<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

On the flip side, NPC issues can make the game too easy as well, as the CPU often acts way too aggressive on double teams. This makes it way too easy to find open teammates because the opposing team members\u00a0are all over the character\u2019s back. And this has been an ongoing issue for years now.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

6 <\/span>Got Right: WNBA Teams<\/h2>\n
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There are tons of classic teams<\/a> that players\u00a0can play as in 2K21, but this time around there is the involvement of the WNBA, where the top female teams are now playable for the first time. It took EA long enough as it has been long disputed and a hot topic of discussion, but it\u2019s better late than never, and women will even be available in the create a player mode (but not until the release of the next generation version.)<\/p>\n

5 <\/span>Failed:\u00a0Lack Of Upgrades To Game Modes<\/h2>\n
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In what seems like an entirely evil plan, the game modes that don\u2019t have micro transactions haven\u2019t been upgraded whatsoever, meaning that players who want to play a new and upgraded version of My League may as well stick with their copy of NBA 2K20<\/i>. And even though it could have been an easy process, the WNBA have not even been added to My League, despite them being in other game modes.<\/p>\n

4 <\/span>Got Right: Venice Beach<\/h2>\n
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In what is a weird coincidence, there are two high profile September release games based in Venice Beach. Along with Tony Hawk\u2019s Pro Skater 1+2<\/i>, 2K21<\/i> also takes place in the glorious sun trap with an array of courts for the player to play in and little areas to explore. There have always been neat and interesting things<\/a> people could do in NBA 2K20<\/i>, but its successor steps it up a notch with the ability to wander around even more.<\/p>\n

3 <\/span>Failed: Online Crashes And Latency Issues<\/h2>\n
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A popular thing that pops up in EA sports games are the crashes that happen online way too often. It\u2019s almost as if EA believes\u00a0players think it\u2019s fun and so they include it as a feature of the game. Just like NBA 2K20<\/i>, the one before that, and so on, NBA 2K21<\/i> is full of\u00a0these crashes.<\/p>\n

RELATED: NBA 2K20: 5 Reasons MyTeam Is The Best Mode (& 5 Why It\u2019s Not)\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

And to add insult to injury, when players finally manage to get into an online game, they are plagued with latency and delay issues, and the reaction time can sometimes take up to a second long!<\/p>\n

2 <\/span>Got Right:\u00a0Player Ratings<\/h2>\n
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Though there were some player ratings that made no sense<\/a> in 2K20<\/i>, and that remains the same<\/a>\u00a0to some extent in 2K21<\/i>, there have been some vast improvements. The best part being that, in a league where most of the players can easily hit three pointers, the game hasn\u2019t just gi energy\u00a0every player a high rating for three-point shots, as they\u2019ve only given four players a 90 or above. This new point system for players has added variety and help players use strategy to win games.<\/p>\n

1 <\/span>Failed: Pay To Win Micro-Transactions<\/h2>\n
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It wouldn\u2019t be an EA game without in your face micro transaction options, but with each year it gets worse and worse. With the pay-to-win options, it takes a lot of grinding to earn the same rewards naturally. Yes, gamers should want to play the game, but the amount of games necessary to win in order to gain\u00a0the reward is unnecessary and not equal to how many hours players put in. It\u2019s almost impossible to win games if players\u00a0don\u2019t pay EA more money after forking over $60 for the game itself.<\/p>\n

NEXT: NBA 2K20: 10 Pro Tips For MyTeam You Should Know<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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