NBA 2K22

Hardcore Gamer Cory Wells

The changes that were implemented for NBA 2K22 are for the better. Changing The City to a quest-based system that can get your player more quickly into action is a positive, albeit the experience is sluggish and slow while navigating The City. Tons of product placement and a quest mission featuring Jake from State Farm is pretty cringey. Playing online with your player still amounts to input lag delays and player spamming threes from the perimeter. MySTAFF being added into MyNBA is a cool new metric that can provide boosts to your teams, along with the ability to do season with the WNBA, adds ...

Screen RantRion Duncan

8/10

In the NBA storyline of MyCareer, players will have to navigate the world of modern sports, deciding whether to keep their hand down about internal team issues or air them out on social media. This goes along with new features for building a brand off the court, from establishing a rap career to hanging out with Jake from State Farm to create an oddly immersive sim. The amount of product placement with NBA 2K has always been substantial, and 2K22 has so much it's comical at times. Oddly enough, though, this feels even more naturally reflective of the league today. Professional sports are fille...

Press StartToby Berger

7.5/10

NBA 2K22 is a sound step forward for the series. While it doesn’t always hit the mark thanks to the grindy MyCAREER mode and microtransaction-heavy MyTEAM, the gameplay and presentation is still second to none.

Pure NintendoJesse Taylor

7.5/10

For the last few years, the NBA 2K series has had a bit of a rough up and down. The highlights continue to be that the NBA 2K series is the absolute best basket

Capsule ComputersTravis Bruno

7/10

NBA 2K22 may have the best basketball gameplay in the series’ history but continues to be plagued by a massive microtransaction focus and persistent technical issues.

Xbox AchievementsRichard Walker

70/100

As solid as it’s ever been on the court, NBA 2K22 is still an astonishingly good sports game, but its continued reliance on cynical microtransactions in MyCareer and MyTeam leave a sour taste.

Nintendo World ReportNeal Ronaghan

7/10

If you’re coming to NBA 2K22 to play some basketball, it’s a tremendous game on Switch. The shooting and dribbling are both reworked in positive ways and games are more realistic and approachable than ever. Outside of regular seasons, though, the modes you play that basketball in are trending downward in quality. Unless you’re ready to live your life one pack of virtual cards at a time, there isn’t much of value in MyCareer, MyGM, or MyLeague. Here’s hoping NBA 2K23 takes the refined gameplay and brings about more exciting variation in the modes.

PSExtremeB McCarthy

6.9/10

How does NBA 2k22 fare on current/last-gen? And is the 2k Cruise Neighborhood better than next-gen's City? Found out as PSXE reviews NBA2k22.

Worth PlayingRedmond Carolipio

6.8/10

NBA 2K22 is the next installment of the premier NBA video game basketball simulation series.

Impulse GamerPaul Stuart

The biggest obstacle to enjoying NBA 2K22 in its current state are the seemingly longest load times to date on any Switch title. It can take minutes to jump

KotakuLuke Plunkett

Unscored

I can’t do it anymore. This is the year that NBA 2K has turned me into the Joker.

The Nerd StashJulio La PineTaylor Cole

Unscored

All in all, NBA 2K22 on next-gen systems is the best NBA 2K game to release in years. The gameplay receives a much-needed revamp, leading to a fun experience for everyone, regardless of whether you are playing as a primary scorer or defensive anchor. MyNBA gives players an in-depth and customizable franchise mode with some sweet additions like the new staff system. It may be overbearing at times but, MyNBA is a franchise mode worth trying out. Sadly, even with all of these intriguing changes, such as the new additions to MyCareer, NBA 2K22 is brought down a bit by some blatant advertisements a...