The good: Fast, fluid play with 2K Sport's usual excellent player models and animations, including spectacular slam dunks. Why you should buy it: You like the more strategic elements of the game (i.e., calling plays), as well the concept of Dynamic DNA and playing a virtual season that's impacted by the real NBA season.
While a majority of reviewers felt NBA 2K10 retained the crown, a few said NBA Live 10 was better and more fun to play. What the critics are saying: The reviews on Metacritic have been generally favorable, with many reviewers noting the game is vastly improved and quite respectable now. The bad: AI and ball physics are a little suspect at times, and it sometimes seems too easy to turn the ball over teammates tend not to do all that much unless you're calling a play or manually controlling them Adidas Live mode could have more depth to it. You can also set up an online league with up to 30 teams. We also liked the Adidas Live mode (it replaces the Be a Pro mode from last year's game), where you play as one NBA player while your buddies or the computer takes control of the other players in a 5-on-5 game.
In Season mode, the game features an upgraded version of Dynamic DNA that updates player attributes daily to reflect real-world changes (you obviously need to be connected to the Internet for it to work) and gives you some added incentive to play out the full NBA season.
One strong point is the strategy and play-making elements, which allow you to call a wide array of plays to exploit defensive match-ups or pull off pick-and-rolls. The good: EA's done a good job making this a smoother, more realistic playing game with virtual players who look like their human counterparts. The net-net is you have two solid games that are hard to choose between. At the same time, while 2K10's developer Visual Concepts has definitely made some improvements, including a new My Player mode and the usual upgrades to player models and animations, this year's installment hasn't introduced anything truly eye-opening. However, this year EA Sports' Canada-based development team delivered a much more compelling game. Last year, the contest wasn't even close, with 2K9 trouncing Live in a blowout that made it easy to choose which game to buy. With the NBA season in full swing, we thought we'd take a moment to check out this year's offering of digital hoops games, which really boils down to 2K Sports' NBA 2K10 vs. NBA 2K10 is still on top-but only by a hair.
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