While that’s true, it’s also true that player models at close range reveal that they could use some work. We’ve already established that for atmosphere, 2K9 is peerless. That being said, my score reflects the fact that they left room for improvement for subsequent releases - this year's minor refinements are just that: minor. NBA 2K9 basically took a blueprint which was already established as genre-defining and leading, and made some tweaks in order to provide the best experience available. Put simply: it doesn’t get better than this for videogame basketball. Player animations as they juke and jive and spin and crossover and fadeaway are sights to behold, and you can nearly feel the lift and hang of your legs on Kobe’s jump shot release and your fingers clawing the rim on Dwayne Wade’s one-handed slam through traffic. You’ll gladly pick out curvy cheerleaders as well, as they hasten off the court after half-time, and mascots working the masses as the score causes drama to mount. The cheering of the raucous fans swells and ebbs – and you can pick out scores of individual noisemakers responsible in the crowd, filling out each unique stadium. The commentating of Kevin Harlan, the colour tidbits added by analyst Clark Kellogg, and the sideline ‘scoops’ by Cheryl Miller are as varied and vital as we can reasonably expect from a game (sure there’s repetition, but this is as deep a bag of lines as I’ve heard). That’s how good NBA 2K9 looks and sounds. A few minutes later, I walked back in (probably with a drink to take away the sting of the pummeling), sat down, and thought for a few confusing moments that a live NBA game was on television. So I had NBA 2K9 going, and without bothering to pause it, I left the room (I was probably getting pummeled). If you don't think any of the above situations apply, you can use this feedback form to request a review of this block."Put simply: it doesn’t get better than this for videogame basketball. Contact your IT department and let them know that they've gotten banned, and to have them let us know when they've addressed the issue.Īre you browsing GameFAQs from an area that filters all traffic through a single proxy server (like Singapore or Malaysia), or are you on a mobile connection that seems to be randomly blocked every few pages? Then we'll definitely want to look into it - please let us know about it here. You'll need to disable that add-on in order to use GameFAQs.Īre you browsing GameFAQs from work, school, a library, or another shared IP? Unfortunately, if this school or place of business doesn't stop people from abusing our resources, we don't have any other way to put an end to it. When we get more abuse from a single IP address than we do legitimate traffic, we really have no choice but to block it. If you don't think you did anything wrong and don't understand why your IP was banned.Īre you using a proxy server or running a browser add-on for "privacy", "being anonymous", or "changing your region" or to view country-specific content, such as Tor or Zenmate? Unfortunately, so do spammers and hackers. IP bans will be reconsidered on a case-by-case basis if you were running a bot and did not understand the consequences, but typically not for spamming, hacking, or other abuse. If you are responsible for one of the above issues. Having an excessive number of banned accounts in a very short timeframe.Running a web bot/spider that downloaded a very large number of pages - more than could possibly justified as "personal use".Automated spam (advertising) or intrustion attempts (hacking).Your current IP address has been blocked due to bad behavior, which generally means one of the following: