NBA Courtside 2002
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The keys to a flourishing basketball video game are its controls, artificial intelligence, and pacing. NBA Courtside 2002 excels in all three areas, with only a few problems. One is the defensive AI, which often leaves itself open to dunks and quick breaks, and is generally a droop when it comes to rebounds. This can be remedied with the higher difficulty levels, but that makes the computer a flawless shooter, even from behind the line.
The controls are excellent, but take some getting used to if you’ve spent a lot of time with other basketball simulations. Players use the C stick on the controller to pass the ball. No button critical is necessary; just point the stick at the desired player and the ball is away. Unfortunately, this same system is used to brilliant defensive players, and that can be hard, especially if the action is moving quick and furious. The game does feature quite a few game modes: practice, exhibition, season, and even an fascinating mode that takes place on top of the roof.
As you might expect, the player models are charming, crisp, and photorealistic. The animations are detailed with nary a brake or glitch. Even the crowd looks excellent, and benched players are likewise in full 3-D. The audio isn’t so impressive, but. Never have I heard such uninspired and slow commentary–it often seems to be describing plays from another game, or worse, talks about plays that happened 30 seconds prior to the contemporary action. Not a game breaker, but certainly not as excellent as the competition.
NBA Courtside 2002, aside from the minor flaws described above, is still a stellar entry in the basketball fold and an asset for the Nintendo GameCube library. It’s worth the buy now, and with a few fixes, it’ll be a real contender next year. –Bob Andrews
Pros:
- Quick action; excellent fundamentalsAmazon.com Review
The keys to a flourishing basketball video game are its controls, artificial intelligence, and pacing. NBA Courtside 2002 excels in all three areas, with only a few problems. One is the defensive AI, which often leaves itself open to dunks and quick breaks, and is generally a droop when it comes to rebounds. This can be remedied with the higher difficulty levels, but that makes the computer a flawless shooter, even from behind the line.The controls are excellent, but take some getting used to if you’ve spent a lot of time with other basketball simulations. Players use the C stick on the controller to pass the ball. No button critical is necessary; just point the stick at the desired player and the ball is away. Unfortunately, this same system is used to brilliant defensive players, and that can be hard, especially if the action is moving quick and furious. The game does feature quite a few game modes: practice, exhibition, season, and even an fascinating mode that takes place on top of the roof.
As you might expect, the player models are charming, crisp, and photorealistic. The animations are detailed with nary a brake or glitch. Even the crowd looks excellent, and benched players are likewise in full 3-D. The audio isn’t so impressive, but. Never have I heard such uninspired and slow commentary–it often seems to be describing plays from another game, or worse, talks about plays that happened 30 seconds prior to the contemporary action. Not a game breaker, but certainly not as excellent as the competition.
NBA Courtside 2002, aside from the minor flaws described above, is still a stellar entry in the basketball fold and an asset for the Nintendo GameCube library. It’s worth the buy now, and with a few fixes, it’ll be a real contender next year. –Bob Andrews
Pros:
- Quick action; excellent fundamentals
- Terrific graphics
Cons:
- Slow, inaccurate commentary
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Well I must say, this game certainly isn’t worth it. NBA 2K2 is way better no matter what system you get it for.
Rating: 1 / 5
When I played this I played it in Japan version but I still thoght it was awsome!!! U can do play offs and many more awsome stuff! If u liked Coby Bryants first game ull like this game even more with 2 times as excellent graphics so i anssist on u to buy this!
Rating: 4 / 5
ayayay! My fellow reviewers can’t seem to spell worth ****. Oh, you want to know about the game you say? Sure, it is excellent, and Kobe Bryant (not Coby) is on the cover, but that doesn’t make up for in the least the gameplay problems and sub par graphics. My advice: save your cash up and buy a playstation2 and NBA 2k2. It absolutley blows Courtside out of the water.
Rating: 3 / 5
This game looks splendid. Way better than the other one for 64 I’d say. I loved the first one until I got so bored, I pegged it to a penetrate. It was amusing.But if I get this game, I’m unlikely to get bored. It’s for the best and top selling console Game cube and it kicks Madden NFL butt. With stylized graphics, if you don’t get this game, at least rent it and play it nonstop. The only reason I’m not going to favour this game too much is because a better NbA game is coming to the cube and that game is the same type of b-ball I like to play, having in fact experienced and-1 moves. That game is NBA street basketball. Courtside 2 may be fine, but I reflect I’ll settle for NBASB.
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-gamemaster jason
Rating: 4 / 5
this game looked fun like many sports meeting, but when i bought it at costco and played it… only thing excellent that i can say about it is the graphics, but graphics don’t make the game any greater. the only buttons that you really push are A,B,R,C and the joystick. try another game trust me.
Rating: 1 / 5