Smooth, improved on-court gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“2K18 is beautiful and the mechanics are on point.”
Steam review · 68.3 h played ↗
NBA 2K18
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Mostly Negative · 28%Mostly Negative · 28%Visual ConceptsSports · Walking Simulator · Simulation
The verdict
Polished basketball gameplay and deep offline modes like MyLeague and MyGM, but MyCareer is a VC grind with unskippable cutscenes, and shut-down servers block launch. Skip at full price.
Great for
Offline MyLeague/MyGM and couch play fans who want a deep basketball sim
Main risk
Servers are shut down, so the game gets stuck on Downloading Updates and may not launch
What players love
Deep MyLeague/MyGM offline modes
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“It provides the ultimate sports simulation fantasy without all the unecessary cutscenes, VC, story crap, and throttled progression.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Good value when bought on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“the gameplay is solid and more fun than 2k17, so it is definitely worth it if you catch it on sale for $15 or less.”
Steam review · 22.6 h played ↗
Fun with friends and single player
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“for a group of friends on the couch for an afternoon, this is perhaps the best basketball game you can get”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Pay-to-win VC and endless grind
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“it takes roughly 200,000 vc to get your player to just 85.”
Steam review · 70.9 h played ↗
Servers shut down, game stuck updating
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“stuck in an update screen that can never be downloaded because servers for this game are shut down.”
Steam review · 111.3 h played ↗
Bugs, crashes and lag
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Players lose their saves, players lose VC (happened to me multiple times), stats don't work, black screens, crashes, freezing”
Steam review · 302 h played ↗
Unskippable cutscenes and weak story
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“You can't skip cutscenes. This is unexcusable.”
Steam review · 43 h played ↗
Frustrating shooting, scripted AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“You can miss perfect shots and hit ones you try to miss on purpose... TERRIBLE RNG”
Steam review · 47.7 h played ↗
Cheaters and bad online
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Endless amounts of hackers in playground/park. They will not do anything about it.”
Steam review · 335.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support70 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7x64 / Windows 8.1x64 / Windows 10x64
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-530 @ 2.93 GHz / AMD Phenom™ II X4 805 @ 2.50 GHz or better
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GT 450 1GB / ATI® Radeon™ HD 7770 1GB or better
Storage70 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7x64 / Windows 8.1x64 / Windows 10x64
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-4430 @ 3 GHz / AMD FX-8370 @ 3.4 GHz or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 770 2GB / ATI® Radeon™ R9 270 2GB or better
Storage70 GB available space
OSWindows 7x64 / Windows 8.1x64 / Windows 10x64
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-530 @ 2.93 GHz / AMD Phenom™ II X4 805 @ 2.50 GHz or better
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GT 450 1GB / ATI® Radeon™ HD 7770 1GB or better
Storage70 GB available space
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