NBA 2K12 improves on both counts, but it's not perfect. Last year, two of the biggest complaints were the cheap defensive AI and the alien looking players. The announcers treat the games like playbacks, talking about your performance as if it already happened and sharing trivia about the players. (You're going to hear a lot about presentation in this review, because NBA 2K12's is astounding.) The games are treated like television broadcasts from the era, so Bill Russel's mid-'60s Celtics game is in black and white. Want to see Dwight Howard go head to head against Shaq in his prime? Of course you do because that's awesome.Įach game gets the full presentational treatment. Every team you play as and against is unlockable, letting you pit the greatest players of the last 40-plus years against the stars of today.

They're matched up in games against other basketball legends such as the '93 Hornets, Dikembe Mutombo and Shaq with the Orlando Magic. Michael Jordan is back, and along with him come Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Hakeem Olajuwon, Scottie Pippen, and 10 other basketball greats. Last year's Jordan Challenges were the highlight of the game, but 2K12's NBA's Greatest mode trumps it. But it's about a lot more than MJ this year. NBA 2K12 has three different covers highlighting the athletes that define basketball (though most gamers will see the Michael Jordan cover, marking the second year in a row his Airness takes the spot).

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