NBA Live 19

Having spent a good bit of time on both 2k19 and Live 19 lately,, I was definitely enjoying live more. I had created a new character, Slasher PG, went through the street tour mode again and had a ton of fun. Even hit a guy with the 'throw ball between his legs and run around him' move to finish with a 360 layup, not just being fancy but a center went to block me so my guy spun around him mid air for the finish. FUN! The only bit I didn't like was I couldn't hit open midrange or 3's for the life of me. I say open but EA marks a defender standing 5 feet away with his hands down as contested. I know they are trying to cut down on everyone getting green shots but it's very annoying to actually be open and brick a shot because the game says it was contested.

Onto 2k, I could hit open 2's and 3's all day long which was nice but where the fun ended. My 76 rated guy isn't good enough for park games (lag doesn't help) if I could even get a game so stuck with NBA season. It was just boring. Didn'ty feel as physical as Live, felt like I was floating up and down the court. 20 minutes for a game doesn't help my limited gaming time compared to Live games first to 21. Even though the gameplay can be fun, the fact that I couldn't partake in park due to 2k's pay to win just made the experience worse. NOT FUN.

Even though the quality of 2k is higher, Live is just more fun. Looking forward to their live 20 reveal on Thursday. I'm not looking forward to 2k's ultimate legend edition for 150 which will get your player the ability to play park straight away without people walking off spots because you're too low level.

Yupp I'd go for it for 15. As long as you know you won't be playing Park unless you spend money which you already said you're not pushed on anyway so just as a single player game, i think you'll enjoy it more. I liked the prologue story and making it to the nba. Once the nba starts, the story becomes non existent and it's just game on game on game. Leveling up is verrrry slow so you'll need to focus on a few areas that interest you to get the most out of each game as it will take way too long to get good at everything.

All the negatives of 2k19, mostly the pay to win structure (someone calculated you would have to spend 800+ hours to get one character to 99) definitely dampened the whole experience for me even though gameplay wise, i enjoyed the actual mechanics. As a slasher pg, i was able to drive, make passes, dunk and hit open 3's. I had fun playing the games but i wanted to play park which was a no go so always left a bad taste in my mouth.

My Team has a good offline mode and tons of great cards are being given away through locker codes if you follow the reddit for them. You could get a great team almost straight away.

No idea if career can be played offline as it's integrated with the neighborhood. I hope to **** 2k keep it separate for 20. As for the scripted bits, as i recall there are a few in the prologue to guide the story a certain way but that's all fluff anyway, no big deal. Better story than last few years by miles but still not brilliant. I enjoyed the prologue anyway and when i got to the nba, there was zero story. Just games with the very very odd message txt message. I'd say check the 2ktv episodes of they still give vc and look up the answers online, might get a nice vc headstart to bulk up your player.

Also the anniversary edition for 30 comes with 100k vc which will get you up to level 75-78ish. Took me about half a season to get to that point iirc.

Aw man, Spikes story was ridiculous and i felt 2k didn't want to interfere with it. My white (ish, he never actually looked white) character sat in the middle of a black family and i thought ah, he could be adopted and then they make it a point to say that you and your sister are twins born from your black mam and dad. If they wanted to do that properly, they should have given you a premade character like the journey in fifa.

Nba Live 19 is on sale in psn for a tenner if anyone fancied giving it a go.