NBA 2K11 will be released on tomorrow(October 5, 2010) and the game available for Sony PS3, XBox 360, PSPS, PS2 and also PC. According to Amazon, the Nintendo Wii verion will be released on October 19, 2010.
Now you can pre-order NBA 2K11 from Amazon Here.
NBA 2K11 is the first time that I can recall in the history of modern NBA videogame franchises that a retired player has appeared as the cover athlete(save off again on again Brett Favre but he doesn’t count). When I heard that MJ would be tightly incorporated into several of the game modes I thought this will either be one of the most awesome things I have ever seen or it will be terribly and cheesy. I am happy to report that NBA 2K11 redefines excellence in not only NBA videogames, but in all sports games period.
Michael Jordan has his own dedicated mode in NBA 2K11 and its literally called Michael Jordan. Clicking on this menu drops you into another menu with four options: The Jordan Challenge, Classic Bulls Teams, My Jordans, and MJ: Creating A Legend. The Jordan Challenge is a collection of 10 challenges that will allow you to step into MJ’s shoes during some of the greatest moments of his NBA career including the forever famous moments like “The Flu Game”, “The Shrug”, or one of everyone’s favorites “The Double Nickel”. Each challenge consist of 3 to 4 objectives that must all be met during the course of the game.
In NBA 2K11, 2K decided not make Draft Combine a separate add-on and instead integrated into the actual mode itself and this worked out well. The basics of My Player mode have stayed the same with a few nice improvements. The biggest thing to me seems to be the logic behind the mode, it seems much more thought out and polished. Just as last year you create your player and you play a four games to try and determine if you will get drafted. If you are good enough, then you get drafted and sent to your teams summer league, if not then you go undrafted and head to the D-League.
Indeed, “NBA 2K11″ works equally well as both Jordan relic and voodoo doll, a way to get a measure of delayed digital revenge for all the years No. 23 ran roughshod over the championship hopes and dreams of everyone else in professional basketball.
Now you can pre-order NBA 2K11 from Amazon Here.
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