I don't even know how to describe it. NBA 2K9 is just another year of 2K dominating EA. The game is so nice, the player animations are down to the very last detail, and all this other stuff that makes the game feel so great and gets me to play the game. I get that feeling that I said was missing (see my review on 2K8 ), and I really want to play this game everyday of the week for hours. At the same time, it's so disappointing to see 2K's lack of ability to properly host the online. Half the time I log on I get the "2K server is unavailable" message and the other half I can't even get a game started. 2K has always been known for great online play, but for 2K9 why not?? I don't understand. I've played ONE full 5-on-5 team up game so far, and it was laggy like $hit. All the other times, all I got was "could not connect" and this message that I've read probably a million times.
I love the dynasty mode though. I have my Raptors at 12-2 on a 11 game win streak playing on All-Star difficulty. I wonder if it was a glitch or not, but putting Anthony Parker on the trading block yielded the Portland Trailblazers to offer the future of their franchise in Brandon Roy AND a 1st round pick for AP. Without thought, I took it. I also decided to start Jason Kapono over Jamario Moon. With JO and CB4 down in the post, either of them getting hot at the start of the game, Kapono is the shooter that we need. Kapono's 16 led us to a blowout of the Heat in our last game. With Bosh struggling, Roy picked it up in crunch time with 10 of his 13 coming in the last 5 minutes of the 3rd that really blew the game open.
See I love the game. I'm just disappoint with the online...I wish it would work..because I heard Live is pretty fun.