basketball

I have been a fan of the Shootout series since the beginning, and I must say that when the computer is in charge of both sides, I can play a good game. The computer controlled defense is good, but your computer controlled players leave much to be desired. For instance, they constantly run out of bounds on a fast break so that when you pass to them, it's an immediate turnover. Or, when rebounding, the ball falls right at their feet and they don't react to it. I created a player to see if I could take unfair advantage of the computer and of course I couldn't. Overall, the appearance was very good;however, Allen Iverson is too dark to support the appearance of tattoos if the designers had chosen to include that bit of realism. This game is fun to play because of all of the great features it has, but I would rather give some of that up if my players would react the way they did in NBA Shootout '98.

After years of playing with NBA Live, In The Zone I dicided to try Shootout after getting sick of Live's slow play. In the Zone on the other hand is to fast the computer is slow on D you can run them out of the building. Shootout 2000 is perfect speed like a real NBA game if your slow on D the computer will take it down the court in a hurry. So Skip the reviews in gaming mags listen to a real basketball fan and gamer this game is great. Why 4 Stars? Choppy Animation on D.

By the way somebody call Game Informer They gave this game a 4.75 of 10. I give it an 8. Buy It

NBA Shootout is a good game, but it gets very annoying after a few games. No matter what you do, the computer point guard will score a career high at any level. Jason Williams scored 54 points on 75% shooting and had 17 assists against me when I had Jason Kidd and Allen Iverson double-teaming him. The computer also never subs during any game below 9 minutes while your players get fatigued quite easily. It is very frustrating to make substitutions while your opponent, especially his point guard, just go at a really fast pace. Scoring is ridiculous. At six minute quarters, anyone can get 120 points. Worse, in season mode, the game thinks that everyone is playing 12-minute NBA quarters. If you play at 6 minute quarters for a season, the score will be close to a real NBA score, but you will not get anywhere near the rebounds of the computer simulated games. If you want a scoring title, the game has a weird bug, Dee Brown averaged 50+ points for the year by having an opening 500 point game. I enjoy the game, but it is hard to not get annoyed by these little problems.