GameSpot writes: "Sony's latest basketball game on the PSP, NBA 10, is a curiosity. The long-running hoops series has been trailing behind the NBA Live and NBA 2K series on consoles for the better part of a decade, but with the PSP version, the developers behind the game continue to go essentially hog wild on a series of minigames that have only the slightest connection to the NBA, or even basketball in general. Playing NBA 10 for the PSP last night at a Sony event, we made an attempt to check out the five-on-five gameplay that makes this a hoops game, but in the end, we kept returning to the minigames, with the following question running through our head the entire time, "What does it say about a basketball game when the basketball portion is pretty much the last thing you want to play?"
All in all, this is a very solid game. It manages to provide an enjoyable basketball experience for the whole spectrum of basketball fans; deep enough for the hardcore NBA fan, yet still approachable for the novice. While even the Recruit difficulty is more difficult than PSLS would like to see, it is still a very fun, playable experience.
Even after you have exhausted your thirst for basketball, there is still a lot of fun to be had with the mini-games. If *wink* *nudge* they were to release the mini-games as a standalone bundle on the PSN, they would find their coffers overflowing.
Gamerevolution: I wish I was little bit taller, I wish I was a baller... And in some cases never picked at all...
It's gotta be a little lonely being an outside party to EA Sports' decadent conglomerate orgy. Imagine being that kid in after-school extracurricular basketball who is always picked second. Despite having trained harder than ever this season, you harbor a hidden acknowledgment that you'll never be quite as formidable of a baller as the jerk-ass who just made team captain. How do you save face? Maybe if you bring your teammates a bunch of crap unrelated to actually playing basketball like fresh-baked cookies or beer, they'll love you, err... more?
A well priced, good looking, decent playing, stuffed to the gills PSP basketball title. Diehard GameFAN honestly didn't think they'd be saying this when they first opened this one up, but it was a lot of fun reviewing this one and they're glad it made its way to them. Diehard GameFAN think any PSP owner who's a basketball fan should have this title. Between the smooth gameplay and all the extras, you really get your money's worth on this one.
