How Take Two thought this was permissible is beyond me. If you’re looking for online multiplayer, Living Rosters, or anything else online, do not buy this game. I’ve finally turned the commentary off, it bothers me so much, which is something I almost never do. The sounds are the same as on the consoles, which is to say that I still don’t like it. I did have to tell it to swap the two sets of triggers to match the console, and it occasionally forgets and swaps them back, so that’s a hassle. I use the wired Xbox 360 controller for Windows myself, and it works mostly like on the Xbox 360. I advise against even trying to use the keyboard for playing, as it’s just not up to the task. Gameplay-wise, you will want a controller. Why just that menu? It doesn’t make allot of sense. No other menu has this problem, which is weird. The gameplay itself runs ok, but the team select menu runs very, very slowly. The menus have some serious lag issues, though. My main ‘puter was struggling mightily with players on Ultra-High, but after some minor maintenance and a few tweaks, it’s running fine. Of course, this requires allot of horsepower, and many gamers will be saddened to see that their rigs can’t handle the stress.
The 2K-HD graphics are here in full force, right down to the cloth physics (if you set player detail to Ultra-High). Graphics-wise, this is an Xbox 360/PS3 port, which right away puts allot of fans fears at ease. It’s a little late, but PC gamers, starved for a good hoops title, were ready to wait. There was a feeling of abandonment there, but we also felt that they really hadn’t been trying the last few years anyway, so who needed ’em? Riding to the rescue of PC sports gamers everywhere was 2K Sports, bringing their top-tier basketball game to the PC for the first time. When EA Sports axed it’s fall sports lineup, allot of PC gamers had mixed emotions.