NBA2k20 Review

By Nico Cognata

NBA2K is a series that has been going on since 1999. The newest installment of the franchise improves on last year’s game. It has better controls than 2K19 and better gameplay, but it has some major problems. It suffers from loot boxes, which have been proven to be gambling in the UK.  They are built to squeeze out every last dollar on the vague hope to get your favorite player. Also, in my team, they have gambling minigames in between games, including slots, Pachinko, and roulet. Both the ESRB (America) and PEGI (Europe) have stated simulated gambling is an automatic T for Teen rating, to keep kids from being exposed to gambling at an early age, but it’s rated E for Everyone. In PEGI’s case it is much worse- it’s rated PEGI 3 which is a younger rating than Pokémon, which is rated PEGI 12! They didn’t even follow their own rules! The game itself does not improve enough on last year's game to call itself a sequel. I would give this game a 4 out of 10. To warn you, these games are not my cup of tea but I can see it being a fun game to play with friends. Thank you for reading.