NBA 2K9 (PC)

2K9 Comes to PC Gamers' Rescue

When EA Sports axed it's fall sports lineup, allot of PC gamers had mixed emotions. 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. It's a little late, but PC gamers,  starved for a good hoops title, were ready to wait. Was it worth it? Let's find out.

Graphics-wise, this is an Xbox 360/PS3 port, which right away puts allot of fans fears at ease. The 2K-HD graphics are here in full force, right down to the cloth physics (if you set player detail to Ultra-High). Of course, this requires allot of horsepower, and many gamers will be saddened to see that their rigs can't handle the stress. My main 'puter was struggling mightily with players on Ultra-High, but after some minor maintenance and a few tweaks, it's running fine. The menus have some serious lag issues, though. The gameplay itself runs ok, but the team select menu runs very, very slowly. No other menu has this problem, which is weird. Why just that menu? It doesn't make allot of sense.

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