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Sport, Arcade
OpenCritic65IGDB67
"Classic NBA arcade action is back! Take your “A” game to the playground and beat the best in high-flying 2-on-2 basketball action. Practice your skills offline, play with up to three others, or take your talents online to posterize your opponents with acrobatic jams and ridiculous displays of skill."
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Clear, unpretentious, nostalgic and cool.
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ForbesBrian MaziqueMay 20178/10This is a fully licensed two-on-two NBA arcade title that does most things right. It'll be interesting to see what's in store for fans of the game via updates, patches, and DLC.
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TrueAchievementsMark DelaneyMay 20174/5 starsNBA Playgrounds follows in the footsteps of games like NFL Blitz, FIFA Street, and (of course) NBA Jam. It takes a simple premise — over-the-top arcade sports — and nearly perfects it. It misses an easy layup by excluding invitation options online, but hopefully the promised patch arrives to bring this game closer to an all-time great. Everything else, from the aesthetics and the music to the gameplay and the special wrinkle of wallet-free card collecting, is an uncontested slam dunk.
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EurogamerMartin RobinsonMay 2017NBA Jam is revived in this spiritual successor, though not everything's quite as you remember it...
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PolygonOwen GoodMay 20174.5/10NBA Playgrounds stifles any above-the-rim action promised by placing condition after condition on the gameplay
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Digitally DownloadedMatt SainsburyMay 20172/5 starsI'm sure the developers went into NBA Playgrounds with the most noble of intentions, but this game is not the NBA I remembered. This game is one that young me would never have considered to be worth my allowance.
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IGDB rating 7.1/10 from 15 ratings.
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