Very unrealistic but diffenitly not a bad game
Gameplay: The first new thing is the freestyle moves. Now you can pull off better shots or layups or you can block or steal easier if your player has it. This game is very unrealistic. You can pull of like 50 spins not lose the ball and then pull off a three and get it in. But if you try to play it realisticly then the ball will just get stolen. Some of the freestyle things are really un fair. Like for people who are tall and have the scorer freestyle they can just keep holding l and pressing a and it will go in. Another thing is the shooting one. If someone has that they never miss. This still is fun though. If you dont like unrealistic games then stay away from this.
Graphics: This game can go for most improved graphics of the century. They are so much better with improved textures, texture resolution and now you can tell the difference between yao ming and allen iverson. Not every one looks like the same height. overall they are still avarage they are just so much better.
Sound: Not much to say about it. Soundtrack is good for rap fans. Announcers repeat themselves alot and they do get anoying sometimes but you can turn them off. They do say different things for each player in the beginning though. During the game too.
Value: Its not alot of money any more so its a pretty good deal. Good basketball game great price. Cant go wrong with that. It also has some extra gamemodes like 3 point shoot and dunk contest and it has online.
Overall a good game but unrealistic. Could have been alot better had ea tried more but its not bad.