Prior to the release of “NBA 2K16” last year, the hype was saying that the MyCareer mode of “NBA 2K16” is going to be a game-changer but when the game finally rolled out to the PC and the gaming consoles in September last year, the feature fell below fan expectations.
Just the title of the gameplay mode “Livin’ Da Dream” was already a bad choice that critics already feasted on it right on the get-go.
But the most disappointing thing for the gamers and the critics about “Livin’ Da Dream” is the zero choices to be made by players who decide to take on the mode.
The mode is basically a movie which does not provide gamers choices except in selecting what high school he should go to or which college he would take to be able to reach the NBA.
In the “NBA 2K16” MyCareer mode, gamers have to watch themselves making the worst possible choice in every situation, which is also the reason why many players have turned away from playing the mode.
It would be interesting to find out if EA Sports has picked up a neat lesson in taking a critically-acclaimed director in putting a movie inside a video game or it would go back to the usual MyCareer mode from “NBA 2K15” and back for the upcoming “NBA 2K17.”