NBA 2K Playgrounds 2

NBA arcade action is back with NBA 2K Playgrounds 2! Pick your team, get ready to jam, and Ball Without Limits!

NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 is a sports, basketball and multiplayer game developed by Saber Interactive and published by 2K.
Released on October 15th 2018 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 2,059 reviews of which 1,667 were positive and 392 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit or Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel core i3 CPU 530 2.93GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GT 630
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 6 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0x compatible sound card

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

SO UNREALISTIC! And I love it. Good, chill arcade style basketball. Its a real fat bummer that you cant complete any of the daily changes now that the game is pretty much sidelined. So, if you want to unlock any of the swag or court editor pieces, you are going to have to pay... probably a lot. Luckily you can still unlock all of the players.

July 2024

Picked this up in the summer sale and i used to love NBA games. Been a few years and cant get back into them. However, this more arcade like version is a lot of fun! The content is behind a pay wall but if you don't mind dishing out 10-15 to unlock it all... do it. Easy to pick up and play for 20-30 mins at a time with the best current and legend players. Playing at 60fps on steam deck and runs great.

April 2024

Playgrounds brought us a new age NBA Jam style basketball game with around 200+ players in the game. Playground 2 offers an even better NBA Jam style experience with more than 400+ players in the game. The game is bigger and more fun, however, it does try to rip you off with in-game purchases. Luckily, these are gone due to the servers being down. This both gets rid of in-game purchases, but also in game unlocks. virtual money, V-bucks, are only accessible via online challenges. Without online challenges, you can only unlock new players, not new custom clothing or court upgrades. Minus the negatives above, the game is a blast. It's kind of like mixing the lottery of Mario Kart weapons box in basketball where you get extra speed, extra strength, extra points for certain types of scoring opportunities, and more. On the reverse, you can suddenly be cursed or have your rim frozen over so you can't make a shot. The lottery provides a higher level intensity when you're trying to defend your lead and your opponent can double their 3 point shots or more. On easy, the game is a breeze. But on NBA level, the gameplay becomes absolutely a challenge. Trying to win an NBA Championship on this difficulty level sure proved to be a challenge. There are tricks to learn in the game such as pushing, stealing, alley-oops and more. The gameplay is smooth, fast, and unapologetic. I had lots of fun playing NBA difficulty. The sounds are great, the commentators can be changed in the options for different sound bytes. Eventually it gets repetitive, but it's still a nice accompaniment to the gameplay. I still like it when he yells "tickle the twine" when I make a shot. The graphics are wonderful. You can tell you're looking at Lebron James or Magic Johnson. Each player is well recreated. The movement, animation flow, and look of it is cartoony, but realistic enough to feel like you're truly playing the greats. Unlocking all the players is hard. It will take a lot of games to gain the number of basketballs needed to unlock card packs. You can purchase different level card packs. Cards packs open up 5 players and you can get repeats too. As you play the game to collect more basketballs to open up more players, you also gain levels for you, which I'm not sure what the benefits of that is, other than grinding, but each player has a bronze, silver, and gold level including a diamond level if you finish all challenges. Challenges range from a certain number of steals per game, shots per game, or rebounds per game. With each level of your player comes an increase in stats too. The stats don't change much unless your character goes to the next level. Like less than 50 is not good, more than 50 is okay, and more than 75 is great. The little differences don't do much, but the big differences do, if that makes sense. All in all though you can truly play this game as a pick up and go game. It doesn't take long to play a game, and it's so much fun, it's perfect for that 10 minutes you needed to just pause and have a good time. Definitely one of the better offerings out there if you enjoy basketball. And if you have someone that wants to play couch co-op, this game only gets better.

Feb. 2024

I haven't had this much fun for YEARS. I never knew about this game until recently. Bought it, tried it, it beats NBA 2K23, 2K24, probably all new NBA 2Ks later on. Hands down 1 of the best games I've ever played.

Feb. 2024

This is one of my favorite games. My play time is much higher, I'm usually offline. No bugs, excellent graphics and sound, good controls. I have zero complaints. This is a highly addictive arcade basketball game. The tutorial section will get you up and running quick, and if you practice, you'll soon be dominating the court and increasing difficulty. If you like basketball, you should grab this. Highly recommended!

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Last Updates

Steam data	17 November 2024 19:11
SteamSpy data	18 January 2025 21:32
Steam price	22 January 2025 20:39
Steam reviews	22 January 2025 07:53

29.99€

7.8

1,667

392

Online players

Developer

Saber Interactive

Publisher

Release 15 Oct 2018

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