Season Ticket Basketball

Rating:
Summary: Passable for someone looking for a NBA sim
Review: First let me start off by saying that this is a game for sim fans only. If you are looking for a game that requires a game pad then look elsewhere.

With that said let me move on to the review. I tried to like this game. I am a big fan of sport simulations and I have been looking for a good basketball sim for sometime. With the success and high quality of Season Ticket Baseball under their belt I was hoping that Infogrames would succeed with this title. Unfortunately the game never quite grabbed me. First off, the lack of a true manual, even a pdf on the CD, is an unforgivable omission. The "manual" provided is nothing more than a sparse help file. The user interface was annoying from the beginning. It is a window driven interface, which is fine but it doesn't allow the user to keep multiple windows covering different aspects of the game open. Printing the player ratings is non-existent. The effect of changing coaches seems to be negligible. Moving the franchise is a tedious process.

Trading is horrible. This is mostly because the game sticks to the NBA salary cap rules without allowing for multiple team trades. In real life if there is going to be a big trade it usually involves several teams in order to get around the cap. As for player contracts, you can't give an extension to a player until after the final game of their final season with the team. That is totally stupid. You have almost no feel for whether or not you are going to retain a player so there is no information to use to decide whether or not to trade someone. I could ramble on about this but I won't.

As I started to write this review I was going to give the game three stars but after recapping all of its problems I realize that it barely deserves a 2.

Rating:
Summary: Passable for someone looking for a NBA sim
Review: First let me start off by saying that this is a game for sim fans only. If you are looking for a game that requires a game pad then look elsewhere.

With that said let me move on to the review. I tried to like this game. I am a big fan of sport simulations and I have been looking for a good basketball sim for sometime. With the success and high quality of Season Ticket Baseball under their belt I was hoping that Infogrames would succeed with this title. Unfortunately the game never quite grabbed me. First off, the lack of a true manual, even a pdf on the CD, is an unforgivable omission. The "manual" provided is nothing more than a sparse help file. The user interface was annoying from the beginning. It is a window driven interface, which is fine but it doesn't allow the user to keep multiple windows covering different aspects of the game open. Printing the player ratings is non-existent. The effect of changing coaches seems to be negligible. Moving the franchise is a tedious process.

Trading is horrible. This is mostly because the game sticks to the NBA salary cap rules without allowing for multiple team trades. In real life if there is going to be a big trade it usually involves several teams in order to get around the cap. As for player contracts, you can't give an extension to a player until after the final game of their final season with the team. That is totally stupid. You have almost no feel for whether or not you are going to retain a player so there is no information to use to decide whether or not to trade someone. I could ramble on about this but I won't.

As I started to write this review I was going to give the game three stars but after recapping all of its problems I realize that it barely deserves a 2.

Rating:
Summary: a pretty good game
Review: i enjoy playing this game it is not as good as the baseball game but alot better then the football game. the sim is the best part of the game the coaching part isnt that good. the trading is hard but that makes it even better and also ur team might get bought by another owner then u have to relocate ur team. playing with a salary cap is tough to work around but all in all it is a good game and i enjoy playing it alot. so i recommend to buy it.

Rating:
Summary: Fun game
Review: Season Ticket Basketball allows you to take control of a basketball team and experience what it is like to be an NBA general manager. You can make trades, sign free agents, and coach the team on the way to the playoffs. If single player gets boring, you can compete in an online league with your friends. The game does not include NBA rosters or logos. However, it does allow you to import your own so it is possible to use real rosters.

Rating:
Summary: Slow and boring
Review: This is not the best game ever made. NBA Live 2001 has a better sim than this game does. First, it takes forever to make it through a season. Second, even if you win the championship, you don't care, because nothing exciting happens. Trades are almost impossible, plus you never quite know how good a player is when you trade for him. There are none of the real NBA players in it, or team names (even though you can edit those). There are not even any player faces, made up or otherwise. Basically, save your cash. NBA Live 2003 is soon to be out, and I'm sure their sim will be a hundred times better.