Kawhi Leonard is (begrudgingly?) a Raptor, while DeMarcus Cousins plays for the Golden State Warriors. SEE ALSO: NBA 2K18 for Mobile review: You may want to sit this one outĬarmelo Anthony is with the Houston Rockets after a brief stint with the Thunder. Offseason signings, re-signings, acquisitions, and depth charts are accurate as well. Team uniforms and logos and court designs have been refreshed for the upcoming 2018-2019 NBA season. Naturally, NBA 2K19’s devotion to realism extends to other aspects of the game. Hopefully, the developers will add more eventually.
This is the first title in the series to feature so many specific player heads and bodies. Most players have accurate faces, hairstyles, and bodies that add to the general realism of the gameĪnd to push that point further: We played a match between the Golden State Warriors and Washington Wizards and didn’t see an unrealistic player model until toward the end of the third quarter. The fan-favorite Los Angeles Lakers have just one or two player models that don’t resemble their real-life counterparts. In fact, most teams only have a handful of generic faces in their rosters. More crucially, many non-stars, journeymen, and rookies have accurate player faces and hairstyles and bodies that add to the general realism of the game. It looks pleasant even at lower detail settings where textures are of obviously poor quality. The player likeness in NBA 2K19 still won’t fool anyone into thinking they’re watching the real thing, but the 3D models this year are about as good as they get in this platform. Some guys like Darren Collison look especially detailed and almost photo-realistic.
READ ALSO: NBA 2K18 for Android and iOS: Can your phone run it? Mega superstars like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Steph Curry get new faces, and so do lesser-known names like Ben Simmons and Lonzo Ball, who has a new sheath of forearm tattoos. And while not everyone gets a new face and body texture this year, the improved player likeness across the board is immediately apparent. Previous iterations of the series have been rightfully criticized for using the same player models over the past couple of years. Thanks to a massive visual update, NBA 2K19 for mobile is easily the best-looking and most accurate representation of the sport it is emulating.īecause of a massive visual update, NBA 2K19 for mobile is easily the best-looking and most accurate representation of the sport it is emulating (A quick word to Android users: You may have to wait a while before seeing this game on the Google Play Store, but we’re quite confident it will be released toward the end of the year.) The good So, the question is whether NBA 2K19 for mobile is worth getting for newcomers to the series and those who already own NBA 2K18. It’s not pricey, but it’s not all that cheap either.
Granted, the current-gen NBA 2K19 offers more ways to play and looks like a real NBA broadcast at times, as opposed to something more cartoony and less detailed like the version for smaller screens.
App Store accounts - or P399 (around $7) if you happen to have an account based in the Philippines - which is a fraction of the $60 (P3,257) price tag of its console and PC counterparts. In fact, despite its relative newness, it is now the most popular paid app on Apple’s platform at the time of this posting.
It’s one of the handful of games on the App Store that gets a yearly release because it’s popular among basketball fans and mobile gamers. (Update, October 17: We have good news for you, Android users! Read NBA 2K19 for Android out now. And just in time for the real NBA action to start this season. NBA 2K19 for mobile devices is finally out - albeit only for Apple smartphones and tablets for now (or for good?).