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NBA Unrivaled (DLC) Review

12:18 PM - November 16, 2009 by RaychelSnr

If last year’s disappointing Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff was not evidence enough, NBA Unrivaled should help confirm what Tecmo fans have been angrily realizing for the last decade: The company has no idea how to update its classic sports franchises for modern consoles.

In Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff there were too few updates to the dated portions of the game's old-school formula. In NBA Unrivaled the developers not only ignored the existing flaws in the source material, but also eliminated the strengths that made Tecmo NBA Basketball an 8-bit/16-bit legend.

NBA Unrivaled has been removed from its simulation roots and turned into the equivalent of a low-budget, Saturday-morning cartoon.

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Member Comments

# 1 DJ @ 11/16/09 01:21 PM

I don't get how Tecmo can mess these games up so badly. Tecmo Bowl Kickoff was without question the most disappointing game of 2008. Seriously, how do you mess that game up? Why they took away all the fun elements from Tecmo Super Bowl, I'll never know. They also made the CPU laughable; in the original the season became more challenging as you advanced. In Kickoff, you could win any game 100-0.

Tecmo Basketball, as mentioned in this review, brought some innovative things to the table. I don't get why they'd scrap all that and make it some garbage arcade-fest.

# 2 Pappy Knuckles @ 11/16/09 01:32 PM

My buddy was telling me you'd have to be ******** to download this game. Looks like this review is pretty much saying the same thing.

# 3 Joka2122 @ 11/16/09 04:10 PM

# 4 jyoung @ 11/16/09 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schism 6


	It's a turd wrapped in a dead skunk.

Brutal.

# 5 Wiffyjustus @ 11/16/09 05:20 PM

Well, if it's that bad, then praise the Lord it's not available in Australia.

# 6 raidersbball20 @ 11/16/09 06:24 PM

i am not surprised

# 7 23 @ 11/16/09 06:32 PM

Waits for the next person that tells me the casual gamer rules

# 8 elgreazy1 @ 11/16/09 06:48 PM

Dang shame too. I wish they would have done a better job with these.

# 9 rocket21 @ 11/16/09 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wEEman33


	Brutal.

Man, the comment about the turd isn't anywhere close to being brutal ENOUGH. This game is the worst thing I have ever played on any game system. It is that bad!

# 10 noshun @ 11/17/09 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noshun


	David Stern should slap each dev of this game in the face with a draft card for this mess.

I'm just going to go ahead and quote myself.

# 11 Da_Czar @ 11/17/09 08:22 AM

How could they destroy a classic like this ? I still play the original. This is a sad sad day for hoop fans.....

# 12 Jukeman @ 11/17/09 09:40 PM

I rather play double dribble than buy this game...

# 13 stlstudios189 @ 11/19/09 07:59 PM

wow this is unsettling to see why do they ruin the classics

# 14 bamalam @ 11/22/09 06:26 PM

i rank it only ahead of the pile of poo called nba live 07

# 15 rckabillyRaider @ 12/13/09 02:22 PM

I gotta put this up there (or should I say down there?) with E.T. on atari 2600! Worst game I ever seen.

# 16 DirtyJerz32 @ 12/13/09 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rckabillyRaider


	I gotta put this up there (or should I say down there?) with E.T. on atari 2600! Worst game I ever seen.

I remember that game. Wow, was that bad!!!

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