Perfect revamp
For anyone who enjoyed the original, stop reading now and buy this. I played NBA Jam on Sega Genesis constantly when I was a kid, so hearing that they were going to release a reboot made me feel both excited and nervous.
After playing one classic game after I picked this up on the Xbox, it was clear that there was some serious attention put into this game to make it appeal to gamers like me who adored the original. I would never purchase a regular basketball sim game like the NBA 2K series, and I'm not even a huge basketball fan. This game just has a timeless arcade formula that should be fun to the average gamer and even more fun for someone who loves sports.
Unlockables in this game are fantastic, and it caused me to look up cheat codes for the first time in years. It really brought me back. The different game modes are pretty fun, although I still prefer classic gameplay over any of the "remix" matches.
The last thing I will say is that I'm thankful that this game did not have online play when I was a child. The only reason I ever put this game down was because I got tired of playing alone, and there weren't many people around who would have been interested in playing an arcade basketball game with me. Now that I am an adult, I can handle the endless stream of human competition responsibly. That being said, there have been a number of nights over the past couple of weeks where I just barely got to bed before sunrise because I got caught up in the mayhem.
