Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2022 Reviews

Game won't start! Stuck on main screen with a message that isn't visible saying something about licence!

Game won't even start for me. Just stuck on some screen with a message that isn't visible

It is a solid game but I feel its price is a little higher than its quality.

tl;dr As long as the game doesn't bug out or glitch, it's great, but if it DOES bug/glitch, it sucks I was initially on the fence about this game due to several bugs that sucked the fun out of it for me. It was so bothersome that I tried refunding, which was denied. This turned out to be the best thing that could have happened because it forced me to reinstall the game a second time and I have yet to see any game breaking bugs. The only downside now, is that I have stopped the slow simulation of games because it's very glitchy still. Overall, based on the last 6 or so hours of gameplay I will therefore revise my recommendation to a cautiously positive one.

Far better than any other game of this type, still lots of problems. The UI could get better. Some kind of tutorials would be nice. More animations would be nice.

I've been playing the fm series for a few years now and absolutely love it, even tough I don't watch or follow soccer. So seeing a basketball sim in the same vein had me really excited. Unfortunately (for me), the match engine is only 2D which just burns my eyes, but other than that looks pretty deep and if you play text based sims this may be a solid choice for you. I love the options for customizing the league, especially being able to set you starting year, but wish you could edit players, as Herb Jones is severely underrated, and likenesses could be improved... Didn't look around the league too much, but having Zion and BI show up as white guys was pretty weird. Idk if it's random or set that way, but at least give players the option to change it, if they deem necessary. So in short, looks great but Im really hoping for a 3D match engine... Make it happen devs!

It's buggy, it's eating resources despite being a very basic database driven application. It requires you to install a bunch of mods/downloads that you can basically only get by joining their forum. So all red flags that should make you hate this game. And yet... I can't stop playing it. It is by no means perfect, truth be told - if you get frustrated easily, avoid this like the plague. If, like me, you remember the days of having to manually change settings on a DOS prompt to make a game at least start up, than you might cope with this. And even then it is not ideal. The trade rules are not implemented correctly, contract renewal rules are not correct, the gameplay graphics are horrendously bad and finishing a match takes too long. But then you get that one Small Forward in the draft who's actually a diamond and turns the fortunes of your water treading franchise around and you go: ONE MORE TURN.

Well made and fun to play, not as customizable as OOTP or Football Manager, but would still highly recommend! Also the developer is very responsive on the forums which comes in handy if you have questions or suggestions.

Played the 2019 version of this game years ago and hated it, after playing this year I can say it is a night and day difference, I am impressed with the improvements and keen to see what is next

Wolverine Studios just knows how to make a great basketball management game. I've played every iteration of both Pro Basketball and College Basketball for the past couple years, and every year I'll dump hundreds of hours into the game with ease. So far, this version of Pro Basketball is my absolute favorite. There is nothing else out there like it, even BasketballGM. People will get caught up in the star ratings, but players play insanely realistic to how they do in real life. This isn't 2k where clearly bad teams somehow luck into 50+ wins, and you can just cheese the system with trades. Trading is insanely difficult to do, and you can't just cap dump a shitty contract for a 2nd rounder like you can in 2k. You actually have to give value, and even then a team can just tell you they aren't interested in taking on his contract unless you massively overpay. ---------------------------------------------------- Westbrook is a 5 star player in this game. I thought that was insane, especially when guys like Donovan Mitchell are 3.5 stars. But it somehow evens out. Donovan Mitchell will average about 25 a game just like he does in real life, and Westbrook will post a triple double but go 8/25. He'll have his nights of prime Westbrook, and then he'll have an utter shite game where his shot is off and he'll post a realistic Westbrook loss stat line. Ignore the player star ratings if you play. They throw everything off and make people think it's unrealistic. Valuable role players are 1.5 stars sometimes. Stars are sometimes 3.5 stars. Just cause someone like Westbrook is a 5 star while Donovan Mitchell is a 3.5 star means literally nothing without looking at their stats and player tendencies. They also have historic rosters and draft classes going all the way back to the 70s. You could play as your favorite team in the 70s and draft Bird. See wtf would happen if Len Bias lived. What if Magic didn't get aids? What if Cleveland didn't get the #1 pick in 2003? You can totally recreate and mess around with history. --------------------------------- Also, Wolverine Studios offers a 7 day free demo on their website. You can play up to the All-Star break for the 2021 season (can't access historic seasons in the demo sadly).