NBA 2K Playgrounds 2

Our analysis

A fun, fast arcade basketball game that benefits enormously from local co-op, with tight controls and a recently improved, mostly smooth performance. It is held back by a much slower player-reward grind than its predecessor, a frustrating pack-lottery currency structure with no easy trading, and how little has changed visually from the first game. Enjoyable with friends, but the value is undercut when the original offers much of the same for less.