The Most Overrated NBA 2K Game 

One of the terrible things they started in this 2K is limiting MyCareer to Online ONLY access, meaning you can't play any 2K MyCareer from 2K17 until now once they shut the servers off, so you can't even retrospectively play one of if not THE most popular mode in the game when you try to play it now

I remember how much criticism 2k17 used to get during its lifecycle. I think it’s now shown in a more positive light because of nostalgia and 2k18 being so bad.

2k16 was the 1st 2k to nerf our players, 2k17 turned us into straight up role players. People only Romanticize it because it was the last one with good parks

2K16 was so amazing, and I still play it today. 2K17 and 18 made it feel like 2K16 was a game from the distant future.

I’m so glad somebody finally said it 😭

Funny enough I think this was the last 2K game where I genuinely had a lot of fun

2K17 was such a , weird game looking back at it. In between what many call the Goat of 2K (NBA 2k16) and the worst 2K ever (2K18). For me it was a decent game like you said, but I feel a lot of nostalgia has blinded some people on how they feel about the game cause for me this was the start of the end of quality 2K NBA games.

I remember this game was so unfinished at launch that players really thought a patch update would include new parks 😂

The thing that I liked about 2K17 was that it was the first 2K that allowed you expand the league to as many as 36 teams.

This game was a buggy mess and the paul george screen is infamous. But I sank nearly my entire freshman year of college into this game with friends. It'll always have a spot in my heart

One seldom mentioned detail about 2K17 is that it was the last game to offer the rookie difficulty in My Career. For some reason (probably to push people into buying VC) 2K18 axed rookie from My Career altogether

I know this game is overrated, but I honestly still adore it just cause I played a ton of it back when I was a kid and it just came out. I did buy a copy of 2K16 a little while ago I need to give it a try

2K17 was definitely where the series started to go off the tracks.

I still vividly remember everyone hating on this game when it came out and then everyone turned around it blindly liked it because of 2k18. Reminds of a similar situation a certain Star Wars prequel is in🤔

Strictly offline player here-replayed Jordan Challenge in 2K11, and as you allude to, it holds up surprisingly well to this day. My “daily driver” 2K is 2K16. To my eye, it’s better looking on PC than all subsequent PC versions. Thank you for this great look at where 2K really started dropped the ball.

The reason why NBA 2K, 17 was bad is because Ben Simmons had a good three-point shot lol

This guy really says what it is already on our minds about our favorite sports games. Thank you for what you do. I am curious if you have any opinions on NCAA March Madness 06. I love the College Classics in those games.

ill always remember how someone was spam dribbling in front of me while i wasnt touching my controller and my character still fell over from an "ankle breaker"

I'd love to see a video on what you think the most overrated games in other sports franchises are. Madden, FIFA, NHL etc.

I think 2k20 is up here too. I remember it being the worst game at launch at it being so broken and just garbage. However, people had to play it during quarentine and they link 2k20 to only that time and think it was a good game. It was just the memories. The game was awful

I like Michael B as Justice. That’s what I remember most fondly I think.

The offline mode was amazing. I really enjoyed it.

I'm still rocking 2k16, and it's all I need for a solid hoop game.

I still play it to this day

You just cleared a lot of things up for me, I’ve always praised 2k17 but I first got the game months after launch when they fixed the game for the most part luckily, even when I got the game there was still the loading screen issues.

I love your content SD and I think you made some pretty valid arguments with supporting criticism. A.I was braindead as someone who played MyGm and mycareer all day, Multiple glitches in the park, and a downgrade in presentation from 2k16, but it all boils down to what you said fond memories. As of now 2k is extremely dry with expensive monetization, dull unfair gameplay and the community is less a community and more seeing who’s the best on the game (aka who can abuse cheese more). But 2k17 even with its cheese was fun. 2k content would leap forward with multiple 2k RU-vidrs creating content that you rarely see nowadays, the mycareer while corny at times was memorable and the storyline and character dynamics made it seem like you just weren’t playing games to upgrade and play in park but playing to also see what happened in the story, you could go into park with 55 overall centers and still do good , and lots of little gameplay changes such as them trying to dial back on animations made for funner gameplay moments. I was about 13 when it came out and I had a lot of good memories from the game you just don’t get with 23. While 2k23 is a better basketball game it’s not a better game if that makes sense.

SOFTDRINKTV hits it out of the park once again with another amazing video

Oh man! Get to work, see a new SDTV video.. ftw! Can't wait to grab a snack and watch! I did enjoy this game. Was the last one that had KG active on the Wolves lol

Great video. I went back to play 2k17 a few weeks ago playing some myleague and yea the cpu is shocking. The constant double teams when one of my players becomes slightly hot makes it borderline unplayable, because I want to dominate with LeBron, not just shoot constant wide open 3’s with iman shumpert lol. I loved playing park with my friends back in the day tho so this game will always be in my heart fr fr.

I’ve been saying this for years now thank you for voicing this

Thank you i tell my nephew all the time just because you and your friends are having fun playing a game doesnt mean the game isnt mid

ill take any nba2k game over any madden tho

Soft Drink do you think when Mlb The Show 23 comes out you could give your review on it? I’ve always been a Mlb the show fan. And they’ve actually updated Franchise mode. And added Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa sounds unbelievable right? This would be great.

lol i'll only start freaking out when you make a video about either the mlb the show series or one of the past 5 or 6 editions of the game. I really hope for that video one day!

It was not overrated. It was a good game. Some silly things like Paul George screen made it annoying but it’s still a top 3 2k of all time in my opinion

I swear y’all so nostalgic y’all call anything in 2017 the best the gold

i’ve literally liked 2k17💀i hate the body types, the gameplay, and the fact that they put kobe on the cover with no game mode

You know how bad 2k18 had to be for people to go back and call 17 the GOAT!?!?😂😂😂

FINALLY somebody said it. Real 2k OGs remember when 2k17 came out, everybody complained it was 2k16.5. Many players went back to 2k16 right after launch

I miss playing w regular and historic teams in Teamup sucks everyone just wants do glitch Myplayer mode with only 1 loadout that takes months to build plus $50+ to get started rather just pick up and play especially with all the Historic teams they added

That Paul George loading screen was the worst

NBA 2K17's MyLEAGUE introduced expansion teams and the ability to download custom team designs from 2K's servers.

loved the vid. please bring back the sarasota seamen 😮‍💨

This is spot on. Glad you started off with the launch. All I can think about is that stupid basketball loading everything that would either take forever or never load. The gameplay was a big downgrade. So glad you mentioned blacktop. 2k17 dropped my freshman year of college. My roommates and anybody that wanted to play 2k had to see us in Blacktop and even after 2k17 dropped we would still go back to 2k16 for blacktop, it is a grail. Moving into my career, I played a lot of offline 2k with 2k17 because being in college we would bet money on play now games but when I did play my career, the online was good but not the end all be all of 2k. Parks were recycled. I feel like that 2k17 gets so much praise for critics because of the time that ir dropped which was 2016, a simpler time and also Fredo leading the 2k community. I think Fredo’s run would’ve made most 2ks look great and since it was the peak of his run and this is the 2k during that time you just look back and think it was the best. Don’t believe? You can’t tell me the park era is the same as it is now as it was back then. 2k16 should get way more praise than 17. 2k19 was a great game to me as well. A big recovery

Idc, 2k17s my career will forever be the best in the series. Nothing will ever touch the greatness that was Orange Juice.

NBA 2K16 is the GOAT.

No😭 this was the most fun I had in a 2k

16 was so good I would play like 15-20 franchise regular season game but 17 I didn't even what to play a casual game with friends

Review ncaa football 10. It’s relatively cheap and super fun. Great video here though!

Good video but umm…. We not gonna talk about how some of these clips have a TNT scoreboard, and 2k17 didn’t have that lol.

Bro, off topic, but what is the instrumental used at the start of the video?

dang man....this is why i watch you....speak unnoticed facts

What’s funny is that I been thinking this for a while, and then TSO Sage just said it in a video bout a week ago.

the overhaul to MyLeague and MyGM makes 2k17 not overrated for that reason. The draft classes could be carefully made, and it wasn't just a bunch of cookie cutter players. I ended up making like 10 draft classes, downloaded another 5-6 and had my own league last into the 2030's. There is nothing else like it. The amount of control and creativity with the simulation aspect of the game is incredible. I do agree with others that 2k16 had the best gameplay but 2k17 franchise mode is legit AF

One of the reason why people love this game was because 18 was so unbearable

Damn.....I actually liked 2k17......it has it's problems but no matter the difficulty........ shooting worked lol

still waiting for the fifa games retrospective but W video

Great video, but if i'm being honest, outside of 2k20, 17 was the last game that genuinely made me happy to play and I know i'm not alone, nostalgia plays a big part yeah, but even so I had unlimited fun on this game I think it's rated perfectly fine in my opinion.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS, FINALLY!

I remember 17 was so bad to me I was still playing 16 that whole year

Great video man 👏

This is the game that I remember the least about from when i played 2k11 through 2k19, the mycareer was solid but mostly forgettable, the ui also was my least favorite of those 2ks

2k18 was so bad that it made 2k17 looks good I had a lot of fun with 17 but it was a ok game at best

Why don't these annual sports games operate on a live service model where the roster is updated every year with the same basic mechanics?

You should do a retrospective on NBA 2k playgrounds

In terms of gameplay, this game was not bad at all. Loved the animations and Play Now against friends was entertaining. The main reason I put this as Top 2 worst 2K (2K20 is 1 for me) is simply because of the MyCAREER. I was very disappointed with the limitations you had in creating builds because it just felt like MyRolePlayer. I made a Point Forward because it was one of the most balanced builds in the game, and it was the only build that got contact dunks without having to be a Slasher or glitch the game (Point Forwards got Big Man Contact Dunks). It was my transition from a pure Sharpshooter into a more all-around player though.

I thought I was the only one my friends praise this game and for me I couldn't get past the start screen without doing some workaround resulting in me not wanting to play game to give it a fair chance

The servers for this game were SOOOOO BAD, it took 5 to 10 minutes to load onto the main menu and you’d get kicked out of everything, I didn’t play much park but I’d get kicked from MYCAREER GAMES. The gameplay wasn’t terrible, the AI was terrible tho, double teams were hilarious, also the shot meter for this game was my favorite OAT

The only thing I remember about this game is "Friction" and "Good Times"

That intro was fire ngl

I don't think the archetype system was even mentioned once in this video, but man that new attribute system was so disappointing. You had rim protectors and Lockdowns making jumpers like they were DeRozen and Steph Curry. 2k failed to balanced archetypes in this game and the attributes were so limiting. Also, Kobe Bryant was not on the active roster. This was the first 2k game after he retired in the 2016 season.

Im so mad i played every 2k until 2k15. I was on 360 at the time so i told my dad to stop buying the game since it was the same every time. When I finally got a ps4 I skipped 16 cause 17 was coming so this game is what i came back to and i love it its very nostalgic for me cause i was like 11-12 and played mycareer and league. it sucks i missed 16 but I probably would’ve hated 2k by 18

It is overrated but I absolutely love it. Shooting felt so clean and the story mode was endearing. I will never forget the feeling of throwing a lob to myself as Micheal b Jordan

The best 2ks were when the cpu was actually challenging but in a realistic way. You couldnt just sprint past the defense every play as if it was a track meet, they didnt overly double super early in the game to the point where your best player has 12+ assists by the end of the first quarter. Back in like 2k14 and before, offline game modes eere actually fun. Doing a franchise mode, gm mode, all star weekend, the blacktop having games of 21, 1v1 up to 5v5 allowing you to choose full or half court, 2k12 having team usa 1992, 2012 teams along wirh international teams, i can keep going. Mycareer/myplayer you didnt have to oay to be elite. And the nba games within that mode were fun and difficult but again not in a super cheating way. I remember it being a challenge to get 50+ points against some teams when now a days you basically start out getting 40+ if you pay to upgrade your player taking away the progression aspect of seeing your player to from being ok to being a demigod. Oh yeah you could make all around players that were tall, fast athletic without habdicaps allowing full control of your player design. They had to asd in a ton of badges to kinda go back to how it was with 6'9+ guard like builds.

This was my first nba 2k. I had just gotten a ps3 for Christmas, and I loved it.

So this is why I have fond memories of winning games in MyGM 2K17 compared to the difficult times in 2K24

I've seen people put 2k17 up there with 2k16 and 2k11and its baffling. The only reason it gets praise is because pretty every 2k since has somehow been worse.

Bro how you never miss I need some advice for my channel

Counterargument: my opinion is more valuable than yours

Bro I’m happy u said this, 16 is by far better. 17 had terrible animations. Just good dribbling and nostalgia

2k17 had one of the most fun parks ever after Christmas

My favorite thing for 2k17 was Allstar Mode. Loved it back then.

2K17 seriously started the downfall on the series and pretty much knew how bad it was when it came out. They completely screwed up the defense and movement and it never got better since. Still wish 2K16 was still available to play online.

once christmas came around and the patches hit, 2k17 was cold af it was certainly better than 18 imo

I don't agree on most points as a person who pre-ordered this game. In the year span it launched 2k17 only had the majority of these problems mentioned for less than a month post-launch. The game had its flaws but nothing close to modern 2k issues. You mentioned the beginning of forcing players to be online in order to buy more VC. To an extent I agree, however, I must mention that if you play continuously everything in this 2k is more than achievable just through normal grind. Modern 2k this is simply almost impossible for any working adult.

are you getting to NBA shootout 2001 through NBA 09 the inside?

The reason I loved this 2k was the expanded career points leader (first time it had a top 100 all time scoring list)

Can somebody please help me find out if you can still play MyPlayer in NBA 2K17? I played NBA 2K21 until the servers were shut down, so now I can’t play MyPlayer, so I was wondering if NBA 2K17’s MyPlayer mode was also an online feature? Thank you if anyone answers this.

Yeah this game was buggy asf but i still had tons of fun playing it

Man I’m sorry but this game holds a special place in my heart😭😭

Nba 2k17 with the park cards was amazing

Man.. I actually remember 2k20 being good not as good as 19 but not bad. But I was a sophomore and played it a lot during quarantine so maybe that’s all it is

Ik a guy that still plays 17 till this day idk how he does it 😂🔥

U finally missed on a take, this is one of the most complete 2Ks you’re TRIPPIN

what is the best nba 2k version in terms of gameplay, controls, and offline content?

I miss 24/7 mode in nba 2K

2k20 deffo stole the throne off 2k17 for most overrated 2K ever never seen a game so irrelevant before quarantine but after quarantine it’s regarded as one of the best smh

man I remember agent 00 playing it and him saying it was the worst 2k at the time and then 2k18 came out

Bro I been saying this 😂i literally couldn’t even connect to the servers for a week or two wen I first got it for Christmas back den

I just got 2k23. It’s so close to good it’s frustrating