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NBA 2K7 for PlayStation 2
NBA 2K7 for PlayStation 2 revolves around creating space before taking a shot. You move the ball around, call for a screen or send a teammate towards an open spot in advance. Dual Player Control lets you initiate that run before the pass leaves your hands. The Shot Stick uses the right analogue stick to perform a jump shot, layup or dunk. The direction of the movement and your player's position help determine how you finish an attack.
The Association lets you run an NBA club across several seasons. You choose a team, manage players and follow the calendar of games and decisions off the court. An individual Quick Game lets you start a match faster and adjust the lineup. The V.I.P. profiles store playing habits, allowing a computer opponent to imitate a saved playing style. This also lets you practise against the behaviour of someone who is not sitting beside you at that moment. During games, you can also issue tactical instructions and make substitutions.
When defending, you choose between holding your position, blocking a shot and intercepting the ball. An unsuccessful attempt to steal the ball can instead open a route to the basket. Up to eight participants can play locally at the same time, each with a separate controller. Eight players require two PS2 Multitaps; two players simply use two controllers. The original online facilities are not promised as a service that works today.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
NBA 2K7 for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of NBA 2K7
2K Sports released NBA 2K7 for the European PlayStation 2 in 2006. Visual Concepts thereby continued the basketball series after NBA 2K6. Shaquille O'Neal remained the face on the cover. In this period, the series appeared on different console generations, so the same annual title did not mean precisely the same content everywhere. On PS2, direct games, the Shot Stick and The Association formed the recognisable foundation for a season with the clubs and players of that time.
The controls retained the distinction between preparing an attack and finally sending the ball towards the rim. With Dual Player Control, you could already make a teammate move while another held the ball. This made an open running lane part of the preparation, not just a reaction after a pass had been made. The Shot Stick then connected the finish to direction and timing. A defender's choices mattered too: an early interception attempt could actually give an attacker room.
The Association gave games a longer club structure. The V.I.P. profiles added another way to practise, allowing the computer to imitate recorded playing behaviour. These features show how Visual Concepts developed the connection between individual matches and longer activities. The PS2 version has its own composition: the narrative 24/7: Next addition from the new console generation is not part of this edition. The emphasis here remains on controlling games and running a club.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
NBA 2K6 on PS2 lays the foundation for many actions you recognise in NBA 2K7, including the Shot Stick and building a club in The Association. The older edition also gives your own player a development route through 24/7. The PS2 version of NBA 2K7 does not have that route in the same form. You are therefore comparing related regular NBA basketball, but alongside squads and controls you should also consider which longer activity you want to follow.
NBA 08 on PS2 shares full teams and the importance of passing, defending and positioning with NBA 2K7. The Life: v.3 adds a written story centred on Coach T. and assignments from different starting positions. NBA 2K7 instead gives club management a longer structure through The Association. The difference therefore lies less at the basket itself than in the way the next game acquires meaning.
NBA Street on PS2 uses the same sport and familiar NBA players, but reduces teams to three basketball players and moves play to street courts. Tricks build a Gamebreaker that can directly affect the score. NBA 2K7 chiefly lets you control full NBA teams and prepare a shot opportunity through runs and passes. You look for space in both, but Street makes visible style part of winning in a different way.
NBA Street Vol. 2 on PS2, like NBA 2K7, lets you benefit from familiar basketball players' strengths. The street game combines different NBA generations with small teams and a Gamebreaker you can save up to a second level. NBA 2K7 gives more room to ordinary games and decisions about a club. Both reward a well-chosen action, but in Street a spectacular combination is tied more directly to scoring than to the longer-term squad management of The Association.
NBA Live 2004 on PS2, like NBA 2K7, offers regular NBA basketball with full teams and a longer club campaign. Dynasty and The Association both give results consequences beyond a single match. NBA 2K7 uses the Shot Stick to shape the finish of an attack and V.I.P. profiles to imitate saved playing behaviour. The differences therefore involve not only squads from their respective seasons, but also the ways you approach shots and practice opponents.
