Basketball Star Rising

The game itself is fun and surprisingly well put together, March madness makes sense and the playoffs once you get to the league even have the play in. Structurally everything you want in a basketball game other than literal gameplay is there. HOWEVER; the amount of ads is insane, there’s is no durability upgrade on your player and you get injured minimum 10 times a season. The only way to skip that is either to simulate until you’re healthy (missing 10-12 game) or watch an Ad. You run out of stamina so fast when there’s is 2-3 “days” in between each game. Worst of all is you lose stamina in the offseason as well which makes no sense, to replenish you ether have to spend diamonds (which you buy with real money) or watch and Ad. A sane person would never spend money on a game like this so you’re stuck watching ads every 3 minutes, worst of all too it’s the ads that first Mae you “play them” then give a video, then sit in front of you until X pops up after 20 seconds. 3/5 stars

This game is fun and stuff building up stats for your player and whatnot but the winning is so inconsistent. 3 years in a row, (I am on the Cavs), we were the top of the East 3 years out of 4 in a row… and we lost in the 1st round all 3 years. Literally we got swept by the worst team in the playoffs. I almost feel as if they don’t want you to win. All my stats are 85+ in every category and we still lose and still don’t make it past the 1st round. It’s very annoying. And a bunch of Ads non stop.. like sometimes a minute and a half long like it’s wild. They need to improve the game on your skills your building and not basing it solely on luck.

Pros - extremely fun to play - extremely great game idea - creative ideas no other simulator offers - 5 different stats you get every game - ability to see averages for each stat - implements college and decision making not just being a game where you press a singular button Cons - they keep replying to the review saying they've fixed the 20k instead of 2k fix for the trainers once you get to the league but they haven't - ads (which I understand but maybe just don't incorporate SOOOOO many that are for necessary things) - level of abilities compared to stats (for example I made 2 players one being all around and one literally just upgrading close shot, mid range, and 3 ball and both characters ended up with similar stats) - one way to use money (please incorporate it being able to be used on things like the gear instead of just coaches especially when their pricing is bugged right now - luck based games entirely (I swear my team can go undefeated and lose to the first team in the playoffs just because every game feels like it's a 50/50 shot) - It's simply just too hard to win mvp (player led in all 5 stats and didn't get it) - all star game bug is literally just a game between both teams - players who are already in the nba get drafted to the nba again so now there's 2 of them Also maybe consider using city names and not team names for the teams unless you've been granted access by the nba because that can lead to copyright issues Great game overall just seems sloppy and new