Gamevil launches NBA NOW as a mediocre basketball simulator

NBA NOW is a new basketball game that comes from the hand of Gamevil, an expert in this of mobile games. Everything seems to be that an NBA game has been quite big, because it gives the feeling that they had taken it out in a hurry and running.

It's not a bad game, and the truth that can be enjoyed on our mobile, but having other titles for our devices also based on the NBA and all the teams from both conferences, we are left with doubts. A freemium game in which there are also loot boxes, and menus that seem to be done very quickly.

The rush was never good

In this of the games, and more when you have the responsibility of launch an entirely NBA-based game, with its players, teams and more, you have to launch it to the market in its best form. We do not mean that NBA NOW has been launched in a hurry, but a little better optimized and menus that are better understood, we would not be wasting seconds in an interface that almost makes us pay for micropayments at the minimum exchange rate.

A title in which we will really move the players to decide whether to shoot, pass or block another player. That is, we do not have a movement stick, but we do have the possibility of directing where the pass or the next play will go. Let's face it, in a simulation game, not being able to move our player leaves us with a slightly sour taste.

In other words, we are talking about if you want to make a basket ticket, as long as you are in the precise location, your player will move by himself depending on his ability and who he is, in order to tackle the basket. That is, only when we shoot from medium or long distance, we will have the feeling that we are the ones who shoot a triple or a 2-point basket.

Build a champion team in NBA NOW

NBA NOW is far from that spectacular sport. There is, but we do not participate much in it and many times we spend ourselves being spectators of how the opposing team's AI repeats the same move twice (¿?), or how he suddenly passes a teammate to lose the ball and give us the possibility of a silly counterattack. We do not know if these things are done on purpose, or that they have a few editions left to enjoy that spectacularity and randomness that the dispute for a ball means.

If we go to what it offers, we can form a team of rookies or veterans, win prizes by demonstrating our knowledge of basketball or face players from all over the world. It has all the players and all the NBA teams.

Although yes, the image of Ricky Rubio, which appears well in his photo when we handle it, it is not reflected in the render of the player who moves and enters the basket in the game. We assume that all players have not had time to recreate in the same way; and more when Rubio is one of the current greats of the NBA season.

An NBA that is a bit bland for us

We are no longer before the times of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird or O'neal, and this is demonstrated in an NBA game in which we miss those stars. We assume that it has to do with what happens in the NBA itself; and that he has lost enough of that halo of being players from another planet.

Un game that is technically not bad, especially in the field, but that technically makes us lose ourselves in his controls; and that which has tutorials that teaches us how to play. But in a sport that lives on fast plays, indicating the direction of the pass, as if we were in a basketball class, takes away all the spectacularity possible.

NBA NOW has been available for days on your mobile and it will lead you to feel part of what the NBA is; at least in their players and teams. If you are looking for a sport brought very realistically to your mobile, do not miss this surf.

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