Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2021
- November 19, 2020
- Wolverine Studios
- 80h median play time
"Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2021" is a career-based simulation that puts you in the role of a general manager for a professional basketball team. With a focus on drafting, trading, and signing free agents, you'll make strategic decisions to build your team into a dynasty. The game features detailed simulated gameplay, an immersive draft experience, and a rich almanac filled with archived stats and records. Experience the excitement of being a basketball GM with this realistic and engaging simulation.
Reviews
- The game offers a deep and realistic basketball management experience, with player dynamics that reflect real NBA challenges.
- It has a strong community and modding support, enhancing gameplay and allowing for customization.
- The integration of college and pro basketball adds a unique layer to the management simulation.
- The user interface is clunky and unintuitive, making navigation and accessing information frustrating.
- The game suffers from frequent bugs and crashes, particularly during simulations, which disrupts gameplay.
- Quality of life features are lacking, such as inconsistent autosave and cumbersome player editing options.
- gameplay4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
Gameplay is engaging, especially for basketball enthusiasts who enjoy team-building mechanics and player progression, but the experience is hindered by a clunky user interface that can make navigation challenging. Overall, the game offers fun and rewarding moments, particularly after investing significant time into it.
“This updated review is after over 80 hours of gameplay.”
“The game-to-game gameplay is fun, seeing players get better, drafting well, and seeing returns, but the UI at the moment is very clunky.”
“Gameplay is opaque, and it took me some time to realize that was on purpose.”