I have no idea what these game developers have been smoking this past year, but they've definitely assembled a crew of shockingly incompetent employees at 2K. Surely they must be some of the worst in the whole gaming industry. With less than 1 hour played, almost half my total "play time" was spent waiting for my computer to launch the game and finish "building shaders" which somehow almost took as long as downloading and installing the whole 150gb game even though my system surpasses the recommended specifications in every regard. Upon launching the game, instead of loading a main menu screen, I was immediately prompted me to pick a position and team which was really jarring and annoying because I wanted to make sure the settings were all adjusted properly first, but I had no choice but to oblige and make a selection so I went ahead and did that. All of a sudden the game was essentially frozen because it was zoomed in on two NPCs in super slow motion and it was taking several minutes just for them to turn their head with no sound, so I got tired of waiting and alt f4 out of that garbage. Once that toilet was flushed, I relaunched the game and somehow it managed to build the shaders in a matter of seconds instead of 15 minutes like the first time. More importantly, it actually went to the main menu, so I adjusted the settings and tried going to Myteam. Well, I went through a few menu screens until the sound turned itself off again, so I alt f4 out of that garbage. So I reload the game again. This time I pick my career, it asks my position and team again, I play the OT quarter, and then... the game asks what my position is? I mean, I've already made the selection - TWICE - but ok... I tried allocating my stats until the sound stopped working so I alt f4 again. So I go try myteam again, I navigate through a couple menu screens and get onto the court. After a couple of times up and down the court guess what? NO SOUND AGAIN. How do you screw it up this bad? I mean seriously... Since last year was probably the least effort I've ever seen someone put into a game before, I was expecting something better this time around, but this year's definition of fun was to not allow the #69 on a jersey anymore. I've had my gripes with previous versions of this game as well, but at least they were more comical problems such as player ratings being completely biased and out to lunch, people hacking the game with 50 foot long arms, stupid looking animations, or just absolutely clueless artificial intelligence that refuses to pass the ball to the open man at all costs, but this year the game doesn't even let you play for more than 2 minutes before it just makes you shut it off. This was easily one of the most miserable experiences I've ever had trying to play a video game. I'd consider trying it again if the sound ever worked and the asking price is around 10 dollars, but that's only because I really like basketball.