Shooting hoops, ballin', netball ??“ whatever you call it, the game of basketball will never hold anything more than a niche appeal for the people of Great Britain. It is to Johnny English what football is to Chuck American ??“ a game for school kids, women and video gamers.
And it really is perfectly suited to the gaming medium. Fast-paced, end-to-end, high-scoring and played by flamboyant characters employing outrageous skills, it's as if it were tailor made for digital translation.
Up steps Gameloft with NBA Smash, a distilled, concentrated version of the sport that whittles the participants down to 2-on-2 and exaggerates all of the aerial feats. At certain points in the game players will leap 20 feet in the air, somersaulting like a Russian gymnast, before slamming the ball into the net. |
