Funny thing is that gameplay isn't that good. I never had the game crash on me but then again I don't play that gm mode or my player crap (which also means I'll never get access to The Park thanks to this 2K's shitty menus and dumbfounding decisions) I'm a one season or NBA today type of guy but even this is a mess as the NBA today is not always available, sometimes disappearing completely from the menus. When it's on, the real life video piss me the hell off cause it's just the play of the day that last about 15-20seconds and just repeats itself, just great...
On the court, once the shine of that new player scan technology wears off you realize some players look like crap, the passes are horrible, you still get sucked in animations, way too many three pointers, horrible rebounding from your A.I, no team mascots, no cheerleaders, a lot less photographers under the basket, buggy warmups just appear and disappear, this coming from a company that claims they counted the amount of lights on the stadium and have special attention to details... Big fat lol.
Another stupid decision would be to have you downloading the roster each time you want to play and I'm not joking but on their fucking servers this sometimes takes me up to 10minutes, sometimes it's instant and then the rosters would stay by default on NBA today which is the mode that's supposed to be up-to-date all the time... And then, once you get the new roster it's always outdated, somehow 2K can't do what a single dedicated guy does for free.
Don't get me started on restrictive CAP, barebones editing of rosters, some settings not saving for some reason, the fact that it's on XBox One yet still has shitty online, etc...
This is even worse for people that play the game just for online leagues,association mode and what not. I will still pop the game and do a quick NBA today (setting quarter minutes up to 6 somehow fucks with the player of the game and individual replays...) but that's about it. Visual Concepts is a shady company, no doubt about it, can't believe they are being rewarded with so many accolades and good reviews considering the shit they pull. They are truly lucky the only other alternative is From EA sports. NBA 2K15 will get immediate pass from me.
These guys are so fucking out there they didn't even feel the need to release a demo.