Basketball Club Story

Extremely grindy to the point you should have been given 2x speed from the start rather than after finishing the game. The basketball games may feel short at first until you have to do a hundred+ in a row to progress and grind XP, currency, and fans. I often set my phone down and let them play out on their own because the strategies had little effect anyway—the AI is beyond stupid (on both sides), and you will win through 98% of the early to mid game just by having decent stats. Not their best.

Perfectly fun, but diehard basketball fans will be bothered by the lack of detail to the rules of the game. Just a few examples: -The time doesn't start counting down until a player touches the ball, not when it gets passed in. -Can't go over and back. -Add a "Shoot" button or improve the AI! If I'm down by 3 and I have the ball with 30 seconds left and am wide open for 3, why does my character drive?? Especially with my Tactics maxed to shoot 3's and space the floor?? I'm addicted though lol

I was so excited for this but finding it unbalanced and way too grindy (and I love a grindy game). There's no sense to it - I am still earlyish in my first game, have a team with some exceptional and all-star players, trained and leveled up, my evaluation rating is far higher than the teams I'm playing, and yet each match is a total crapshoot. My players have 250-400 shooting, but frequently miss short shots, while the other team, which is one of the first teams you play, is constantly making threes no problem. There's no logic to it. It seems the more I train my team, the worse the matches go with this same early team (trying to complete all the bonuses). I've experimented with strategies and nothing works even when it does work one game then it doesn't work in the next. I can't seem to progress to harder opponents, and the opponents I should be crushing are still giving me grief. It's not satisfying at all. There's small things missing that added to the fun - for instance, you can't use auras for training. It's not as good as other games in the Kairosoft line, like the first soccer or the first racing games. Those provided a challenge but also a lot of satisfaction and a logical progression. I am having a hard time getting through the first run to do new game+, which is where the fun usually is. Very disappointed, especially for the higher price. I don't know why I keep trying with Kairosoft, they obviously don't respect their customers and are just doing cash grabs at this point. Breaks my heart.