Flick NBA Basketball
By Freeverse, Inc.
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Description
Real NBA Players. Real Flick Basketball Action! 5 Exciting Minigames in One App!
"Freeverse scores another hit with Flick NBA Basketball." - PocketGamer
Compete in five individual events as LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Yao Ming, Nate Robinson, Chris Paul, Allen Iverson, Dwight Howard, Brandon Roy, Baron Davis, Shaquille O'Neal, and many more!
"Flick NBA Basketball continues both the company’s reputation for eye-popping releases and Flick’s unbroken tradition of one-upping sporting competitors."
☆ iLounge
"Flick NBA Basketball may actually be one of the most immersive iPhone sports game out there."
☆ TouchArcade
"Flick NBA Basketball is a confident collection of basketball events and minigames with great production values."
☆ IGN.com
Compete in:
3 Pt. Shootout, Hotshot Arcade, Long Shot Challenge, H.O.R.S.E. and even a cool Ball Spin mini-game where you swipe to keep the ball going while tilting to maintain balance. Give a quick flick backwards and pop the ball into the air for double points!
Choose your favorite NBA player and take the court against the computer or a friend. Line-up your shot, watch the clock and flick away! Do particularly well and you might even earn the trophy.
Realistic 3D models, great audio, true physics and a fun variety of games, makes NBA Flick Basketball the MVP of sports titles!
Over two dozen NBA players, representing every team in the league!
☆ Grab the other great tiles in the Flick Sports™ series: Flick Fishing (great fun from the small pond to the deep blue sea!) - Flick Bowling, (ten pins and no smelly shoes!) - And look out for Flick Baseball, coming soon!
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Moto Chaser, SlotZ Racer, Days of Thunder, Burning Monkey Casino, Big Bang Board Games, Puzzle Lab, Plank, Big Bang Sudoku and Tranquility!
What's New in Version 1.1
• Metronome shooting mechanic in Horse and Long Shot slowed down
• Enhanced results screens for winning games
• Enhanced visual flair for 3-pt Shootout
• Ball Spin now exits to the game submenu
• In Hotshot balls now respond when you select them
• Long Shot now uses random placement for the first 3 shots (they still take place from the same distance)
• Time remaining now displayed in Long Shot results
• AI in Horse can no longer choose the player you've selected
• Fixed several audio issues
• Fixed crashes due to device falling asleep
Customer Reviews
Stunning graphics
The graphics in this app are simply stunning. Game play is fun, but it takes some getting use to-may need some tweaking as new versions become available. This is not a full blown sport game, but rather 5 mini games for variety. Horse, long shot, ball spin, and more. Freeverse does not skimp when it comes to their games and they fully support with updates.UPDATE: Ver. 1.1, Much, much, better. More befitting the iPhone/iPod platform. Without going into detail, just a polished app now. Key features: Slowed metronome(better playability), handsome interface and more variety in player position adding up to more fun!
Beyond the NBA, this game is lacking
Flick NBA Basketball has something going for it, and that’s the NBA brand. Beyond that, I think you need to be open to the potential of this title as opposed to what’s there now. The graphics and animation are eye opening as is the details in each of the basketball players in the game. Where the Flick NBA suffers right now is in the execution and depth departments.
The game consists of five individual events: 3 pt. Shootout, H.O.R.S.E, Hotshot, Long Shot, and Ball Spin. The game offers either single player or two-player hot seat modes, and you have the option of turning on/off the music and sound effects as well as turning on/off the reflection or visible arc of the basketball. There is a catalog of players to choose from that you swipe through. As I said, the details on the each players’ facial expressions and uniforms and nicely done. The control literally is your finger and the ability to tap to place your player at various locations depending on which event you’re playing.
Before you start each event, a Tutorial provides the objectives of the event. You can also access the Tutorial during the game by hitting the Pause button located in the upper right-hand corner. Also during gameplay, you’ll hear commentary from the announcers either congratulating you when you’re successful “He’s on fire tonight” or berating you “I’m glad his mother wasn’t here to watch this.”
In 3 pt. shootout, the objective is to make as many shots as possible within 60 seconds. There is a counter at the top that tracks shots made by your player and the opponent whom you must beat. As you flick the basketball, it’s interesting to watch the flight of the ball, but there is a slight lag after you shoot, then pick up the next ball, and shoot. So you can’t simply keep flicking without out allowing the shooter to reset which may be problem. I didn’t find it as responsive as I would’ve liked. As you empty the rack of basketballs, you automatically move to the next perimeter. At the end of the event, a statistics page appears for single player mode that compares you to other players. One small quirk I found was in 3 pt. Shootout because it automatically starts up in two-player hot seat mode which means selecting two players. If you want to play as a single player, you have to hit the back button located at the bottom left-hand corner which then switches to single player.
Two of the games involve a meter: H.O.R.S.E. and Long Shot. A meter is included that along with your flick motion controls the path of your shot. A bar moves quickly back and forth and part of the task is to flick to stop the bar as close as possible to the middle, and then flick again to shoot. Believe me, this takes practice and can be frustrating because there is an occasional lag.
In H.O.R.S.E., the objective is match your opponent shot for shot depending on where the shot takes place. You tap to place your player. The disappointing part of this is that the shots are based on perimeter distance shooting, and there are no slam dunk or layups. You received an achievement if you shut out the other player.
Long shot involves making a series of shots from the paint, the foul line and 3 pt. range in 30 seconds. As move outside of the paint, the meter moves faster, and thus it becomes more difficult.
Two events that underachieve are Hotshot and Ball Spin for the simple fact that they do not involve NBA players at all and feel as if these were added in as filler. Hotshot is more of a carnival-style hoop shoot in a contained area. You have four basketballs in a cage with a hoop, and you flick them one at time to see how high you can score in 90 seconds. If you score 200 in that time, you’re awarded an achievement trophy.
Finally, in Ball Spin, a ball spins on an on-screen finger, and you use your finger to spin the ball as well as tilt to keep the ball spinning as long as possible. The score quickly ticks up for the duration that you keep the ball spinning, and resets as soon as the ball falls the finger. Reach 25,000 points and you receive bonus points.
I think Flick NBA has potential, but as a 1.0 release, it lacks depth beyond the roster of players you can choose. It’s somewhat disappointing because the attention to detail is obvious, but for some, the game offers limited replayability.
Awesome
I love this game. Of all the NBA or basketball games I've played this one is the best mostly because u can play with real NBA players. Also one way they could make this game better is by making mutiple players from each team instead of just one player for all the teams. And maybe they could add a dunk contest. And ¡¡¡¡¡FIRST COMMENT YA IN UR FACE!!!!!
- Category: Games
- Updated May 07, 2009
- Current Version: 1.1
- 80.4 MB
- Languages: English
- Seller: Freeverse, Inc.
- 2009 Freeverse, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Portions © and ™ 2009 by NBA Properties, Inc.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later.
