Hoop Land 4+

Big fan of the game, I play quite a bit but there are a couple things that make me upset, one is near constant crashes whenever I simulate. Just about every other sim my game closes me out of it, I’m not sure if that’s just a me problem or if that happens to other people, or maybe it’s caused by my custom leagues. That is a serious problem I run into every single time I sim. Also another is how poorly the simulation allocates minutes, it’s terrible and something I’d like to see improved in future updates. Let me be the first say however the gameplay is great it’s just simulating is currently a nightmare and needs to be improved badly

As a super fan of HLT, the wait for HL seemed like forever but was well worth it. The attention and effort paid to the minutia of little physics details makes for a game that surpasses what one would reasonably expect for an 8-bit basketball game. Having read other reviews, I must say that I’ve been fortunate enough to not encounter any of the bugs others claim to experience. There are some aspects of the franchise mode that are still missing, but I’m either aware or just placing my well deserved faith in Koality’s further development of the game to add them down the line. We know trades will be added soon, which is pretty much requisite for a full fledged league mode. Absolutely NEED and hope for the addition of a simple HOF line in HLT if not something statistically more elaborate. A big specific for me with switching my legacy league over to HL would be the transfer and inclusion of our HOF from HL, which would include individual accomplishments already on the resume of current and soon to be retiring players. For example, I have a player from my legacy league soon to retire, but on the cusp of setting a new record with his 7th championship. I really hope those sorts of statistical details can be incorporated and not lost. My only complaint really, would be that the CPU offense is very basic quite often with little to no ball movement and no attempt to make obvious passes to open teammates. Otherwise… excellent so far and can’t wait for more!

The game is actually really fun, about 50% of the time. I’m just gonna point out a couple things that make the game a lot more frustrating and feels a lot less fair. Firstly the ai on the opposing team are absolutely insane at putback dunks, I’m talking if they get a rebound and are within 3 feet of the basket it’s gonna be a putback dunk, and there’s nothing you can do about it since the ai on your team already are pretty bad at rebounding. Speaking of which, the ai on your team feel like the worst defenders in the game, if a opposing player goes for a cut the defender will just let them by and it’s a free score. Another problem is when timeouts are called the defenders all have to run over from the other side of the court, which can leave people in the paint WIDE OPEN. Overall, I like this game sometimes, but whenever any of those things happen it can definitely make the game feel a lot less fair and ruin your experience if it builds up overtime.