They aren’t overly exciting though, even the super dunks sometimes seem rather unambitious in their visual design. It also lets you push hard in moments where you might not otherwise have an answer to an aggressive defense or can’t afford for the opposing team to get a missed shot on the rebound. It’s at an acceptable middle ground where you can keep activating it without it feeling like it will automatically guarantee success. This can help you hit shots more reliably, give you speed perfect for barreling through other players, or allow you to pull of a super dunk that is harder for the opposing team to block.Įnergy recovers fairly regularly and the impact is usually fairly minimal since it mostly just guarantees a team scores a point, but it can add up through frequent use and helps you overcome point deficits in a pinch. The little extra flavor Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! adds to the equation though are its power moves, the player able to press C to expend some energy on special maneuvers. Passing, shooting the ball, and dunking are single button actions and fairly reliable unless the opposing team is blocking you, and while it seems like a decent balance has been achieved in trying to intercept the ball at the net, actually trying to swipe the ball on court can feel a bit hit or miss as it’s hard to tell why it works one time but not another. During a game of basketball you’ll play as one character on a two person team, the actual court fairly small so it’s easy to constantly cross it and score points fairly consistently. Barkley was a perfect fit for the kind of basketball game that would tell you to shut up right in its title, and rather than just having the headliner add a bit of attitude to the game’s name, the whole experience was made to focus on 2 on 2 street ball with players with names like Spike, Wildman, and T-Bone.īarkley: Shut Up and Jam! may have an in your face title, but despite trying to ride the wave of more extreme basketball games at the time like NBA Jam, it also feels like it’s not willing to get too crazy with things. Despite having the nickname of Sir Charles that implies a bit of sophistication, he was confrontational, prone to outbursts and fights, and even made sure to emphasize that he shouldn’t be a role model to anyone’s kids. By 1993, Charles Barkley was already one of the biggest stars in the NBA, not only because of his skills on the court, but because of his memorable personality.
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