Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! 2 for Genesis

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Review #4043

Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! 2

Barkley, Shut Up

Genesis 1995 Accolade Sports Sports › Basketball
Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! 2 screenshot for Genesis
Screenshot used for review/reference purposes.
1 / 5

Gameplay

Slow movement. Terribly slow animation when passing and shooting. Opponents move twice as fast as you. Basically impossible to complete a pass without it getting stolen.
Plays worse than the first game.
Steal/push is hard to connect with.
You control the same player but it switches to your teammate sometimes. I can't figure out what causes the switch so it's annoying.

1 / 5

Level Design

Tournament and exhibition
Only 2v2

0 / 5

Theme

This is one of those "street" sports games that were so prevalent in the late 90s. The list of players looks like a prison roster. A bunch of gangstas. I couldn't even find Charles Barkley so I'm not sure where he is or how to play as him. It feels like his name was tacked on.

2 / 5

Art Style

Fluid anmiation and well drawn sprites.
Very grainy artwork and no animation or anything interesting in the backgrounds. At least there are multiple arenas.

1 / 5

Audio

Clear voice samples who mostly just smack talk
Music is a hip hop beat.
Sounds are too loud and abrasive. Dribbling the ball is a constant, loud drumbeat. A steal attempt sounds like loudly swinging a samuari sword. It's really loud

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