NBA 2K25 Cover Athlete Jayson Tatum - Some Features, Screenshots, Release Date Revealed

[Steve_OS]

It looks like Target has leaked Jayson Tatum as the cover athlete for NBA 2K25. They...

Written By: Steve Noah

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[vetmin]

...and another year for the old-gen version, too. See -> https://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=nba+2k25

No PC there of course since that'll be via Steam, etc., but it's almost certainly old-gen.

EDIT: Never mind. Looks like PC is new-gen.

[mlp111]

Its confirmed finally nextgen on PC! Its a wrap now

[scottyp180]

https://www.ign.com/articles/nba-2k2...n-release-date

A little more info here plus a few screenshots.

There will be a 6th Era in MyNBA.

Not crazy about the screenshots. I think Tatum somehow looks worse (maybe just his expression). Vince Carter look bad IMO. Something looks off with their eyes.

Not much else to take from the news.

Edit: Didn't realize the OP Target link has essentially the same info plus two additional screenshots.

[vetmin]

Quote: Originally Posted by scottyp180

I think Tatum somehow looks worse (maybe just his expression). Vince Carter look bad IMO. Something looks off with their eyes.

Doesn't even matter anymore since it can be modded now.

[mlp111]

Quote: Originally Posted by vetmin

Doesn't even matter anymore since it can be modded now.

Man.. Pc community about to turn this game out. So look forward to it. Hope to see you modding again for nextgen!

[ricket]

Right now I don't see anything that jumps out at me in terms of exciting, new features to the game. That's ok as long as they continue to improve existing features like MyLeague/NBA Eras. For example, boosted era-specific presentation more authentic renderings of the classic NBA arenas, and player's hair. The guys with longer hair like Tom Chambers look like something out of a 2004 Xbox graphic design.

Also, for me personally, the ability to only replace the floor design without changing the arena to some default arena and of course Year over Year saves. Hate to see folks in the community reinvest all that time and energy on recreating Eras rosters.

[scottyp180]

Quote: Originally Posted by vetmin

Doesn't even matter anymore since it can be modded now.

Certainly matters for console owners. The PC community is going to show everyone how good this game can look.

I can usually overlook the visual short comings of 2K but I was hoping we would see some changes and improvements this year. The game has looked basically the same since the new gen started, which itself looked similar to last gen. 2K is overdo for a visual make over.

I feel like there used to be an effort to make the games visually distinct from each other. Go back to the Xbox/PS2 and Xbox 360/PS3 eras and almost every game looked a little different. It seems like they're kind of just settling for what they have instead finding areas to improve and change.