NBA 2K16 Digital Short - Stephen Curry: Beyond the Shadows

[King_B_Mack]

Man I know Mike and the crew take coffee breaks from working on the game and have a good laugh reading some of this **** every year.

[CashmereThinker]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sundown

Curry's shot-- much, much improved over anything we've ever had. After all, it's a mo-cap of Curry. The signature stuff is all there-- except Curry's release seems just a TAD slower than his real life shot. He seems to hold and release slightly on the way DOWN rather than on his way up like in real life-- then again, this could be a case of the player controlling Curry shooting a tad late. Still, Curry should be tuned so that his optimal release point is actually a bit BEFORE the peak to get that quick on-the-way-up 0.4 second signature release.

I just knew 2K was going to find a way to still ruin his signature jumper EVEN after motion capturing him.

His release is a quick release. He's releasing the ball on his way down in this clip. Why is that so hard to capture lmao.

[scottyp180]

Quote: Originally Posted by WISports

"Agenda posting"? I guess it can go both ways then. For people who say nothing but good stuff about the game...I bet you're good with that, tho. I've had an issue (as has tons of people) with the lighting and player models going back to last year. It's not like I'm trolling. I see that they've done nothing to improve certain things, so of course I'll talk about it. 23 ripped on the lighting in this thread. He ripped on the shorts in this thread as well. He's ripped on the players' bodies in other thread. Yet nobody says anything about him. Why's that? Because they're afraid of the ban hammer? (hi 23!) Look, I've said before that I enjoyed 2k15. Hell, I play that more than any other game. Maybe that's why I'm so critical of it...because it could/should be even better. Maybe my standards are just too high.

Everyone has different expectations for sure. Things like lighting and canamiations are definitely things I'd like to see improved but at the same time they don't necessarily ruin the experience for me either. The animation thing is particularly odd for me because sometimes I'll play and it will really bother me and other times I barely notice it.

As a fan I also don't know what goes into making these games. I know that fixing the animations is something that probably couldnt be done in one year and would basically require them to rebuild the game. However for lighting I don't know how easy or difficult it would be for them to fix the issue. Would changing the lighting mess with colors or frame rate? Is it something that would hinder the development process? Is it something that could improve with a patch?

I'm not saying I'll accept whatever 2k releases, and sorry if I come off that way, but I also know 2k can't address every single issue in one year and make the perfect game everyone wants. As long as improvements are made I'm usually pleased. IMO something like animations have been improved over the years. Is it perfect? No but go back and play a game from a few years ago and I bet it is very noticeable.

But at the end of the day the criticism, complaing, bitching, whining, crying or whatever you call it will eventually strike a cord with developers if there is enough people complaining. I remember people complaining about things like shoes and I'd be like "dude really? I don't even notice what's on their feet. They could be barefoot for all I know" yet there was a community of people that were big on shoes and 2k, over the years, has done work to make sure this aspect of the game is addressed. It won't happen over night and it might not happen in the next release but if enough people are vocal eventually 2K will take notice.

[Gilley]

[HowDareI]

I work all day and miss this post...
27 pages later and everyone's losing their mind.
(insert joker meme here)

Seriously tho, 2K's marketing is pretty bad.

Why? Because no one's preordering the game based off any of these "trailers". Maybe the ProAm news..but still.

People have the game preordered because they know 2K is gonna bring the same graphics and gameplay that they always do; and they know it's gonna be the best basketball game on the market.

Their previous game markets the new game. The other basketball title markets 2K for them by being a worse game. The fans market the game by talking so much. The youtubers market the game by releasing vids with a million views talking about new features....

But these trailers and making us wait until a month before release to talk about the game isn't good marketing...it's a good strategy but not good marketing lol

[JSensui]

Isn't it obvious? They show less and less core gameplay videos over the years because there's far less to talk about. We're getting diminishing returns in terms of gameplay improvements. It was noticeable starting from 2K13.

[BluFu]

Quote: Originally Posted by JSensui

Isn't it obvious? They show less and less core gameplay videos over the years because there's far less to talk about. We're getting diminishing returns in terms of gameplay improvements. It was noticeable starting from 2K13.

Alright alright, I'm done now

[I Djm]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kodii Rockets

This is the thing. As a business model, you see your game's sales increasing every year with minimal marketing. You've built and established your brand as being of high quality, as well as financially solvent. Why on earth would you waste money on marketing when the data proves that you don't need to, at all? Everyone 'complaining' is still going to buy the game, most are going to enjoy said game immensely. Like 24th is saying, it's the same thing every single year, same catchphrases, same nonsense. 2K didn't this, 2K didn't that. Lol, Stop. I don't even care about these trailers, I know when September 25th comes, I'll be playing this game. That's all there is to it, and it's the same story for most of you complaining. Why put yourself through this? That being said, I wish there was more gameplay in the video, but I'm sure I'll get more than enough in a month...

But 2k still hasn't put alternates in my player so i can still say they don't care

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