NBA 2K21 Early Copies - footage and info

[TGsoGood]

Not trying to spam videos but here is some footage and info I was able to get from 2 guys that got the game early
thanks to @thisiskevG and @pgcraiig on twitter

WNBA player editing is in the game
Team USA 2012 and 2016 can be used in MyLeague
New options for shoe brands that can be edited
hair seems to have the same options
New animations added
New GUI for menus, more simplistic ( I like it, probably easier to mod also)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEYTL7Zg3GU



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc4ASUx9kO0


https://youtu.be/sYEJNQoLuc8


Ratings for new classic teams - '16-'17 Warriors & '18-'19 Raptors
https://www.youtube.com/gxSCNHJjEgo

[knicks2k]

Looks like they finally got rid of the baggy jerseys. They seem more fitted around the shorts this year.

[TrackStar13]

Any word of the Mamba Forever Edition comes with a poster?

[vetmin]

So I've been looking through YouTube at the various vids, and while most are streaming Blacktop and the CAP system (both seemingly identical to 2k20, except sig shots now have shot speed of course, and there are some new animations, I believe), I found one that shows MyLeague: https://youtu.be/WjI34UTJY_s?t=5060

Some takeaways:
- No surprise, it looks basically the same.
- You cannot start in the offseason, only in Dec. 2020 (the game's fake 2020-21 season start date), though maybe offseason will be possible once the servers come on.
- No official 2020 draft class anyway. I was probably overly optimistic but I was hoping we'd get a 2020 class that at least included the handful of rookies who have already partnered with 2k for MyTeam cards. Oh well...
- When you start your league, guys who are 2020 free agents are re-signed to the teams they're currently on for a 1-year-deal at their 2019-20 salary... for instance, Jordan Clarkson is on the Jazz with a 1-year $13.44mil contract. Yuck. By contrast, players who are under contract in 2020-21 in real life have their contract appearing correctly (ex., Joel Embiid is listed as having a 3-year contract, 2020-21 salary $29.54mil, which is accurate). What a mess. I sincerely hope starting in the offseason is activated at launch and that there's a way to import custom rosters for the offseason.

[longranger]

Don't understand the excitement for this new version when you can't really even call it an update without the rookies added. Not griping, or putting it down, but just wondered y they are pushing this out when the NBA has not drafted yet!!!!!?

[loso_34]

looks like the explosive behind the back returns

[zrohman]

Quote: Originally Posted by longranger

Don't understand the excitement for this new version when you can't really even call it an update without the rookies added. Not griping, or putting it down, but just wondered y they are pushing this out when the NBA has not drafted yet!!!!!?

exactly. You pretty much have to ignore my career and not even start your season until the NBA starts the next season

[NYJin2011tm]

Might seem minor to others but not starting til December is what’s keeping me from buying it now. I prob will around December. I was going PC for my own expansion team and since PC has no restrictions on number of relocations like the consoles do.