NBA 2K10 Screenshots: Starting 5 Player Faces

[bran9413]

wat does a brother have to do to get a pic of brandon jennings

[kurt2134]

Does Brooke Lopez look like Buzz Lightyear to anyone else?

[AI3]

Here is Jennings

[xKrNMBoYx]

you know..i hope that the faces look wrong because of the new facial movement thing they added this year..i hope its just that they took some bad shots of the players...lol

[Tha_Kid]

Just thought I'd repost this excerpt from the behind the scenes preview. When looking at player faces, the only fair gauge is the profile picture of the player in the game. Most of the time, that is the same picture they used to map the face and thus the look they're going after. If someone's expression in the picture 2K gets is off from how you typically see them, then the model probably will be too.

Quote:

Backing up the bank of behavioural elements were another outfit the 2K team brought in for help, Image Metrics. This team of specialists - who have previously worked on the GTA franchise - were charged with ensuring player's facial animations and expressions were realistic. Under the supervision of the 2K Sports art team, the goal was to have player model's facial expressions match their real-life tendencies. If player X is a surly type, having them running up and down court with a cheesy grin plastered on their face is a sure-fire way to creep out fans of the sport. In broader artistic terms, NBA2K10 is viewed by members of the art team as a shot at redemption. As one staffer put it, in recent times the 2K Sports team went from being the kings of likenesses "to goats" as the tools available failed to match the ambition of the producers. Ultimately, the team scrapped the old approaches from years past and built a new, higher resolution foundation. The broad process remains the same: for heads - the most important part - a 3D model is created. The NBA supplies 2K Sports with three photos for each player - front, left and right. The player face gets mapped to a texture, which then is manipulated in place over the 3D model and tweaked to reflect the real thing.

As for my opinion, i'm not mad at all about the Pierce model, as that is only one screen and no game IMO has ever had a decent likeness of PP. I read someone post that Caron looked good in years past and not 2k10? His skin shade is too dark but the actual face is the best likeness in a game yet.

[Shinyhubcaps]

Thanks for all the effort in posting these. Here are the ones that jumped out at me:

GOOD:
Gilbert Arenas - WAS
Raja Bell - CHA
Greg Oden - POR
Derrick Rose - CHI
Delonte West - CLE
Robin Lopez - PHX
Rajon Rondo - BOS
Roger Mason - SA
Blake Griffin - LAC (looks surprised)
Trevor Ariza - HOU
Mike Conley - MEM
Mike Bibby - ATL
James Posey - NO
Jason Kidd - DAL
Pau Gasol - LAL (except his hair is shorter now)
Rashard Lewis - ORL (always nail his look)
Jameer Nelson - ORL
Dwight Howard - ORL (much better than last year)

BAD:
Monta Ellis - GS
Brandon Roy - POR (obviously making a face)
Andrew Bogut - MIL (has long hair and no moustache, looks too old)
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute - MIL (literally didn't recognize him at first)
Anderson Varejao - CLE
Antonio McDyess - SA (2K8's was perfect)
Yao Ming - HOU (better last year)
Al Horford - ATL
Charlie Villanueva - DET (no game has ever come close to portraying him well)
Deron Williams - UTAH

ON-THE-FENCE:
Stephen Curry - GS (such little eyes)
Michael Redd - MIL (eyes are weird)
Kevin Durant - OKC (better than last year)
Mo Williams - CLE (much better than 2K9, still not as good as 2K7's eyes)
Ray Allen - BOS (better than last year)

BEST TEAM FACES:
Suns, Cavaliers, Lakers, Magic, Hawks

WORST TEAM FACES:
Bucks, Warriors, Pacers

[dat swag]

Many faces are off but in all reality when your playing the game you can't really see their faces in a manner that would affect enjoyment of what appears to be another solid effort by 2k.

For me its the basketball X's and O's and animations that capture my attention...I don't think 2K spends as much time on their graphical player quality as Live but the gameplay, animations and presentation should make up for that.

Since we are on faces...How da hell they mess Kobe up and he's on the cover?

[ProtoPunch]

OJ Mayo...wow.