NBA 2K10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

[Dantecamp21]

First things first: screenshots can't do justice to the game's visuals. All of those terrible cyberfaces pics here at OS made me brace for the worst.

I'm very happy to say that it's actually like night and day to see the game running. As a whole, it's a very believable enviroment. The crowd is outstanding (best ever in a videogame). No more blurry courts, YES! The downside are the sneakers and the jerseys, both need a major overhaul ASAP. The cloth physics in particular is all over the place.

Didn't feel the crowd sounds, very unnatural, very canned. That's the problem when you record the sound at a studio versus capturing it at the real site (like Live did). It's a shame we don't have the play-by-play because judging by the videos, it's amazing.

Gameplay is very tight, and sliding has been really toned down. You have a better grip about your player movements. I've seen some awesome specific Kobe animations, like his after dunk body langauge (with the arms wide open). I just wish (as many around here) Isomotion was a more reliable tool. Too many times I catch myself trying 5 or 6 inputs to get the player to perform my intended move.

All in all, I came away very impressed.

[LAKE4742]

Quote: Originally Posted by Checmate101

To me it's still alot of shots in the paint by the cpu, or it could just be my defense

Oh yeah, that's the other thing that was a huuuge turnoff last year!!
I reeeally hope they fixed that.

[SoMiss2000]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nuggets4life

2k9.5 would be the combine. This doesn't feel as good as the combine.

i agree. This definitely different than the combine.

[Pared]

Of course this will get lost in the shuffle, but hopefully some of you will see this and pass it on:

Yes, on default, your players move. There's a new feature this year called defensive AI assist. This is set to 50, which I'm pretty sure what you're witnessing.

You can turn it down to 0. I have not seen my player move on their own at that setting.

Take it for what it's worth. It's a feature out of the box this year to help you out.

[pilonv1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Checmate101

You can't sub can u?

Auto-subs only, but I only ever saw them for the Lakers (I was using the Magic).

[RayDog253]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Of course this will get lost in the shuffle, but hopefully some of you will see this and pass it on: Yes, on default, your players move. There's a new feature this year called defensive AI assist. This is set to 50, which I'm pretty sure what you're witnessing. You can turn it down to 0. I have not seen my player move on their own at that setting. Take it for what it's worth. It's a feature out of the box this year to help you out.

Glad to hear, too bad there isn't any options in the demo, what so ever.

[Dantecamp21]

Experiencing too many frame rate drops during zoom-ins and replays. For anyone with the full game in hands, has this been cleaned up for the final version?

[erickonasis]

Hey WHERE IS THE SPIN MOVE WTF!!!!