NBA 2K11 Developer Insights: Jordan Shoes

[rspencer86]

I hope there is a way to use the shoes without the attribute bonuses. Otherwise, other than in My Player, I probably won't mess with these.

[MLB01]

Quote: Originally Posted by fcabanski

I don't understand this feature. Having shoes that give ratings boosts seems more NBA Jam than NBA 2K11.

I agree. I've played MMO sports games that do the exact same thing.

[bado123]

Don't know if it's just me but would anyone else rather see them spend time on other modes (for eg, saw a video of association post season and looks exactly as shallow and meaningless as last year) than spending their time on shoes? who cares man, they're shoes. i don't get it, it's like the 'calf sleeve glitch' that nobody can get over. it just seems insignificant to overall presentation and gameplay compared to other more noticeable things, eg the stick figure crowd that has every person pumping their fists?

just my opinion, i understand it isn't held by everyone though.

And don't get me wrong, I still think this will be the best sports game ever made.

[cavsfan2]

pics of unlockable jordans
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=14871869&fbid=10150295234455305&id=221292025304#!/photo.php?pid=14871869&fbid=10150295234455305&id=221292025304

25 in all
EDIT: there are more jordans to unlock that dont have pics

[rspencer86]

Quote: Originally Posted by bado123

Don't know if it's just me but would anyone else rather see them spend time on other modes (for eg, saw a video of association post season and looks exactly as shallow and meaningless as last year) than spending their time on shoes? who cares man, they're shoes. i don't get it, it's like the 'calf sleeve glitch' that nobody can get over. it just seems insignificant to overall presentation and gameplay compared to other more noticeable things, eg the stick figure crowd that has every person pumping their fists? just my opinion, i understand it isn't held by everyone though. And don't get me wrong, I still think this will be the best sports game ever made.

Who knows, maybe as part of the agreement to get Jordan in the game 2K had to include a bunch of his shoes in the game as a form of advertisement?

[Mikelopedia]

For those saying that this insight was thrown together to take place of an online insight, it was mentioned a long time ago that there would be a whole insight for shoes/accessories. Once I heard the calf sleeve glitch was still in I assumed it would be this. Whatev, cool for the Jordan-heads.
Are there even enough people online to have leagues and such. I heard there was like 60 people online yesterday. Maybe it addresses "features" that don't exactly show up in the online menu of those lucky stunods that have the game early.

Do these shoes turn colors when you press turbo ala nbaJam? Lol jk

[rambo187]

Shoes that give you special abilities? Sigh, nba jam is already on the horizon, so why do we need this arcadey crap? I love having the shoes in there, but this seems to take away from the sim nature of this game. Personally, earning the shoes by unlocking them is enough satisfaction for me, and the tangible part is being able to see them on your player when he is out there on the court. That's all I need, not some special skill by unlocking them. And to comment on the lack of an online insight, my thought is that deep down, I think we all know that the servers are going to lag, which is unfortunate, but with the delay of Elite, I think we can all agree that it would be almost unfair to expect a lag free experience. What would be nice though, is to just hear about what new MODES are in online. Even if it is very similar to last years version, at least go somewhat in-depth about something pertaining to online. And to all you guys out there saying that if it's just the same as last year then what could they possibly say? Well, i'm pretty sure that if they can do an entire insight on SHOES, they could find something worthwhile to say about online, something fans have been waiting for. Shoot, you don't even have to say it's gonna be lag free or perfect or whatever, cause I don't expect that. But some sort of info would be appreciated, rather than keeping us all in the dark. 2k scared to admit 2 days prior to release that it's going to lag for fear of lost revenue? Kinda looks that way. I guess I can't knock them for thinking smart, but it still sucks. Hopefully i'm eating my words this time tomorrow when they have done what a lot of us want, and that's kick down some info about online. Here's to hoping i'm wrong about them dodging a bullet and not giving us any info.

[23]

i cannot wait. I unlocked the 2s at my buddies house winning a game vs phx

Dont ever remember seeing those in the game