NBA 2K13 Demo Available Now For 360 and PS3, Post Impressions Here

[Tomba]

The menus are ugly...
I LOVE HIP HOP but man this should be a tv style presentation game not a concert. The overlays are just non sports related. This I bet is due to the Jay Z influence which for me I think has hurt the image of the series...AND it's confirmed with this demo.

Gameplay is since I NEVER play on default is just as bad as last years retail.

Graphically the players and court look NO different to me

I already miss NBA 2k12 where you at VTCRB!

[Tpaskavich]

OMG, my gold ran out last night and gamestop don't ope for another hour, and some dude said if you have silver you can't get it till next week is that true, cause i found the demo but no way to download it just says see full game

[DukeC]

Sigh. Playing another user right now. They keep doing that charge bull****. So difficult to ignore when I can't see them doing it like in the 2k cam. It's easily avoidable then.

Sigh.

[grunHD]

I played about 7 offline games and 4 online games.

Impression from the offline games: Wow, i'm impressed. The gameplay and the animations are much improved! From simple things like dribbling the ball up the court (seeing the player direct/call out a play is pretty awesome) to the plethora of new contact and dribbling animations.

The new control stick and controls in general felt a little weird at first (and still sort of do) but i'm starting to get used to them more and really like them. I feel like i have a lot more control, which is great.

As for the online, i had a very smooth experience playing some matches vs people. The only sign of lag i had was at the jump ball (neither of us could jump for it, so it was re-jumped and everything was fine). I expect that this could vary depending on your connection/your opponents connection but i have to say i was impressed on how smooth it felt online.

Overall things look great and felt great. I will continue to play the demo and maybe make another post here later with further thoughts.

edit: one thing i forgot about is that some of the players and in particular their faces/accessories seemed a bit off... but other than that things looked good.

[Trini94]

Dudes is already taking this game to seriously to win, some dude lagged my free throw with Battier and made me go 1 for 2 then ran up the court with Harden and made a half court 3 smh

[ffaacc03]

Quote: Originally Posted by jaosming

Offline Video (will edit later with Online one) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FXXDONhPWU Haven't been feelin' the new controls, so I'm about to grind until I like them. Had Perkins dribble the ball up the court, as seen in the video, other minor issues. It feels more responsive, but IMO, freestyle is still more 1:1, this is better than "traditional" isomotion....just going to need to get used to it. I hate holding LT for shooting, but then again I had the lack of control with the X button. I'm sure I'll find happiness somewhere.... Overall though, there is good gameplay here.

Really liking how agressive and smart the AI seems to play on the Offensive side ... loved how Westbrook didnt hesitate while running the fastbrake ... also am excited to see the beautifull AI ball movement.

Then again, the spin dunk seems overpowered, thus I havent played the demo or game so I would hold my thought until then ... also, the AI shooting %s seem to be pretty high, thus the D on many shots could have been better ... finally, we would have to see the extend and impact of the sig skills within gameplay.

Overall: besides little things here and there, 2k13 seems fantastic on the court !

[718_R3loaded]

This aint right -__- stupid Sony always getting stuff late, glad to see everyone is loving the demo so far.. im getting hype just reading all the comments.

Can anyone tell me if the hopstep button is cheesey like in 2k11? or is it less effective

[DukeC]

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

The hopstep button works much like the dribble pullups along the perimeter. And it's so much faster now. YES!