NBA 2K9 First Look (Gamespot)

[edubbs]

Glad to see that white headbands are 'finally' in for the Celtics. Hopefully, this is league wide AND the headband colors are editable.

BTW, I hope the poor quality of the images is why the court paint is off for the Celtics. It's waaay too dark in these pics and was much better in 2k8, like Ruben said.

Lakers paint looks good though.....but the early Sprite advertisement video that was leaked last year had it correct also. And then the final game was screwed up with dark purple paint for Staples Center.


I guess we will get clarrification around the 1st of August, when the game will be closer to being finished.

Oh yeah..... the crowd looks 10x better in these pics in comparison to 2k8 and they gave Ray Allen White Jordan's for home games instead of black ones!

[Da_Czar]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bornindamecca

Man, you can say it until you're blue in the face, these cats are going to chase their tails on schedule every year. Now they're talking about textures on a picture where no textures are visible.

Hilarious !!!!! I was dam near in tears after this !!!!

[Kaanyr Vhok]

Quote: Originally Posted by KDRE_OS

While true, and while i acknowledged that in an earlier post already, its still not without its issues. As far as complaints, i've only seen Wally voice his opinion really and its on the same things he always point out... Please don't turn this thread into what people can and cannot say about 2k. In the scheme of things, who gives a cats behind?

I'm just curious to why you would think the spacing is a problem. Personally I dont think the CPU guards the basket well enough so I dont see a flaw in the AI however you might have a point about the court being too small I have never seen visual evidence of it but compared to CH 2k8 it does feel smaller.

On second thought I do see one flaw in the gameplay. When driving to the basket its too hard to split defenders and throw up running floater. While these shots are tough and often miss (contributing the controversial layup argument) they are fast and continuous as opposed to the slow winding drives of NBA 2k8.

[23]

The spacing problem is definitely there because of the size of the players/court but it has gotten better over the past year.

When they had the players built like tanks it was horrible, but yes CH does feel alot better in that aspect.

Im not sure what the discussion on gameplay flaws are, im not really talking about that as much as the size of the court seems to have a need to be bigger, or the players smaller and more lanky looking

[ronyell]

Quote: Originally Posted by KDRE_OS

The spacing problem is definitely there because of the size of the players/court but it has gotten better over the past year. When they had the players built like tanks it was horrible, but yes CH does feel alot better in that aspect. Im not sure what the discussion on gameplay flaws are, im not really talking about that as much as the size of the court seems to have a need to be bigger, or the players smaller and more lanky looking

i personally like the look of the players... if they got anymore lanky they would look like Live's "alien from the movie Signs"-player models! they should make the court larger for certain though... CH08 would be safice so that there doesnt have to be a total rehaul

[B-Wills]

Clark Kellogg, a NBA Commentator? Don't mean to complain or anything but 2k could of at least tried to get someone that does NBA commentary. Oh well, I guess it's not really that big of an issue...

[ramzes93]

The three point spacing is a big problem, half the time i kick the ball out to the weak-side out of a double team my practically designated three point shooter i traded for (Mike Miller) is halfway across the line and takes a long two.

Then once in a while ill do the same thing and he'll be like four feet behind the line.

[Da_Czar]

Quote: Originally Posted by B-Wills

Clark Kellogg, a NBA Commentator? Don't mean to complain or anything but 2k could of at least tried to get someone that does NBA commentary. Oh well, I guess it's not really that big of an issue...

Clark does do pro games for Indiana he's just not nationally televised.