NBA 2K9 Preview and Screenshots (Jeuxvideo)

[yungflo]

I'm feeling the screens! Looking very lively. Love the scoreboard.

[RubenDouglas]

spurs court is finally right. i can confirm with almost 90% confidence, they redid all their court graphics this year.. I hope all for the better.

last year had a WHITE halfcourt line. in real life and now in the 2k9 screenshots, its black. The seating confirguration is still way off. no game has that right it seems.

first set of courtside seating is maybe 15 rows high:

in 2k8 and 2k9 its this HUGE single level lower seating bowl.


-The arena is maybe 35% seating on the lower level, with 65% on the top. its bottom heavy
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_jCzZ5ENjzV0/SA...s/P1010255.JPG


not a huge deal but where else is there to talk about lol

[RubenDouglas]

nm

[DC]

Ruben, how the hell do you get the game to show the rafters/cieling/upper deck?

[RubenDouglas]

that spurs shot is from 2k9. im guessing its from the opening sequence of each game. truely the ONE and only time you may see the entire arena during the course of a game. so its understandable why they had generics for so much.

its in there among the other photos listed on the french links above.

but in general, you can do it one or two ways.. throw up a full court shot, and when the ball is at the peak, zoom in around it and catch that perfect angle... 2k also lets you adjust the manual camera height by pressing the two bumpers.. its mainly all about trickery and getting the timing down.

if you remember this thread from last year about the arenas:
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...ts-arenas.html
I did the halfcourt lob zoom in, and the lb/rb height adjustment to catch that perfect angle.

[shindiana]

This site is well known for his crappy screens, worse than gamekult.

Nothing really new from the preview :

-The arenas and the public look great.
-The pace of the game is slow, maybe too much.
-New isomotion.

[Klocker]

looks better than the gamekult screens.... nice to see in game pics instead of the replay bullshots.

I think NHL 2k9 actually looks better than this image quality-wise (edges, not the models) so I have/had high hopes for the graphics to be improved form last year. I'm hoping "2K HD graphics" that they promote means better textures during gameplay and less aliasing (not just during replays). still not happy with the lighting but hopefully that looks better on my HDTV.

I've read some forums with Dev who does or used to work on a 2K sports title and he explained how getting the replay quality for 2K games was a very important part of designing the graphics. I appreciate that because I love the 2k replays... best graphics ever IMO (except the lighting) but I just hope the in game quality graphics do not suffer.

one things for sure... no shortage on the little detials as per usual with 2k...

[akiracy]

did they do away with the mascots?