NBA 2K9 Video: Spurs vs. Rockets

[younggrease]

Honestly instead of vids I would rather know the ratings of the players. It doesnt have to be like in a graph like that other one, just the overall ratings

[ehh]

Def the best vid of the bunch. This game has by far the best animations, sig styles and atmosphere of any sports game. Visually, as a complete package, even The Show doesn't really come close.

The sig styles on Yao's foul line jumper and Parker's FT were insane. I mean Parker's is absolutely perfect. You could see more new animations in this vid, like others said the dig that Parker took under the hoop looked great. Also, the Alston J off balanced from the corner was great to see. It's one thing that I loved about the Live demo and I'm glad that 2K has added that as well. The dunks looked better as does the rim/backboard/standard's reaction to a dunk.

The player size/court size ratio still concerns me as does the interaction of the on-ball defender and the offensive player, although when T-Mac was trying to get to the hoop it seemed better than 2K8 (which it didn't in the previous vids). If you don't call a play the other four guys on your team will complete stand still. I know I'm not calling a play but I'd love to see the other players take some initiative and set an off-ball screen or make a cut to the hoop or something just to get things moving.

I'll be reserving 2K9 this week.

[KG]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

Def the best vid of the bunch. This game has by far the best animations, sig styles and atmosphere of any sports game. Visually, as a complete package, even The Show doesn't really come close. The sig styles on Yao's foul line jumper and Parker's FT were insane. I mean Parker's is absolutely perfect. You could see more new animations in this vid, like others said the dig that Parker took under the hoop looked great. Also, the Alston J off balanced from the corner was great to see. It's one thing that I loved about the Live demo and I'm glad that 2K has added that as well. The dunks looked better as does the rim/backboard/standard's reaction to a dunk. The player size/court size ratio still concerns me as does the interaction of the on-ball defender and the offensive player, although when T-Mac was trying to get to the hoop it seemed better than 2K8 (which it didn't in the previous vids). If you don't call a play the other four guys on your team will complete stand still. I know I'm not calling a play but I'd love to see the other players take some initiative and set an off-ball screen or make a cut to the hoop or something just to get things moving. I'll be reserving 2K9 this week.

TP's shot was perfect and the little things that make 2K so good are always appreciated.

[ryanm1058123]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

Def the best vid of the bunch. This game has by far the best animations, sig styles and atmosphere of any sports game. Visually, as a complete package, even The Show doesn't really come close. The sig styles on Yao's foul line jumper and Parker's FT were insane. I mean Parker's is absolutely perfect. You could see more new animations in this vid, like others said the dig that Parker took under the hoop looked great. Also, the Alston J off balanced from the corner was great to see. It's one thing that I loved about the Live demo and I'm glad that 2K has added that as well. The dunks looked better as does the rim/backboard/standard's reaction to a dunk. The player size/court size ratio still concerns me as does the interaction of the on-ball defender and the offensive player, although when T-Mac was trying to get to the hoop it seemed better than 2K8 (which it didn't in the previous vids). If you don't call a play the other four guys on your team will complete stand still. I know I'm not calling a play but I'd love to see the other players take some initiative and set an off-ball screen or make a cut to the hoop or something just to get things moving. I'll be reserving 2K9 this week.

They do. Watch the other videos.

[born_bad]

This vid looked pretty good. My jaw wasn't hitting the floor or anything, but it does make me want to play it and see how it feels. There are tons of nice animations, but they don't seem to flow together naturally. Hopefully that's something they can improve on going forward. For every animation I thought, "Wow, that looked real," it would be followed by some awkward transition animation that took me out of the realism.

I hate to nit-pick, too, but the commentary is bad and will likely have to be shut off. It's disappointing to hear that in the very first jump shot of the game (T-Mac's baseline jumper), the commentary is completely wrong. T-Mac missed the shot, but the color commentary talks about how the shooter made the D pay. Not a great 1st impression of the new commentary in the game.

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by ryanm1058123

They do. Watch the other videos.

LOL, yeah, if I'm holding the ball on the wing w. a PG the SG comes and runs into me. That really helps a lot.

They need to move with some hint of intelligence.

[ryanm1058123]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

LOL, yeah, if I'm holding the ball on the wing w. a PG the SG comes and runs into me. That really helps a lot. They need to move with some hint of intelligence.

Uh, have you watched the gameplay videos? guys will run off screens and a PF or a C will set a pick near the key and your guy will get an open shot without any playcalling needed.

I mean, seriously, is it too difficult to look at some videos or actually play the game before you say something isn't in the game?

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by ryanm1058123

Uh, have you watched the gameplay videos? guys will run off screens and a PF or a C will set a pick near the key and your guy will get an open shot without any playcalling needed. I mean, seriously, is it too difficult to look at some videos or actually play the game before you say something isn't in the game?

Yeah, I watched all of them. Are you sure you're not watching the CPU controlled team? Gimme ten minutes, I'll give you times on every single vid to look at. And it's been in all of 2K basketball games since they jumped to next gen and it's still in 2K9.

EDIT: Can't get any of the vids to load, I'll get back to ya when they're working for me.