NBA 2K9 Video: Association Part 1

[J.R. Locke]

Wow. I am at a loss. 2k just doesn't seem to get it. I can't even begin to tell you how disappointing it is to learn that we cannot edit appearances. I mean we could always edit rookies ratings (after they were drafted) but most of the communities biggest problems were with the appearances....2k just doesn't get customization (APF and NBA are prime examples).

I wonder if we can create a player in franchise mode? I doubt it......

[stateprop]

Quote: Originally Posted by timotim19

I would too, thats just it. 2K is putting themselves in this situation by their lack of change with the feature. What they face here is a situation where if they allowed you to edit the rookies faces however you wanted, it wouldn't match the pre-made pic that was created for that rookie... this would look odd because you could take that black rookie in the video and edit his skin color to make him white, yet you will still see that black rookie pic associated with the white rookie whenever they show his player card in menus/during the game. Problem #2 would come into play if 2K said **** it, every prospect that the user changes automatically gets the black silhouette instead of the pre-made picture... now the problem is that most of the league would then have a black silhouette because I will most certainly want to edit most of the prospects in the game in some fashion weather it be hair/skin/looks for variety purposes. The solution here would be for 2K to come up with a better way of showing the created players and rookies so that they are represented exactly how they look in the game... the only way to do that is to have the game take a realtime snap shot of out players. NBA Inside Drive did it on XBOX 1, I dont see why they cant do it now. Lastly this is needed more now than ever before because we dont have a CHoops this year so trying to make accurate draft classes though editing them is very important. Not letting us change the look of the rookies is stupid and has rendered this whole feature useless now.

Well said Did they think hard about this i doubt it. come on man 2k shouldt even let this be a issue. edit eye color only is the most ******** thing i ever see. Might as well not let us edit the rookies at all then. I really hope there be a patch to fix this give us the tools to edit rookies appearance.

[Jukeman]

Quote: Originally Posted by XavierVE

Yep, that was confirmed in the Gamespot Association 2.0 preview. CPU will even fire coaches in mid-season if they perform badly, supposedly. Can't. Wait.

I dont remember reading that but hopefully its true!!!

[mAiLmAn 502]

all of you must have missed it, look at "eye color" it has the green "A" button from an xbox controller beside it. it looks like you use the "A" button to switch the face options, instead of scrolling.

[lilvic]

Who cares about not being able to edit apperances for rookies. C'mon now, its all about the gameplay. I don't care how my rookies will end up looking. As long as the gameplay as improved, I'm good. Red hair, green eyes, who gives a crap. You guys act like this is a game killer or something.

[DC]

A lot of people care. That is why so many people have been commenting on it

[jewelz1132]

Quote: Originally Posted by lilvic

Who cares about not being able to edit apperances for rookies. C'mon now, its all about the gameplay. I don't care how my rookies will end up looking. As long as the gameplay as improved, I'm good. Red hair, green eyes, who gives a crap. You guys act like this is a game killer or something.

there it goes again..taking value out of other peoples complaints lol

[CelticBalla32]

Quote: Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

A lot of people care. That is why so many people have been commenting on it

That's the problem. Nobody is praising 2k for its far improved presentation, terrific and more diverse gameplay, improved graphics, the deeper Association Mode, etc... no. Instead, what are they doing? Complaining about a computer generated rookie's hair color, and Tim Duncan's sock color.

With that said, the funniest aspect about all of it is that each and every complainer on this board will end up buying and enjoying the game.