NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

Quote: Originally Posted by WTF

I don't know how to do any dribble moves though. Def need help with those. Not like last years version I don't guess.

Same here. Sometimes I do highly effective dribbles to blow by a guy but have no idea how I did it.

[BattleTested20]

To all the people talking about the Iso motion controls, I have a feeling that they are very limited in demos. From what I remember last year in the 2K8 demo it was very noticeable that you could not complete a lot of the dribbling moves. Maybe because this is a demo, the 2k staff left out some of the iso moves like they did with the subing, running plays, watching replays, or changing camera angles.

The full version should be a little easier to do most of the iso moves.

[i c u cant stop me]

Us 360 guys need videos!!!

[deebo2246]

Iso has really changed where you have to use the modifier/turbo to pull off crossovers and change hands. What I find to be great is the post moves and triple threat moves. This game is going to be the closest representation to real simulation basketball we have had in a long time. The animations are second to none the only game that come close to this in animations is the The Show.

I had one scenario when Garnett was mismatched on Fisher and when I banged him in the post he fell. When I went to the basket to dunk on him he grabbed my leg as he was on the floor. I made the basket and they showed a cut scene of Garnett talking smack to the Lakers as he went to the line.

[maball]

will there be sixaxis FT's in the full version?...in this demo I had to use the R analog

[GoldenGlove]

I'm not feeling the ISOmotion in this game. I only played it briefly because I was watching the MLB playoffs, but I couldn't pull off anything. I hope that's just a demo problem. The game's animations are improved, but I did see the ugly hook shot from behind the backboard animation... in my opinion that should of been removed from the game. I also saw the arms rotating in a complete circle pass glitch.

But my biggest gripe so far is the lack of responsiveness with the ISOmotion.

[BattleTested20]

Quote: Originally Posted by i c u cant stop me

Us 360 guys need videos!!!

I feel you man, I too am anxious to see some videos

[ThaGenecyst]

Quote: Originally Posted by Klocker

...was hoping they would have smoothed out the image quality a bit... do the skin textures and faces make it look more realistic than last year though would you say?

sorry with the late response... I couldn't stop playing... Let me say this... after a while the jaggies became less noticeable... I guess I got used to it...the faces this year puts last year to shame thus making the look MUCH MUCH better... not to mention the better lighting, arenas, crowds.. smh



My Impressions:


THIS GAME IS BONKERS!


I have to get used to the controls and isomotion since it feels brand new... and my crosses aren't coming out when I want.. but my spins are


The animations are stepped up like crazy... running and swiping at the ball from different angles give different animations... no more stopping to swipe... everything is in stride which is EXCELLENT... the stripping animations are just AWESOME.. I was Rondo and stripped Fisher (hit the ball to one side, and get it on the other for a fast break) that resulted in a nice 2 on 1 fast break with me scoring...

i'm LOVING the driving contact... it's a lot more authentic now that u can drive to the hole, get beat up, and land on the floor sometimes resulting in a foul and sometimes not... makes the game more organic (as Sage said to me earlier)... The layups in traffic are just GODLY! Ray Allen is always moving off the ball cutting baseline to the rim for me.. and sometimes I can get the ball to him cleanly with him taking one of those lil layups under the hoop.... GREAT STUFF! The "draw the foul" animation from 2k7 has made it's return, and it looks nice.

The arena atmosphere is AMAZING!!! The crowd sounds GREAT... things going on the court sound GREAT... hearing the balls get blocked, hearing the players grunt on dunks, when they get hit, etc... hearing players call out to each other on the court.. it's just AMAZING... I used to give the nod to Live overall in sound just because it always sounds authentic to me.. but 2k just took that 3 steps further and it's just great.

I love the camera angles the CPU gets on fouls... it mimics the real life NBA more than 2k8 did.

The CPU AI even on this default diffuculty is nice... Odom caught a nice alley oop on me while cutting baseline... this game is just great.