NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[WorldWar3434]

Quote: Originally Posted by Complex

havent played a bball game in years, this is nice as hell folks. WOW. I mean really WOW!!!

Same here. Tried the Live demo and thought it was okay but this really blew me away. There are jaggies but it's not too bad. I really noticed them on the loading screen. Somebody earlier mentioned the players had "weight" and they feel like they do. Plus my first game I think I scored all of 4 points but I loved it. Watching Kobe drive to the basket and score was so cool!

[allan002001]

Quote: Originally Posted by 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.

yeah ... that sounds about right... and the demo size is small so they prolly left out some stuff.

[23bluesman]

Wow, Kobe's free throw routine is nice! I can't believe they put his "wipe both hands on his chest" thing!!! (which he does every time in real life)

By the way, anyone else on standard 480i noticing the Boston Celtics center court logo being blurred?

[GoldenGlove]

Quote: Originally Posted by 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 hope this is the case.

[DW3]

These are my impression based on the demo:

1. To me i love the isomotion!! Its not a unresponsive as last year. Like the guys said though there is a learning curve. The new moves are very nice though.

2. The players have weight to them again. That was my biggest gripe I had with 2k8. You can finally take a charge! I have already saw a charge called in my brief time with the demo! I cant remember if i had even one in 2k8.

3. You can defend your basket!! This is huge for me because if you cant get any stops other than steals on defense, the game will turn into a score fest. I like that if someone drives my lane, i can attempt to stop them and make em' earn the points from the line!

4. I saw the real time injury! I fouled Paul Pierce on a breakaway with Odom. Pierce landed wrong on his knee. He began to roll around on the ground for a few seconds grabbing his knee. His face showed that he was in pain. Then Garnett came over and helped him to the bench! All of this was in real time!

5. Shooting is Improved!!! They still gather there feet before shooting, but the hitch that was in 2k8 is removed!!! Shooting is almost perfect!!

That's about it. I need to play some more to see if I notice anything else, but clearly its just a demo, so i wont get the entire feel of the game until Tuesday, but so far its the BEST BBALL GAME I HAVE PLAYED besides actually playing. Hope these impressions help calm some of you who still cant play the game yet. Sure its just a demo, but its better to feel the game yourself, than to have to rely on vids.

I admit, I was really hyped thinking Live was gonna challenge 2k for the crown this year, and while i am still purchasing both on day one, based on the demos; IT AIN'T EVEN CLOSE!!! Seriously, 2k was and still is the best Sim out period. Is it perfect? NO! But is it close? ABSOLUTELY!

[BattleTested20]

Quote: Originally Posted by maball

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

Its funny to hear all these PS3 players talk about how irritating it is to use the Right analog stick to shoot free throws, well us 360 users have had to use that the last couple of years. Its better to use the R stick because to me its more realistic and challenging.

Glad the PS3 has finally converted though!

[WTF]

OH MY DEAR LORD.... I wish I had a camera set up for the last Kobe move I pulled off. You use agressive modifier and turbo for ISO I believe, or else it's been working for me. I'm pulling off some nasty moves. I just did the Jordan dunk with KB24 after shaking Rondo on a fastbreak. He decided to pick me up at the 3pt line, tried to foul me, and I spun by him and went in for the straight Jumpman dunk. It was insane looking.

[fiedler2k3]

I dont know, but after playing the other two games I just cant play this game, it looks too ugly to me, full of jaggies, player models and faces are really bad, they looks like plastics figures, gameplay is good as always, but not enought to guarantee another $60.00, we can have the same for less than $10.00 on 2K6 / 2K7 / 2K8, this game was impresive 3 years ago, now it looks like is starting to show the age, I just dont get it, how a game that looks amazing can get worse instead of better? the court looks like a kids court or something or the players are too big for the court, but something is wrong with scale, on the positive side the game has an incredible attention to the little things and details.