NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[Rocafella83]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scoop 24

damn Roc good look the game got way more fun..now that i know the controls

No doubt Man...so you got the hang of the dribbles..and post moves.

[Jay-Hova]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jay-Hova

The demo is pretty decent. I noticed I couldn't run any plays and that was a turnoff. Other than that, the animations are smooth, isomotion is now some sort of area or position contextual system as I couldn't do my regular crossovers from 2k8. The AI is still pretty dumb and predictable as passes are easy to pick off. The stealing animation is better and has more of a risk/reward factor to it. I don't like the AI being wide open and still taking fade away learner. Mismatches can easily be taken advantage of. Ray Allen caught Gasol on him and drove to the rim and got the and 1.

Also to conclude everything, the game still feels like 2k8, with smoother animations.

[DubTrey1]

Demo is awesome. I loved the way the players moved and worked to get open. I had Gasol in the post, kicked him the ball w/Kobe - Gasol held the ball up as Kobe ran around, got free from Allen and I passed the ball back only to have the ball lobbed up and Kobe flush it down!! Looked like something right out of Sportcenter. First day buy for me, no doubt.

[XenoZograscope]

Damn I just pinned Jordan Farmar's shot to the backboard with KG...very niiice.

[Nodima]

Quote: Originally Posted by Teddy_Long

hey, can anyone perform an instant pick and pop, not roll?

Yea, I spent some time practicing the Pick and it's probably the most fun about the game right now. First of all, notice whether your PF or C has a white circle under them - usually it's the one closest to you. When you press O this is the guy that reacts to your command.

Tap O = Fake pick and roll, I did this with Gasol a few times and he barely cares about setting anything, he plants that backfoot and then launches off toward the basket. Hopefully this can't be cheesed online.

Press O = Regular PR, the same thing you always see.

Hold O = Pick and pop, once you go around it they hop back a step and wait for the pass back.


Also, I remember hearing this but totally forgot until someone mentioned it. I really loved the behind the back dribble move and haven't been able to do it...so the L2/R2 really are your hands basically? That sounds needlessly complicated, I'm a shooter not a dribbler!

[ehh]

I finally figured out the isomotion, I've had the revelation, lol. I dropped 15 with Kobe in a game I just played with four insane dunks including a windmill on Perkins and KG. Ray Ray just kept playing me tight as hell so I'd blow by him every time. That DIT slider is going to be going down, down, down. Also had a few nasty pick-n-rolls with Gasol. I finally hit a game winner, down 10-9 I had Bynum set a pick and headfaked with Kobe when the screen was being set, took two dribbles to the middle of the court and burried a wide open elbow jumper as time expired.

I love how the match ups are so much more realistic this year. Big guys can't stay in front of guards and you can really work to exploit mismatches like a IRL. It's even easier w. the new isomotion, it's quick, easy and effective.

I'm also yet to win the tip off after about 25 games.

[stateprop]

This is some bull, where is the 360 demo

[Klocker]

so let's say Live is a 10 in graphics (not faces or fans, just Image Quality during gameplay) what would you rate 2k9?