NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[TMacFrog]

Quote: Originally Posted by mrnoobie

cosign on that...i get stuck in drive animations when i just want to do a simple cross over...

In Live, I would pull the right stick to the side and my guy would just keep running straight lol. It was more responsive in Live 08, but at least they got rid of the "I do a spin move, so your defender has to slip and fall" thing. that got annoying real quick.

[HMcCoy]

Thank you VC for not putting this crack on the table any earlier. If this had come out at the same time the Live demo dropped, I'd be a mess right now.

So much nuance. The game is bananas...

[Furq]

One thing I've found that's odd is that ray allen for example has a custom PA announcer thing where he says "ray ray" after allen makes a shot

Garnett who is on the cover doesn't have the pa guy say "K-G" like he does in the real celtics games. Not a big deal to me but the more specific things the better and it's the guy on the cover of all people

[i c u cant stop me]

Quote: Originally Posted by Furq

One thing I've found that's odd is that ray allen for example has a custom PA announcer thing where he says "ray ray" after allen makes a shot Garnett who is on the cover doesn't have the pa guy say "K-G" like he does in the real celtics games. Not a big deal to me but the more specific things the better and it's the guy on the cover of all people

Maybe its in the full version??? This is a small demo size.

[aigatdula]

Quote: Originally Posted by fffffffff9

Man, I could shoot those leaners all day... First game I played, I was taking ridiculous shots with Kobe, one of them didn't make contact with the rim, and the crowd started chanting "airbaaaall, airbaaaaall."

bro, how do you execute a leaner?
can you help a brother out? thanks..

[Furq]

You need to be running to have some momentum and then use the shot stick and pull right or left

For me it's easiest if I start near the elbow and run baseline

[bodex14]

ok so i went to ebgames to actually pay for the game already. i asked the employee if i could come in really early in the morning to pick up the game & he told me "no!" i said "ok" then he showed me the freaking game itself & he was teasing me. the game!!! it was in his hands!!! i said i'll give u $20 for that extra just give me the damn game!!! he said "tuesday baby!!!" lol

other than that ---the makers of NBA live would be playing NBA 2K9 all year...u got served!!! demo is sfantasticful!!!

[Openmind]

To b honest I live for this time of year when the new basketball game is released for the new season. Now I have been playing NBA 2k series for the past 2 years after live came on to next gen and didn't create a quality game that can even b compared. Now a buddy of mine advised me to check out live 09 this year and to b honest when he said it I didn't want to i didn't care. I was enjoying 2k and didn't want to look at n e thing else. But I decided to give it a try and it was an eye opener. Now I think these games will appeal to a specific individual it all depends on what u like doing when u play a game.

Now breaking down the 2. Everyone always says that 2K is the more "REALISTIC" series and I would have to question that this year. Now in b ball video games I am apart of the elite when it comes to gameplay. I can take any superstar Kobe, Lebron, T Mac, KG u name em and drop 50 plus points on u cuz i can score whenever I want to. With that being said I find that I dunk A LOT more in 2K9 than I do in live 09. The isomotion added some cool moves this year that to me makes breaking down defenders very simple and when I get past him. I go up and attemp to dunk on any one in the key. I find that 2K doesn't challenge any one attacking the basket the cpu A.I just stands there and allow themselves to get dunked on.

I will stop 4 now so ppl can comment on weather or not im incorrect with that comment. Will continue later.