NBA 2K9 Patch Released For 360/PS3, Impressions Here

[sportyguyfl31]

At last I see some dang hope. I know I have vented some frustration, but keeping at it, I had myself a little breakthrough.


I played Lakers-Suns again.


I focused 1st on gettng a camera angle where I can see all of these dang cutters and I denied them the ball and beat them off of their screens my dang self. That cut a lot of garbage out.

It was a close game, between 4-6 pts for the most part. The suns are good in this game so I dont expect to get a blow out.

The biggest thing I did differently was instead on focusing on my one player, I tried to think myself through the game as if I was coaching it. Instead of on ball D'ing everything in sight, I focused on team defense.

When to man up, when to offer help, When to call the double and take matters into my own hands as far as rotation goes. I adjusted my coaching with the game.

midway through the 4th quarter, I sicked Kobe on Steve Nash on defense, and that was the end of Nash. I ended up winning the friggen game on default all star, and really felt good about it. I earned every second of that dang win.

[Furq]

Like how the patched game is playing now. I've only been using it with the sliders I was using pre-patch, but haven't found anything that needed to change.

Only thing is that like others have said posting up is odd now. I can be Garnett and not push back on a small guard even at times. When posting it's now better to just get the ball, make a quick move and shoot. That's how it is in real life too a lot of the time, but usually you can still get one or two steps back. Overall I guess it's ok.

I think the first free throw is faster because the graphics at least to me seem to be worse on the players during it. Players standing around don't seem to have any sweat on them, but again it may just be me imagining things or not paying attention pre-patch.

No more back door cuts all the time, still a lot of lead passing to the hoop but that's the nature of 2k basketball games.

Overall it's a better experience

[Furq]

One thing I forgot to mention, I don't know maybe it's just me but I seem to notice some animations that aren't complete. I noticed in the last game the ball would warp a few times with no real transition animation between. May have been a one game thing though but something to look for

[lasthour]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportyguyfl31

At last I see some dang hope. I know I have vented some frustration, but keeping at it, I had myself a little breakthrough. I played Lakers-Suns again. I focused 1st on gettng a camera angle where I can see all of these dang cutters and I denied them the ball and beat them off of their screens my dang self. That cut a lot of garbage out. It was a close game, between 4-6 pts for the most part. The suns are good in this game so I dont expect to get a blow out. The biggest thing I did differently was instead on focusing on my one player, I tried to think myself through the game as if I was coaching it. Instead of on ball D'ing everything in sight, I focused on team defense. When to man up, when to offer help, When to call the double and take matters into my own hands as far as rotation goes. I adjusted my coaching with the game. midway through the 4th quarter, I sicked Kobe on Steve Nash on defense, and that was the end of Nash. I ended up winning the friggen game on default all star, and really felt good about it. I earned every second of that dang win.

ANOTHER HAS SEEN THE LIGHT...........WELCOME...........KEEP LEARNING...ITS THINKING

LOL

[RAZRr1275]

I'm liking these impressions so far. Tommorow I'm going to dl the patch and try it out.

[Nodima]

SO no one else has had the game made completely unplayable by the patch? I seriously can't start a game without the system freezing. But my other games work fine...

[CVC0004]

Quote: Originally Posted by Walker8

So what you are saying is you felt the need to respond, because you're a dick? Again man you take things out of context and for whatever reason take things too personally. i'm sorry if i hurt your game. lol. as you can see i don't really care either. you're a dick and that much is pretty obvious. lol.

Walker, I agree with everything you state in this post!

[jfsolo]

The tuning they applied to drives and inside moves is unbelievable. Before, on a lot shots(especially by me the User) a very awkward animation would trigger and lead to a block, a shot hitting the side of the backboard, or just a really, really ugly miss.

Now the game almost always choose a really nice contextually appropriate shot animation and it looks frikin great. Both the misses and the makes are quick and fluid. They look like NBA shots. The CPU also makes a lot less And 1 shots when bumped hard to the floor.

The pull up game is pretty sick now too. Played back to back games vs the Wizard and the Rockets and it was a thing of beauty to see Arenas and T-Mac using the hesitation dribble and pulling from anywhere.

My wish list for next year is pretty short.