Why I'm Done With NBA Basketball This Year: NBA 2K9

[tril]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dice

One more thing, a lot of people here regard College Hoops 2K8 as one of the best basketball games of all time. Well, when 2K Sports shut down that franchise some of the developers went over to the NBA side to help with NBA 2K9. So why is the AI bad in this game when you had developers of possibly one of the greatest basketball AI games of all time?

something tells me alot of those folks went to work on the pc version

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

Much like Beluba not being on Live's Team for a full development cycle, the College Hoops Dudes first FULL cycle would be THIS year

Bingo.

Well done, DC.

[orrkl2002]

The funny thing is that it seems like the devs backed up off the forums with this years installment more than ever and whats even worse is the fact that if EA had bought 2k and shelved it, this would've been the game we were stuck with. An unfixable cheese ball nightmare. But really where are the developers? It seems like L**e and 2k have swapped and now 2ks devs arent communicating with us anymore while L**e's devs are always around. I mean really we didnt even get shoe updates or a 2nd patch.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by orrkl2002

The funny thing is that it seems like the devs backed up off the forums with this years installment more than ever and whats even worse is the fact that if EA had bought 2k and shelved it, this would've been the game we were stuck with. An unfixable cheese ball nightmare. But really where are the developers? It seems like L**e and 2k have swapped and now 2ks devs arent communicating with us anymore while L**e's devs are always around. I mean really we didnt even get shoe updates or a 2nd patch.

The only developer on here was Beluba, popping in every now and then.

SimBaller is still around. In fact, he just posted yesterday regarding a freeze asking for video of the animation causing it.

Perhaps they're hard at work fixing the game for next year? Or would you prefer them not spend the time on the game and just post here, talking about it?

[orrkl2002]

I would rather see them fix the issues but also be aware of the issues the fans have as well.

[DC]

^ Explain

[Pared]

He wants someone with a pink name saying "I hear you."

It's the same thing we've been talking about all along.

[Shinyhubcaps]

I was disappointed with this game when the OKC Thunder shot 74% in the first half -- mostly jump shots, by the way -- against me in a game. I haven't noticed a lot of these issues, though I'm sure they exist. For the casual fan, however, they are much more concerned with how their guys play than how the AI plays. Take the computer as a constant, and all you need to care about is how much control you have over your players, which is above and beyond anything else out there.

My biggest gameplay concern is probably passing through people, or more importantly, ghosting through the rim and backboard. Actually, the worst is hand-on-ball block physics. I can't count the number of times the ball went through my player's hand on the way to the goal.