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

[DC]

Yea I know graphically it is an upgrade, btu I was talking about gameplay

[ronyell]

an anonymous PM sent to me...

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Yo homie whats going on I now remember why I kept away from the boards.....dudes are slamming on 2k9....jeez I actually like the game still and have alot of fun offline just playing with my brothers but coming here gets u jaded....

my response...

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know right?! best game ever 2 me... i think people here are starting 2 get a bit picky & totally losing perspective

[Joey P]

Right on!!

[Pared]

I understand there are issues with the game. But I would also have to agree with the "everything is broken" mentality that permeates through the boards.

People make comments like the CPU AI never provides help defense and that is simply not true. Things can certainly be better and I'm sure there will be a lot of work put into 2k10 as a result... but the finite, definitive statements that get made at times here are severely over the top. It has become the basis of communication on the message boards at OS, sadly. People would rather talk about what they don't like... revel in each others misery... instead of enjoying what they can.

Some people complain the game is unrealistic... but then they are playing on HOF? Bueller... hello? Ever try lowering the difficulty?

Some of the comments here you'd think people have never played a sports video game in their entire life. It's not ideal but the standard some are expecting... certainly isn't level across the board with other titles.

[jyoung]

At the end of the day, when you play a basketball game that's claiming to be a simulation of the sport, you expect that the game will display some knowledge of the basic fundamentals of the sport with regards to the rules (traveling) and basic defensive strategy.

The NBA 2K series in its current state has zero understanding of those fundamentals.

Especially on the defensive end of the court, and especially with regards to the frequent traveling violations that occur from the multitude of sliding/warping animations that have become more prominent in the 2K9 version of the game than they were in 2K7/2K8.

[ronyell]

Quote: Originally Posted by wEEman33

At the end of the day, when you play a basketball game that's claiming to be a simulation of the sport, you expect that the game will display some knowledge of the basic fundamentals of the sport with regards to the rules (traveling) and basic defensive strategy. The NBA 2K series in its current state has zero understanding of those fundamentals. Especially on the defensive end of the court, and especially with regards to the frequent traveling violations that occur from the multitude of sliding/warping animations that have become more prominent in the 2K9 version of the game than they were in 2K7/2K8.

OMFG!


"2k has 0 understanding of basic basketball fundametals"

wtf?!?!!?!? THAT IS RIDICULOUS & IS THE EXACT EXTREME TYPE OF STATEMENTS THAT PARED IS TALKING ABOUT... HOW FUNNY SOME PEOPLE ARE

[spankdatazz22]

Quote: Originally Posted by ronyell

OMFG! "2k has 0 understanding of basic basketball fundametals" wtf?!?!!?!? THAT IS RIDICULOUS & IS THE EXACT EXTREME TYPE OF STATEMENTS THAT PARED IS TALKING ABOUT... HOW FUNNY SOME PEOPLE ARE

That one made me laugh. Pared just got through mentioning baseless over the top statements and almost immediately here comes someone and makes a baseless over the top statement. It's the state of OS now unfortunately, where people are unable to articulate a view unless it's at one extreme or the other

[Pared]

Well, he wrote "those" fundamentals... and he has a point. There are some animations that result in a travel that does not get called.

IMO they are just animations that were missed.

His comment was over the top if we get into linguistics, but he does have a point if you look past it. I wouldn't quickly group his comments with those that I was referring to earlier...