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

[oldskoolmaddenfanz27]

still the best 2k basketball game out there

[mattzane23]

I still play 2k8 almost daily. I love that game. Tried to like 2k9 numerous times, just can't.

"When I want to pass the ball quickly up the court to a teammate streaking down the wing –- oops, he has to come to a complete stop to catch the pass, losing all his forward momentum in the process, which allows the defense to get back and cut him off."

That is mainly what kills 2k9 for me. Like when you get doubled, you can't hit anybody on the run. When they cut they have to stop and stand there for 5 seconds to receive the pass. Then one day i'm playing my friend, I hit a guy 5 feet from the basket with the pass. The other team has no one close to him. It takes my guy so long to set up for the layup that a guy from the other team runs from half court and blocks the idiot.

So I've updated my 2k8 roster and play it constantly. Hopefully 2k10 is good b/c I'm not creating all the new rookies for 2k8.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by totalownership

The next time I see David Lee stand there with his hands down by his side and a watch a rebound through it's WHOLE flight and the ball HIT HIM IN HIS HEAD and never make an attempt to rebound please remind me how sim this game is. In otherwords someone should have been reminding me about 6 times today, 7 times yesterday, 5 times the day before..... The next time I see Chandler go in for a CLEAR uncontested dunk and at the last second switch up for a stupid layup someone please remind me how sim this game is. You know whats sad though, things happen in this game that if the game was playing realistic all the way through they wouldn't boil your blood. Just played some dude and Brandon Roy collected 5 quick fouls and the CPU would not for the life of it call that 6th foul on him even though the guy controlling him CLEARLY did not care. He drove to the hole 5 times afterwards and CLEARLY they were all charges and the CPU never called it or called blocking. Then, this is where I just couldn't take anymore. I'm bringing the ball up and he's trying to get a cheap foul on me collision animation occurs where Roy hits the ground, Duhon goes flying to the left still controlling his dribble, mind you NO CALL YET, and when Duhon goes flying he's in SLOOOOOOOOOOOW MOOOOOOOOOOOTION, so I go to pass and he LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFTS HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRM INNNNNNNNNNNN SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW MOOOOOOOOOOOTION ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND TRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIES TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSS and gets called for eight seconds. That was it for me. Besides the other BS that was going on like me running great offenses on this guy and shooting not ONE contested shot and only shooting 17%. Strike that. I did shoot a few contested shots. ALL of those I made.

You're using highly modified sliders and highly altered rosters, correct? The numbers look good I bet... LeBron is rated slightly higher than Kobe, etc... but the game plays strange, does it not?

Why can't you put 2 and 2 together?

Quote: Originally Posted by Bornindamecca

So many people have been "done" with this game since it came out, yet they are still playing.

I've said this before... as well as...

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

I just have a problem with the cpu in this game. Playing against my boy we have great games. I just think the cpu offensive logic is quite flawed, and it brings out the other flaws that exist in the "engine".

This. This I completely agree with it. It's not 100% flawed... it just doesn't play out how I would expect. Those CPU only players are the ones "suffering" this year. Between the stale playbooks and play running to the bi-polar defense, against the CPU you will see oddities, especially on the higher difficulty levels.

I'm sure this is something of utmost importance next year, especially with Live 365 being such a hit this year.

[DC]

Quote: Originally Posted by Stumbleweed

Hah, DC and I played today and I won because the sub screen froze and wouldn't leave.. I was able to see a small corner of the court around the graphic and managed to nail a three with Westbrook to win the game by 1. After the game ended, the sub graphic finally left the screen. So weird. Wilcox was there to challenge it, but he drained it anyway.

That was sad forreal man.

[totalownership]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

You're using highly modified sliders and highly altered rosters, correct? The numbers look good I bet... LeBron is rated slightly higher than Kobe, etc... but the game plays strange, does it not? Why can't you put 2 and 2 together?

2 I'm talking about playing the game online
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2 Alternating between Custom NBA rules and default but ALWAYS with default sliders'
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4 as the game plays 4 times better with the "highly altered rosters and modified sliders" provided by Neon
So when I put all of that "together" it comes out to this game is trash out the box. Anymore math you'd like to do?

I'm done here. Those who see know what's going on so no need for me to even carry on in this thread. Catch ya'll later.

[Pared]

So, Chandler goes for a clear uncontested dunk, changes up to a layup because you held the shot stick too long initiating the controllable up and under move, and someone needs to remind you how sim the game is?

People have legitimate beefs about the game; Others, however, complain for the sake of complaining.

When you have a "complaint" that results from user error, no programming in the world is going to save you from that. Everyone is asking for more control b/c of the animations and you're arguing about something completely in your control. Completely contradicting what others want.

Let go of the shot stick. Problem solved.

[DC]

Haven't heard the term, "user error" in a while. I remember Born started saying it last year and eveyrone was calling everything user error.

[Pared]

Sadly, it applies here.

Go play a game, attempt a dunk and hold the shot stick (if not, hold it and make a slight adjustment); The player will go up for a dunk and readjust his shot. Move the shot stick and let go and he will dunk.

I blame part of this ignorance on their inability to provide an in-depth manual. Still, this doesn't give someone the leeway to complain for the sake of complaining, whether it be here, the Live forum, Madden, etc.

FWIW, there will always be the crowd that feels a game cheats. Always. This one example, however, isn't even valid when it's in your complete control.