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

[DC]

Apparently the game does cheat: I hope this isn't true - http://www.2ksports.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214166

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[DrUrsus]

Quote: Originally Posted by Smokez4DAyz

2k has Micheal Phelps type flaws. LIVE has American Economy Flaws. See the difference? Where's the big artcle on how many bad instances LIVE has...oh, no one study live to the teeth, like you guys over analyze 2K.

Funny analogy .

[Kruza]

Quote: Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

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.

This scenario is no different from what normally goes on in motorcycle and car races. Whenever the cause of an accident is explained, it is categorized as either mechanical error (exclusively vehicle-related issue) or driver error (a.k.a. "user error").

Kruza

[Altimus]

Quote: Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

Apparently the game does cheat: I hope this isn't true - http://www.2ksports.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214166 Read a few replies into the post

A combo to make 90% of threes? WTH?

If this combo exists, I've never seen it.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

Apparently the game does cheat: I hope this isn't true - http://www.2ksports.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214166 Read a few replies into the post

In what way is the game "cheating" in your example? It just shouldn't be in the game and has nothing do with what he's talking about.

There are things that need to be addressed, for sure. But putting this game under a microscope does nothing to support your cause, DC. Pointing something like that out is no different from any sports game ever released. What was being implied here was completely different.

It would be nice if this community could actually discuss the "basketball" issues without nit-picking the game to death. Nate Robinson can't dunk over Dwight Howard?

Game-killer.

[DrUrsus]

So is 2K8 better than 2K9 (I didn't buy 2K9 or play enough of it this year)?

[Joey P]

Quote: Originally Posted by DrUrsus

So is 2K8 better than 2K9 (I didn't buy 2K9 or play enough of it this year)?

No.


I must say, power blocking at a jumpshot increases the chances of it going in.

[sportyguyfl31]

My single biggest frustration with this game is that I feel like the ratings are close to meaningless.

Every single cpu player plays better then what they are rating, while your players seem hard wired to perfom worse. The Cpu players perform in ways that your guys simply will not.

The CPU will run the floor like the jamacian 4x100 relay team. They will rebound like a prime Dennis Rodman, They will get into you on the perimeter like Bruce Bowen, they will get every single loose ball.

Your guys do none of this stuff.

This kills the realism for me.

Against the CPU, If I sag my defense off of Brandon Haywood when he is 18 feet from the basket, He's going to end up with 20 points at least, every single time. I WANT him to take that shot, but he'll drain these shots consistantly.

I played a game against the CPU and watched Jason Kidd jack up 24 shots, 18 of them 3's. Off the dribble, I would sag off of him slightly, because Kidd isnt a great off the dribble long jump shooter. When he's set, I would play him tight.

Things like this make it impossible to play any tye of realistic defense. You are forced to play tight D on everyone which causes all of the sliding, clipping and morphing to become really magnified.

Against a user online, its the same thing. Hedo Turkoglu can spin move dribble, finish in the paint with the agility of a guard and finish in traffic with authority.

I can go for 30 with a journeyman like Von Waffer simply because I know his release point, and he is a good dunker.

I hate things like this.

All I want is for all of these wonderful numbers and letter grades to actually have an impact on my performance.