NBA 2K11 Developer Insights: Making a Smarter Game

[bearschicago]

Quote: Originally Posted by The 24th Letter

Something tells me e still havent heard it for the last time though, lol

I'm telling you 2K11 will be an all-time great just like MJ himself!!

[Vast]

**** yeah!!! These guys are putting in work this year. With the game styles, to the Revamped plays, the hundreds of off ball animations.
the re-written movement engine(especially for defense).

Offensive A.I. sounds bananas, along with the new tendencies. I'm freaking hyped!
Defense sounds good as well. I'm hoping this is the year 2k does defense justice.
2k10 was the best defense a 2k has had IMO. but it still needed improvement.

For those talking about last years defensive developers insight. They didn't lie to us, it just wasn't a consistent thing. You'd see flashes of defensive brilliance once in a while.

[jeebs9]

^^Nice to see someone who isn't bashing them. And actually see some of the thing they did make improvements on.^^

[jfsolo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Beluba

We actually did implement a new offball collision system. It does a great job of slowing down offball players when they're trying to cut through the paint or something. It's also incredibly useful in Team Up games. They look sweet too

If this works correctly its a game changer.

[bearschicago]

Quote: Originally Posted by jfsolo

If this works correctly its a game changer.

Amen. This will take Sim b-ball gaming to another level no gaming company has achieved before.

[Teebone21]

man i am ready for 2k11, i even scheduled a day off from work just to play this the entire day

[Tsuki]

love how 2k always takes gameplay improvements first but still looking for some franchise mode changes

[Vast]

With soo much information in that insight, I almost forgot....

Mike hinted at the new and improved shot stick. He said "Tendency to use the new shots: I’ll be going into more detail later on what all these new shots are in a later Insight, but for now, just know that there’s plenty of cool new “stuff” you can do with the Shot Stick. Obviously, it’s important that our AI players not only use all the new shot types, but also in the correct situations. Our AI engineers spent a lot of time working on this logic and it really shows. One of the coolest things to see when you’re playing against the AI, is have them break you down with a nice dribble move, see a hole in your defense, and attack it properly with the right finish. It really goes a long way to making you feel like you’re playing another intelligent human opponent rather than a machine that just randomly pushes buttons."