NBA 2K11 Video: The "Shrug" Game

[portlandblazer]

wow, the blazers bench was full of bald white guys! i sure hope they have secured some more players since then, especially duck. from the quick glimpses so far im not liking all the players face models too well, specifically paxson and kersey. hopefully bird is given a completely new model. and boy those generics are a real eye sore when 9 out of 10 players on the court are all wearing them. it looks like i will still have my work cut out for me this year.

[RIZDRAVER]

Quote: Originally Posted by portlandblazer

wow, the blazers bench was full of bald white guys! i sure hope they have secured some more players since then, especially duck. from the quick glimpses so far im not liking all the players face models too well, specifically paxson and kersey. hopefully bird is given a completely new model. and boy those generics are a real eye sore when 9 out of 10 players on the court are all wearing them. it looks like i will still have my work cut out for me this year.

I thought Cartwright was dead on, Paxson pretty damn good when you consider how off white dudes can be for 2K. But a glimpse of BJ and Stacy King on the bench was kind of an eye-sore. As long as the starting 5 are dead on, which I thought they pretty much were, I'm cool. My only beef is the knee-length shorts and after watching videos of that Game 1 again, Jordan's legs still may be too stocky - it's hard to tell because it might simply be because the huge baggy shorts are making it appear that way.

Jordan's skinny legs give him that characteristic "springy" feel when in motion. The shorts/stocky legs made him feel a bit clunky in the vid.

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by RIZDRAVER

I thought Cartwright was dead on, Paxson pretty damn good when you consider how off white dudes can be for 2K. But a glimpse of BJ and Stacy King on the bench was kind of an eye-sore. As long as the starting 5 are dead on, which I thought they pretty much were, I'm cool. My only beef is the knee-length shorts and after watching videos of that Game 1 again, Jordan's legs still may be too stocky - it's hard to tell because it might simply be because the huge baggy shorts are making it appear that way. Jordan's skinny legs give him that characteristic "springy" feel when in motion. The shorts/stocky legs made him feel a bit clunky in the vid.

Yeah, I checked myself on Paxson because I also recall how funky the white guys turn out in 2K games. I didn't recognize Jerome Kersey though. He appeared a little off there. I withhold judgment on the Bulls bench because I still thought there was a little graphical drop between "on-court" players and "off-court". I could be wrong though. Even then, I could recognize Stacey and B.J. more so than Jerome and Pax.

If I've heard correctly, this build is as old as the Nuggets-Magic build, thereby older than the Mavs-Heat Germany build. That feels like a lot of time for progress in the department of classic players rights and likenesses. While a lot of gameplay things are probably mostly locked up by now, I could see a number of art changes taking place in the Jordan mode between what we saw today and what we'll see on October 5th.

And to PortlandBlazer, I read today rosters for these classic teams will also be 2KShareable. If you're editing in the right fellows, I'll be looking forward to your work.

[aloncho11]

It would also be nice to see the subs on the bench, with their respective teams retro warmups.

[blackngoldfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by aloncho11

The starting center for the Blazers should be Kevin Duckworth, but maybe 2K couldn't get his rights because he sadly passed like a year ago.

Quote: Originally Posted by youvalss

^^ Thanks for posting! By the way, no Kevin Duckworth (RIP). Too bad, he was an important part in this great starting five.

That's very sad to hear about Kevin Duckworth, but according to the link below, he is in the game.
http://www.bomeiquan.cn/nba-2k-news/...sic-teams.html

[michaeljordanjr]

Had a few problems with the video.

The uncontested dunks where you "mow" down anyone in your way once you've started your dunk animation, are still in the game. You saw it here when Jordan dunked on two guys that were in between him and the basket and they were just knocked back without any impact on the dunker. Kersey did the same thing a few plays before that. If Im trying to contest a guy running at me on an open lane and he initiates a dunk, I expect to be able to at least jump and have physics decide the outcome. But to have my player rendered uncontrollable should not be the result.

So are unstoppable dunks without any contesting collisions still in 2K?

Will Jordan have his 3 dribble set free throw routine? Do you have him shooting free throws blind anywhere like he did versus the Nuggets?

[Kaanyr Vhok]

I hated watching that game.

[Cesco]

Wow! Loved to see Horace Grant wearing that old-school Flavor-Flav style white glasses! Another small detail to bring back the old atmosphere. Great Job! :-D