NBA 2K11 Demo Available Now, Impressions and Discussion Here (360,PS3)

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

I'm going to just come right out and say it: I didn't care much for the demo. Control isn't that great; I expected more. Momentum is very, very heavy. Audio missing was obviously going to happen. Detracts from the game, but it's a demo. Par for the course. Can't call plays. Kills a lot of it for me. I'm not going to state the obvious. There are some amazing things that shows the promise of the final. But all I read about was control... and I expected more. I've only had a small sample but initial impressions weren't the best IMO.

Well, I'm more than willing to eat my words. I finally got a hang of the controls... bravo 2k.

HOWEVER...

Momentum still is over done. There are things I'd like to see different in terms of movement overall. I understand when people say it feels stiff, but at the same time you can see there is a respect to movement by a player (steps, footplanting, etc.) that was not there in the past.

I'd like to see turbo be more subtle and easier to employ. In real life, when you're playing a sport there is acceleration and top speed. While this is less apparent in bball than say, football, it's still something that needs to be accounted for.

Still... the dribble control is real nice once you get the hang of it.

[jeebs9]

I seriously don't know how you guys do it. Because I only played it twice last night. And was done. I thought the improvement were awesome. I want to see some human on human interact really bad.

I can't wait to actually run plays.

[jeebs9]

Quote: Originally Posted by leo2k2ndc

I like how it feels... BUT IT IS UNPLAYABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate that camera angle, The feel of the game is enough to warrant me to buy it, But I cannot wait to play it in 2K Cam

Yea that was one thing that bother me last night after playing it twice. Not really that good at inputting the dribble moves that way.

[leo2k2ndc]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeebs9

Yea that was one thing that bother me last night after playing it twice. Not really that good at inputting the dribble moves that way.

LoL... I played it twice two and put it down. The dribbling is way too hard like you stated, I also can't really tell pass lanes at that angle too...

If I get desperate (Which I don't see), I might play again

[The 24th Letter]

Jeebs, its a demo man. I think most are just taking it for what it is. It SUCKS it barbones....Im just gald we got something early from 2k...Its basically just a teaser of some of the improvements. @ Pared....Yeah, when you put some work in on the controls its awesome...but I feel you on the momenteum...IMO its a necessary evil..

[tcain80]

I am just blown away by this demo. The physics, the animations, the fluidity of the gameplay...it's amazing. Such a huge step up from previous games it's not even funny. I bought Live last year because the 2k games had turned into such a mess, but man what a difference a year can make.

[Todem]

This demo is stripped down to the bone everyone. All they wanted was for us to feel the controls see how the weight physics feel with the players etc.

All the window dressing will be there. 2K is the gold standard on presentation and this version will be no different.

The game feels amazing!

[Todem]

Quote: Originally Posted by tcain80

I am just blown away by this demo. The physics, the animations, the fluidity of the gameplay...it's amazing. Such a huge step up from previous games it's not even funny. I bought Live last year because the 2k games had turned into such a mess, but man what a difference a year can make.

No doubt this game will become the NBA game by which all others will be judged against for a long time.