NBA 2K11 Demo Roundtable

[KyotoCarl]

Quote: Originally Posted by michaeljordanjr

This perplexes the heck out of me. The fans make 2K basketball the best selling NBA game, we allow them to sign Jordan to reap even more profits. And in return we get an even more stripped down demo than last year. I mean there has to be some sense of giving back to the people who made you what you are. If anyone at 2K could explain to me what the strategy is behind throwing us a bone with a spec of meat on it is I'm all ears. There's no reason fans didnt deserve at least a 6 minute quarter or two 4 minute quarters. And taking away the core elements of offense and playcalling? Just not called for at this stage of sports gaming.

They give back in releasing a game full of features that we all want on 5 Oct. This is a demo and I don't see the reason for complaining about it.
Sure, would be nice to play more of the game but it's coming in a couple of weeks anyway.

The demo has gotten me even more psyched about the game. Plus, I've gotten to try it out a bit and see how the gameplay feels this year, exactly what a demo should do for you.

What if the demo had been 2 quarters instead, or 6 minutes? Would it have mattered? You can just restart the game again and play another 4 minutes anyway.

[Boilerbuzz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Carrington618

i was a sega fanboy.

Sounds like the start of an AA meeting. "Hi, Carrington618..."

Quote: Originally Posted by Carrington618

I've ben playing 2k sports game on line for ten years. name calling shows your age an any one thats thinks there god gift to any think is an idiot.

The irony...

Quote: Originally Posted by Carrington618

MY point is NBA2k is a much better game then EAs. But new comers or people that dont follow 2k on line and just wait for the demo to there mind on what title to pick . will be disappointed with this demo, they change the iso my lil cuz didnt know that so he was like this wack.

This is always the reaction to changes in a series. But the fans of the series trudge on and get used it. We saw that in this forum alone. People hate change, yet they say you're getting "stale" if you don't. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Quote: Originally Posted by Carrington618

All his college friend talking about the ea game ( witch shall remain nameless) im tell him all the things that going to be in the 2k game a he trust me so he's going to pick it up but there are a lot of people like that and i still thing that ea will have a better demo not game demo that will show the new features in there game. i hate ea an their on-line pass $hit

People don't just judge based on demos. As a matter of fact, few actually do. It's a combination of a lot of things including word of mouth, previews, and marketing. Those college friends have either already made up their minds, or have only just begun to pay attention as the release date approaches.

[Boilerbuzz]

Quote: Originally Posted by jr2424

This opinion is very valid. He's talking about casual fans who don't normally play NBA games or ever hear of operation sports. Those fans will not notice the subtleties that we do.2k has us on lock this year but they want to expand their audience. Jordan will do that but this demo did not help with capturing those people. I love the demo by the way. Same thing every year for me -- I start off thinking it's just ok then I fall in love with it. CAN'T WAIT.

Which is it? If they are casual, then they won't really notice any real change. They'll just look at the lighting and how it all animates, and go from there. In that regard, the demo will only add to the hype. That's IF you believe that the casual person isn't savvy enough to find out what changes are really there...

[Carrington618]

if you was new to playing b-ball videos game an all you had to make a choice was the two demos( i know ea demo is not out yet). I think 7 out of 10 would pick EAs game. NBA2K is a hard core game (witch i like ) most people dont like hard core (just look at the wii sales) BY leaving the demo bare and really only accessible to people in know . they made it hard on their self to get new customers. now when the game is released then word of mouth can make up for this.

[BlackRome]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaanyr Vhok

I'm surprised that realism wasn't credited as the best thing about the demo. In the past Kobe was more of a threat slashing than pulling from mid range and so was just about every other swingman. That departure from real basketball seems to be rectified more than a little bit and consequence of that change has given us a far more realistic, balanced and fun brand of videogame basketball.

You won't be able to tell until you go online. Then you will find out if people will actually have to shoot jump shots to be competitive. In 2k10 you didn't have to on the 360. O the PS3 online users would actually shoot more jump shots than running into the paint.

I would say the jump shots were too easy to hit on the PS3.

The 360 looked better and was much smoother but the PS3 played a better game of basketball.

[Carrington618]

you wouldnt believe how many people still by ea's game when 2k is much better. And the demo 2k put out does not help 2k get more people over from ea's game or new people to video game b-ball. the demo is for the hard core players you have to know how to play 2k to enjoy the demo. you give that demo to someone new and they cant do the move and become frustrated. i would love for 2k to kill ea an get NFL2k back

[Carrington618]

my last post @bollerbuzz

[the croz 1027]

I am baffled at anyone complaining about the demo or what is included. Not once have I played a live demo and said wow, this feels better than 2k's. This was probably the best basketball demo I have played. You can't look at it as the company failed consumer's by not giving us everything. The purpose of demo is to show improved gameplay which in this case, is evident. I would question anyone that didn't get this game because a playbook wasn't in demo or it wasn't a full game. Be happy we got demo over two weeks earlier than last year.