NBA 2K12 Demo Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

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Quote: Originally Posted by Altimus

These demos aren't for us anyway. We are already for sure customers. Plus 2K demos have always been like this so I'm not sure why some are surprised. Sent from my HTC EVO

I guess im tired of hearing that excuse for everything

No other company does this no matter what

Its cheap marketing IMO... its not wetting my appetite when the same people are telling me that not getting any videos was wetting my appetite

SMH... who else releases demos and leaves out all of their features and strips them down to the root for unknown reasons?

[blues rocker]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Eventually these games will peak at a certain point. It's crazy that this is a "negative" because you can only portray the sport of basketball so many ways. No one ever goes on a court then complains that basketball... feels like... basketball...

exactly..people have to realize that when you start with a good foundation (in 2k11), you're not going to see huge leaps and huge differences in 2k12...

if there is any downside to making a great game like 2k11, it's that it's harder to blow people away with drastic improvements because there isn't as much to improve.

eventually 2k will reach a point where they've ironed out almost every possible issue with the game (which they are close to doing and which they will do if they continue with the work ethic they've shown)...at that point the game will reach a peak where the only thing left to add will be new rosters and new modes...(maybe more customization options to the animations). but in terms of gameplay, 2k is getting closer and closer to some type of peak...

[HeavenlyTouch]

Quote: Originally Posted by jd@os

To wet our appetites, get all these people to download it, and to make us want the retail version even more--that's pretty much the purpose. Watered down or not, 2K will succeed in all of those things.

This doesn't really make sense in my opinion..

people who have never played the game before in their lives will try the demo and will not be able to make subs, hear commenary, or see any of the other fine presentation tidbits.. so what's the point of a demo? 2k shouldn't be trying to convince their existing fanbase to buy the game, the hardcore people will already buy it, newcomers are the ones that need a good demo.

2k fans have been buying the game for years and will continue to do so for a long time regardless if there is a demo or not, so they least you can do as a company is reward your fanbase for years of dedication by giving them a good product that resembles the real game without giving too much away..

The demos they release are a slap in the face to 2k fans who spend their hard earned money on the game, play it the entire year, and then keep up to date with the lack of news up until October.

I think their sales could go even higher if new people who tried the demo out before buying the game (eg. past Live players who still need a reason to convert over - I've met a TONNE of those in real life - even recently).. so I don't think this is some great 'marketing tactic' on their end with the bare bones release..

[Mr13A]

Hate how they celebrate a game winner...

[siraulo23]

Quick thoughts on the demo:

-Seriously, how good is the new post game mechanics?

You can branch out so many moves, so many combinations and the best thing about it, THE CONTROLS, you have full control on any significant move you make in the post and they all branch out and blend in smoothly (how many times has smooth been mentioned in this thread?)

- Fast break is so much better, the difference really is night and day, enough said

- Passing/Ball movement feels a lot, and i mean a LOT better than 2k11, there's a number of new animations added that really works well in different situations when moving the ball around and the game does a great job for the most part of the type of pass you want to make

[Altimus]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

I guess im tired of hearing that excuse for everything No other company does this no matter what Its cheap marketing IMO... its not wetting my appetite when the same people are telling me that not getting any videos was wetting my appetite SMH... who else releases demos and leaves out all of their features and strips them down to the root for unknown reasons?

Yeah Dre, but at the end of the day you're getting this game regardless with the rest of us. I'm not saying it's right but it is what it is.

With that, despite missing features and the inability to play as super friends, I'm loving this demo. It's 2K11 redefined and polished which is fine with me.

[Jakeness23]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr13A

Hate how they celebrate a game winner...

probably cause it's not a game winner, it's the end of the 1st quarter...

[HeavenlyTouch]

I see now I'm not the only one feeling pissed off about this