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

[NINJAK2]

After playing this demo 3 times I have to say this is the smoothest this game has felt since 2k8 in regards to control. I love the post mechanic as it is now very simple to turn your back compared to 2k11. The A.I. from an offensive standpoint is far better than years past as wade and lebron used everything in their arsenal to create space and get to where they wanted. People will be calling Dallas the cheese team this year with the tools available to Dirk in 2k12 lol. His fade away is nearly unstoppable and my best friend who is a Mavs fan will be in love with this game.

Like playing defense a lot and look forward to playing it against a human come October 4th. 2k failed though in regards to depth of the demo. Maybe they can argue the fact that they didn't have time to put in the playcalling but the lack of even a versus option is pretty pathetic (unless I'm missing some way to activate it). I expected the bare minimum so I'm not too heart broken. Despite all that I liked what I played.

[WhiteCollarTix]

I don't know if anyone else posted this but I committed a flagrant on Wade on a fast break. I used the intentional foul button. He got 2 free throws by himself then the ball on the side.

[Boilerbuzz]

Quote: Originally Posted by stlpimpmonsta

too bad they looked like they could care less.....

? They celebrated after the shot. Celebrated after the review. What more do you want for the end of the FIRST QUARTER?

The video quality was horrible though. I'm still dizzy after seeing that.

[CX1329]

My only complaint is that the demo is too easy. It's hard to lose, especially considering how ridiculously hard 2K11 can be. Then again, like I said before, the demo is probably on Pro, like last year.

[fatleg3]

Quote: Originally Posted by Boilerbuzz

I think people forget this. They have to take time out of the schedule and make a special demo version. That's not necessarily an easy thing to do. Nor is it totally free to the developer. But for YOU, it's free. I've never been on to look a gift horse in the mouth (I wonder where that saying comes from) so I'll never complain about the amount of content of a demo. It's a demo. I WILL complain about issues - such as the FT glitch. I'd rather they take a day and fix that for the final instead of adding another quarter on the demo.

Im not disagreeing or agreeing with what you are saying because I have mixed feelings on this subject, but isnt the demo release part of the development schedule? And dont they just pick what build they want the demo to be and just code out the stuff they dont want in

[achieveduser]

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My quick thoughts:

Presentation
I'm liking the new presentation... some new sounds coming from crowd when players are taking free throws.

Intro looks good. Erik Spoelstra looks much better. Yeah I love going up on that stands just for fun... (what do you call that where broadcasters sit with rotating ad board? is it just called a table?)

Game play
I'm not sure about Y button for post up. It will take some time getting used to. (What does LT+RT do now if anyone know? )

Also did they get rid of hop step... sorry I haven't been following OS threads on this.

I noticed players doing half spins and etc when I didn't ask for it. There are some little animations I don't know why it's happening. Weird.

Smoother game play for sure but hard for me to notice marginal improvement from last year in this area... though. (don't think it really need one... didn't expect much in this department really... smoother game play improvement is where it's at.)

[elprez98]

Quote: Originally Posted by Boilerbuzz

I think people forget this. They have to take time out of the schedule and make a special demo version. That's not necessarily an easy thing to do. Nor is it totally free to the developer. But for YOU, it's free. I've never been on to look a gift horse in the mouth (I wonder where that saying comes from) so I'll never complain about the amount of content of a demo. It's a demo. I WILL complain about issues - such as the FT glitch. I'd rather they take a day and fix that for the final instead of adding another quarter on the demo.

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[elprez98]

Quote: Originally Posted by mymannemcee

Has anyone had a Terry or Marion sighting yet?

I've seen Marion. He's come in in the games where Butler got hurt. I'm guessing you could probably foul Kidd out to play with JET.