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

[Sam Marlowe]

Figured out the half spin fade. Im an idiot...

[Aces15]

Speaking on the supposed PS3 graphical issues, I think this has to be by far the best looking version so far. I was specifically looking for the "jaggies" and they were hard to find. Not exactly sure what you guys are saying is missing.

[greenmonster]

Demo is ok. The colors seem to be much more vibrant this year. Can't really get a good feel for the game in 4 minute increments. Looking forward to Oct 4th.

[bolla11]

pre-game is sick seems kinda bunched up during the gameplay with no options tryna find ways to cross guys up wit the Mavs cuz the guards arent as good as the miami guards.

[Sundown]

Quote: Originally Posted by KB2009Champ

He looks awful actually. They should have just kept his 2k11 face. Another guy is Haslem, dude's face is much lighter than the rest of his body. Wade looks the same. They changed caron slightly. Dirk is much better.

I do feel like some of the new faces are inconsistent in quality compared to last year:

Lebron looks a bit worse. His face seems strangely light in front-- it's as if they used a front-lit source photo and didn't adjust it to match the rest of the head. You see this with Ray Allen and a few other players as well. He's got this "mask" that just looks odd. In Allen's case, it's even apparent when zoomed out in gameplay.

Wade looks a bit worse as well-- both players' faces seem smoother and more simplistic and Wade looks baby faced and chubby when he looked excellent last year.

Bosh looks-- different. I like the new amount of detail but he looks off/odd sometimes.

Caron looks different but either the same or better.

Tyson Chandler looks better.

Kidd looks a bit better-- I can't tell if it was last year's head but it feels better. I also noticed that he seemed to have more "soul" when shooting free throws. Maybe because of how the eyes were rendered or animated.

Dirk looks better but something is off about his eyes.

[AgaliareptX]

Quote: Originally Posted by dirtydizzle

Ok its really bugging me .. I'm hoping its due to the early build .. But I really hate 90% of the dunks I've seen so far ... No Emotion. Chandler DUNKS with passion most times .. all i see is soft stuff .. 2k11 was the first time I felt like there were a lot fluffy DUNKS .. and seems they made here way in to 2k12 Other then that everything is good and somethings are great! 0ct 4th hurry up !

Yeah, I'm not sure any 2k has ever really mastered the big man dunks. I mean, they've gotten guys like LeBron and Wade right in more recent years, but I feel like 2k hasn't been able to find the balance between completely unrealistic looking power dunks and the way that some big men can throw it down in real life.

[rangerrick012]

I'm frustrated bc I can't get into even trying to learn post moves since I know I'm gonna play on 2K cam as soon as I get the game. That's why people are a bit frustrated w/ the lack of options in the demo, something as simple as camera option isn't that much to ask. Not mad...just disappointed.

[mreyes930]

Quote: Originally Posted by Aces15

Speaking on the supposed PS3 graphical issues, I think this has to be by far the best looking version so far. I was specifically looking for the "jaggies" and they were hard to find. Not exactly sure what you guys are saying is missing.

The jaggies aren't an issue this for. It's missing camera men on teh baseline and Lebron and Dirk missing from the "Upcoming" Pop-Up that comes up after a whistle.