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

[RB10]

Quote: Originally Posted by babythug23

Where is the profile?

Press the XBOX button on your controller. The middle one with the light. Then Press RIGHT and RIGHT with your left stick and you should be on profile!

[Cynical]

Quote: Originally Posted by aloncho11

Plus the demo is an earlier code as Ronnie 2K stated.

how early? dude said in one of the insights he was off to work on 2k13. is it a month old 2months, 2weeks? this just seems like a lame excuse to me. will we see a patch on the release date?

[thevaliantx]

Color me unimpressed. Yes, the animations are more smooth than last year. The faces look better. The colors more vibrant. The AI -- in some ways -- more intelligent (they still stand there at the top of the key and dribble even when someone repeatedly tries to steal the ball). The things that 2K evidently does not care about are:

* how important the crowd (appearances, animations, noise) are to the environment of the game
* how important it is for the AI to attempt to run plays instead of doing the same things over and over
* how important it is for your own AI teammates to set picks for you

Those things are still not in the game (early build or not), and I won't be buying this game until I've seen enough legitimately positive reviews beyond "OMG!".

[KingKongBundy]

Quote: Originally Posted by BlackRome

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but for those who wished for the tightness the 2k series was known for before last year floaty animations you will still be disappointed. It's better than last year but not by much. Knowing 2k server issues it's going to be worst online and you probably won't notice much difference form last year. If the movement feels the way it feels offline in the demo when you take it online. If they fix the servers. . It would be an improvement. But like I said. Barely. Right now this demo can not compare at all to the tightness of 2k7, 2k8. 2k9 or 2k10. Just take a step with your defensive man forward. You stopped moving the stick but he's still moving forward. It's no where near in real time. Why am I watching his two feet plant so slowly. Which means there is no way you can feel like your on the court. It's just not real. The animations still need to be tightened up. Hopefully they have tightened it up a little before they release. It's better than last year but not by much. Looks like the fanboys are wetting their pants again when it's nowhere near necessary. Yet every time I read a hands on preview they talk about how great the game feels compared to last year. Even though these same reviewers never made a peep about how bad the animations were last year. Neither did the fanboys. It was funny reading how last year was the greatest even though the animations were the worst the series has seen on the next gen. I have both systems. I only played it on the 360.

You know what, I agree with you 100%.

This demo feels no different than 2K11. Player movement/control is still unresponsive/sluggish and not very fluid. Too much player sliding and the animations were not that impressive yet again (at least with this demo build).

I'm glad that some of you are enjoying the demo but to me I have not seen any significant improvement to justify dishing out another $65 for essentially just a roster update (but not really since rosters will probably NOT be updated due to the cancellation of the 2011-2012 NBA season).

To each their own...but I'm most likely will be sticking to NBA Live 10 yet again.

[RB10]

Lebron 3.... "AIR BALL!!!!" haha

[celtics6]

Quote: Originally Posted by Point Blank

How are you playing on the highest difficulty? The demo is set at pro.

just go into your xbox live profile. change default difficulty to hard.

[coolcras7]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cynical

how early? dude said in one of the insights he was off to work on 2k13. is it a month old 2months, 2weeks? this just seems like a lame excuse to me. will we see a patch on the release date?

Dude it has been confirmed that this is a early build, people have played the final or close to and this is not even on par with that, so relax no one is making excuses this is fact.

[RB10]

Quote: Originally Posted by thevaliantx

Color me unimpressed. Yes, the animations are more smooth than last year. The faces look better. The colors more vibrant. The AI -- in some ways -- more intelligent (they still stand there at the top of the key and dribble even when someone repeatedly tries to steal the ball). The things that 2K evidently does not care about are: * how important the crowd (appearances, animations, noise) are to the environment of the game * how important it is for the AI to attempt to run plays instead of doing the same things over and over * how important it is for your own AI teammates to set picks for you Those things are still not in the game (early build or not), and I won't be buying this game until I've seen enough legitimately positive reviews beyond "OMG!".

No plays are being run in the demo on AI or your team. I disagree with it, but 2k wants to keep all their plays secretive. It's the nature of the demo. Same with setting picks. Basically, this demo is a chance for you to get the controls down, in the post and dribble, get used to the gameplay and player movements, and get a feel for some of the signature shots and new innovative shots.....It's just the nature of the demo.

2K = HYPE MACHINE