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

[Sausage]

My impression one word: (near) Perfect

[Peninc]

Quote: Originally Posted by chankarl

If the NBA LOCKOUT continues,are you still gonna buy this game?

Yes. Most Definitely.

Might be the only NBA ball I get this year.

[fatleg3]

Quote: Originally Posted by Beluba

You have to throw the right stick back and forth REALLY fast.

Beluba is there any way to pull of this low post move?



Even if you can finish with a layup I will be impressed

[hoodkid205]

so dustin says this isnt even close to what he played in cali......well got me even more hyped

[Sundown]

Quote: Originally Posted by Peninc

Waiting a bit to change direction is realistic in basketball. Even the quickest guards with the best handles must have a sense of weight and inertia to them. If you could turn and spin on a dime then it would make for a very unrealistic experience and player stats would count for much less. I think what we have here is a happy video game medium.

Yes, other than the sliding, the momentum is good. Lack of realistic momentum is what made 2k9 pretty terrible. Instantaneous response and direction change just can't be had if you want realistic basketball, and so much of the game is about using people's momentum against them-- see Jordan vs. Bryon Russel ("no push-off.").

The sliding (which I hate) is probably a concession so we would have *more* control and a movement model that's understandable to video gamers. Otherwise, you would actually have players frozen in place for a moment while making a sudden movement change because they're shifting their weight and having to plant a leg to do so. I would actually *love* to see this rather than the slidey movement model we have, and I think 2K needs to go in this direction next, but I don't think the people clamoring for instanteous response would.

That said, the Mavs aren't the fastest team in the world. I'm sure things will feel different with Monta Ellis and Derek Rose. Also, Mike Wang mentioned more explosiveness out of the sizeup/triple threat this year.

[fatleg3]

I wont post my impressions because my pros and cons are shared with some on here so no need to repost.


BUT i will say, to all you online players be ready for d12 in the low post.

/NUFF SAID

[exposedaking]

this is gonna be the best bball game ever! I played both ps3 and xbox....and I dont like the blurry dried out colors on the ps3.

[champsbasketball]

does anybody notice that we cant backpeddle and steal at the sametime. i hope thats in the final game, because Mike had me happy about that.