NBA 2K12 Reviewer: My Player, More Modes Impressions!

[Spartan901]

I sincerely hope SimBaller or Beluba or someone reads this because you hit the nail on the head, especially when it comes to MyPlayer and it needs to be patched BIG TIME. Its almost become unplayable for me. The trade logic is HORRIBLE. It seems like they went from one extreme to another. Last year in MyPlayer I was drafted by the Grizzlies and they didnt make a single trade the entire year. In 2k12, I've been drafted by the Knicks, and in my first season with about a month to go before the all-star game, Me, Carmello, and Ranaldo Balkman are the only original Knicks left on the roster.
First we traded Turiaf for De'Andre Jordan, and I was like "Hey, thats awesome". Then we traded Chauncey for Barron Davis and I was like "Um, ok this could still work". Then we traded Amare for Tim Duncan and i dropped the controller. Somewhere along the lines we got some other players from Golden State and Cleveland, but the main madness is what I just expressed. Some notable changes around the league: Bosh is in Phoenix, Manu is a Clipper, Blake Griffin is a Spur, Nash is in Miami.
Now on the court....the cpu hits WAAY too many 3's, especially when the shot clock is running down. Which is very frustrating and generally a cheap bail out because the cpu seems to take forever to get into their sets, especially if deny the ball from being passed to the man you're defending. And then they'll just dribble around for 22 seconds and then heave up a shot that hits nothing but net, sometimes a good 5 feet behind the arch. This should barely happen once a game. It happens a few times every quarter.
And our teammates are idiots. They dont run around and make cuts. When they do cut, half the time they don't finish the cut all the way, too many times you'll pass them the ball wide open and instead of taking the shot (Melo..I'm looking at you) they'll dribble into the defense and throw up some highly contested shot that of course misses. They leave their assignments wide open way too often. And for some reason if you give the ball to a big man (Center or PF) with 5 seconds or so left on the shot clock, they'll float out to the arch and hoist up a 3-pointer. Forgot to mention the psychic steals the defense pulls off where they dive for the ball before it comes out of your hand. PLEASE PATCH THIS GAME

[sniperhare]

I still think it's to easy to move up the depth chart. I was drafted as a PG/SG to the Wizards and came in with 11 or 12 minutes, I only play key games and have progressed to a 65 OVR and am the 6th man with 24 minutes.

[Thierry76]

Thierry Joseph
6'2 athletic pg

Got drafted 15th pick by the Suns, Score 26 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 assist in the rookie game. Currently in my first season, got trated to the Thunders while they traded Kevin Durant to Miami for Lebron James. Although I am not a fan of Lebron I am having a good time playing along side him in my team

[Schnoop]

Quote: Originally Posted by Retropyro

I hate the trades in My Player. I got drafted by the 76ers and the first few games were great as they were a fun team to be on. I created an athletic SG so it was a nice fit. By game 20 they traded away Holiday, Turner, Williams, Songailia, Kapono and then the final straw - Iguodala. Now it even has a rumor of Brand being up for grabs. The trade logic needs to be fixed. The punishment you take for making a mistake still seems to be too severe. I was 3 games into my career going against the Warriors. My player was rated at 64ovr. My team score was sitting at a B- with the green bar about half way to a B. We were up by 14 and I was up against Stephen Curry. They ran a pick play and Curry made a nice move and drove for 2. Should I get penalized? Yes. But to go down to a C+ where the green bar is just about to drop down to a C?? Seems a little much. I also think your teammate score should start each game at the same level as your season average instead of always starting at C.

Same here, I created an athletic center and midway through the season not one of the original 6ers players is left on the roster. The starting lineup currently is: Arenas, Jamel Crawford, Batum, Josh Smith and me.It is just awful how Arenas is hogging the ball and the complete team is just chucking up bad threes.

[Renpin40]

Why is it that 2K doesn't have the Dunk contest, 3pt contest, and/or skills challenge as part of All-Star Weekend within the assocation? Now that I think about it, the Slam Dunk & 3pt contest are not part of the Blacktop Mode either.

[poilbrun]

Someone has posted at NLSC the tables to use in Cheat Engine to remove CPU trades in My Player mode. I have not tried it, but if you're playing the mode, you might want to go have a look.

[brillo7676]

Quote: Originally Posted by mike43978

I'm reading through a bunch of comments here and heres the problem with my player in 2k12 coming from someone who played myplayer a ton in 2k11 and went online and consistently got double double in points and assists with my point guard. My player mode 2k12. 8 Min quarters, All-Star difficulty (You just have to get used to it but it is a bit harder than pro but much funner and realistic) Drafted by the Jazz. Played first few games not much playing time, but it was awesome because the AI was actually not mentally retarted like they were in 2k11. Al Jefferson would rape in the post. After a couple more games, about 7 games in now, playing time increasing, the trades begin to happen. Al Jefferson traded away from Darren Collison, are you joking me? I'm a point guard and we have devin harris yet we need to get rid of our size and big man star down low? Then Paul Milsap gets traded away from OJ mayo, which i actually like this cause I'm making OJ one of the leading scorers in the NBA. More trades and the Jazz starting line up becomes this, Oh and I'm starting now after 9 games, don't know how the forum creator played 3 seasons and not starting, must be playing only key games or something. Anyway starting lineup: Me (PG), OJ Mayo (SG), Paul George (SF), Andrea Kirelnko (PF), Derrick Favors (C). Anyone see a problem with this lineup?? Anyone? Yeah no size at all, we get out rebounded like crazy, especially we give up alot of offensive rebounds. What I've learned about the AI in 2k12 if this. They are smart and good on these conditions. YOU HAVE to play realistically. Change things up. I think its easiest if your the point guard running the show. Use the new quick controls that tells your players to cut to basket or get open or post up. Share the ball. Don't be greedy. And do not think you can just dribble right in chris pauls face with the ball up against him and he's not gonna steal it. Get ball movement going, use the sweet new hot step layup improvements but kick it out for the wide open 3 if you get doubled. Most important of all don't give up on your players if they screw up one time, keep feeding them the ball. I'm now in my 17th game with 38 mins a game and i have to say 2k12 is the shiz...other than the ******* trades they really need to patch it so your team doesn't trade away your whole team, I purposely picked the Jazz because of Al Jefferson so i could get bunch of assists by driving then tossing it off to him for the easy dunk.

Despite the crazy wall of text, this guy is 100% right. Playing real basketball is a must. Yes, you are probably a lottery pick or close to it, but to maintain balance in the game without making it too easy, 2k still needed to make you suck(but not as much as previous 2k's) at first or else there would be nothing to look forward to. Besides, very few rookies actually dominate in the NBA right away.

And 15 min a game in your third year? 10 games in and I am at 28 minutes per game. Playing at 12 min quarters while your minutes per game are low REALLY helps a lot. I highly recommend doing this. Once your minutes increase to about 30 minutes per game, then you can reduce the quarters to about 8 minutes and still have a fun time while getting a good teammate grade.

[Galarius]

lovin the player lock mode that lets you play as a veteran pro this year..prefer that over MyPlayer