NBA 2K12 Video - Strategy Session 7: On Ball Defense (Da_Czar)

[SIZEqueen]

Quote: Originally Posted by sirjam

The beautiful thing about d in this game which Czar mentioned, u can tell the difference when u control elite defenders as opposed to sub par ones. Ex control Pippen an then Kerr. U will feel the difference. Absolut thing of beauty!

Disagree entirely. Every defender in this game is damn near perfect. I have taken guys like Calderon and taken his on ball d down to 25, then gone into practice against him. If you use iso moves in certain spots, against him, or say Sony Weems they will trigger the same animation at the same moment.

Defense in this game is a joke, and the bumping has got to go. Czar said it in a much more diplomatic way by saying he feels some of the contact should be called fouls in relation to the new physics engine.

All you have to do to play decent defense is hold in left trigger. The canimations will take care of the rest. If Calderon at 25 on ball d can predict where I am going each and every time when I use a player like Rose or Rondo, then the game is flawed. There are no justifications.

[Strings74]

Love Da Czar!

He's got the best voice ever. I could listen to him read the phonebook.

Don't play videogames, play basketball!

[jmarcguy]

Maybe we need a vid that touches on "hedge" settings & such.

[jersez]

I agree the bumping isn't very realitistic, defense should look more like this

and this

[Sundown]

Quote: Originally Posted by jersez

I agree the bumping isn't very realitistic, defense should look more like this

Good defense should look like that. But I wouldn't what such suffocating defense on every possession because it wouldn't be realistic. These are highlights for a reason, and to be able to do that should cost some fatigue or be dependent on your defender's on ball and defensive clutch ratings. They would need to model how a player can't be that focused for a whole game, but rather for a few key possessions.