NBA 2K12 Patch 1.04 Available Now - Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

[Nodima]

Alright, just finished my first online game. Guy quit with about 1:10 left in the game so I don't have full stats, but they're basically fully and I'd been playing my bench for about two minutes anyway. FIrst of all, let me emphasize that if you like to play basketball, you can finally play basketball. Blocking and passing are still floaty relative to what you'll see offline but nowhere NEAR as awful as it was last week. What's really changed through is player control in general, it finally feels like what you do with your stick has an affect on your player. Shooting is also more of a struggle; pre-patch I could crush people with Monta's signature fadeaway jumper, but this game it just wasn't falling. I suppose it could be a fluke since a couple days ago I had Melo go 5-19 and he was usually more like 15-19, but we'll see. I just have to say I loved playing this game, and not least of all because my opponent used the Pistons! I was blown away; his record was 0-0 but you could tell he'd played some 2K before. I took the Warriors specifically to test 3 point shooting; I liked what I saw for the most part. Here's the stats:


BOX SCORE (Pts, Position stat, turnovers, FGS (3PT))
Warriors
Steph Curry - 20pts, 3ast, 1stl, 2TO, 8/15 (1/4)
Reggie Williams - 12, 4reb, 2ast, 1stl, 1blk, 5/8 (2/4)
Monta Ellis - 11pts, 3reb, 3ast, 1stl, 1blk, 5/13 (1/4)
Law - 5pts, 2/2
Udoh - 4pts, 2reb, 1stl, 2/2
Thronton - 4pts, 2/3

David Lee - 9 rebounds, 1 block

Pistons
Ben Gordon - 11pts, 1reb, 1stl, 4/7 (2/4)
Stuckey - 8pts, 2reb, 1ast, 1stl, 2TO, 3/10
Tayshaun - 6pts, 5reb, 1blk, 2/5
Brandon Knight - 6pts, 1reb, 2ast, 1stl, 1TO, 2/11 (0/1)

TEAM STATS (GSW/DET)
Points: 59/35
FGMs: 25-48 (52%)/13-41 (25%)
3PTs: 5-13 (38%)/2-8 (25%)
FTs: 4-4/7-8
Assists: 12/5
TOs: 5/7
Fouls: 5/6
Rebounds: 31&7/19&4
Steals: 6/4
Blocks: 2/2
PITP: 24/14
Bench: 25/10
2nd: 8/4
FBP: 17/11
POT: 10/4


Overall, it was a really fun game that felt very balanced, I just had Reggie Williams put 12 points on him in about a minute and change and from there his moral was broke, he kept rushing me on defense (as you can see, steal mashing didn't work out too well) and rushing his offense into the paint, which obviously didn't work too well either since the majority of his points came outside of it. But what was probably most encouraging was the three point shooting, because usually I take more like 6 or 7 threes a game even when it was nearly automatic. Me taking 13 means I was open most if not all of those times, and they were just tough shots to make. Shooting in general felt challenging, and as you can see if it weren't for my bench guys coming in and getting easy shots on his frazzled, erratic 4th Q defense my FG% would have been a much more normal number. It will be interesting to see what happens against a more seasoned/cheese-approved opponent, but this was a good first trial run online. It's not perfect but it's about as good as 2K10/2K11 was which is, mostly, fine by me.

[OGKing]

Quote: Originally Posted by MarvellousOne

Your first question would take some time to answer. Your second question I simmed one association to trade deadline Here are the results of the trades Bobcats trade D.J. Augustin, Boris Diaw for Timberwolves Kevin Love and Nikola Pekovic Bucks trade Earl Boykins for Kings second round pick 12 and Hassan Whiteside That was all the trades that happened

Damn, that's good.

Not sure about the Kevin Love trade though. It doesn't bother me though.

[wepr3]

Quote: Originally Posted by blues rocker

cpu definitley no longer abuses the cheesetastic "up-and-under"...now the cpu gets into the paint and will pass it back out rather than shooting the up-and-under over 2 defenders. cpu loses the ball more if they keep trying to drive into a defender.

So good to hear!

[JaySmooov]

Quote: Originally Posted by MarvellousOne

Your first question would take some time to answer. Your second question I simmed one association to trade deadline Here are the results of the trades Bobcats trade D.J. Augustin, Boris Diaw for Timberwolves Kevin Love and Nikola Pekovic Bucks trade Earl Boykins for Kings second round pick 12 and Hassan Whiteside That was all the trades that happened

That's definitely realistic. Heard some rumblings that the T-Wolves may be forced to pick between Kevin Love and Derrick Williams. But I'm glad I can go pick this game up again and finally get my GM on!

[wepr3]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sundown

Pick and Roll is definitely erratic this year but strangely I had some consistent success with it the last time I played with Curry/Ellis to David Lee. I don't know what I'm doing right or wrong. This is one area I don't quite understand how it should be improved except knowing that the execution feels messy and like a huge gamble each time I run it.

And in my opinion, this is a basic staple of basketball and shouldn't be so difficult - certainly shouldn't feel like a gamble.

[OGKing]

Quote: Originally Posted by JaySmooov

That's definitely realistic. Heard some rumblings that the T-Wolves may be forced to pick between Kevin Love and Derrick Williams. But I'm glad I can go pick this game up again and finally get my GM on!

Yea, maybe they did want to get rid of Love to pave way for Derrick Williams, now that i think about it, that trade is pretty good.

[blues rocker]

Quote: Originally Posted by xxBuck Nutsxx

What teams are you playing with?

I'm OKC vs Milwaukee.

[The 24th Letter]

couldnt get online, so im doing another hum vs cpu against the Thunder...

RW was by far the biggest up and under abuser in this game....glad to report its nowhere near as bad...