New NBA 2K13 Video From Gamescom

[RyanFitzmagic]

Quote: Originally Posted by The_Throne2K11

Another video i found for my OS peeps.. Yes they suck, but you see some nice animations mid video.

What happened at around 1:37? Westbrook and Chalmers didn't interact at all even though they were close enough to kiss.

Love the fact that Westbrook gets bumped at 1:54 but keeps moving forward since he had the physical advantage regarding strength and momentum. Not sure how much of each one contributed to that result, but it's a very welcomed start.

Also, I can already tell I might have to change Westbrook's dunk package. He has pretty much two non-fast break dunks he likes to do, and the dunk at 1:57 ain't one of em. lol.

Nice emotion by Bosh at 2:18. Hope they'll be contextually appropriate (i.e., not getting fired up over a normal bucket).

Nice mid-air flop layup by Harden at 2:32 (and again at 3:45). Hopefully wreckless players (using that term positively) like Westbrook, Wade, Harden, etc., will have those types of layups in their packages.

Maybe it's just me, but I dislike how the ball kinda twists and spins over the lip of the rim as it goes in almost every time it's laid up from right under the basket.

3:04, Perry Jones shoots a jumper and kinda stumbles as he comes back to the floor. Not sure if he was trying to follow his own shot or maybe it was a Dynamic Shot Generator animation. I liked it though.

Glad to see Harden didn't get his head at the rim at 4:01 and 4:22, since he didn't have the proper momentum or hard gather to do so. We'll see with smaller players though-- players like Deron and Derrick Rose should have to really gather to get up the power to dunk in the half-court, since they won't have a running start.

4:16, I think Battier tipped a pass from Chalmers while trying to catch it. It may have been a set animation, but if not, it was a good live ball scenario. Hopefully no more of those "Bobbled pass" animations.

Looking good so far.

[Eman5805]

You say they suck, but they weren't bad at all. Not perfect, no one of the guy must play the game with turbo held down at all times. But there's been FAR worse Gamescon vids.

Did I just see D-Wade use the rim to shield a layup? I also like the smooth subtle bounce in people's step when they bring the ball up and even into the first initial crossover or two or when they come to a stop. Very nice. Also solid drive and dunk from Westbrook. It's early and the game is still close to no flashy **** back tomahawk, just throw it down with one hand.



On an unrelated note, I don't know what YouTube or Flash did but it seems you can't go seamlessly from watching a video to typing a comment while the vid is paused or something. I should be able to switch what I'm giving commands to by clicking inside of a dialogue box, and not have the video switch to full screen or start or stop whenever I press the space bar.

Looks like it's time to complain to somebody...

[stillfeelme]

2ND video looks good.

Sig Skills count from 1st video


Wade, LeBron have 5 are maxed out
Chalmers 2
Battier 3
Bosh 1

[blues rocker]

Quote: Originally Posted by The_Throne2K11

Another video i found for my OS peeps.. Yes they suck, but you see some nice animations mid video.

i really like what this video shows in terms of the improved quickness and responsiveness of the movements. compared to 2k12 the players in this vid just look and feel so much more explosive, and the movements feel much more fast-paced like a real nba game. passes look quicker, players change direction quicker, layups and dunks look quicker with less sluggish gathers. pretty much every type of movement looks quicker and more responsive than 2k12...seeing as unresponsive movement and sluggish animations were my biggest problem with 2k12, 2k13 should definitely be a step up for me.

[stillfeelme]

Wow in that second video I have seen something that I have not seen before. 22 seconds into the game Ibaka tried to block the shot by Wade with two hands . Small little details like that are sick

[jreezy18]

Quote: Originally Posted by RyanFitzmagic

Right, and that's what I meant. I'm not making an effort to be negative, but I just felt that I should point out how one player mimicking his real-life tendencies could easily be a coincidence, and that it's not tantamount to proof that most other players will do the same. This is an area in which 2K has struggled for a very long time, and I hope and pray, to anyone who will listen, that they'll improve this facet of 2K13, but I'd be cautiously enthusiastic until the game touches my hands.

Yeah I see your point. Getting overly optimistic has burned me in the past so I'll definitely keep my expectations in check.

[JasonMartin]

The way Haslem moves at 3:25, dribbling the ball so fluently, doing some kind of turn/spin move etc. Is that still realistic for a player like him, at his age? He isn't the player that dribbles much, 6 years ago yes but nowadays no way.

Maybe it something with the controls but I've seen it in a lot of clips where players turn their back and do these weird dribble/spin moves (everyone does/has the same move).

I'm talking about this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyo5T...ayer_embedded#!

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by JasonMartin

The way Haslem moves at 3:25, dribbling the ball so fluently, doing some kind of turn/spin move etc. Is that still realistic for a player like him, at his age? He isn't the player that dribbles much, 6 years ago yes but nowadays no way. Maybe it something with the controls but I've seen it in a lot of clips where players turn their back and do these weird dribble/spin moves (everyone does/has the same move). I'm talking about this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyo5T...ayer_embedded#!

I think there's two parts to the answer of your question. First, when you ask, "Is that realistic for a player like him?", the short answer is no. If we were watching the Heat take on the Thunder again on ABC, Udonis Haslem wouldn't be caught dead free styling up the floor and throwing an overhead pass from half court (without looking) into a sea of defenders.

However, on the flip side, that player was user controlled, so Haslem's going to do whatever he wants as long as that person controlling him makes it so. Is it realistic for Ben Wallace to grab a rebound and shoot a full court with 8 minutes left in the 3rd quarter? No, but there's been times where I've accidentally made it happen because players attempt what my input tells them to, even if it doesn't make sense in terms of basketball strategy.

Now, if the question is whether Haslem is even capable of pulling off such moves, I'd give a resounding affirmation. He's 32 years old and he's not a basketball derelict. We don't see guys like Udonis Haslem handle the basketball much because it's not a terribly reliable team strategy when a team contains some of the best ball-handling guards in the world. However, it doesn't mean he literally cannot perform any more than a straight forward right-handed dribble. Even at the mid-sized high school I once played at, our gumpy big men could perform half-spins and painfully slow step-back cross dribbles if they had no one on them. And in the example you reference, no one was really guarding Haslem except for an equally spazzy (and user-controlled) Nick Collison, who more or less made two wild reaches and did not truly attempt to play defense, per se.