NBA 2K13 Screenshot Captures Kevin Durant's Signature Skills

[DurtySoufReppin]

I think it's great that they have "Acrobat" and "Finisher"

This separates the different type of finishers we have, finally.

You have "Acrobat" for the elusive players who go around defenders to finish (Rose, Rondo, Westbrook,Wade).

Then you have "Finisher", the players who are better at finishing with contact and will get to the line more and get more AND 1s. (Lebron,Howard,Kobe,Wade,Melo, Durant,Griffin)

This also plays a major part in the post. Seperating the elite scorers from the 2nd-tier.


Good job by 2k.

[RyanFitzmagic]

Quote: Originally Posted by DurtySoufReppin

I think it's great that they have "Acrobat" and "Finisher" This separates the different type of finishers we have, finally. You have "Acrobat" for the elusive players who go around defenders to finish (Rose, Rondo, Westbrook,Wade). Then you have "Finisher", the players who are better at finishing with contact and will get to the line more and get more AND 1s. (Lebron,Howard,Kobe,Wade,Melo, Durant,Griffin) The basic "lay-up" rating wasn't good enough to seperate the two. Good job by 2k.

Then add "Acrobatic Finish" and "Contact Finish" ratings. Not difficult.

[liberaluser]

So this is basically a semantics debate. For many people the word skill = rating.

2K should have called these "signature tendencies" so certain stubborn people could see how they are different from ratings and add unique gameplay flavor to players who have them.

But instead of being glad we are getting a greater diversity of animations and gameplay styles, people bitch about how it's implemented in the 1st year 2K is trying this system out and having not played it yet either.

[youALREADYknow]

Quote: Originally Posted by liberaluser

So this is basically a semantics debate. For many people the word skill = rating. 2K should have called these "signature tendencies" so certain stubborn people could see how they are different from ratings and add unique gameplay flavor to players who have them. But instead of being glad we are getting a greater diversity of animations and gameplay styles, people bitch about how it's implemented in the 1st year 2K is trying this system out and having not played it yet either.

It's the exact opposite of a semantics debate. I'll make this as simple as possible with the following scenario:

Signature Skills = Boolean/Binary, 2 total options, 0 and 1

If 2K announced that every player in the game would have a Speed rating of either 25 or 99, then would that be an acceptable response to the Speed problems in 2K12? Of course it wouldn't, but that's exactly the same as what was done with some of these Skills.

The only difference between the above example and what was done with SOME (not ALL) of the Signature Skills is that most gamers don't care enough to look into the details of how the game of basketball is being played and only care about the surface-level visuals and controls.

Some of the Skills are indeed very useful based on what information we've received. Acrobat is a great addition that couldn't be accounted for previously. Chase Down Blocker is another. Out of the 20 or so skills that we know about right now, most of them could already have been reproduced in 2K12 and the options to create differentiation between players were far greater.

Trying to create a simulation of a sport requires millions of options and variations and we've just had variation go from 74+ to 2 in some of these areas of the sport. It's not a good thing for the simulation basketball crowd in my opinion.

[cleandoe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7lS4t0kglY
D. Rose Signature Skills

[cleandoe]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7lS4t0kglY[/yt]

[Thunder Storm]

Signature Skills is just a more expanded and improved version of "X-Factor" from the Live series.

[cleandoe]

how do you post a video like this