NBA 2K13 Gameplay Video - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Miami Heat

[MoultonHawk]

8.5 Hype ? Geez you guys are impossible. Hype 10 yo !

[sjharris09]

fix LeBron's HeaDBAND... OTHER THAN THAT WE HAVE A GOOD GAME HERE...

[jreezy18]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nodima

It's to the point where when I use the Knicks online I often bench Chandler in favor of putting Melo at the 4 and Amare at the 5, because Chandler's best qualities are practically useless in the game.

With signature skills hopefully you'll want to keep him on the floor.

[kpax1º1]

This year's Little Things Thread will blow up hard.

[WTF]

The more that I look at it, the more I'm convinced that this will be the year for me. I wasn't excited for the game last year, as the videos looked like more of the same. The 2k series has continually improved on their title, year in and year out. They have been subtle changes, and nothing really revolutionary. I know that is a word that I shouldn't use, as this control scheme has been done by a competitor before, but it's new to 2k, and I think it's just what the series needed. I can handle the "sliding" appearance. Especially considering this is their first year with the new control scheme.

The animations seem to have improved 10 fold. The avoidance of contact animations are very nice. The explosive dribble moves, I don't even have a problem with the contact animations. In the end, with a little tweaking, I think this will be the first year that I will not be putting the game down within the first 2-3 months.

Last year, I didn't play 2 months, hardly a month even. Granted, with 2 kids under 2 years old, my time was limited period. But this year, I'll make the time.

[rhein77]

After watching this video I am blown away with what I am seeing!!! I love the contextual animations for on ball defense as I saw Chalmers and Wade clapping their hands as in getting into a defensive stance. I love how Battier was damn near crying to get the ball in his beloved corner hot spot. That Nash bounce pass in transition to Kobe was beautiful!!!! I love how MWP crowded James in the corner before he blew by him with that awesome spin move. If you guys look closely, Metta crowded James so much he could barely get his pivot foot down. I love how Bryant missed that dunk of the steal. If you see where he took off from to try to dunk it there is no reason he should of been able to connect that. Maybe 5 years ago but not today. I LOVE how MWP guessed the wrong side of where James was going on the spinoff to the rim and James saw Kobe and adjusted his shot to a double pump type lay up! Triple threat moves matter this year guys. I have seen many times explosive players such as Wade and James able to create space just from the triple threat!! Before I had to rely on the pump fake to get my defender in the air then blow by him. It looks like I can also rely on triple threat moves as well. This opens up a totally new dynamic to matchups and how to approach the game. Cant wait for the Oct. 2nd to get here!!!!!

I am going to make a prediction that the little things thread and the Highlight Reel thread will be the biggest it has ever been. 2k11 nostalga all over again

[The 24th Letter]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nodima

Which would kind of bum me out if I knew it's one of the few things keeping this year's Lakers squad from being practically invincible. On 2K8 my main online teams were actually the Kings and Hornets. The Kings were one of the longest teams in the game and Artest was practically an automatic no score for whoever he was guarding. And with the Hornets, for whatever reason Julian Wright was just a monster defender and a pretty nice dribble drive offensive player. Honestly, I haven't seen defenders as capable as those two since 2K8, defense has taken little tiny back steps every year. It's to the point where when I use the Knicks online I often bench Chandler in favor of putting Melo at the 4 and Amare at the 5, because Chandler's best qualities are practically useless in the game.

Yeah hopefully a dominant inside presences are well represented this year...like the other poster said, I think sig styles will play a big role in that.

I don't totally agree with regression though....while 2k9 was very bad and 2k10 was slightly better....2k11 was a great year for defense. I was shutting down Heat/Lakers spammers left and right....

[Guard-ian]

2k11 was a great game to shut down cheesers, but the game was too offensive oriented and you could not counter good offensive teams with good defensive teams. 2k will be actually balanced when the "offense win games but defense win championships" is also true in the game, so far good offense has been much more dominant than good defense in my view.

I am waiting a game where players like Tony Allen are as useful as they are in real life, if 2k13 gets this, then the sky is the limit... I am not saying that players like Allen are going to make you a contender, I mean that those kind of players can be starters with an important role in any team with aspirations.

Cheers! ;-)