NBA 2K13 Demo Available Now For 360 and PS3, Post Impressions Here

[vannwolfhawk]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

I'm torn on the decision to have the dribbling as the default. With so many people accustomed to the shot stick, to make it a SECONDARY function now as the default baffles me. It's their bread and butter for years and now it plays second fiddle. I tried to have an open mind about this but I find myself yearning for the option to change the default control to the SS and have the dribbles secondary. [Edit - Yes I know you can change this in the full game. A great choice at least.] This is something I never agreed with in Live's gameplay direction - just because dribbling happens at a more frequent rate doesn't mean it should be easily done.

I agree 100%. I had an open mind as well, and went in trying to give it an honest go, but its not natural and makes more sense to hold LT and right stick for dribble moves than the current setup. Maybe thats just because of my style of play (not a iso motion guy/more set plays guy). I know I sound like a broken record. Im just glad 2k's motto this year was giving us the options to play the way we want. Not having the option to go to an alternative would have really soured me towards this game. I am sure I would have adapted and learned to deal with it, but i would not have liked it! LOL!

[DukeC]

Quote: Originally Posted by SPRINGS03

I actually remember this happening last year. I don't know if it was intended to be for flopping or it was a mess up on 2ks part but it was annoying. Sometimes if you put your hands up on defense your guy would just fall over, it was stupid and annoying lol. I haven't tried flopping yet, but i can't say i'm thrilled about them trying to make this a feature in 2k13.

It was intentional (An Easter Egg if you will. It was in the "Little Things" thread). All you had to do was flick the stick either clockwise or counterclockwise and they would flop. It was easier to achieve if you held B (or the PS3 equivalent) before twirling the right stick. You had to do it fast however, or it wouldn't work.

[m1ke_nyc]

The game is so smooth. It just runs perfectly. The on court action is great. The movement, I feel like the AI finally plays a competent game of basketball without running the same plays over and over. I think I can finally say 2K11 has been dethroned.

[vannwolfhawk]

I thought the post and thread about using 3 buttons to dunk (using the shot stick) was funny. Kind of crazy for the casual gamers who all they want to do is dunk and now they have to try and use 3 buttons to do it! There will be complaints to follow I guarantee!

[iLLosophy]

Quote: Originally Posted by vannwolfhawk

I agree 100%. I had an open mind as well, and went in trying to give it an honest go, but its not natural and makes more sense to hold LT and right stick for dribble moves than the current setup. Maybe thats just because of my style of play (not a iso motion guy/more set plays guy). I know I sound like a broken record. Im just glad 2k's motto this year was giving us the options to play the way we want. Not having the option to go to an alternative would have really soured me towards this game. I am sure I would have adapted and learned to deal with it, but i would not have liked it! LOL!

I agree as well, but at the same time I don't want to be the guy who's left out to dry if 2k ever decides to remove the shot button. That's the main reason I learned the shot stick because way more emphasis was being placed on it, implying the shot button was being deprecated (In hindsight I see that's not the case).

Honestly if we could control all our buttons mappings instead of having to select predefined configurations, none of this would be a problem.

[mymannemcee]

Quote: Originally Posted by vannwolfhawk

I thought the post and thread about using 3 buttons to dunk (using the shot stick) was funny. Kind of crazy for the casual gamers who all they want to do is dunk and now they have to try and use 3 buttons to do it! There will be complaints to follow I guarantee!

Good. Maybe they'll think more tactical.

[ludo95]

Has anyone on ps3 in Europe played it yet? I can't find it on PSN.

[jeebs9]

Guys it's a demo... I can bet you the sliders are sightly boosted to show it off a little. So lets relax with Harden dunk. Probably not that serious.