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

[erickonasis]

Quote: Originally Posted by daveberg

Stuck with it for about an hour and a half last night. My first impressions remain the same - not liking it at all. The game itself looks great, slight graphical updates and player movement is all above board. Some of the new animations are fantastic. Then we get to the control mechanics. The dribble stick. I'm sorry, but after my first 4 games I had managed to get the hang of it, and also developed a huge dislike for it. It's awful. After using the right stick for the last couple of years as primarily a shooting stick, the change to a dribble action is baffling. It's cumbersome and akward. Completely ruined the experience for me. That coupled with enough gold in the game to even make Mr T. jealous, things are not looking good right now, purchase wise. The news that there are significant star players missing from legends was bad enough, now after actually playing the demo, i'm kind of leaning towards staying with 2k12 - unless it's a definite that we can change the control scheme back to 2k12? Thats said, even being able to revert to the 2k12 controls might not be enough, I haven't actually felt this dissapointed with 2k in years. I think my problem is they spoiled us with the Jordan challange and the legends, now they've nohting similar this year I just don't see the point in getting the game really. Here's hoping another play through the demo tomorrow will change my mind. I really do want to like this.

Agreed %1000

[CoachDavid]

Quote: Originally Posted by VogueMraz

no what i mean is perk fouled cole on a layup and and then quickly got called for a goltend when it's clearly not a goltend because the ball is just an inch off cole's fingertip

I've notice goal tending over the years being limited to players hand passing through the rim or backboard.

[JODYE]

Quote: Originally Posted by The 24th Letter

Contact DIRECTLY under the rim is def still an issue....this makes players with that put back sig skill a little overpowered.....

This.

Serge Ibaka had like 4 put back dunks in a row on me -_-

Still not totally comfortable with the control setup. It doesn't feel as fluid and responsive as I thought it would be.

Had a few WOW moments and quite a few WTF moments so for. Could be the build.

I can definitely see the potential but it's not there yet to me, at least not in the demo.

2 highlights I had that really impressed me though:

Had this NASTY cross on Chalmers with Westbrook, then Eurostepped past Bosh for a reverse layup. Was so sick. Just the whole sequence looked so fluid and organic and the way the defenders reacted look so natural.

Second, did this sick half spin on Durant with LeBron and powered through the lane for a nasty dunk. Bosh came up to set a pick, I took one step left and Durant tried to fight through, then I spun back to the right and blew past him for a disgusting windmill dunk, knocking Perkins out of the way.

Can definitely see the potential for this being the defining control scheme that's going to help catapult gameplay to the next level for 2k. Just needs refining.

Also, I really hope some of these faces are fixed. Durant and LeBron look horrible and the headband placement is ALL types of wrong lol

[morningstar777]

Kind of unrelated

Suns new court (It reads "SUNS" on both sides of the court)

[JODYE]

Really like the text they used for Suns. If they could incorporate that back into their logo somehow that would be great.

And go back to these:



Back on topic though.

I can not stress enough how HORRIBLE the overlays are. Wow. Just really cheesy and bad. Definitely a step back in that regard.

[GJC1213]

Controls seem overcomplicated to me. I don't see what the need was for a complete overhaul of the control scheme. 2k11-12 were both great and with some fine tuning of that foundation 13 would have been A+

I will reserve judgment until i can get the full retail version and play through a few hours or practice to get the hang of all the new controls. Something tells me with practice and time this could be great but I'm not 100 % sold.

And the lack of classics is a major disappointment. I was really hoping they would keep building on that portion of the game...

[daveberg]

Hitting a dribble move with the right stick then having to smash down on L2 then double tap the stick for some variety of jumper was nothing but akward and annoying. Am completely shocked 2k have decided to go with this style. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the iso motion and shot stick being mapped to seperate sticks in previous games.

If anything, i'm feeling annoyed with myself because I want to be liking this game, but right now, it's offereing me very little to smile about. I wish I could be more enthusiastic. Perhaps the full game will grip me more knowing we can revert to 2K12 control style.

[Goffs]

Quote: Originally Posted by GJC1213

And the lack of classics is a major disappointment. I was really hoping they would keep building on that portion of the game...

Indeed...I wanted to see options for quick games with old school rules and a filter option for black & white games....