LeBron James is the Cover Athlete For NBA 2K14, King James Bonus Pack Revealed

[ClutchCity]

Lebron is in the middle of his career and hes involved in a game mode called path to greatness. I guess winning 5 and 6 championships means your legend.

[stillfeelme]

I figured LeBron would be on the cover. Interesting to see what sig skill he gets hopefully they have more unique sig skills for other players. I wouldn't be surprised if his sig skill involves making teammates better or something to do with guarding multiple positons while not getting fatigued. The last thing is the Wii U gets kicked to the curb for sports gaming again yikes.

[poloelite]

They will sell 70% less in Cleveland

[ffaacc03]

Am ok with the choice for the cover, both, the player and the concept art. Having said that, what impressed the most were the Kotaku/Polygon articles.

From such articles ...

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"We have a lot more news coming out with regards to both games, on both console generations," Argent said, when asked if the next generation version of NBA 2K14 will have all of the features coming to its Xbox 360 and PS3 releases. "There is some overlap, of course, in the core gameplay. But both current generation and next generation will be uniquely distinct experiences. Both will be really, really great, in their own ways."

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The current-generation versions, at least, will feature a new mode called Path to Greatness, which will feature cover athlete LeBron James. Fans can pre-order the PS3 or Xbox 360 versions of NBA 2K14 for the King James Bonus Pack, which comes with unspecified extra content for Path to Greatness; an unlock of James in Blacktop mode; James' Signature Skill for MyPlayer, the career mode; and 10,000 Virtual Currency for the MyTeam trading card mode.

After reading the above quotes, cant help but relate it to the simil of a double edge sword ... while it was said that there would be an overlap, core gameplay wise, it was also stressed that the two versions would be pretty distinct, to a point that each own its own way.

For whatever reason, that statement made me felt insecure of the new gen.

Maybe is because I found comfort on the thought of just having a similar next gen release than that of 2k6 (for 360), where the game was essentially the same (as the PS2) but with improved graphics and the addition of cloth physics and sweat.

Maybe because I subcounciously fear that given nowdays more difficult economic times, even for videogame developers, a strippedown version with minor graphical improvements could very well be possible, even if not ideal.


Then again, looking at the bellow statement, also from the article ...

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He said that the game's current and next generation console versions "will provide uniquely different experiences that harness the power of the platforms."

With it, I cant but feel that my expectations for the game on new gen have gotten up, a lot ... considering how much more powerfull the ram and processing powers of the new gen consoles are, I am really salivating at the prospect of not only above minor graphical improvements, but also at the possibility of finally enjoying propper foot planting, real time physics, AI enhancers, 3d modeled crowd, an official game editor, clowd based old website feature ... in sum, a whole lot of more content.

Here is to hope that 2k realizes this and instead of doing a strippeddown version or taking things away, that they rather add ... and plenty, specially those things/features/modes that were taken away, while been well received by both: casuals and hardcore gamers.

I wont criticize adding more ways of monetization but at least try to make them worthy additions, unlike most of what we were offered before.

Anyways, E3, whatever blogs, press releases, interviews and videos that can expand on what exactly makes the new gen version so independent and distinct, cant seem come soon enough !

[Noobland]

Rubio should be on the cover he's more fun to watch then lebrick

[eko718]

I'm not interested in following the 2K hypetrain this year but when I saw that commercial I must admit, I was excited. My team's Finals loss tonight however, sapped most of that excitement.

[The__Answ3r_i3]

Quote: Originally Posted by Noobland

Rubio should be on the cover he's more fun to watch then lebrick

not sure if serious........

[VDusen04]

"Stop them?"

"No, I want to join them."

I'm picking up on a theme here...