NBA 2K14 Feature List Revealed

[jersez]

Quote: Originally Posted by Beluba

Just wanted to point out... This is by no means an exhaustive list of features. There are a number of other improvements, like contact in the paint, that we left off the list. So don't assume that if it's not listed, it's not in the game. That's all I wanted to say. Carry on.

Always in the shadows I hope footplanting has received a significant improvement on current and next gen 2k14.

[yellow86]

So no key improvements for association? That's at least 3 years straight now.

[KyotoCarl]

Quote: Originally Posted by miller31time

No improvement to Association Mode? 2K, you never cease to amaze me. I know there are always "those" kids every year who don't see one minor improvement and exclaim "I'M NOT GETTING THIS GAME, NOW!!!!1!" but in this instance, I feel perfectly justified not purchasing 2K14. Will it make a dent in their sales? Nope, but they've lost me as a customer until they spent one iota of time on the only mode that matters to me. Pity.

This is for current gen. Next gen might have improvemens to those areas.

[abcfinest]

Im a online player. I hope that there are true leaderboards and stats for versus rank matches. I also hope they up the difficulty setting online. I rarely played crew mode in the past because of the servers. Im glad crew is back but it wasn't what I was expecting. Hopefully 5 on 5 crew will have refs, fouls and 4 quarters. It will be straight to play crew 5 vs 5 outside on the blacktop with regular rules like a city summer league. Nba players do it every summer. I know yall be seeing players like durant, j harden and even kobe go to a local popular summer league and drop buckets on regular bball players at places like the rucker or drew league.

[BallIsLife2]

Quote: Originally Posted by miller31time

No improvement to Association Mode? 2K, you never cease to amaze me. I know there are always "those" kids every year who don't see one minor improvement and exclaim "I'M NOT GETTING THIS GAME, NOW!!!!1!" but in this instance, I feel perfectly justified not purchasing 2K14. Will it make a dent in their sales? Nope, but they've lost me as a customer until they spent one iota of time on the only mode that matters to me. Pity.

You've completely ignored the positives about this game and just jumped to the negative.

Even though we still have 6 weeks until the game comes out,

[threattonature]

Quote: Originally Posted by BallIsLife2

You've completely ignored the positives about this game and just jumped to the negative. Even though we still have 6 weeks until the game comes out,

To me I did not have a huge problem with gameplay. But there were some gamebreaking problems with online associations. I play the game to build teams and try to win the title against friends. So if that's my primary purpose of playing the game it doesn't matter how great the game play is if they don't address those changes.

[DBMcGee3]

I'll be pissed if they change the dribble controls too much. I waited like 10 years for them to finally adopt that idea from NBA Live, and 2k13 plays fantastic in that regard. I really just wish they would step up their game on the roster updates and playbooks. I love the idea of a dynamic season where guys are put on the IR when hurt in real life, etc., but if it means missing tons of players, having generic shoes on 1/2 the roster, and a playbook full of broken plays, then what's the point? C'mon 2k, there are guys all over this site who have the customization of this game down to a science, doing it all for love of the game and possibly small donations here and there, and you're telling me you can't find someone who can do it for a weekly paycheck? I'd do it on the side for hundred bucks a week. Side note: I'm also a good late night driver, if there are any drunken athletes reading this thread.

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by BallIsLife2

You've completely ignored the positives about this game and just jumped to the negative. Even though we still have 6 weeks until the game comes out,

I admit to being in the same boat right now, while also fully and entirely admitting just as well that my mindset could make a 180 degree turn as more information is revealed. It's just at this very point, there hasn't been much revealed that's had me getting dangerously and preemptively amped.

I think in the past few iterations, there's been some big-time NBA-related attention grabbers that directly appealed to my interests (my interests being, you know, the NBA). 2K11 dropped the Jordan Mode bomb. 2K12 dropped the mega-classic Greatest Mode (way more classics, way more legends, way more NBA courts, era filters, etc.) and even 2K13 had already revealed a proper NBA Dunk Contest, 3pt. Shootout and the official USA Olympic team (and original Dream Team) at this point.

While I found 2K13's big guns to ultimately reveal themselves to be flops (Dunk Contest controls were absolutely dumbfounding, 3pt. Shootout unresponsive, and Olympic teams without actual opponents) they were still big time attention grabbers at the start. This year, thus far, for the folks who do not find as much joy in the super fantasy side of NBA simulation (Crew, MyPlayer, MyTeam), there hasn't been much thrown out there yet.

It's still super early, so I think a lot of us are still open and hoping, but the generalized back-of-the-box features haven't really done much for me up to this point.