NBA 2K14 Feature List Revealed

[RyanFitzmagic]

Quote: Originally Posted by LD2k

Roster updates will be better than ever. More on that soon!

Aw, come on. No one likes a tease.

[Optik]

Quote: Originally Posted by blues rocker

i'm a guy who uses icon passing for all of my passes. i just can't trust directional passing, since you often end up passing to the wrong player if there are 2 or 3 players in the same general area - the game can't read your mind and guess which of those players you intended to pass to...so icon passing is the only way for me to get the pass the right guy every time. it seems the new passing improvements require the use of directional passing or right stick. passing...but i'm hoping the new stuff is somehow applicable to icon passing as well ( though i doubt it's possible from a control standpoint ).

2K needs their own version of FIFA and PES's manual passing. Hopefully on the right stick

The disadvantages to icon passing are that it takes longer to pass because you're pressing two buttons, one after the other, (sometimes you don't know which button to press because of substitutions) and you can't do a manual bounce pass with icon passing, which means you will hardly ever make a successful bounce pass in a half court setting.

[thedream2k13]

Quote: Originally Posted by blues rocker

i'm a guy who uses icon passing for all of my passes. i just can't trust directional passing, since you often end up passing to the wrong player if there are 2 or 3 players in the same general area - the game can't read your mind and guess which of those players you intended to pass to...so icon passing is the only way for me to get the pass the right guy every time. it seems the new passing improvements require the use of directional passing or right stick passing...but i'm hoping the new stuff is somehow applicable to icon passing as well ( though i doubt it's possible from a control standpoint ).

man you want EVERYTHING to be mapped to face buttons. you hate the sticks that much?

[blues rocker]

Quote: Originally Posted by Optik

2K needs their own version of FIFA and PES's manual passing. Hopefully on the right stick The disadvantages to icon passing are that it takes longer to pass because you're pressing two buttons, one after the other, (sometimes you don't know which button to press because of substitutions) and you can't do a manual bounce pass with icon passing, which means you will hardly ever make a successful bounce pass in a half court setting.

yeah, i know. sucks that you can't pull of bounce passes with icon passing...i just wish the game was better at choosing a bounce pass when appropriate so i wouldn't have to worry about it. at the end of the day, i'd still rather deal with the disadvantages of icon passing than deal with the problems that come with directional passing and right stick passing (ball going to the wrong player). the speed factor is not an issue for me though - i've been using icon passing for so long that i can do it just as fast as regular passing.

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by thedream2k13

man you want EVERYTHING to be mapped to face buttons. you hate the sticks that much?

I think a lot of think can translate to the right stick but I think passing is a tough one. I mean, it can be done, but I totally understand wanting to retain icon passing control. Directional passing has been pretty erratic in the past, and that's to be expected because the difference between passing to one guy on a basketball court and another guy standing beside him is very precise. It's just asking for a frustrating moment using right stick passing.

[blues rocker]

Quote: Originally Posted by thedream2k13

man you want EVERYTHING to be mapped to face buttons. you hate the sticks that much?

i don't hate the sticks, i just prefer the reliability of icon passing over right stick passing...with icon passing, you never have to worry about the ball going to the wrong guy...even in those tough situations when you have 3 teammates in the same area and want to get the ball to one of them (like VDusen04 said above). there are plenty of people who are picky about passing who would agree, i'm sure.

[Optik]

Quote: Originally Posted by blues rocker

i don't hate the sticks, i just prefer the reliability of icon passing over right stick passing...with icon passing, you never have to worry about the ball going to the wrong guy...even in those tough situations when you have 3 teammates in the same area and want to get the ball to one of them (like VDusen04 said above). there are plenty of people who are picky about passing who would agree, i'm sure.

Except when you want to pass to your small forward in transition, only to find out that that he's been moved to the 4 spot. Hence, backcourt violation. LOL!

[JasonWilliams55]

Quote: Originally Posted by Optik

Except when you want to pass to your small forward in transition, only to find out that that he's been moved to the 4 spot. Hence, backcourt violation. LOL!

But this is user error, even if auto subs did the pos. change.