NBA 2K14 - More on the Pro Stick, Smoothness and Responsiveness (Polygon)

[Steve_OS]

Polygon's Samit Sarkar has posted an article on the revamped controls in NBA 2K14. Producer, Rob Jones also chimes in with some more details on quick twitch responsiveness, smoothness of animations and more.

Quote:

In addition to revamping controls, Visual Concepts also wanted to tweak the way players move, with an eye toward "improving smoothness and responsiveness." Basketball games really suffer if players get caught in animations and can't branch out of them. So the studio worked on animation transitions to reduce the frustration associated with poor responsiveness, which, according to Jones, will be appreciated on defense in particular.

[ThatKidNamedTae]

omg first on a steve thread

but seriously. I don't like the idea of messing with the stick every year. hopefully, they'll stay with this. Canceling cheesy layup animations would help me be more open though :3

[KyotoCarl]

Good read.

I found this amusing: "Jones said this year's tutorial "includes all of the latest moves to make the player experience better than ever," but didn't mention any changes that could potentially fix the issue by putting that training in the context of an actual game.

How about just starting up a game and practising there?

[I am disappointed]

Quote: Originally Posted by KyotoCarl

Good read. I found this amusing: "Jones said this year's tutorial "includes all of the latest moves to make the player experience better than ever," but didn't mention any changes that could potentially fix the issue by putting that training in the context of an actual game. How about just starting up a game and practising there?

I'd actually rather they didn't do that, if somebody really wants to learn the game and be good at it they should go to the actual practice or training camp mode their selves an learn the game. That's just my opinion tho

[Slava Medvadenko]

Really intrigued about what he said about the responsiveness and the animation transitions. This could improve some issues in several facets of the game.

[24]

Should be interesting to see. I honestly can't wait to see what happens with 2K especially for next Gen.

[westfl87]

Quote: Originally Posted by DropxEm

omg first on a steve thread but seriously. I don't like the idea of messing with the stick every year. hopefully, they'll stay with this. Canceling cheesy layup animations would help me be more open though :3

How can u improve if you choose to stick with the same game plan... If it brings us all closer to the real aspect of basketball then what's wrong with a new control scheme every year.. The goal is to reproduce real basketball at the control of your fingertips...

[poloelite]

Playing it at the Vegas Expo, his comments are almost identical to what we experienced. I was pleased with all of the new animations, defensive controls and the fact that I didn't get stuck in one animation during contact sequences. Even more excited since we played an early demo build.