NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5

[iimrampage28]

Welp only one thing to do now.....2k11 pick up games I'm coming back


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[Jrocc23]

Quote: Originally Posted by MarvinOida

No, that's the most common why to play basketball, not a rule. Its a standard, but not really a rule/law/whatever.

It's a rule from what I've read. Doesn't matter it's not a real simulation basketball or whatever you want to call it to me. 3v3 would be bad, that's why you should have the option to start up a game w/ any amount of players and have CPU fill ins. Someone quits or disconnects anyways and they'll become a CPU.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ramboooo

wow... congrats.

And I was joking lol, but seriously didn't read.

[bottledwaterfan25]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jrocc23

It's a rule from what I've read. Doesn't matter it's not a real simulation basketball or whatever you want to call it to me. 3v3 would be bad, that's why you should have the option to start up a game w/ any amount of players and have CPU fill ins. Someone quits or disconnects anyways and they'll become a CPU. And I was joking lol, but seriously didn't read.

I wouldn't worry about justifying anything to these guys. MarvinOida just likes to be a contrarian and argue for the sake of arguing on here.

[Jrocc23]

Quote: Originally Posted by bottledwaterfan25

I wouldn't worry about justifying anything to these guys. MarvinOida just likes to be a contrarian and argue for the sake of arguing on here.

Yeah, I'm done. Marv actually gives a good argument sometimes, but that Rambo dude...lol.

[Ramboooo]

Made a list of Pros and Cons (imo) for 2K14 Crew vs 2K11's crew ...


PROS:

- No cheaters (assuming 2k share mods were cleaned up)

Dudes go on and on about "2K11 crew so awesommme" but fact is is the mode was literally broke. 8 footers, uncapped cheaters were so common, that you actually were surprised when it didn't happen.

- No CPU involvement

Still not getting this fascination with 2vs2 or 3vs3 while having half a team that are CPU? Ain't nothing realistic about having bots replace humans in a mode which was designed to replicate the true 5on5 human experience -- which is how everyone experiences basketball irl. So I'm not just making this up, there's precedence from the sport in real life.

- Servers

It would take literally 30min or so to find any game, let alone one that was cheater-free. The performance and lag of the game has improved dramatically from then to now. 5on5 teamup is pretty seamless, so it's safe to assume that crew will be able to handle 5on5 crew with ease. Lagouts happened occasionally / rare in 2k13 blacktop, but was easily remedied by deleting your game settings. No where near the epidemic of 2k11's haaariible servers.

- 3on3 crews

Those worried about not having enough players for Crew, should rest easy that this option is now available. You don't need 4 other players, just 2 more. The game provided OPTIONS for each case.

- 2K14's Gameplay

Early indications are that it will be more balanced, and the game played on superstar sim. Which is welcome news. How the game plays remains to be seen until launch, but it's safe to say that we have more options at our disposal and a better isomotion system. 2K13 controls > 2K11 control's by a long shot. Still this "pro" is tentative.


CONS:

No Arena

While this isn't a game changer for some, it is for many others. But the environment and audio is still presentation that doesn't affect gameplay. However...

No Refs, simulation-style fouls with FT's

This does affect gameplay. Info on this isn't entirely clear, but looks like you'll just get the ball at top of key. How it plays out remains to be seen. Will we just intentionally foul every time to stop fast breaks? I'm not a big of FT's in blacktop cuz it slows down the game, but wondering how this is going to implemented.

Play to 21 instead of 4 quarters

Now this is a gameplay element as well, and this kinda sucks. But this also remains to be seen how it will play out. I kinda liked the fact that games didn't last 1 hr for one game in 2k13 blacktop. You could crank out a few games in an hour, and still feel like there was a lot of substance to it. The thing that's concerning is going from 3 to 5 players, and yet the same end-score, so that will mean less touches and less stats per player. 4 quarters would be nice and more sim, but even increasing the end-score to 31 would be better. But again, who knows, we may come to find out that it's tougher to score with 5on5 instead of 3on3, so game may take longer and they'll be more stats like rebs, blocks, steals, just not as high ppg.




So at best, this a poor man's crew. At worst, it's blacktop 2.0. I think it's somewhere inbetween. So ... crewTop?

Either way, I'll still have fun with this mode. A BIG reason why is because of the integrity of the mode.... no cheaters, no CPU, leaderboards that really reflect who's good because of THEIR SKILLS not because they're good at hacking their player or calling a 1-3-1 CPU Zone. It ain't 2k11's crew, but I can't wait to play it cuz I know it'll be fun facing off vs all these different my players with my squad.

[Ramboooo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jrocc23

Yeah, I'm done. Marv actually gives a good argument sometimes, but that Rambo dude...lol.

says the dude that didn't read my response. says the dude that can't logically respond to what I said in any way that is in-line with realistic basketball or simulation... done too

[bottledwaterfan25]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ramboooo

says the dude that didn't read my response. says the dude that can't logically respond to what I said in any way that is in-line with realistic basketball or simulation... done too

I can respect your opinion about wanting the pure human v. human competition but you have to understand that this new format they've rolled out is just not practical, or popular for the large majority of crew players. You are in the minority with your viewpoint. Crew mode didn't become "The single most requested mode" (2k's words) because people wanted the 3v3 halfcourt and 5v5 human only format. It was so popular and requested based on how it was structured in 2k10 and 2k11 with the Comp. players. So for every one person like you who is all for the new format, there are probably 1,000 who disagree and would rather keep the 2k10, 2k11 format that has 5v5 full court whether you have 2,3,4, or 5 players on a team.

[Ramboooo]

Quote: Originally Posted by bottledwaterfan25

I can respect your opinion about wanting the pure human v. human competition but you have to understand that this new format they've rolled out is just not practical, or popular for the large majority of crew players. You are in the minority with your viewpoint. Crew mode didn't become "The single most requested mode" (2k's words) because people wanted the 3v3 halfcourt and 5v5 human only format. It was so popular and requested based on how it was structured in 2k10 and 2k11 with the Comp. players. So for every one person like you who is all for the new format, there are probably 1,000 who disagree and would rather keep the 2k10, 2k11 format that has 5v5 full court whether you have 2,3,4, or 5 players on a team.

where's the evidence that I'm in the minority, those are just random stat guesses. people like crew because they get to compete with their my players online in an arena, etc. I don't see how having a full squad would make it less popular mode, it'd make it more popular. there's just not a lot of evidence to support either of our opinions though...