NBA 2K14: It's Time to Revamp Presentation

[RaychelSnr]

Despite the struggles that NBA 2K is facing right now, the development team has still hit it home with presentation and commentary the past few years. The team of Kevin Harlan and Clark Kellogg, with recent additions Steve Kerr and Doris Burke, has become the so-called Holy Grail of sports video game commentary and everyone knows it. But when will 2K set the bar even higher? Even though they’re the best doesn’t mean that they can’t be better, which is exactly what they should do.

In NBA 2K14, the commentary is slowly becoming – dare I say it – stale.


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[Scrooge]

i remember a developers diary or w.e. where they said when playing an nba today game and they reference past real life games they would go into more detail like instead of just "the hawks lost to warriors yesterday" theyll "igoudala hit a game winner and bla bla" and go into more detail.

ive yet to hear anything like that

[cmehustle]

Not worried so much about the presentation, all though I would agree with you and say yes, there is more they can do to spice it up. But first and foremost they need to get their servers up and running. I mean this has been a ridiculous year for online.

[HustlinOwl]

all commentary is stale and just part of the sports genre

[XxJustAguessxX]

If 2k was ever able to get a licensed deal like ESPN, that would really help.

[Buddywalker]

The NBA 2k series on next gen really needs to improve their replay and highlights system, because it doesn’t work as it should be.

After every match I sit back and enjoy the highlights of the game. I like to watch all the dunks, blocks and key plays of the game in slow motion from different camera angles. Too sad that there is no music playing in the back ground, when we want to see the individual highlights videos. It’s like watching an old silent movie with Charlie Chaplin. But wait, those films had at least some piano music playing.

I also cannot understand that we need to shorten the quarters down to six minutes if we want to see the individual highlights or player of the game videos. It seems to me, that the new generation of consoles can’t handle the videos properly cause of a memory problem.

I also would love to see some random photo shots of the game like in NBA 2k12 with the soundtrack playing in the back ground. And please bring back the mascots and cheerleaders of the NBA!

[Irishwhiskey119]

This is the most ridiculous blog/article i've ever read. Of ALL games to criticize you go after one of the 2 best game? lol

2k's presentation is incredible! The fact that you are spoiled by constantly experiencing new images and video and entertainment all over the internet shouldn't mask you from having realistic expectations in quality. But apparently it does.

You asking for 2k to step up it's game is selfish and wrong. I can understand you not wanting to see a Madden scenario of the same game being thrown out there w/ a couple new features every year but 2k jumped ahead so far in presentation and overall gameplay a couple years ago that i think if anyone deserves a pass it's them.

The Show and 2k are fantastic games and i will not critique them when every other studio and sporting franchise is so flawed.

[csamuelsvt]

If this game could get the TNT license or NBA TV (don't think they can get ESPN since Live has that) that would really help the presentation etc.