NBA 2K16 Digital Short - Stephen Curry: Beyond the Shadows

[kolanji]

Quote: Originally Posted by ClevelandinDistress

NBA 2k just isn't bringing it anymore. Maybe I'm getting old but the games just don't have that charisma and passion inserted into the gameplay anymore. It's like they've taken all their heart and soul and stuffed it into all the Myplayer stuff. The last time I was impressed was with the announcement of NBA2k14 and the Phil Collins trailer. I have only been underwhelmed from that point on. The graphics fidelity, lighting, emotion, have taken steps backwards and once I got a taste of those graphics there was just no going back for me. If you think I'm making this up, search James Harden 2k14 and compare him to the recently released 2k16 screenshot. The way they bring out info for this game is fine. But their focus is 90% on all the fluffy teenager stuff that makes them money. It's like this game is being made for 10 year old kids who purchase myteam coins and not the true sim heads. Oh but there's Da_Czar and Mike Wang and all the other guys who are in this for us! That's what you say, I feel their muzzle has been tightened and their interaction is way down. Instead of seeing more gameplay content because they're happy to show it off, it's like they do it now just to satisfy the few old heads still around making up the final 10% of their marketing campaign. I cringe just thinking about the annoying 2k stream with Ronnie where they play exclusively in the park and talk about hair styles and clothing options. I loath the days when Gold pack this and Silver Pack that, Rare Edition here, rare edition there, are focal point in their discussions. I just want my grassroots contender NBA 2K back. Fame has made my favorite game turn into a gold digger. No longer is she the cute innocent summer fling, now she's the used up, cakeface lady strutting her stuff all over Broadway.

yea i know exactly what u mean cause i feel the same way...lets face it we are not the cool kids anymore...would love to see nba 2k broken down into two like forza with the arcade version developed by another studio while the sim heads like us get to keep our none playing MC stats loving realistic defensive minded manager making team running games to ourselves

[MikeGSW]

Oh and sorry to disappoint. But if they've got you talking about it and got you watching all their videos etc and coming on here... well. The marketing works. Simple as that.

[jbthegreat]

Quote: Originally Posted by WaddupCouzin

JBtheGreat: Are you still on the fence about the game? Like most on here, I am Dreamcast Era 2K player, so I plop my money down and wait for the goodies. I'm confident that I'm going to be getting a good product, if that confidence wanes for some reason then I'll revisit my decision, but 45 days isn't that long to wait, plus they'll be a slew of information within the next 6 weeks. As MIKEGSW has said repeatedly in this thread, this is about par for course. The only thing missing was the crazy German guys playing at Gamescom... Lol. I pre-ordered my game last month, so I'm waiting for September 24th. Sent from my SM-N910T using Tapatalk

I was never on the fence. I have confidence in 2k. I just don't understand their marketing strategy. Would it hurt them to release info and footage sooner? Like why is there a low res bootleg gamescom clip floating around? Why didn't they just release the trailer they shot for Gamescom? Who does this benefit/hurt?

[MikeGSW]

Quote: Originally Posted by redsox4evur

That would never happen and I can't see how that would be a good thing.

Lol. It would be awesome. None of this waiting around.

And they would sell like mad. It would have to be an established brand.

If Rockstar dropped that GTA V trailer 24 hours before the game came out and nobody had known about it... man. World would've went crazy. Hype would've been unreal.

[lakers24]

Quote: Originally Posted by kolanji

Why are you surprised ppl didnt notice....we are only basketball gamers in here.....we are not OS CSI or detectives. ...u working with the bureau man....naw just kidding bro good obsevation..but when i look at Curry u can clearly see his hair style is not 2k15 cause i have checked loading up 2k15 and his hair is shorter.....but again i could be wrong cause am not with the bureau In these pics what i do not like is why still players hands always have this spirit finger look with their fingers spread apart. ....look at Bogut or lebron hands to see what am talking about

That's the new scan for Curry, I just didn't list him since we all know he's been scanned for 2k16 just like AD and Harden.

As for the fingers, I believe it's a couple of things: 1. Whenever I see 2k do motion capture the phalanges usually don't have anything on them to capture their movement. 2. They never seem to have motion captured off ball defense stances which contribute to the players having "videogame" like movements.

[King_B_Mack]

Only real issues I have with the 2K marketing is the lame over teases for months on end with no real meat to chew on for a while and the moving away of how video game marketing used to be.

Remember back in the days when you could pick up a gaming magazine and get a write up on the upcoming sports titles. It'd be like the July or August issue and there'd be a few screenshots and a decent preview on the modes and a few gameplay improvements and by the time the last month came around, you could find even more videos of full games being played online. This whole thing of putting everything off until the last 2-4 weeks is a little bit annoying. Especially since during that 2-4 weeks we still don't get info released every day. It's like Monday you'll get something, then Friday. Not the end of the world, but it's a little off putting what the marketing cycle has turned into. At least this year they've toned down the announcement of announcement hyping and receipt re-tweeting.

[lakers24]

The receipt retweeting is definitely coming

[Junior Moe]

I like the trailer. As others have said, not enough to chew on. Curry's shot was beautiful, though.