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[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by The 24th Letter

Now if anyone could help me on how to finish better around the rim that'd be great...its been spotty at best...

[The 24th Letter]

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[fatleg3]

Blocks are very satisfying. It feels so good when you send a shot out of bounds or off the back board

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[cthurt]

I'm just loving how I have to play how players play in real life to be successful, I cant just drive in all day with a guy like Kobe, and I cant just take 3s all day with Lebron and have success, this is really a game that you have to know players strength and weaknesses to have success, and I love it.


I have so many bad habits to break from past 2k games.

[OG_Almighty]

I've had a full weekend of 2K16 so I wanted to leave my thoughts as well. I'm a strict My Career/Park/Pro-Am player so don't expect me to mention My Team, My GM, Play Now, etc. RANT ALERT!

Stat Caps: The stat caps are amazing! No more 7 foot small forwards or centers with Iverson handles. Even though 2K still allows any position to select those infamous dribbling animations but the acceleration from dribbling to sprinting has been DRAMATICALLY reduced depending on height. I love this.

I noticed that your playmaker column needs to be at a 72+ for you to begin to have the same acceleration out of a crossover as a sub 6'4" tall PG. I have a 6'6" SG and his MAXED OUT playmaking barely reaches a 73. So even with maxed out playmaking, I cant dribble as good as shorter PGs. Even if a demi-god glitch shows up (it already has) once they touch the attributes, the system restricts anything from taking affect.

Defense: Defense is OP this year! I can defend almost anyone off the dribble this year as opposed to last. Shot blocking is euphoric. They put a lot of thought into it this year.

Balanced Gameplay: I assume due to the defense boost and stat caps, people actually play as a team in the park! I played against a lot of randoms and the best teams were those who rotated the ball and took smart high percentage shots. No half court threes. No rebound cheesers. No unstoppable dunking. No complaints.

Smarter AI: The My Carreer AI is perfect so far to me. The CPU is a challenge but not in a cheesy way like 2k15. On the other hand, the My Career team mates are NOT complete idiots this year. They play normally, and very well I might add, if I abide by the team basketball mindset. I've won several games without having to drop 40+ every night like in 2K15.

Music: Gawd. 2K got it right. I love 99% of the soundtrack this year. It's all fitting of a basketball game even with a few instrumentals thrown in. That Pharelle soundtrack from last year was the antithesis of the basketball culture. Good riddance.

Those are my biggest pros. Other things I loved include the My Court mode, the new courts/modes within My Park, overall presentation and Spike Lee's influence on the story this year.

The only cons I have are the Stance socks glitch (unable to equip in mycareer games after you win the endorsement), inaccurate face scans (even though the process is much easier this year) and those My Park Cards (why 2k??)

[CMH]

Okay I need to take a step back from All Star and play Pro again. I was worried because I blew out a team in my only game on Pro, but maybe it was just one of those games and I need to play at that level again because All Star is killing me and the only way I can score is by basically nerfing any real team play and making everything about dunking the basketball. I have no confidence in my guys hitting open jumpers.

I'm not entirely happy about the CPU Point guards having this insane ability to zip passes from the perimeter to a well-guarded big man under the basket with ease. It's impossible to stop. It's just an easy two points for the CPU.

Maybe it's just an AS and above problem. I don't know but to Pro I go before that thing frustrates me to the point I don't care about the good in the game.

[Grandview2015]

Zone defense doesn't work again

I like to switch to zone from time to time, but defense does not switch quick enough

[TeeDogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by fatleg3

Blocks are very satisfying. It feels so good when you send a shot out of bounds or off the back board Sent from my HTC Desire 626s using Tapatalk

Satisfying and demoralizing on the receiving end. Driving the lane with a pg with bigs under the rim is not wise this year.