NBA 2K17 Hands-On Impressions, Players Have Full Control of What They See (Uproxx)

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Quote: Originally Posted by stillfeelme

Yeah they haven't gone into detail on defense. The only thing they mentioned not in this article was that you can now deflect balls if they are put out in your face.

Well from that article that is suggested above, we just don't know.

Sam Pham broke down one of the defensive sequences in the game from last year, where the guy wasn't very clear about the defense, and I tend to agree with Sam.

[stillfeelme]

True you are right I agree they haven't gone into detail on how the actual defensive improvements reflect game play in enough details with real life and visual evidence.

I think they talked about related to defense:

• Physics of the ball, deflections on how they play a factor on defense about how you can use it to get steals if the ball is unprotected.
• On the flip side they talked about how stealing can't be abused as much as 2K16.
• Help side defense and how blocks will come from help side defense. Way too vague about it now.
• They talked about how easy the passes were in the paint and not being the case in 2K17
• They also talked about how passing in the key all "willy nilly" could be used as a money play in 2K16. This is supposedly not easy like this in 2K17 more live balls and deflections. So some of the defense improvements might come from taking away from too many advantages given to the offense.

This and the ability to bump and chuck players is about all we know the real details comes from how "good" and "bad" or realistic defense rotations are coded. Or any other on ball/ off ball settings

[Jesus_Swagglesworth]

Obvious hot take/prediction: The player who learns to control their bipedal tanks the best (AKA defenders) will be the best at this game


Stick skills are irrelevant if they're on one side of the ball. If we had this control on defense, it wouldve been announced it along with this considering the talking point is "stick skills"

[Caelumfang]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

Well from that article that is suggested above, we just don't know. Sam Pham broke down one of the defensive sequences in the game from last year, where the guy wasn't very clear about the defense, and I tend to agree with Sam.

You know, I was wondering when someone would attack this issue. The fact that your defenders do this is actually bad for the in-game world, and it's funny that it's being talked up like it's a good thing.

[stillfeelme]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jesus_Swagglesworth

Obvious hot take/prediction: The player who learns to control their bipedal tanks the best (AKA defenders) will be the best at this game Stick skills are irrelevant if they're on one side of the ball. If we had this control on defense, it wouldve been announced it along with this considering the talking point is "stick skills"

That and how well off ball CPU AI is implemented as well as on ball defense is coded with this new physics. You either are going to have to be a hybrid on ball off ball player or strictly on on ball more. I can't really tell from what they released and the Gamescom footage

[Jesus_Swagglesworth]

Quote: Originally Posted by stillfeelme

That and how well off ball CPU AI is implemented as well as on ball defense is coded with this new physics. You either are going to have to be a hybrid on ball off ball player or strictly on on ball more. I can't really tell from what they released and the Gamescom footage

Agreed, and IMO the way that the AI works now/2k16 is best suited for this offensive showcase coming in 2k17

The random help defense might help weed out bad/dumb players

Im worried that this one sided stick skill-fest will destroy the mental and BBIQ aspect of the game. If more defensive freedom was implemented then this is nothing to worry about.... But the way they're hyping up offense makes me think people can just perfect some BS drive and layup and spam that the whole game

^ Hot takes everywhere, yes, this is what happens when we don't get clear news lol

[Smirkin Dirk]

I hope that real player gaps are preserved. I.e. A supreme stick user shouldn't be able to dominate with Kendrick Perkins.

[ch46647]

I'm assuming this will be the big week for 2K news. Did 2K set some sort of action plan for the week? Hoping the blogs come sooner rather than later.