NBA 2K17 Twitch Stream - 2 Full Games (Ronnie2K vs. LD2K) - Archive Available

[EccentricMeat]

Quote: Originally Posted by MadManCometh

Its amazing how something can look so underwelming and individuals think it looks great/amazing only because it's the "latest and greatest". I mean seriously, it looks very 2k16ish. Sliding, and the same inappropriate animations at times. But because it's new it must be 'amazing'? The level of self awareness and lack of a true opinion on here is ridiculous. Ppl only saying it's great BECAUSE they feel like that's what the should be saying and not because they are blown away. IMO, I'm simply not impress. I'm actually more prepared for a letdown from what I've been seeing thus far.

Ummm... No. I'm a very objective person when it comes to games I enjoy, and I always err on the side of caution/negativity.

However, this gameplay showed animations and movement that FLOWED and didn't look like a VIDEO GAME, it looked smooth and realistic.

I've played countless hours of NBA 2K and I never saw animations and movement like NBA 2k17 shows. I would always notice obvious hitches when an animation would be triggered in previous games, and it always felt like I was just moving from one animation to another to another. 2k17 looks like it has removed these hitches and drastic changes in movement, instead providing subtle animation triggers and transitions.

I like it. That does NOT mean I think the game will play perfectly. Hell, I'm a slider guru, and I know I'll have a LOT of tweaking to do to get it to play as realistic as it LOOKS.

[RandomPerson]

So hard to judge 2K games before release because most people just don't know how to play.

[GudStuffzz]

Game looks much smoother and fluid but there are some concerns to me. At times it seems a little ice skateish if that make sense. like there are some times where players seem to just slide & glide around the court. And that out of bounds force field is still there. Other than that and some weird animations and floaty passes here and there the game looks good. It's a shame that crowd audio seems unchanged though, it really does help with the immersion factor.

[sniapeko]

Quote: Originally Posted by EccentricMeat

Ummm... No. I'm a very objective person when it comes to games I enjoy, and I always err on the side of caution/negativity. However, this gameplay showed animations and movement that FLOWED and didn't look like a VIDEO GAME, it looked smooth and realistic. I've played countless hours of NBA 2K and I never saw animations and movement like NBA 2k17 shows. I would always notice obvious hitches when an animation would be triggered in previous games, and it always felt like I was just moving from one animation to another to another. 2k17 looks like it has removed these hitches and drastic changes in movement, instead providing subtle animation triggers and transitions. I like it. That does NOT mean I think the game will play perfectly. Hell, I'm a slider guru, and I know I'll have a LOT of tweaking to do to get it to play as realistic as it LOOKS.

I'm wondering if you actually watched the full stream or if you played basketball in real life. Because calling it "smooth and realistic" seems like a bit of a stretch to me. Scroll up a bit to read a list of just SOME of the things that should never happen in a realistic game that I saw in this stream.
Granted there were A LOT of good things and improvements, but please let's not collectively pretend that suddenly this game is perfect.

[Staffan54]

Yes, they have added a lot of things.

For me it was most important so see if they got rid of the 2 problems that I can not accept.

1, skating/sliding still there

2, physics. The ball can still go right through a players body which makes it uninteresting to play good positional defense. An example at 2.35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ladhW0v580

So for me it is unplayable.

[Goffs]

Quote: Originally Posted by MadManCometh

Its amazing how something can look so underwelming and individuals think it looks great/amazing only because it's the "latest and greatest". I mean seriously, it looks very 2k16ish. Sliding, and the same inappropriate animations at times. But because it's new it must be 'amazing'? The level of self awareness and lack of a true opinion on here is ridiculous. Ppl only saying it's great BECAUSE they feel like that's what the should be saying and not because they are blown away. IMO, I'm simply not impress. I'm actually more prepared for a letdown from what I've been seeing thus far.

Hah! I like the part where you say IMO....

[LouAllDay]

Quote: Originally Posted by RandomPerson

So hard to judge 2K games before release because most people just don't know how to play.

This. A good player making efforts to make the player movements natural and the ball movement realistic could make the game look like a real one.

[Hustle Westbrook]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigeastbumrush

People can't be serious acting like its the end of the world that a developer blog won't come out before the game drops. You're buying it anyway and that's not going to stop you. I'm sure your entire videogame collection is full of purchases that were made without a developer blog. Get serious. It's a shame what 2K threads have turned into.

Who was acting like it was the end of the world?

Several people said they were disappointed because they were looking forward to seeing Czar and Scott go in depth about the new features that they worked on all year but no one was acting like it was the end of the world. That's ridiculous.