MyCAREER Has a Realism Problem

[335TDC]

Quote: Originally Posted by MoodMuzik

If we come in the league as let's say a 75, good skill set but tremendous upside... well... that just means we can now average 40/10/10 lol. And win the next MVP, FMVP, and Rookie of the Year and do the same for the next 12 years for 12 rings in 12 Finals appearances without even having to increase our overall at all, and the more we add on our skills and badges... the more all of the above happens lol. And that's a realism problem.

Point well taken, but I think it would encourage a HUGE portion of the offline community to actual role play their archetype instead of grinding for VC to get your guy to where he should already have been. The unrealistic nature of the starting rating encourages unrealistic gameplay/stats -- they feed off each other. If my guy, drafted 7th, came in in the low 70's I would very much role play him.

But 2k won't cash in on VC with role players -- they're targeting the MyPark online max-stat ballers. Tying your player to that is a HUGE problem for offline sim players like me.

[laoala]

it's embarrassing that your team gets you as well as their original first round pic.

three year legacy oversight.

so dumb.

[lordfr33]

Quote: Originally Posted by laoala

it's embarrassing that your team gets you as well as their original first round pic. three year legacy oversight. so dumb.

does it break the game for you?

[trandoanhung1991]

If you, with starter minutes, on HoF or SS, get anywhere more than 10/5/5 average for your rookie season WITHOUT cheesing or abusing the ******** defense and actually play proper sim ball, I'd be impressed.

Oh and also no ball hogging either. That's too easy.

Yes I get it, you can ballhog and cheese your way to high stats, but that's not basketball. It's been that way since forever. But that's not how it should be, at all. That's just abusing broken game mechanics.

This would've been so easily solved if they just continued from last year and allow us to play full seasons of high school and college, and also let us choose when to enter the league. If you played like a god and got a ton of VCs, you can be a one-and-done guy. But if you played badly in HS and college, you might have to stay for 2, 3 or even 4 years just to have enough VC to be a role player in the NBA.

I can assure you, no one who has the basketball abilities of a great high schooler will be coined the next big thing.

[chanedw]

The entire mode does not make sense, a top prospect being a 59 rated overall (lowest of all first rounders), being a FA on the first year, a top prospect with ability to ask for a trade, or a trade WITH a teammate (both being considered of value to the franchise).

A lot of people say "they never FORCE you to pay for VC, you can grind for it", but a first rounder, with the storyline that they are forcing upon you, you'd expect them to let you start out with an above average rating, so you can actually perform on the court and grind for your VC "within" the MyCareer mode (I play solely offline with MyCareer, I do not touch MyPark or Pro-AM).

It is what it is, I understand that it is a business, but to make it so brutally clear that it's all about the money for VC... then to have so many issues with MyCareer (e.g. nonsense double team, agreed meeting not appearing in the calendar)... It might be a good idea to skip a year of 2K next year...

[Simhead23]

Mycareer is the worst mode in the game. Ever since 16 it's been unplayable. I just use it to grind badges. Screw the storyline. I don't get cutscenes and im happy as hell cause their long, repetitive, and lack substance. I know this game is technically a kids.game, but man it's cheesy.

2k15 was the best mycareer imo. No scripted storyline, besides you being undrafted. But, it made sense cause your iverall was low. Funny thing was it wasn't.even thatt low. It was a 65! Meanwhile frez and prez are 55 and people view them like jesus christ in the flesh, even tho an undrafted rookie can leave them in zip.

Plus, you actually interacted with your teammates, and you can form a big 3, and talk trash to real nba players. Smh take me back.

[lordfr33]

Quote: Originally Posted by Simhead23

Mycareer is the worst mode in the game. Ever since 16 it's been unplayable. I just use it to grind badges. Screw the storyline. I don't get cutscenes and im happy as hell cause their long, repetitive, and lack substance. I know this game is technically a kids.game, but man it's cheesy. 2k15 was the best mycareer imo. No scripted storyline, besides you being undrafted. But, it made sense cause your iverall was low. Funny thing was it wasn't.even thatt low. It was a 65! Meanwhile frez and prez are 55 and people view them like jesus christ in the flesh, even tho an undrafted rookie can leave them in zip. Plus, you actually interacted with your teammates, and you can form a big 3, and talk trash to real nba players. Smh take me back.

lmao now 2k15 was the best. i could have sworn people talked abt same things that people are crying about now back then

[MrWrestling3]

I just noticed yesterday, in one of the cutscenes Denver Levins says he is rated a 65 OVR in 2K.

By this logic, your guy who supposed to be the next Kobe/Lebron/MJ comes in considerably worse than the second round guy who is considered to be pretty bad at basketball; that makes no sense at all.