NBA 2K17 Remains a Solid Buy

[Rockie_Fresh88]

I really like 2k17 gameplay wise , other than the insane shooting percentages . Defense could be a little tighter too but overall it's nice .

But as a majority my career /pro am guy I feel like everything is broken or glitched. On top of the things not working the game crashes a lot after pro am games.

[scottyp180]

"As a side note, it's kind of silly NBA 2K releases so early as basketball season really doesn't get to the forefront of our attention until December."

Completely agree with this. We all want the game in our hands asap but why release the game a month before the season even starts? I hope next year they push the release black to early/mid October to give the developers cycle a little extra time, at least for one year.

Personally I haven't had any issues with the game when it comes to actual gameplay. Most of my problems come from my end as I'm still adjusting and learning the game. You can't play 2k17 like it is 2k16 and expect to have the same success. Interested in seeing how much the game will change once the next patch releases.

I will say my one complaint has to be with aiming with the shot stick. Years of 2k has me aiming differently based on my players position to the rim, especially when attempting shots like step backs turnarounds, or shots from a post up position. I'm still struggling to consistently pull straight down with the shot stick.

[NYJin2011tm]

I just can't agree...yet. I was super excited with expansion mode/starting in offseason and all. But the way and the amount of times cpu gets in the paint so easily and cheaply the gameplay is not good right now. See what happens after the next update...

[asu666]

Pushing up the release date let more bugs slip into the product at launch, which I hope 2K gets back on track with for 2K18. It probably doesn't matter to most people, but I backup my saves, so I always play v1.00, because the NBA 2K series updates are not backwards compatible like every other sports game.

[XxKnicksRules215xX]

No I don't think so this year, too many issues and things not working as advertised.

[Womas64]

I don't know, dudes. I think most of the people on here sound hyper critical. I admit I've only had the game for 2 weeks, but I have to say I feel very real changes in this game, and I love it. The dribbling feels real, shot-making feels real.

Last year's defense was insanely over-powered user-to-user. The amount of times I let players go by me on defense just so I could swat them from behind was insane. Unrealistic, as fun as it was.

This year, I really enjoy the fact that when you create space from the defender, you are rewarded. This is how basketball should work. The game is founded upon ball movement, and shot creation. I'm much more impressed with how this version of 2K represents true basketball.

If you're concerned with defense in the game, ask yourself if you see stellar defense night in and night out in the NBA. In my opinion, its the job of these games to create a simulation true to what we see in basketball today. It's the same reason why the running game in Madden feels weird. Teams don't run the ball that effectively in the NFL, yet Madden chose to create their own version of events.

I'm happy that you can take difficult looking shots, and hit them if you've created space. When you watch a basketball game, you see insane athletes making ridiculous plays. Is everyone just upset that there isn't an NCAA 2K and taking it out on NBA perhaps? To me, this version looks like the real thing, and most importantly feels like it.

As a Knick fan though, Kristaps Porzingis looks like Ivan Drago, and plays like Wilt. He needs to be slimmed down, and less successful down low.

[cthurt]

I respectfully disagree. This game has a lot of great features in it but with poor execution. Just seeing all the updates/patches they have released already and we are still waiting on the major gameplay patch shows the poor state this game was released in.

Im a pure offline player and I can say I havent enjoyed the game at all at least compared to how I enjoyed 2k16 this time last year.

[trekfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by LorenzoDC

Whoever wrote this is surely entitled to their opinion. It just seems odd that there's no evidence the author has paid any attention to the community feedback in the official OS 2K17 Impressions thread. If he hasn't, then the post is nothing more than his impression, among the many. If he has read the thread and chooses to pretend all that feedback doesn't exist, then how is this an even an OS community article? If his opinion differs, he should at least acknowledge the existence of the overwhelming majority of people who explicitly do not experience the game as he does, and maybe explain why his opinion is different.

I must second this wholeheartedly. I'm not sure what the author of the article is even doing -- it seems like a revised impression but doesn't take into account the multiple patch releases since the initial release, as well as the bugs that have cropped up/continue to plague the game.

In fact, the article tends to gloss over all that and if anyone is on the fence about buying it, it very much leads them to believe that the game is just fine and everything's okey dokey.

Which is misleading. I think there needs to be clarification at the top of the article that it represents one reviewer's impression/opinion and I believe there needs to be a separate article exploring the issues 2K17 is facing at the moment.