NBA 2K17's Run: A Mostly Successful Outing

[Hustle Westbrook]

As far as sales go? Yeah. This is a very successful game.

As far as how the actual game plays? Not even close. It's easily the worst 2K I've played. It's really laughable how bad it is.

[PPerfect_CJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by BellSKA

This is incredibly profound. It's currently my OS post of the new year. It's a perspective that hadn't even crossed my mind. I started playing MyTeam for the 1st time to mix it up and have said it made the game enjoyable for me. But what you said better articulates how I feel.

Thanks, man. Appreciate the kind words.

[PPerfect_CJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by tril

2k though they are adding new features to their modes, appears to be streamlining their product. settings and game-play mechanics that were changed or removed benefited more of the online community. I officially did not like this years version of NBA2k. But will continue to support their product due to their track record with the NBA title.

I think it will be more of a "wait and see" for me, from now on. Definitely no day one purchase, anymore. If we wait until around Christmas, we should have a pretty clear understanding of what the game will be.

[asu666]

"What did they really mess up?"

They 1.00v of the game is a mess. The shorter development window caused all kinds of bugs to slip through, which stinks because 2k is the only series I know of that patches cause the save files to not work with older version of the game. Even the version on PSN is 1.02 this year, because the disc version is so bad.

[awg811]

I guess "mostly successful" depends on what you consider "success".

This poll, on this forum, suggests, from a fans stand point, that it did not succeed.
132 people voted in the poll and 83%, 109, of them voted that 2k DID NOT deliver.
17 people, 13%, voted that they did.

I am confident that if all 2k fans were polled, the number of people that think this game failed would grow significantly.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...y-deliver.html

[ssimpsons3]

This shows OS bias towards selling copies and making people feel good, as opposed to advancing games for simulation standards.

The resounding feeling towards 2k17 as a whole, from the OS community is not a positive one. Besides the obvious internet hate, there are A LOT of well constructed criticisms brought up on this board. Well thought out posts with actual data to back it up. Articles like this disregard the majority of opinions from Sim gamers and say...its successful. Why? To help 2k sell copies. If Madden or NHL has this kind of unrest from the OS community, all at one, would they make this post about those games?

THERE IS NO AUTHENTIC ARENA AUDIO - STRAIGHT UP A LIE
SOUND DOES NOT WORK WHEN RECORDING
BANNING PEOPLE FOR SNIPING SO THEY CANT 'BEAT' 2ks SYSTEM
CORRUPTED FILES WITH $100s and 100s OF HOURS LOST WITH NO COMPENSATION (This literally happens in no other game. BF, COD, ESO, Overwatch, R6...my profile is my profile always...will never happen.)
EVERYTHING COSTS MORE VC, AND YOU EARN LESS VC ACROSS BOARD
PARK AFTER DARK DOES NOT WORK FOR 75% of USERS
NO YEEZYS
SAME PARKS
GLITCH XBOX LOAD SCREEN
1 TIMEOUT GLITCH IN SIMCAST GAMES WHEN JUMPING IN
CAN NOT PLAY WALK ON WITH FRIENDS
KICKING PLAYERS IN RANKED PROAM
GLITCH FACE SCANS MAKING GIANT BLOCKS FOR HEADS
STEAL THE INBOUNDS STILL IN 21
TEAMMATE GRADE SYSTEM FLAWED
THERE WAS NO OPENING DAY ROSTER FOR FIRST TIME IN 6+ YEARS
ACE BROKEN-ISH
AI HELP DEFENSE BROKEN
STILL WRONG COURTS AND COLORS FOR TEAMS
PICK AND ROLL ABUSE
MISSING PLAYERS

And in closing...SKILLS MATTER...put it on Rookie and play 100s of hours spamming pass and shooting 3s JUST SO YOU CAN GO PLAY CHEESE-FEST ONLINE.



If you really can't see how 2k is extorting NBA fans for all their money while there is no competition...and can't see that this article was purposefully ment to change the casual 2k readers outlook on the game, opposed to what they would read from OS HC OGs that put true work into tweaking this game...then I was a brick of whatever you got.

This game, company, vision, and direction is mediocre at BEST.

This will get deleted, I will get banned, but if THIS is they kind of SIMULATION DEDICATION THIS SITE SHOWS NOW...wow man. I'm all set on this little-kid NBA Jam catering to casuals BULL****.

WE NEED TO START A FORUM/SITE THAT WILL ACTUALLY HOLD 2k ACCOUNTABLE, and BRING BACK TRUE SIMULATION DEDICATION

[fakeassc]

^ Agree mate.

2K does definitely need competition.

Personally, I can only give a little bit of constructive criticism.

- 2K17 introduced more than a handful of animations which negatively affected gameplay. There's excessive bumping by the CPU against human players.

- 2K17 has a number of hidden CPU stat boosts. CPU moves smoother, able to hit contested step-back 3's with ease, run faster, hustle better.

- 2K17 on-ball defence is ridiculously powerful. It's to compensate for 2K17's horrendous off-ball defense.

These were just some quick points. 2K17 was a major step backwards from 2K16 in my opinion. Felt like they were very lazy in this development cycle. Embellished a lot of pointless features, but didn't focus on the gritty gameplay that we really need to take another look at.

I hope an upcoming patch can solve these issues.

[dpower15]

Quote: Originally Posted by BA2929

Making an online environment for a FPS is entirely different than a sports game.

Agreed but the difference is mind boggling. Honestly I'd be much happier with a matchmaking system rather than the Park. Great concept but with their servers it just doesn't work as well as you'd hope. I assume if we could do 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, 21, 1v1, proam playlists rather than run it all through parks it would help with the lag a lot. We don't really need to see shirtless guys with top hats running around tossing their arms up while we look for a game of online 3v3 do we? Just matchmake and put me in a random game with a server of only 6 people rather than 60!



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