Will NBA 2k become the next Madden?

[rickmitchell22]

With years of weak competition (last few years), no competition (this year), and likely weak or no competition for the next few years, is anyone else scared the NBA 2K series is going to become complacent like the Madden series did for years until it doesn't even resemble the greatness of its former self? Because I'm terrified of this. It seemed to me that the competition and banter from the new EA "Elite" basketball series inspired 2k to go above and beyond with 2k11, to the point they won before the game even started so to speak. Sure 2K wouldn't have done anything (except for making a great game) to bring this on itself like EA did with buying exclusive NFL license for Madden, but it still could mean bad things. Thoughts?

[yungflo]

No .

[arsenal123gunners]

No, because 2K should still be scared about what EA will be able to create with Elite being delayed until the end of march. People should be expecting a whole new ball game

[rickmitchell22]

Quote: Originally Posted by arsenal123gunners

No, because 2K should still be scared about what EA will be able to create with Elite being delayed until the end of march. People should be expecting a whole new ball game

I hope they are, but scared? Really? After the past few months I don't think anyone in competition with EA basketball is going to be scared of anything.

[blues rocker]

well...2k already has an amazing game...so quite honestly, there's not a whole lot they can do to improve it anyway, other than adding new modes. the gameplay is already solid, so unless they completely scrap everything for a new engine, I don't see how 2k basketball could become a bad game...even if they left the game alone for 2 years and didn't improve it at all, it would still be a good game because it would play just like 2k11 (which is already great.)

to be honest, I don't really know what more they can add to the gameplay at this point. They've pretty much worked out all the problems and everything from control to movement is great...maybe AI could see some slight improvement, but that would be a minor thing.

by creating such a good game, they have kind of created a problem for themselves...because how do they really improve from here? can they really improve the game next year so much that it will make you feel like you need to buy it? probably not.

[Jasong7777]

Nope. Only EA is conempt to be average.

[erickonasis]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jasong7777

Nope. Only EA is conempt to be average.

[jeebs9]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jasong7777

Nope. Only EA is conempt to be average.

LOL!!

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