False advertising, Always on connection - rant of a madman

[JKHERD]

The game is undeniably beautiful, a true hallmark of how lush and deep the Xbox One and PS4 visuals are and can become, but without a consistent connection to servers (inexplicably required for single player game modes), owning NBA 2K14 on the next gen is the video game equivelant of going to a Ferrari dealership, plopping down a suitcase full of cash on the managers' desk, watching him set the bills ablaze and using them to light a Cuban cigar and in return only being allowed to press your nose to the showroom glass and fantasize about getting behind the wheel. Your money has been burned and you are merely allowed to look, but not touch, this is what 2K has done to all of us.

I've had a ton of trouble playing MyGM mode, my favorite game mode, because the server is down. It is a single player game mode and was not advertised to use the cloud for saves, rendering it senselessly dependent on an internet connection and connected 2K servers. I have no problem with requiring a connection for updates and building the game around gold subscribers and the online community, but without online associations, my current gen favorite with my friends, and the inability to play more than a simple exhibition game offline I would gladly return my digital copy for any type of refund if offered. 2K never informed us, the sports gaming community, that their amazingly beautiful product would be made useless without a functioning internet connection and solid connection to a comically unreliable server. It is not listed on the package to the game or listed in the digital download info nor were we cautioned about this extremely important fact through the official website or social media representatives such as @ronnie2k; I therefore claim that 2K was not only negligent in their treatment of consumers, but fraudulent in their marketing campaign for the next generation platforms. I have been a loyal and vocal supporter of the NBA and NCAA 2K series since the Dreamcast days, but now I will fill my time with something more reliable and truthfully advertised such as FIFA 14 until concessions, apologies and reparations are made to those of us who have wasted $60 on a product that, to date, has only consistently delivered a fifth of the content I have paid for.

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We're all with you friendo. Pitch fork and firesticks ready.

[Pared]

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