Is 2K slowly taking away features to force online play?

[SHAKYR]

It seems like 2K is slowly taken away our offline choices and experience for online. They are taking away our choice to choose which way we want to play. The removal of Association and the create a player seem like an indication of what is to come for fans of offline and customization freedom.

[nuckles2k2]

I think they spent all of their time incorporating MyGM and the additions to MyCareer on a fresh slate.

If next-gen 2K14 was a port, I think we'd have all of those features implemented.

Simultaneous developments of current-gen & next-gen, in one studio might have been a little silly. It was obviously easier for them to get the current-gen 2K14 done, because it was built on a foundation they already have.

This next-gen version of the series feels rushed.

I wouldn't be surprised if all of those features re-appeared next year...I'm just not sure if I'm gonna buy it.

[SHAKYR]

Quote: Originally Posted by nuckles2k2

I think they spent all of their time incorporating MyGM and the additions to MyCareer on a fresh slate. If next-gen 2K14 was a port, I think we'd have all of those features implemented. Simultaneous developments of current-gen & next-gen, in one studio might have been a little silly. It was obviously easier for them to get the current-gen 2K14 done, because it was built on a foundation they already have. This next-gen version of the series feels rushed. I wouldn't be surprised if all of those features re-appeared next year...I'm just not sure if I'm gonna buy it.

I only have the Next Gen version. Are these missing features in pass generation?

[BuGzBuNNy]

Isn't MyGM basically the same thing as association?

[birthday_massacre]

Quote: Originally Posted by BuGzBuNNy

Isn't MyGM basically the same thing as association?

No not by a long shot.

[BuGzBuNNy]

Quote: Originally Posted by birthday_massacre

No not by a long shot.

Having just began a MyGM mode, it seems to be just a more amped up Association mode with several additions that will probably become tedious for people not wanting to handle all of the new features. Either way, they actually spent more time adding this instead of just porting over the traditional association mode.

[birthday_massacre]

Quote: Originally Posted by BuGzBuNNy

Having just began a MyGM mode, it seems to be just a more amped up Association mode with several additions that will probably become tedious for people not wanting to handle all of the new features. Either way, they actually spent more time adding this instead of just porting over the traditional association mode.

In association mode, you can control more than just one team if you want to. You can't in mygm, you can only control one team.

Also in association mode you don't need stupid VC to do simple things like change your line up or sign and trade players. Everything is locked in myGM mode.

In MYGM mode if you sim games you don't get VC, so you have to play every game to be able to unlock everything, good luck with playing 5-10 years deep in mygm mode like you can in association mode.

If you could control more than one team in MYGM and it didn't force VC upon everyone, I don't think anyone would have an issue with MYGM mode. But those two things basically ruin the game experience and turn people off.

[storm021]

The Association mode has not been removed, they have stated several times while making the NG that not all features will be in the first version. The association mode is suppose to be there for the NG version of 2k15. I will give credit where credit is due, I think EA learned from the 360 launch and made sure their versions had those features but with 2k going the route of making a new version for the NG caused them to hit the reset button and sorry to say it will take them some time to get all the features we are familiar with.