Storyline of NBA 2k18

[BehindtheArc88]

So I have been seeing a lot of post of people complaining about the NBA 2k18 Mycareer storyline. So much so that I feel like people think its the cool thing to do. You guys hear a few lines from the story and say it's trash and I don't believe that is fair to everyone involved with the production of the story.

So for all of you that feel this storyline is trash, please share with us what you consider a great story on TV, Netflix or just a movie in general because I would love to know.

I for one love the voice acting so far so I am curious to see what you "story critics" taste are.

[BrickAssist]

The overall story might be good down the road, who knows, but based on past games I wouldn't bet on it.

The characters are essentially walking cliches with no depth, constantly spouting cheesy one liners and bad jokes. They don't come off as human, they come off like caricatures. Everyone has to have a nickname or gimmick so they can make puns off it. The agent is always annoying and greedy, the coaches spout generic sports lines without having a real personality of their own. Most the characters have specific roles they are there to play and don't actually add anything to the experience. You swap them out between different 2k iterations and nothing is lost.

[nddot]

Nah breh, the beginning is corny, the lines are corny and cliché.
An ex prospect who turned into a dj who wants to go back to playing ball and who gets discovered in a random playground tournament ?

The gameplay is okay tho.


Props to you if you like it, not trying to bash you or anything but yeah...it is what it is.



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[aakaido]

Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Death Note, almost any Netflix original tv series, anything with a decent plot and logical character development just to answer your question.

But in honesty, like someone else said, no one's really judging the game yet, but really looking at 2K's body of work and seeing how that translates into the next game, gameplay and story wise. I skipped 2K17 but if 2K16 is any indication of how they make stories or allow them to be created and developed, then don't do one at all. For one, it's not really needed and comes off corny, cheesy, and cringeworthy. The nicknames and the added hoops just to get to play hoops in the NBA also aren't necessary. The open world concept would be enough given they added enough fun things to do on your off days or after games.

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[DVaz3]

I Agree the story isn't really needed in a sports game. Just let us go through the NBA Draft Combine, put in the work, get drafted and get our endorsements and unlockables as we go without having to watch a Cheesy *** story play out. 2K would be fine with only having some cutscenes during post game interviews and maybe a few during meaningful games throughout the season and after a championship cause these Story mode plots and nicknames are wack.


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[hina]

The story was trash last year and will be this year too, but i dont need a story! What i d like to see is, having some influence, real interactions with my gm/coach/teammates/fans...

[ph33]

OP are you low key trying to get Netflix recommendations? lol

[Fiasco West]

Quote: Originally Posted by DVaz3

I Agree the story isn't really needed in a sports game. Just let us go through the NBA Draft Combine, put in the work, get drafted and get our endorsements and unlockables as we go without having to watch a Cheesy *** story play out. 2K would be fine with only having some cutscenes during post game interviews and maybe a few during meaningful games throughout the season and after a championship cause these Story mode plots and nicknames are wack. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

Yeah, that's what I want.

I don't like the story because it took out the high-school games and the colleges.

I wish they would focus more on it being open-ended, when is the last time we got to choose our own nickname for instance?