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Reaction to NBA 2K9's Feature List

06:08 PM - July 22, 2008 by RaychelSnr

After last week's release of the NBA 2K9 feature list, the OS community was buzzing about the next installment of the NBA 2K series from 2K sports. Our very own Jeremy Hartman was no different and has his own thoughts on the list in his article, Reaction to NBA 2K9's Feature List.

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	"So what happened? Could it be that NBA 2K9 is coming with something to blow NBA 365 out of the water? Mark Thomas, the VP of sports development at Visual Concepts, made some recent remarks that could hint toward this possibility. The NBA 2K series has always had solid gameplay so the lack of information and the sly remarks must mean that there is something big brewing, right?"

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# 21 Goffs @ 07/23/08 10:15 AM

^^ i thought it was going to be Doug Collins...ah well its better than reading of the paper Kenny...

# 22 Vast @ 07/23/08 11:18 AM

I don't think Live is too far off from 2k man. and im a strictly 2k guy. I've been playing a ton of 2k8 lately and its ticking me off with the passes through my guys and the rampant pick and roll thats unstoppable. If they don't fix this for 2k9 im not buying it.

# 23 spursfan @ 07/23/08 01:02 PM

The player dna is completely differen as somone stated earlier. 2k'd is for the created players, and live's is for the updates' online. But talk is cheap. That always aare trying to suck ppl in with their features list. I realyy don't care what features either one has, if the gameplay isn't fun, sim, and gives the users control over their players. Then all the features in the world don't mean squat. It's still way to early to tell. But 2k's been gringing it form the begining. So we'll see.

# 24 fileman3 @ 07/23/08 01:15 PM

does anybody know when some more screenshots or information gonna come out?

# 25 Pappy Knuckles @ 07/23/08 02:48 PM

I need some vids. I wanna see this baby in motion.

# 26 RAZRr1275 @ 07/23/08 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Moses Shuttlesworth


	NBA 2K9 > NBA LIVE '11

lol

# 27 Shinyhubcaps @ 07/23/08 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mrnoobie


	^^ i thought it was going to be Doug Collins...ah well its better than reading of the paper Kenny...

I believe that they wanted to use Clark Kellogg instead because they may have had him under contract and felt badly that he would have nothing to do since College Hoops 2K9 was canceled.

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Originally Posted by Moses Shuttlesworth


	NBA 2K9 > NBA LIVE '11

That's funny, but I know well enough to not go into it with that mindset... In fact, as much as 2K killed it last year, Live is getting a new start, and I'm going to try all 3 demos (those and NBA 09) before I make a decision.

# 28 trobinson97 @ 07/23/08 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Shinyhubcaps


	I believe that they wanted to use Clark Kellogg instead because they may have had him under contract and felt badly that he would have nothing to do since College Hoops 2K9 was canceled. That's funny, but I know well enough to not go into it with that mindset... In fact, as much as 2K killed it last year, Live is getting a new start, and I'm going to try all 3 demos (those and NBA 09) before I make a decision.

Definitely the best thing to do, I will be doing the same, except for the NBA 09 part since I am on the 360. I have little doubt though that 2K will be good, I have not been given any reason to not think so. I can not say the same for EA's recent history with a lot of their titles, including Live.

# 29 thereginator28 @ 07/23/08 09:17 PM

Great article. And I also wonder why 2K didn't pick up Collins as well?

# 30 rebe1 @ 07/24/08 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Shinyhubcaps


	In fact, as much as 2K killed it last year, Live is getting a new start, and I'm going to try all 3 demos (those and NBA 09) before I make a decision.

True enough, but its just funny that every year, Live has been getting a new start

# 31 rebe1 @ 07/24/08 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Moses Shuttlesworth


	NBA 2K9 > NBA LIVE '11

I just hope it doesn't come down to that and we are forced to play 2K9 for the '10-'11 season thanks to EA

# 32 Pappy Knuckles @ 07/24/08 02:43 AM

If EA gets their grubby little paws on Take Two and scraps the NBA 2k series, I'm done with gaming.

# 33 Muzyk23 @ 07/24/08 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Buddy Knox


	If EA gets their grubby little paws on Take Two and scraps the NBA 2k series, I'm done with gaming.

Man..I can see riots on the streets if that happened

Guys..it's 2 months..we will be soon flooded with info, screens and vids

# 34 DakkoN @ 07/24/08 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by crock


	but my question is how come NBA 2K8 didn't feature a slam dunk competition or 3 point contest?

Wow.

It helps to actually have played the game before asking questions about why something was out of the game.

# 35 Marc_Rez @ 07/24/08 09:13 PM

I really hate this time of the year when it's close to the new 2K Basketball game to come out because I always get overly excited!

# 36 Mr.Clutch_Knicks8 @ 07/24/08 11:46 PM

I want to see some new videos, but info will do for the moment I guess.

# 37 jerseyballer7 @ 07/24/08 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by thereginator28


	Great article. And I also wonder why 2K didn't pick up Collins as well?

Yea I would of like him over Kellogg but oh well. I had enough of Kenny Smith so I'm glad he's out.

# 38 EWRMETS @ 07/25/08 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MMChrisS


	I don't think there is much doubt to that. NBA 2k8 was so so much better than NBA Live. EA Sports could improve Live 09 200% from 08 and it still would be behind NBA 2k9. The gap, IMO, is just huge.

I disagree. From the features list, I don't see anything about updating gameplay flaws that have consistently been in the game. If 2k9 doesn't address these flaws, I'd rather play the fresher NBA Live.

# 39 Pared @ 07/25/08 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by EWRMETS


	I disagree. From the features list, I don't see anything about updating gameplay flaws that have consistently been in the game. If 2k9 doesn't address these flaws, I'd rather play the fresher NBA Live.

I can guarantee you the developers are committed to eliminating anything cheesy. Year after year we've seen less and less of it and 2k9 will be no different.

Any worries, despite the stellar games 2k has put out the past 3 years, are unwarranted.

I understand you (not you specifically, the board) want videos, pics, stickers, tattoos and everything else in terms of coverage but just sit back and relax... play some other games and enjoy the summer. Let them do their thing and we'll be in store for a treat this fall just like the past 2 years.

# 40 EWRMETS @ 07/25/08 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Pared


	I can guarantee you the developers are committed to eliminating anything cheesy. Year after year we've seen less and less of it and 2k9 will be no different. Any worries, despite the stellar games 2k has put out the past 3 years, are unwarranted.

I agree that the past 3 games have been very good but I haven't seen the progress in some areas that I would like especially playcalling being tied to positions, pick and rolls, court awareness (taking a long 2 instead of a 3 because a guy's motion forces him to step over the line), help defense, double teams, and more. 2k fixed the lack of fast breaks in their patch to 2k7 and then the problem was back in 2k8. 2k's lack of customer support is only part of the problem.

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