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NBA 2K9 Hands-On Preview (IGN)

06:28 PM - August 15, 2008 by Muzyk23

IGN has posted their hands-on preview of NBA 2K9.

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	"On the court you'll notice tighter animations and an even greater sense of control. The breadth of moves has been expanded quite a bit with several new dunks and layups on display in our game between the Knicks and Celtics. There's now something called Reel Maker which compiles a short list of replays and cuts them together into a pseudo-montage, cut together with music playing in the background. Because of that, the frequency of Action Replays has been scaled back considerably."

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# 21 Mobster06 @ 08/15/08 09:13 PM

Wowwww im excited

Derrick rose looks perfect. no homo

# 22 Behindshadows @ 08/15/08 09:18 PM

Boozer looks like my cousin Martin....not Boozer, but the detail overall in his model is great.

Not digging the Kobe / Parker photo, bad angle. Detail is decent though.

Derek Rose's model looks incredible, down to the face proportions to the skin tone and tattoos.

# 23 LB23 @ 08/15/08 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Parasight


	Ugh, the one thing that continues to bug me is the total lack of emotion on the players faces when they are mid-shot, in contact with the defender. Boozer's face would likely be more intense than that nonchalant look he gives in the screenshot. I thought the whole "KG brings intensity" thing was a step in the right direction, but it looks like we're going to get stuck with robot player models yet again.

Why does it matter?!?!? It's not like you'll see their faces like that during gameplay! You don't even see their faces like that during a real life game, just in pictures! Calm down...

# 24 aholbert32 @ 08/15/08 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by LB23


	Why does it matter?!?!? It's not like you'll see their faces like that during gameplay! You don't even see their faces like that during a real life game, just in pictures! Calm down...

Cosign/

# 25 edubbs @ 08/15/08 09:33 PM

The jersey textures are the best looking in any basketball game to date. They look 10x better than they did in 2k8.

# 26 ai2k2 @ 08/15/08 09:35 PM

Textures and graphics are well done. Great job over there Mr. Jinks!!!...

# 27 m12x13adass @ 08/15/08 10:33 PM

The new hornets jerseys looks good.

# 28 jerseyballer7 @ 08/15/08 10:41 PM

I can't wait for the 5 on 5 online. Everything is sounding good so far.

# 29 Spectre @ 08/15/08 10:48 PM

Graphics wise, this game looks miles ahead of 2K8. Those player models are beautiful. The faces look spot-on. All of the previews make it sound like the atmosphere has been maximized as well.

This series is so damn good, a few tweaks and this could be the best game we've seen in a while.

# 30 TMagic @ 08/15/08 11:01 PM

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	Players can use deny defense, but run the risk of having the player they're guarding push by them in a quick cut in the opposite direction. The push and the deny defense are totally user controlled and need to be used wisely. When the player on offense makes that cut the man on defense can tug on his jersey to slow him down. Do it too long and the refs will spot it and whistle you for a foul..

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Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

I wonder if they took some of that from us? Or if this was something they already planned on having in the game.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...ns-thread.html

In either case, I'm glad it's in the game.

# 31 Parasight @ 08/15/08 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by LB23


	Why does it matter?!?!? It's not like you'll see their faces like that during gameplay! You don't even see their faces like that during a real life game, just in pictures! Calm down...

Please note, the amount of camera cuts we received in 2K8 were SIGNIFICANT, almost after every made bucket. Not to mention the new feature of highlight reels after each quarter, which will undoubtedly capture the action up-close and personal. To see such monotony in the faces of coaches and players was a total killjoy. Should we settle for mediocrity, when minor details can work together to create a much more significant product? My complaint is about as big as "accessory freaks". It's a valid reason to be upset.

To be honest, the only thing thing separating reality and the game itself (other than obvious graphical impossibilities) is emotion. It's hard to translate such a thing in video games, I know. But it's not impossible. This is something that can make the game leaps better than the previous iterations. It would be a massive gain in striving for "realism". No matter how small the detail.

# 32 23 @ 08/15/08 11:52 PM

To be fair if we were able to edit all of this stuff and were given all accessories and extras, etc... there wouldnt be much to complain about.

# 33 Hassan Darkside @ 08/16/08 12:04 AM

I'm surprised nobody's talking about the player DNA feature. That's something I've seen a lot of people begging for on here for a while. Im gonna be ballin with MessenjahMatt's MJ!

# 34 ProfessaPackMan @ 08/16/08 12:04 AM

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	How well you play your position and synergize with the rest of your team determines your Team 2K rating. The game uses the values to let people know what kind of player you are online. Play like a jackass and you'll have to invest some time to earn back respect.

I'm liking the sound of this so far...

# 35 Shakedowncapo @ 08/16/08 12:08 AM

The Q&A tomorrow should be nice...

Found out some things that will make you guys smile big time.

(just to clarify, its with Chase B from here)

# 36 23 @ 08/16/08 12:12 AM

Those of us with PS3's were already doing that stuff

# 37 ChaseB @ 08/16/08 12:13 AM

Yea OMG, the person throwing himself out there for that torture must be a real soldier.

And just so people don't get too hyped, it's just a general community thing I'll be doing on here where peeps can ask questions. I'll be doing it for other various 2K and EA games I saw this week while out in Cali. I'm going to hop on a red eye shortly, but I have seen NBA 2K, I have played NBA 2K, I have knowledge about the 2K.

Should get home around 7 a.m. EST tomorrow, and after I get back to my senses I'll be around a lot of the day.

# 38 blingballa333 @ 08/16/08 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ChaseB


	Yea OMG, the person throwing himself out there for that torture must be a real soldier. And just so people don't get too hyped, it's just a general community thing I'll be doing on here where peeps can ask questions. I'll be doing it for other various 2K and EA games I saw this week while out in Cali. I'm going to hop on a red eye shortly, but I have seen NBA 2K, I have played NBA 2K, I have knowledge about the 2K. Should get home around 7 a.m. EST tomorrow, and after I get back to my senses I'll be around a lot of the day.

Hye Chase, good to hear that you got your hands on 2k9.....lucky

lol. But where should we expect the q&a to be? Will you just post a thread and have us ask questions?

# 39 23 @ 08/16/08 12:34 AM

How'd you enjoy the weather Chase?

Was it overcast up there from the coast or did you get to enjoy the same kind of weather we did here in LA?

Anyhow, looking forward to the QA!

# 40 ChaseB @ 08/16/08 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by blingballa333


	Hye Chase, good to hear that you got your hands on 2k9.....lucky lol. But where should we expect the q&a to be? Will you just post a thread and have us ask questions?

Yea nothing too serious. I'll post a thread in here, hopefully a mod stickies it at some point.

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Originally Posted by KDRE_OS


	How'd you enjoy the weather Chase? Was it overcast up there from the coast or did you get to enjoy the same kind of weather we did here in LA? Anyhow, looking forward to the QA!

I had really nice weather in the Bay Area. It was pretty much 65 and sunny when I was in SF. Then in Novato and Redwood City it was like 80 and sunny.

Anywho I'm boarding soon so I'm off for now.

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