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NBA 2K9 Screenshots (Worthplaying)

08:46 AM - September 9, 2008 by Steve_OS

For those that haven't seen them yet, Worthplaying has posted some NBA 2K9 screenshots.

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	"2K Sports and Visual Concepts are working on the next installment in their NBA2k franchise featuring 11-time NBA All-Star and 2008 Defensive Player of the Year Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics as the cover athlete and spokesman for NBA 2K9."

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# 41 tutking @ 09/10/08 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by youvalss


	If 2K's main problem is that sliding, it means that 2K is the best thing you can wish for. On the other hand, there are some games out there that have the ENTIRE gameplay broken and no one even thinks of fixing it... just to put things in perspective...

Thats real talk i remember last year when there was complaints about the little problems in graphics (face a little too round, wrong kind of armband etc.) someone said the title of some theory cant remember what its called but basicaly the closser something gets to perfect the more complaints there will be about it.

Think about would we have been makin theese complaints back in the mid 90s?

Dont get me wrong i have nothing wrong with the complaining it makes the developers see wat need to get fixed and helps them prioritize, but jus like the quote above im jus tryin to put things in perspective.

# 42 i c u cant stop me @ 09/10/08 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by KDRE_OS


	Shinyhubcaps.. i saw a pic of Dwight doing a commercial.. thats the exact jersey he had on.

ehhhh.....iam not really feeling the blue road jerseys....

i wish they where black with a blue strip going down the side..but the white home ones are sweet!

# 43 i c u cant stop me @ 09/10/08 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by LAKE4742


	LOL But Tony Parker underneath him looks really good. I think the screenshots are amazin'! But 2 questions: Why can't 2K ever make the players grip the rim and grip the basketball without that space between their hand and the ball? And why are their nets so loose and flimsy?!!!!-2 of the few things LIVE does better than 2k, IMO. LOL

Dude players havent been touching the rim sence nba live 96. its in every basketball game..its real hard to fix so why waste time when its BEARLY noticeable in real time.....are you gonnia sit there playing with your buddies and stop play just to replay every dunk you just did to see if the guys hands grabs the rim??? i think not. Thats like saying iam not playing any hockey video game cause the ice isnt white enough.

# 44 HeavenlyTouch @ 09/10/08 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by LAKE4742


	LOL But Tony Parker underneath him looks really good. I think the screenshots are amazin'! But 2 questions: Why can't 2K ever make the players grip the rim and grip the basketball without that space between their hand and the ball? And why are their nets so loose and flimsy?!!!!-2 of the few things LIVE does better than 2k, IMO. LOL

haha, I like your sarcasm.

By the way, in reference to your sig, it doesn't bode well with me!

To be honest, they just leave it on default, I really think the shooting is lights out in the game when left on 50. That's one of my problems with online play, seeing as how all sliders are default. When I play against my friends, we purposely lower all shooting to 48 on the bars and we get really realistic shooting %'s. I feel like when we play with 50's, we score way too much and hit almost every shot contested or not.

With some of the bars adjusted it becomes a much more realistic game (collision detection, more charges/blocks/bodying/fouls that aren't called) it's great and simulates real life basketball even more.

# 45 HeavenlyTouch @ 09/10/08 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by i c u cant stop me


	Dude players havent been touching the rim sence nba live 96. its in every basketball game..its real hard to fix so why waste time when its BEARLY noticeable in real time.....are you gonnia sit there playing with your buddies and stop play just to replay every dunk you just did to see if the guys hands grabs the rim??? i think not. Thats like saying iam not playing any hockey video game cause the ice isnt white enough.

He's just kidding, he's referring to a post I made earlier mocking the complaints regarding the hands not touching the rim.

I suspect he's an avid 2k fan.

# 46 NumberOneRB @ 09/10/08 02:07 AM

"Girl gimme dat GAMEPLAY"

# 47 i c u cant stop me @ 09/10/08 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by HeavenlyTouch


	He's just kidding, he's referring to a post I made earlier mocking the complaints regarding the hands not touching the rim. I suspect he's an avid 2k fan.

o my fault i didnt read your post from a few pages back. i was about to say lol. Iam like hands not touching the rim is in every basketball game.

# 48 HeavenlyTouch @ 09/10/08 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by LAKE4742


	I was actually bein' genuine when makin' the comment about the grip...and the net. It may have always been that way, but does that mean it should continue to be that way? I'm an avid sports fan-not 2K or Live. So, of course I want ultra-realism. And the hand thing just gets to me because it looks so weird....still. Now, that won't stop me from buyin' the game, not at all. Because true, it's not very noticable durin' gameplay. Just wanted to clarify. It's possible (for some of us) to appreciate a developer or game and still point out weird issues new or old. Calm down, guys. And let's maturely discuss the facts.

To be honest, it's only a few dunks it does that on. In the #2 trailer, iguodala's hands clearly rip down the rim as he goes for a two handed dunk. Not that I know too much about gaming engines, but I assume this is some sort of model problem that they cant fix right now. Perhaps they're having problems during certain sequences where one player hits another and it is an unknown variable how high the player will jump due to a collision instead of a regular jump (just a theory).

I don't think its enough to jump ship like another guy was suggesting in this thread solely due to some graphic problems. Next gen, and sports gaming has come a long way since 10 years ago; we've simply come to expect too much with all the technology that's provided for us nowadays and many people tend to take things for granted (generally speaking).

I might have bashed Live but that's simply because I used to love the game, and I'm sorely disappointed that they've completely ruined what in 2004 to me was a great basketball game.

# 49 Shakedowncapo @ 09/10/08 04:50 AM

The net animation in Live is better? Give me what you're smoking...

You must play ball with chain nets..

# 50 nbalive103 @ 09/10/08 05:14 AM

Is it possible that it could be because of a players abilities alone and he was dunking on ben wallace which seems pretty hard to do.

# 51 tbabyy924 @ 09/10/08 05:15 AM

It might just be me, but I don't really take into account screens that much anymore. Especially from 2k and especially since last year. We all remember that Chris Paul one where they had him looking all glazed up. Still, I think they got the faces down. The only thing that bothers me a little bit is the jerseys. They seem to just...float, like they're not really on the body, maybe this is a similar issue with how they can't touch the ball.

Anyways, 2k is still going to be amazing and until I see proof that Live is no longer a 4 quarters version of the slam dunk contest, 2k getting my money.

# 52 Shakedowncapo @ 09/10/08 05:20 AM

2k does overdo it...But it sure does feel good hitting all net. Nobody does it better than Sony, but don't say Live...It just makes no sense. Lives net animations are like throwing a brick through a hoop.

I have an official NBA net in my backyard, broken in...2k isn't far off in how it moves. Sony is just king in the dept.

# 53 Gmoney2002 @ 09/10/08 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by tmagic_01


	Pretty darn good.

Pretty freakin' good tmagic...

# 54 Tommyklaid @ 09/10/08 11:37 AM

Agreed...

The screenshots always look VERY promising, but it will be the "real-test" once we see everything in action (from an actual game - not a clip)

It looks like 2K cleaned up many of the problem players' faces (at least during a replay) and added the "sweat-progression" like they had in 2K7 but toned it down a tad...good work!

I like many can't wait to see more and more info of what 2K is bringing this year...Live doesn't look as good as 2K does this year, but it is DEFINITELY leaps-and-bounds over last years Live. Hopefully, 2K brings it this year!!

# 55 King Gro23 @ 09/10/08 06:59 PM

I dont like how much the DOF is its too much but its really only like that in replays but depth of field needs to be sharper but still blurry its like smudgy and blurr like a nude scene lol once again its really only like this in replays

# 56 Greene_Flash03 @ 09/10/08 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by King Gro23


	I dont like how much the DOF is its too much but its really only like that in replays but depth of field needs to be sharper but still blurry its like smudgy and blurr like a nude scene lol once again its really only like this in replays

Yes! I thought I was the only one! I posted the same thing on the preview thread. It's too 'dreamy' IMO, I want to see sharper and more vivid photos like this:

# 57 i c u cant stop me @ 09/10/08 07:17 PM

wow dont you guys see how spoiled we have gotten over the past 15 years with basketball video games??? remember the days on snes where we had NO roster up dates NO patches etc. now we are asking the developes to make the nets move better??? lol remeber nba showdown or bulls vs blazers are even tecmo super nba basketball where we had like only 2 net animations??? and the players didnt even have numbers on their unis or real player faces??? iam just saying we have come a very looooooooooooooong way to complain about how the nets dont move and how rims dont touch hands and how certain players dont more to their real life counterparts and how someone doesnt blink there eyes at real speed lol. just be happy where we are now in 2008.

# 58 -DaVe- @ 09/10/08 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by i c u cant stop me


	wow dont you guys see how spoiled we have gotten over the past 15 years with basketball video games??? remember the days on snes where we had NO roster up dates NO patches etc. now we are asking the developes to make the nets move better??? lol remeber nba showdown or bulls vs blazers are even tecmo super nba basketball where we had like only 2 net animations??? and the players didnt even have numbers on their unis or real player faces??? iam just saying we have come a very looooooooooooooong way to complain about how the nets dont move and how rims dont touch hands and how certain players dont more to their real life counterparts and how someone doesnt blink there eyes at real speed lol. just be happy where we are now in 2008.

Sadly people don't want to think that way..

# 59 Vast @ 09/10/08 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by tmagic_01


	Pretty darn good.

Notice how the real picture has that same blur....

# 60 Shinyhubcaps @ 09/11/08 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by KDRE_OS


	Shinyhubcaps.. i saw a pic of Dwight doing a commercial.. thats the exact jersey he had on.

I saw that too, and he was on ESPN FirstTake wearing the blue. I missed the pinstripes on the white, apparently. Are they there? They aren't on the blue. It will be weird if the pinstripes are on the home and not the away.

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