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NBA 2K12 Hands-On Preview (Part Two)

12:13 PM - September 19, 2011 by RaychelSnr

NBA 2K11 was in my console for most of the sports gaming season. I’ve probably logged more hours with it than all other sports games combined. While it had its share of issues, the game was fun and for the most part, played a realistic game of basketball. I had high hopes, as I took flight to Novato, Calif., to take a look at NBA 2K12. Did I come away impressed? Read on and find out.

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# 41 dukedude24 @ 09/19/11 05:19 PM

hmmm.....this caught my attention....

"You can retire at any point in your career. I retired before I ever stepped foot on an NBA court, and Gerald Wallace showed up for my retirement. Photos will show during your retirement that plays back your entire career."

he retired before he even stepped on NBA court...then why would Wallace show up for his retirement. lol

# 42 Eman5805 @ 09/19/11 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by dukedude24


	hmmm.....this caught my attention.... "You can retire at any point in your career. I retired before I ever stepped foot on an NBA court, and Gerald Wallace showed up for my retirement. Photos will show during your retirement that plays back your entire career." he retired before he even stepped on NBA court...then why would Wallace show up for his retirement. lol

Well, he is called Crash for a reason...

# 43 Steve_OS @ 09/19/11 05:43 PM

FYI.

We were not allowed to discuss or touch Association mode or online modes.

# 44 myownsun @ 09/19/11 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve_OS


	FYI. We were not allowed to discuss or touch Association mode or online modes.

Oooooh Ok, No prob Steve

# 45 malky @ 09/19/11 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve_OS


	FYI. We were not allowed to discuss or touch Association mode or online modes.

And I'm hoping that's a good thing-- to give us another WOW moment for this game in another few days or so

# 46 RB10 @ 09/19/11 06:44 PM

Gonna be awesome. About 12 hours til I get to try for myself

# 47 SwagDoc101 @ 09/19/11 07:03 PM

excellent read...no legends online hurts...everthning else is great...15 more days

# 48 blues rocker @ 09/19/11 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by DustinT


	They were either answered on Twitter, my preview, directly in that thread or this preview. If the question wasn't answered, it's because we couldn't get one.

cool...thanks for the update.

# 49 Siavash @ 09/19/11 07:44 PM

I'm Still waiting for some details on Association mode

# 50 bolla11 @ 09/19/11 08:05 PM

Can't wait to try this out and Association Mode should be a surprise and a good one Oct 4th lets go.

# 51 rdmcfall @ 09/19/11 08:08 PM

They already had my money. If it's as good as advertised, I'll buy a couple extra copies for friends. This is the type of developer I'm always happy to support. Awesome preview.

# 52 domidomdomz @ 09/19/11 08:41 PM

Not sure if this was brought up in the part one thread but are the AI teams execute zone defense this year?

In 2K11, I haven't seen the AI change their man to man D.

# 53 J-H!zZl3 @ 09/19/11 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by domidomdomz


	Not sure if this was brought up in the part one thread but are the AI teams execute zone defense this year? In 2K11, I haven't seen the AI change their man to man D.

That's a very good question. I wonder if the AI will look to change the way they defend (besides double teaming) as the game progresses as well.

# 54 youvalss @ 09/19/11 09:42 PM

Sounds great! Really looking forward to playing the demo...

# 55 green94 @ 09/19/11 09:49 PM

My biggest gripe is no manual passing... but if the new auto passing work as advertised hopefully it won't matter.

Can't wait for 2k12.

# 56 burnwood @ 09/19/11 10:06 PM

Steve, can you comment any on the online menu structure or menus at all? Like how much of the in game adjustments are streamlined so that a player doesn't have to press Start.

# 57 13thjoker @ 09/19/11 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Bulls321974


	Quote: "On the downside, the crowd seems to be lost at times. I noticed on a few occasions, I’d hit a big 3 or just a big shot in general and the crowd didn’t react like you would think they would. Even “And 1” calls didn’t cause much of a stir from the fans. I did notice, late in close games, the crowd would go bananas." - Why, 2K? Why???

I think its like that a bit though in real games. Early in a game, there's a lot of minutes still to go, the scores are still close and low. A crowd wouldnt go totally nuts about a 3 or an and 1 in the first ten minutes. It's a good play but there's not the same emotional level as a similar play in the last 2 - 5 minutes with the scores tight.

# 58 Shinyhubcaps @ 09/19/11 10:07 PM

Still have the circle on instant replays?! That is very frustrating to me. I might have to use ReelMaker if it's still in the game. Love some of the new Create-a-Player stuff.

# 59 samer naser @ 09/20/11 12:25 AM

yes insight bout shoes coming soon!!

# 60 iceberg760 @ 09/20/11 01:37 AM

Cool....REALLY looking forward to playing this.....Madden has already eaten into my family time/think i may have to invest in CLONING......

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