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NBA 2K13 Preview - Control Stick, Passing and Real-Time Physics Collision System

09:02 AM - August 10, 2012 by Steve_OS

Polygon's Samit Sarkar has posted his NBA 2K13 preview, introducing the Control Stick, real-time physics collision system and talking about the improved passing game.

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	Everyone will appreciate the new real-time physics system for collisions, which makes shots in the paint much more dynamic. A player going up for a lay-in can now get realistically bumped by defenders, altering his path through the air � as well as that of his shot. These aren't canned animations for contact; everything depends on the momentum of the players involved. Another improvement NBA 2K fans will notice is passing, which Visual Concepts acknowledges has been a problem area in the past. "Passing is one of the toughest, toughest aspects of the game," said Jones, and to address it, the team dedicated a gameplay engineer to passing alone. Passes tended to feel floaty, and Jones explained the reason: the game prioritized the appearance of a pass and catch, so it had to keep passes slow in order to ensure that a receiver's hands lined up with the ball's position.

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# 41 AVONFTW @ 08/10/12 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by killu4what


	Everything sounds great and looks great. I am curious to see how the shot stick works but as long as its in I'm not worried about it. 2 things I'm skeptical about are the quote about pressing the right stick and something cool will happen. I would hate the game to be a crossover fest because that's not NBA basketball. The second is signature icons. This reminds me of something NBA live tried years ago. They said it doesn't effect ratings bit then net on to say the floor general icon boost awareness. I personally hate systems like this. If d.rose is a floor general it should already be quantified in his ratings and tendencies not a stupid icon. When live did that system it create super players with multiple icons. I have faith 2k will work it out. But I would hate to see the icon players with special abilities sort of speak.

2k made it work in all-pro football

# 42 Da_Czar @ 08/10/12 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Vni


	Hmm ? Hi Czar

I don't know what to say. except Hmm. The reporter may have misquoted a few things is all and not sure i should say anything. LOL so Hmmm

# 43 iLLosophy @ 08/10/12 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Da_Czar


	I don't know what to say. except Hmm. The reporter may have misquoted a few things is all and not sure i should say anything. LOL so Hmmm

I was thinking of going to the gym after work, but now I'm definitely going to tune in tonight lol. Find out more about this "hmmm"

# 44 I Djm @ 08/10/12 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Da_Czar


	I don't know what to say. except Hmm. The reporter may have misquoted a few things is all and not sure i should say anything. LOL so Hmmm

hey czar can you please get somebody at 2k to put in alternate jerseys for my player?

# 45 Chrisksaint @ 08/10/12 01:43 PM

Sooo can someone give me the run down cause i'm confused, does this mean doing moves is easier like it was in Live? There were so many moves in 2k, but I could only do a few lol

# 46 GSWarriors9 @ 08/10/12 01:46 PM

So we can still use square on PS3 to shoot right?

# 47 Da_Czar @ 08/10/12 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by I Djm


	hey czar can you please get somebody at 2k to put in alternate jerseys for my player?

Ahh. I wish I heard this a month or so ago. If it isn't already In I doubt it would make it at this point. I will check and if I hear and can respond I will edit this post fam.

# 48 GSWarriors9 @ 08/10/12 01:48 PM

Can you also ask if we can change jerseys for online games again?

# 49 Da_Czar @ 08/10/12 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Chrisksaint


	Sooo can someone give me the run down cause i'm confused, does this mean doing moves is easier like it was in Live? There were so many moves in 2k, but I could only do a few lol

Yes moves are on the right stick and they are much simpler to pull off and the last I saw you could still use the button to shoot as well.

So right stick for dribbles and then hold left trigger for shots OR use the button.

# 50 Da_Czar @ 08/10/12 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by iLLosophy


	I was thinking of going to the gym after work, but now I'm definitely going to tune in tonight lol. Find out more about this "hmmm"

If I can't post it deep in a forum I dam sure can't say it on the radio. #gotothegym LOL

# 51 RustyBlue @ 08/10/12 01:50 PM

I hope you can actually cross people up in this. No reason Andrew Bynum should be able to keep up with D Will.

# 52 I Djm @ 08/10/12 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Da_Czar


	Ahh. I wish I heard this a month or so ago. If it isn't already In I doubt it would make it at this point. I will check and if I hear and can respond I will edit this post fam.

it's in the wishlist, thanks i really appreciate it, if it doesn't make it i know who to get to float the idea to 1st

# 53 Da_Czar @ 08/10/12 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Scooby803


	I hope you can actually cross people up in this. No reason Andrew Bynum should be able to keep up with D Will.

With huge mismatches you can probably just run past him most times. They spent a good amount of time tuning that but I bet there are still a few instances where you get D'up when you shouldn't

# 54 shegotgame @ 08/10/12 02:16 PM

Sounds good. I hope it is good. I'm most excited about the changes to on ball defense. I hated feeling helpless against offensive moves.

# 55 jmood88 @ 08/10/12 02:19 PM

I just want some information on how the shot stick is still going to work with moves being on the right stick.

# 56 fatleg3 @ 08/10/12 02:21 PM

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	NBA 2K13's new scheme is also much more conceptually intuitive: think of it as controlling your feet with the left stick and your hands with the right, similar to the skate/stick setup in EA Sports' NHL series. In addition, the Control Stick unifies certain previously disparate suites of dribble moves, making them easier to understand and learn. The commands for moves in the post, for example, are now identical to those used when facing up a defender; it's a change that makes sense and makes you wonder why things haven't worked this way until now.

Isn't this the exact same thing Elite tried to pull off? If so and if 2K implements it correctly then this alone will make me fall in love with 2k13. That was the one and only thing that I think Elite did do correctly and it added some fun to that game.

Czar do you know if the ball is live at all times? By this I mean do we really have to pay attention to how we are dribbling the ball in relation to the defender. If so then this will really make dribbling interesting as you would really have to pay attention to how you are dribbling the ball instead of just moving the right stick around hoping to make anything happen. The only time I felt the ball was live in 2k12 was when you are dribbling the ball up court and you are behind your teammate, when you are using the push the ball upcourt animation, and on rebounds.

# 57 Da_Czar @ 08/10/12 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by fatleg3


	Isn't this the exact same thing Elite tried to pull off? If so and if 2K implements it correctly then this alone will make me fall in love with 2k13. That was the one and only thing that I think Elite did do correctly and it added some fun to that game. Czar do you know if the ball is live at all times? By this I mean do we really have to pay attention to how we are dribbling the ball in relation to the defender. If so then this will really make dribbling interesting as you would really have to pay attention to how you are dribbling the ball instead of just moving the right stick around hoping to make anything happen. The only time I felt the ball was live in 2k12 was when you are dribbling the ball up court and you are behind your teammate, when you are using the push the ball upcourt animation, and on rebounds.

Probably not as live as your wanting Fatleg similar to last year you can dribble off the defenders legs or arms but it is not completely live as your wanting it.

# 58 Radio Rakeem @ 08/10/12 02:52 PM

Da_Czar

Why did they make it easier to do a dribble move over a shot with the right stick? Shouldn't they allocate the Right Stick + Left Trigger for dribbles i.e. Left Trigger + Left stick for dribble moves in 2k11 and just have the Right Stick for shooting?

# 59 Da_Czar @ 08/10/12 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Radio Rakeem


	Da_Czar Why did they make it easier to do a dribble move over a shot with the right stick? Shouldn't they allocate the Right Stick + Left Trigger for dribbles i.e. Left Trigger + Left stick for dribble moves in 2k11 and just have the Right Stick for shooting?

They have a alternate control scheme if you want to do it the other way. I absolutely can not go back to using eft stick dribbling after playing 2k13. There appeared to me to be so much more control.

So if you want you can switch it to right stick left trigger for dribbles and right stick only is shot stick. How ever you want it.

# 60 DJ @ 08/10/12 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jmood88


	I just want some information on how the shot stick is still going to work with moves being on the right stick.

Two ways; Hold L2/LT to activate the shot stick ... OR ... change the control scheme to have the shot stick accessible to you the way you've always known it, and have L2/LT be that modifier for the R-stick dribble controls.

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