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NBA 2K15: Yakkem Trailer (Gameplay Included)

01:11 PM - August 25, 2014 by RaychelSnr

The first extended gameplay trailer for NBA 2K15 is here, and…Yakkem!

The trailer opens up with Ernie Johnson and Shaquille O’Neal talking in studio (in the game). From there we get an extended montage of in-game action before coming back out to a funny exchange between Johnson and Shaq on set.

What did you spy in the trailer that piqued your interest? Sound off!

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# 281 The 24th Letter @ 08/26/14 06:58 AM

Man College Hoops had so many great features in it looking back....

I remember I had my customized chant, lol

# 282 Da-Man @ 08/26/14 06:58 AM

Who's that cheerleader with the curly hair?.... I want her number.

# 283 The 24th Letter @ 08/26/14 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Da-Man


	Who's that cheerleader with the curly hair?.... I want her number.

I think it's 1000101001

# 284 wallofhate @ 08/26/14 08:19 AM

Lmao@ 24th letter that's a good one. Definitely excited about the game the trailer was good didn't think I'd like the Shaq Ernie thing but it seems it might be cool. I'm a Knicks fan but seeing those Paul George big heads make me sad for him and he was great to play with on the game sucks a lil had some battles against the heat with him

# 285 pdx_24 @ 08/26/14 08:38 AM

Body types are still off for many of the players. Players' arms in particular are way too skinny and short.

I wasn't impressed at all with 2K14 graphics mainly because the body types were way off (pointy shoulders, skinny and short arms, and chests thickness). As far as the graphical side gleaming from this trailer, I'm very disappointed.

# 286 datboimall @ 08/26/14 09:29 AM

2k can u please fix lebrons Rasheed Wallace playoff look smh

# 287 ojandpizza @ 08/26/14 09:58 AM

Love how the ball handling looks, the player intros, Birdman, looks awesome!

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# 288 cashless @ 08/26/14 10:15 AM

OS! I love your site but your media player truly makes the videos unwatchable.

# 289 Sundown @ 08/26/14 10:32 AM

Looks goodish. Cheerleaders and mascots look great. Iggy's celebration is ON POINT. And he does look way better than he did in the Durant trailer. Great animations all around-- from what I can tell of this and Gamescon footage, dribbling's going to be smoother, more realistic, and hopefully more signature this year. I know this is Mike's passion and I can't wait to see how it feels and plays.

Some issues:

Curry's shot is still not fixed. He still has that hitch and his form doesn't look much like that. Seems to be the same shot as last year from what I can tell. Come on, get Curry in for a mo-cap shoot. He lives down the street! Maybe he'll actually be able to figure out his own jumpshot if it's ACTUALLY his own jumpshot. :P

Not digging digital Ernie and Shaq. Ernie looks like a zombie or the guy from American Gothic. The least he can do is look at the camera. Lol. I prefer they went away from shots of announcers until they can really perfect this. It never bothered me that I couldn't see Harlan, Kerr, Bruce, or Kellogg. In fact it added to the realism because there wasn't a digital representation reminding you the announcers were fake people. Silly Creepy Shaq antics is going to knock down the presentation and immersion for me this year.

Also, that ball arena presentation honestly looks kinda cheesy. It's almost... NBA Live-on-a-bad-year-ish. Or something from 2K5.

The skin shaders have the rim lighting turned way up. It looks like everyone is coated in slightly luminescent dust and players look like cutouts pasted on the arena. They don't look like they actually fit the lighting environment. This actually makes the shiny highlights on players even less pronounced because of the lack of contrast, which might look better if they were turne dup. 2K14 looks all around more believable. Strange that the initial trailer had this problem-- then things looked a little better in the Gamescom footage-- and now I'm seeing the shader issue again.

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Originally Posted by Hot Kidd


	Anyone else thinks Curry's jumper looks off? I know, I know. Pedantic.

It's off.

Not getting the jumper right of the 3-point record holder, the best long range shooter in the league and likely of all time, who's also currently leading Team USA and who happens to live and play locally isn't pedantic. It's inexcusable. :P

# 290 Goffs @ 08/26/14 10:38 AM

Do you guys think that 2K's attention to detail will capture Anthony Davis's lower chompers?

# 291 The 24th Letter @ 08/26/14 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundown


	Not digging digital Ernie and Shaq. Ernie looks like a zombie or the guy from American Gothic. The least he can do is look at the camera. Lol. I prefer they went away from shots of announcers until they can really perfect this. It never bothered me that I couldn't see Harlan, Kerr, Bruce, or Kellogg. In fact it added to the realism because there wasn't a digital representation reminding you the announcers were fake people. Silly Creepy Shaq antics is going to knock down the presentation and immersion for me .

You actually could see them in NBA 2k9

I agree though...between them, Sager back on the day, Doris last year....the non player/ coach models have always looked a little weird....

Doesn't necessarily kill any immersion for me because Shaq being ridiculous is about as real as it gets, but I can see the beef with the models,..

# 292 Sundown @ 08/26/14 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by UnbelievablyRAW


	I'd rather they try to put experimental midair collision animations and have it be iffy this time around and improve it next year than have me slide in place underneath a guy and lose control so he an dunk on me as we've seen in past 2k's. Obviously you won't see it in the trailers, but it's been there for years and it makes guys like Iggy way better than they should be

I'd rather them work it out than just throw something in that isn't ready.

And I prefer 2-man animations you can't get out of to 2-man non animations that you can't get out of like they had in 2K12 or 13, where it just slid you out of the way with no contact animations whatsoever, because supposedly 2-man animations were of the devil. It was a worse product that looked terrible and played no better.

All this hate for 2-man animations is way overblown. It's sort of wishing for pie-in-the sky with an extremely difficult and challenging problem that hasn't been adequately solved realtime in all of computer science yet. We'll get more dynamic animations when it's ready-- and even then, people will still complain about the lack of interactivity, because hey, you do lose control when you jump into the air and collide with another. And for what it's worth, we're already seening 2K put some collision physics where limbs meet because they no longer clip into each other-- but it's not something anyone mentions.

As long as the results are tuned correctly so that contact dunks aren't dominating and results play out realistically (more missed dunks and fouls than not), I'm fine with 2-man anims.

# 293 seanbarkley @ 08/26/14 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Goffs


	Do you guys think that 2K's attention to detail will capture Anthony Davis's lower chompers?

JESUSCRIST DUDE!! That's disgusting! I hope they don't, but you can see something close in Alien Isolation.

# 294 Sundown @ 08/26/14 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by The 24th Letter


	I agree though...between them, Sager back on the day, Doris last year....the non player/ coach models have always looked a little weird.... Doesn't necessarily kill any immersion for me because Shaq being ridiculous is about as real as it gets, but I can see the beef with the models,..

Doris was a necessary evil last year because of the courtside interviews (which I hope are back). And I think she looked bad because she wasn't scanned properly (and had hair).

I thought the coaches looked great for the most part though, some even better than players.

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Originally Posted by 23


	So yall complain about Iggy then not acknowledge he's fixed? That jumper and stance was beautiful

Iggy looks amazing. He might be one of the best 2K representations I've seen yet.

# 295 The 24th Letter @ 08/26/14 11:19 AM

I meant to say in my comment that coaches looked good as well...my bad.

# 296 ojandpizza @ 08/26/14 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundown


	As long as the results are tuned correctly so that contact dunks aren't dominating and results play out realistically (more missed dunks and fouls than not), I'm fine with 2-man anims.

All you had to do was put the contact shot at the rim, or whatever it's called, slider way up, turn shooting fouls up, dunk attempts down, dunk rating down.. Problem solved.

Lots of the issues people have with 2k gameplan can be fairly easily fixed with tweaking the sliders..

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# 297 Rockie_Fresh88 @ 08/26/14 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ojandpizza


	All you had to do was put the contact shot at the rim, or whatever it's called, slider way up, turn shooting fouls up, dunk attempts down, dunk rating down.. Problem solved. Lots of the issues people have with 2k gameplan can be fairly easily fixed with tweaking the sliders.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I wish that was the case online