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NBA 2K15 MyCAREER Opening Scene Video, Face Scan and More

04:03 PM - September 22, 2014 by RaychelSnr

NBA 2K15 is rolling with a brand new look this year to MyCAREER with an all-new backstory where you will (spoiler alert) become an undrafted free agent. This year's mode begins in January instead of before the NBA season, where you will be signing on with short-term deals trying to make a team in the NBA. Another tidbit we've already known is you'll be able to scan your face into the game if you so choose, so your player will look a lot more like yourself if you want to go that route.

The big thing is that you'll be testing free agency right off of the bat, and testing different offers against one another. This is a unique take to the Career mode story, and it seems like a hopeful prospect that you'll be doing a lot of new things in this year's mode you haven't yet done.

Here's to hoping you can skip the cut scenes!

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# 181 etched Chaos @ 09/22/14 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by kadzier


	I don't doubt plenty of crazy stuff goes down in the locker room, but there's a line of plausibility to be drawn. Maybe an NBA player would show up at a team meeting with a clown nose, but not an official postgame press conference, and the idea of a rookie totally going against a coach's gameplan to ballhog because of a bet isn't that realistic either, as that rookie would get benched quick

I'd show up to a presser with a red nose, whats the worse that happens? The press laughs? I get asked a silly question?

Oh and this blows apart anyone saying a red nose would never happen.

# 182 HowDareI @ 09/22/14 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by etched Chaos


	Some of us wanna be superstars, some want to be a 6th man (no idea why), some wanna be journeymen, some want to play for their team and lead them to the promised land. The devs have to write a story that will enjoyed by the most people, invariably that means become a superstar, unless they throw more resources at it, that'll be the general path a story takes.

Perfect point.

As long as there's a story it will probably be a cheesy (as Drake said) "started from the bottom now we here" kinda story. Because everyone wants to be Lebron/Kobe kinda guy.

It actually defeats the purpose when you create your player as a Defensive player, and have to score 10 points in the showcase in the first quarter. If they make it more specific and say get 2 steals/blocks it would be a lot better.

Maybe if they added player type specific goals it would help...

# 183 DubTrey1 @ 09/22/14 10:27 PM

Guess you have to unlock edge up's and a proper fade.. smh. Man, head scan is nice, but his hair and side burns make him look like a retro extra from Black Dynamite.

# 184 The 24th Letter @ 09/22/14 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by etched Chaos


	MyCareer is a distinctly non-simhead experience. It's a wish fulfillment mode, a proper simhead would never touch it, because it's not completely realistic. .

If this is the definition of a "sim head", I want absolutely no part of it.

# 185 HowDareI @ 09/22/14 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by OkayC


	I think this is where some of us disagree. mycareer can be for simheads. Because its SIMULATING, what you would want to do as a basketball player. just because the CONCEPT sounds fake, doesn't mean it can't have a real approach to it. And i think thats the point your missing

It's harder to play sim because of the goals they try and force you to achieve, and also because your teammates never look to score. But I try and play sim anyway, usually means I lose a lot of games tho.

Just another My Career issue I hope they fixed before the story.

# 186 etched Chaos @ 09/22/14 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by The 24th Letter


	If this is the definition of a "sim head", I want absolutely no part of it.

I may have gone a bit too far, but yea, having seen far too many posts where someone states they won't buy a game because the jersey is wrong I got a bit ott.

# 187 I Djm @ 09/22/14 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by HowDareI


	It's harder to play sim because of the goals they try and force you to achieve, and also because your teammates never look to score. But I try and play sim anyway, usually means I lose a lot of games tho. Just another My Career issue I hope they fixed before the story.

You not alone i lose a ton of games because i refuse to score 40 plus

# 188 kadzier @ 09/22/14 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by etched Chaos


	I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with. My point was that a player being transported into the NBA to play his career is not a sim head type deal, as you pointed out. My idea of a proper sim-head is someone who wants every single facet of the game to be 100% realistic, playing a wish fulfillment mode is anathema to that. Some of us wanna be superstars, some want to be a 6th man (no idea why), some wanna be journeymen, some want to play for their team and lead them to the promised land. The devs have to write a story that will enjoyed by the most people, invariably that means become a superstar, unless they throw more resources at it, that'll be the general path a story takes.

gotta disagree here. I'm a fan of pure simulation gameplay and MyCareer is my main mode. A perfect MyCareer for me would pretty much be a game mode that accurately simulates every aspect of the process of trying to make it as an NBA player. That unfortunately includes things that 2K has phased out of the mode, like summer combine and D league, and the ability to be drafted or undrafted based on your performance.

# 189 OkayC @ 09/22/14 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by HowDareI


	It's harder to play sim because of the goals they try and force you to achieve, and also because your teammates never look to score. But I try and play sim anyway, usually means I lose a lot of games tho. Just another My Career issue I hope they fixed before the story.

This i agree with. stuff like take over the game, or score 10 points straight for your team, and whatever the other goals are do make it a challenge at times. I always hated dynamic goals in general tho.

# 190 Taer @ 09/22/14 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by etched Chaos


	I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with. My point was that a player being transported into the NBA to play his career is not a sim head type deal, as you pointed out. My idea of a proper sim-head is someone who wants every single facet of the game to be 100% realistic, playing a wish fulfillment mode is anathema to that.

This is exactly what I am disagreeing with. Sim-head means that the beautiful game is being played as true to the real-life experience as possible. I pointed out that it is more realistic to play myself in that experience than pretending to be Kobe Things like a rookie earning his spot in the rotation is realistic. Julius Randall is not starting ahead of Wesley Johnson despite being the Laker's most hyped draft choice since Worthy!

Playing 2K itself in any mode is wish fulfillment. This is not unique to MyCareer. Wanting sim-head gameplay, team development, proper positional drafting and everything else we love on this forum is the core of being a sim-head, not if you desire to play yourself instead of fantasitically pretending to be a person you are not.

# 191 LM1213 @ 09/22/14 10:34 PM

not watching. trying to keep a little mystery to it this year

# 192 biatch0 @ 09/22/14 10:35 PM

My 2 cents on 2k14 MyCareer as a random guy who plays only MyCareer and nothing else.

I'm reasonably satisfied with the story, certain scripted events (like the buzzer beater). (Note that I'm not talking about the scripted cheese games which I'll get in to later) Why? Because I only have to go through it once (per MyCareer) not including the flu game (where the annoying part is that I twitch to the right randomly not the actual slowness etc). Could the story be better? Sure... but I'm not going to throw a tantrum and not buy 2k15 because there's a love triangle in the MyCareer story. To be absolutely honest, if 2k15 had the exact same storyline and just expanded on it... I'd still buy 2k15.

What annoys me to no end and is the reason I'm still undecided on buying though... is the AI of your team mates on both offense and defense. On offense: Your team mate getting around a screen set by you only to do the next thing on this list, PGs charging into the paint and forcing up shots, perimeter shooters not shooting when passed the ball and wide open, etc. On defense: your team mates getting scared of the person they're supposed to mark and run off somewhere else leaving shooters open (and the CPU actually shoots when open if they aren't on your team), your entire team collapsing into the paint when 1 guy drives, from time to time nobody jumping for rebounds etc.

# 193 Millz98 @ 09/22/14 10:36 PM

Bruh...

I don't know what y'all complaining about. This is looking like the bets my career mode 2k has given us. No need to complain, at Keats wait and see what it's like. My career is like 95% of the reason why I play 2k and when they introduced the cut scenes in 2k14 I thought it had made it the best my career experience yet.

# 194 swac07 @ 09/22/14 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by kadzier


	I don't doubt plenty of crazy stuff goes down in the locker room, but there's a line of plausibility to be drawn. Maybe an NBA player would show up at a team meeting with a clown nose, but not an official postgame press conference, and the idea of a rookie totally going against a coach's gameplan to ballhog because of a bet isn't that realistic either, as that rookie would get benched quick

Bro im telling you what a PROFESSIONAL told me not what you or I think.
Maybe not to an extent of a clown nose at a press conference, but maybe to wear a tasteless outfit ot wear a backpack with "pastel" colors..We as viewers probably never pay it no mind but it goes on during press conferences

Lol now rookie going against a coachs wishes...I can see ya point on that one lol
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# 195 HowDareI @ 09/22/14 10:38 PM

So basically, after a little disagreeing and misunderstanding, we can all agree that the story (may or may not) be what we want but we DO want a sim experience at the least.

Especially since they went the "undrafted rookie" approach, we shouldn't feel like we need to score 30 off the bench just to win. Whether that's because 2K's telling us to with goals, or because our teammates won't score.

See, these are the things I wish 2K would market (with) the teaser trailers and face scan announcements. Keep us sim guys happy too. Let us know key little improvements and we won't feel neglected sometimes. Because stuff like that is cool, but in the end it's all just extra stuff. I wanna hear how you really improved the game itself.

# 196 vito100 @ 09/22/14 10:39 PM

You guys are Hilarious... If you don't like the mode don't play it... Send the message to 2k with your numbers "SimHeads" they have a ton of other modes where you can control every team and control every trade and do everything your heart desires. If enough people don't play the mode then they will make it just like it is on Last gen... Play games improve your player and make it to the Hall of Fame. Quit Crying

# 197 etched Chaos @ 09/22/14 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Taer


	This. Sim-head means that the beautiful game is being played as true to the real-life experience as possible. I pointed out that it is more realistic to play myself in that experience than pretending to be Kobe Things like a rookie earning his spot in the rotation is realistic. Julius Randall is not starting ahead of Wesley Johnson despite being the Laker's most hyped draft choice since Worthy! Playing 2K itself in any mode is wish fulfillment. This is not unique to MyCareer. Wanting sim-head gameplay, team development, proper positional drafting and everything else we love on this forum is the core of being a sim-head, not if you desire to play yourself instead of fantasitically pretending to be a person you are not.

But surely that's more a result of the ai being inadequate?

Also, the devs have to make sure MyCareer is enjoyable for the majority of players, which means it cannot be a slow grind as much as some would like it to be. You might want to play like yourself, which is understandable but the devs cannot know what that is, they still have to make money and the money is in a story mode that leads to superstardom.

They do not have the time or resources to make a full-fledged story mode with multiple paths and adapts itself to your playing style. With MyGM, MyLeague, MyTeam, online, graphics and most importantly the ai to address too.

Of course they could scrap the story and let you guys play how you want, but then they'd lose customers if they did that, so they have to do what they can and some will always be disappointed.

# 198 OkayC @ 09/22/14 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by biatch0


	My 2 cents on 2k14 MyCareer as a random guy who plays only MyCareer and nothing else. I'm reasonably satisfied with the story, certain scripted events (like the buzzer beater). (Note that I'm not talking about the scripted cheese games which I'll get in to later) Why? Because I only have to go through it once (per MyCareer) not including the flu game (where the annoying part is that I twitch to the right randomly not the actual slowness etc). Could the story be better? Sure... but I'm not going to throw a tantrum and not buy 2k15 because there's a love triangle in the MyCareer story. To be absolutely honest, if 2k15 had the exact same storyline and just expanded on it... I'd still buy 2k15. What annoys me to no end and is the reason I'm still undecided on buying though... is the AI of your team mates on both offense and defense. On offense: Your team mate getting around a screen set by you only to do the next thing on this list, PGs charging into the paint and forcing up shots, perimeter shooters not shooting when passed the ball and wide open, etc. On defense: your team mates getting scared of the person they're supposed to mark and run off somewhere else leaving shooters open (and the CPU actually shoots when open if they aren't on your team), your entire team collapsing into the paint when 1 guy drives, from time to time nobody jumping for rebounds etc.

your second paragraph is full of problems ive been having since the first time i played mycareer. I made a post on here about a year or so ago about how i think 2k purposely makes your teammates inept, just so they can give your character more of a chance to shine. This sucks when your still putting up scrubs numbers at the beginning of your mycareer and can't lead a team yet, and it still sucks when your a superstar who needs your team to show up in order to win in the postseason. I also believe another reason for inept teammates is because 2k can't or won't make the ai smarter, so they have to dumb down your team to make it fair. Which would also explain why opponent cpu player get huge attribute boosts when you play on higher difficulties of the game.

# 199 Taer @ 09/22/14 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by swac07


	Bro im telling you what a PROFESSIONAL told me not what you or I think. ...

I can confirm (at least in the NFL and MLB) that what swac says is true.

# 200 HowDareI @ 09/22/14 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by vito100


	You guys are Hilarious... If you don't like the mode don't play it... Send the message to 2k with your numbers "SimHeads" they have a ton of other modes where you can control every team and control every trade and do everything your heart desires. If enough people don't play the mode then they will make it just like it is on Last gen... Play games improve your player and make it to the Hall of Fame. Quit Crying

That's not how criticism works. This is a forum, the whole point is to discuss ideas and the cool thing about this one is that the devs are actually (to an extent) actively reading.

No one here's saying they're not playing the mode because of anything, we're saying what makes the mode frustrating at times.

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