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NBA 2K15 - 44 More Details About the Game

11:43 AM - September 25, 2014 by jr2424

GameInformer has posted 44 details on NBA 2K15's presentation and gameplay, as well as MyCAREER, MyLEAGUE, MyTEAM and 2K Heroes modes. Below are some of the key items of interest, but be sure to read the entire list here.

A new create-a-player interface gives you more tools than ever before to create players you can place on NBA rosters. You can tweak everything from forehead and jawline to ears, eyes, and lips. Many of the facial features and hairstyles are pulled from other NBA players, so if you want to rock the Ginobli bald spot with the sharp Artest cheekbones you can.
After big plays, Visual Concepts has worked in new camera angles to highlight player reactions.
To improve the defense and make A.I. players look more in control, Visual Concepts fixed how they move in small spaces, making it look less frantic. They are much better at avoiding overreactions and react more fluidly when adjusting to offensive movement. Since they stay at home, it's easier to re-orient yourself when you switch to a new defender as well.
To help differentiate between teams after a set play breaks down, each one uses their true base set in NBA 2K15. Now when you play the Heat, which Jones jokes doesn't truly have a big (sorry Bosh), they will run a four-out one-in set. The Spurs, on the other hand, will have three-out two-in base set.
During your second year, Doc Rivers will take over as the head coach of your team. Players will have a more intense relationship with Rivers than with the coaches from last year, as he has expectations for how he wants you to perform and what you should be focusing on in a particular game situation. These include tutorial-like pre-game meetings with assistant coaches where they go over points of emphasis.

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# 81 Sinner @ 09/25/14 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by luda06


	Is the issue with Doc Rivers an immersion breaker, or you guys don't like Doc at all? He might provide some insightful tips.

I haven't read past your post but I'm pretty sure it's an immersion thing with Doc Rivers leaving his team to coach whatever team your player is on. First the story effects the game and how things go on the court now the story is effecting personnel moves? That's just totally ridiculous, when they check their "stats" on what modes are played the most and which aren't I hope MyCareer has a big drop off so they can rethink things and make some changes cause it's sorely needed IMO.

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	I believe Doc is the only coach who did a voice session so thats why. People need to start thinking of this more as a story mode and not a career simulator. In a story mode, you have to interact with the players and have to be involved in the events the mode has. You have limited control over what happens in the mode other than the games you play and choices the mode allows you to make.

Really seems that way which is a shame, Right or wrong I think they should change the name of the mode from Mycareer cause of the way it's changing. Run for the Hall of Fame, Become Legendary, Be a Pro...something

# 82 lakers24 @ 09/25/14 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jaybrook07


	you can look at MyCareer as more of the Story mode of the game. and everything else is more open ended

I know how to look at it, but this is just a really odd decision overall. If it was just about only having Doc do voice work why not just wait till next year to do this? All in all, it's weird even for "story mode"

# 83 rkocjay @ 09/25/14 04:55 PM

im not really a fan of the Doc rivers thing makes My career sound very scripted but ill give it a try. I may be leaning toward my League this year

# 84 ElPanandero @ 09/25/14 05:06 PM

The Doc thing is obviously because they couldn't realistically get every coach to come and record audio, so they got one. It's weird, but it makes the mode more accesible and diverse compared to previous. Weird but I like it

# 85 UniversalNoob @ 09/25/14 05:08 PM

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	To help differentiate between teams after a set play breaks down, each one uses their true base set in NBA 2K15. Now when you play the Heat, which Jones jokes doesn't truly have a big (sorry Bosh), they will run a four-out one-in set. The Spurs, on the other hand, will have three-out two-in base set.

Don't they say that every year? And we had 4-Out lineups in 2k14, too? Everytime you subbed a stretch player in at the 4 spot, he automatically went outside (frye, mullens and so on...) and you could change between 3-2 and 4-1 via dpad left?

# 86 KDurant35 @ 09/25/14 05:13 PM

Honestly, I think they should create two seperate career modes, one story based, and the other just freelance

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# 87 juslovemusic @ 09/25/14 05:14 PM

I'm still gonna play mycareer more than the other modes because there is nothing else like it for a basketball game. However, being able to put up crazy points on any difficulty level mostly due to lack of sliders and subpar decision making from the AI was already too far on the arcade side of things.

The doc rivers thing pushes the arcadey tendencies they've taken with my career lately way too far and really kills a lot of my excitement for the release. At least you can sim any game now, but if I'm a sg on the bulls, I want Thibs, not doc rivers, even if Thibs is a mute.

2k got where it is by catering to a sim experience. Treating MyCareer any differently makes me start to wish Live wasn't garbage. Guess it will be MyLeague as my mainstay this year. If they at least have an offline mycareer option, I'll probably do what I usually do and force lock the sliders externally for more realistic play and tendencies and just ignore doc rivers. I shouldn't have to do those things to enjoy "my"career.

# 88 m1ke_nyc @ 09/25/14 05:27 PM

I dont like the Doc Rivers thing, really I just dont like how this mode has basically become a scripted story. Probably gonna put alot of time into MyLeague this year.

# 89 VDusen04 @ 09/25/14 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Sinner


	Really seems that way which is a shame, Right or wrong I think they should change the name of the mode from Mycareer cause of the way it's changing. Run for the Hall of Fame, Become Legendary, Be a Pro...something

I would agree at this point. I think that's probably been my issue. It started as a personal career mode but then slowly transitioned to an NBAStory mode while I was still treating it as the real-based career mode that it kicked off as in 2K10.

# 90 vick4realz @ 09/25/14 05:35 PM

I'm loving everything I'm hearing except for some of the MyCareer news especially the thing about Doc. That adds a huge unrealistic aspect to the mode. Especially if you are playing for the cavs and after having a 60 win season they automatically fire their new coach for Doc. Whatever I'll prbly be spending most time w/ MyLeague and MyTeam.

# 91 jpshua15 @ 09/25/14 05:36 PM

I'm okay with the idea of making it some sort of authentic NBA experience ... but I just don't like that it follows just one linear path. There should be plenty of different outcomes and scenarios.

# 92 bballshawn24 @ 09/25/14 05:41 PM

To keep players from maxing out all their skills with 99 ratings, the developers are changing how you upgrade your player. Instead of micromanaging how points fall into individual attributes, you drop them into buckets based on specialties like perimeter shooting, dunking, defense, and passing. You can upgrade multiple buckets, but you have a limited amount of total upgrades. This creates more realistic progressions and guarantees that players max out in the low 90s overall instead of at 99.

So i cant be 99 ovr? what the freak if anything they shouldve raised attribute caps. this is a real downer for me

# 93 KingTocco @ 09/25/14 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by bballshawn24


	To keep players from maxing out all their skills with 99 ratings, the developers are changing how you upgrade your player. Instead of micromanaging how points fall into individual attributes, you drop them into buckets based on specialties like perimeter shooting, dunking, defense, and passing. You can upgrade multiple buckets, but you have a limited amount of total upgrades. This creates more realistic progressions and guarantees that players max out in the low 90s overall instead of at 99. So i cant be 99 ovr? what the freak if anything they shouldve raised attribute caps. this is a real downer for me

Yeah I don't really understand that. Should've just been harder to be a 99, not impossible.

# 94 Sundown @ 09/25/14 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by King_B_Mack


	Okay, now THAT'S a problem. I'm gonna need some more details on that one. Cause there is no reason that Doc Rivers should just be taking over any team that you play for in your second year.

ARRRGH.

MORE OF THE PRE-SCRIPTED STORYLINE STUFF that pretty much randomly hijacks "your" career for a story that you don't even want.

Especially when Doc is one of my most disliked coaches as a Warrior fan, and now I'm supposed to play for him as if Kerr was immediately let go? Come on.

Which is doubly silly because Kerr worked for 2K. And he's literally next door if they want him to do a few lines.

# 95 TheCitizen @ 09/25/14 05:53 PM

Is the Doc Rivers that disappointing to people? Like seriously, if you don't like it I'm sure there is a way around it. Perhaps you demand a trade your 2nd season and land on some other team. Would Rivers follow you there or will he be there the following season? Is there even a 'request a trade' option? I'm not too bothered with the Rivers thing but it's certainly not something that ruins the mycareer experience, I mean really who cares who your coach is, I just want to drain BUCKETS.

# 96 Sundown @ 09/25/14 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by luda06


	Is the issue with Doc Rivers an immersion breaker, or you guys don't like Doc at all? He might provide some insightful tips.

Both.

I get the feeling whoever is in charge of the story elements in MyPlayer doesn't quite get how inauthentic much of the story-based or story-influenced decisions can come across to more-than-****** NBA fans. Lot of it has a vibe of "video game writing, so whatever"-- rather than being written it so it doesn't come across as one. But Doc agreed so he had to be shoehorned in somehow. Seemingly in the most jarring way possible (your 2nd year, rather than a few down the line where anything can happen).

# 97 stillfeelme @ 09/25/14 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCitizen


	Is the Doc Rivers that disappointing to people? Like seriously, if you don't like it I'm sure there is a way around it. Perhaps you demand a trade your 2nd season and land on some other team. Would Rivers follow you there or will he be there the following season? Is there even a 'request a trade' option? I'm not too bothered with the Rivers thing but it's certainly not something that ruins the mycareer experience, I mean really who cares who your coach is, I just want to drain BUCKETS.

The problem with having a storyline mode is you have to stick to certain scripts I don't play Mycareer but if you want to freelance things the storyline doesn't suit your needs. Just like people want control over association like Myleage I think people want control over Mycareer. Need to be able to edit or alter the script to the users liking.

# 98 Sundown @ 09/25/14 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	I believe Doc is the only coach who did a voice session so thats why. People need to start thinking of this more as a story mode and not a career simulator. In a story mode, you have to interact with the players and have to be involved in the events the mode has. You have limited control over what happens in the mode other than the games you play and choices the mode allows you to make.

There's no real reason people should simply accept that MyCareer is just a linear story mode, especially when its legacy was a career simulator.

Imagine if people just "accepted" that MyGM was a story mode for Association and that's all we'll ever get, rather than fight for the return of MyLeague. What if we slowly just accepted that you always get fired in your 2nd year and win a championship in your 4th year?

MyCareer can easily return to its simulation/dynamic roots, while retaining the story elements. 2K just has to not be so heavy handed with them and be so caught up with their additions as to sacrifice gameplay and immersion (and what's the point of a story that breaks immersion?)

# 99 Bolt957 @ 09/25/14 07:14 PM

Things I took away from this:

Wasn't mentioned. so it looks like another year of not being able to select uniforms in MyCareer.

Don't know if I like Doc Rivers automatically being the coach in Season 2, no matter where you are playing. What if you get traded in Season 2, does Doc get traded along with you?

Like to hear you can use NBA players' hairstyles & features in Create A Player.

Like that there have been improvements in AI as far as the small spaces issues and the AI in general. Hopefully AI is improved well in MyCareer as well.

# 100 kadzier @ 09/25/14 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundown


	Both. I get the feeling whoever is in charge of the story elements in MyPlayer doesn't quite get how inauthentic much of the story-based or story-influenced decisions can come across to more-than-****** NBA fans. Lot of it has a vibe of "video game writing, so whatever"-- rather than being written it so it doesn't come across as one. But Doc agreed so he had to be shoehorned in somehow. Seemingly in the most jarring way possible (your 2nd year, rather than a few down the line where anything can happen).

I definitely agree here. I've wondered who is in charge of some the decisions on the story elements in this mode, and that has gone back to 2k14. It definitely has the smell of a story written "by ****** basketball fans for ****** basketball fans" who just want to play through nondescript "rivalries" and have "alpha dog drama" without actually caring about the plausibility of the script. I mean ever since I got that dynamic goal of my literal coach telling me, a rookie bench player, to go out and "drop 25 points hotshot and give us a double digit win" I've suspected this.

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