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NBA 2K16 Hands-On Preview

11:11 AM - September 11, 2015 by Steve_OS

Wow.

That three-letter word sums up my quick trip to the 2K Hangar to get my hands on NBA 2K16.

Before I get into the nitty-gritty, this article will strictly be about on-court gameplay. MyCAREER information will be coming out on Monday, and you’ll find it here on Operation Sports. Also on Monday you will see some gameplay footage (at last!) from some of your favorite NBA teams.

Okay with that information out of the way, let's play basketball.

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# 81 YungGun @ 09/11/15 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 23


	Im sure networking is VERY basic Even though I don't bother with online it def. should be working even if they have to get kinks out first at some point but then again it aint always as bad as SOME claim either

Right. Majority of the people who complain about lag in 2K have terrible internet service anyways imo. Mbps isn't everything people...

# 82 Taer @ 09/11/15 04:56 PM

Thank you for the preview, a lot to consider here.

# 83 ForeverVersatile @ 09/11/15 05:01 PM

I'm guessing the CPU Kings chose to play from the outside in using Rudy more than Cousins. They did say the Ai would change it's strategy depending on the defensive I think.

# 84 LO6IX @ 09/11/15 05:06 PM

I'll believe it when I see it.

# 85 23 @ 09/11/15 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by YungGun


	Right. Majority of the people who complain about lag in 2K have terrible internet service anyways imo. Mbps isn't everything people...

There is a huge upper case word SOME in my sentence, but you come in talking about most?

You're already off track

# 86 JohnnyCash2015 @ 09/11/15 05:11 PM

Nice to see that the cpu still doesn't bother running plays for bigs like Cousins

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# 87 JohnnyCash2015 @ 09/11/15 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ForeverVersatile


	I'm guessing the CPU Kings chose to play from the outside in using Rudy more than Cousins. They did say the Ai would change it's strategy depending on the defensive I think.

I'm guessing that, as usual, the cpu doesn't dump the ball inside or pass on the pick and roll as much irregardless of the touch tendency of the big, which is how the cpu has been historically.

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# 88 LorenzoDC @ 09/11/15 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyCash2015


	I'm guessing that, as usual, the cpu doesn't dump the ball inside or pass on the pick and roll as much irregardless of the touch tendency of the big, which is how the cpu has been historically. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Then you're guessing that Da Czar is lying.

The AI makes offensive distribution and play calling decisions based on or at least highly influenced by the player's assigned touch tendency. It also takes into account who is hot and the composition of the lineup on the floor, as well as coach (really, established team based) preferences.

That at least is what the 2k claims are, Sue (may I call you Sue)?

Please don't shoot me just to watch me die!

# 89 mlb08 @ 09/11/15 05:28 PM

No improved crowds? No real life like substitution?

# 90 HowDareI @ 09/11/15 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by YungGun


	Right. Majority of the people who complain about lag in 2K have terrible internet service anyways imo. Mbps isn't everything people...

Well I for one know it wasn't my internet, considering I never experience lag in any online game and that's mostly what I play.

I can download gb's worth of files on my laptop, stream music on youtube, and play Battlefield or CoD and be fine...go on 2K with nothing on and lag lol

The delay in the responsiveness, the laggy servers, and the frame drops are all on 2K's end..

# 91 Mauer4MVP @ 09/11/15 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by HowDareI


	Well I for one know it wasn't my internet, considering I never experience lag in any online game and that's mostly what I play. I can download gb's worth of files on my laptop, stream music on youtube, and play Battlefield or CoD and be fine...go on 2K with nothing on and lag lol The delay in the responsiveness, the laggy servers, and the frame drops are all on 2K's end..

To be fair, he is partly right. We all have terrible internet considering the price we pay. At least in the US. We overpay so much for the quality.

# 92 snocone @ 09/11/15 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mlb08


	No improved crowds? No real life like substitution?

The people who played yesterday have mentioned that the crowd is improved

# 93 RoyalBoyle78 @ 09/11/15 05:45 PM

WOW is right!!!! I just pre-ordered!!! I'm all digital so I will download when I get off work and get home. BEST part is I didn't know when you pre-order digital you get in the 25th 😁😁 can't wait

# 94 scottyp180 @ 09/11/15 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by The 24th Letter


	I thought Czar & Scott's blogs talked heavily about tendencies and how players behave.....did I misunderstand? Rudy has had games with more attempts than Boogie....can't freak out too much about a sentence yet... Maybe Dustin can elaborate... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think this is a great point. Can't expect every game to play out 100% accurately and as expected especially in 5 minute quarter settings. One thing with sports videogames, similar to real life, is that each game can and will play out different.

In his OKC he talks about how KD struggled. That doesn't mean there won't be times where he is on fire and his hitting contested jumpers consistently.

I'd like to hear that Cousins was given the ball a bit more but I'm not going to base judgement solely on 1 game. Plus we don't know the settings either. CPU might play differently on Allstar Sim compared to Pro Normal setting.

# 95 Goffs @ 09/11/15 06:21 PM

Great read but did ZBo work you in the post? Did he pull off any of his post moves?

# 96 Skeptikz @ 09/11/15 06:24 PM

Write-up just wetting my appetite fro 2K basketball that bit more...There's not all that much great info but it's good to read Dustin confirming everything that we have heard so far (particularly from Scott OG & Da Czar). 2 weeks cant come quickly enough!

Re the servers debate, I wouldn't say anything If I was 2K & here's why - They already have a terrible rep for servers at launch (given their 1st 2 Next/Current Gen games); They made a pretty big hoopla about how the servers are better last year and they didn't deliver. I couldn't go into the technical reasons why but it was a major issue - I for 1 lost all of my pre-order VC with my Myplayer, which left a sore taste.

At this point a whole load of people are just waiting for 2K to MENTION online so they can let them know how crappy the servers are. 2K coming out and saying "We have worked super hard and now our servers are awesome" is only going to invite a whole load of people to say BS and throw out a whole load of insults at them for how crappy it was last year. That does nothing because, even if it turns that the servers actually are awesome, there is a whole load of negative social media/press out there on the internet in the lead up to release, which is obviously not what they want.

They wont say anything because that way they can't lose. If the servers are crap, they get the same abuse that they would have gotten on release either way. If the servers are good, it will continue this positive marketing train BEYOND release.

So as I said 2K gains nothing from talking about online at this point. Unfortunately it's a case of wait and see.

# 97 Guard-ian @ 09/11/15 06:39 PM

About not being able to test the online servers workload, I remember in 2k11 they provided a demo with online matchups capability, they did it on purpose, to be able to track the online before the game drop, and (not coincidentally) 2k11 was the best and more stable 2k online since I can remember...

Cheers! ;-)

# 98 Scofield @ 09/11/15 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Guard-ian


	About not being able to test the online servers workload, I remember in 2k11 they provided a demo with online matchups capability, they did it on purpose, to be able to track the online before the game drop, and (not coincidentally) 2k11 was the best and more stable 2k online since I can remember... Cheers! ;-)

I thought something like this was done but couldn't remember. Tough enough man.

# 99 L_Diddy @ 09/11/15 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Mauer4MVP


	To be fair, he is partly right. We all have terrible internet considering the price we pay. At least in the US. We overpay so much for the quality.

You wanna come to Australia and try our internet connections out. Straight up garbage, we're so far behind other countries it isn't funny. And they have the nerve to charge us through the roof as well. This game is next to unplayable online here, good thing im a 99 percent offline player.

# 100 Bexthelegend @ 09/11/15 07:40 PM

Speak for yourself. My Verizon fios gets the job done

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