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NBA 2K16 Available Today, Post Your Impressions Here

11:01 AM - September 25, 2015 by Steve_OS

NBA 2K16 is available today for those that have pre-ordered. Make sure you play a few games and share your impressions with the community.

If you have questions about the game, post them in the Q&A thread, we'd like to keep this topic strictly on impressions.

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# 241 Runne130 @ 09/26/15 12:55 AM

played a game as the 07 cavs against the current cavs, wanted to see the differences between the lebrons. They look almost the same but play different. I felt like I had to do so much with LeBron on my team obviously the rest of the 07 cavs are awful other than big z. It was a fun game but came up short in the end due to kyrie killing boobie or larry hughes.

Now I'm jus relaxing doing some homework and I put the 01 lakers vs 08 Celtics on cpu vs cpu and some stuff that's standing out to me through the first half. Kobe vs Pierce is a shootout. The Celtics started with ray allen on kobe but switched to rondo at some point and it really hasn't made a difference other than some aggressiveness. Shaq didn't do much In the first haf only took 6 shots had 6 points. Ray Allen has been lost In the shuffle so far, but pierce and garnett are really doing most of the work, while Kendrick Perkins somehow had 10 points in the first half. Cant wait for the second half to play out

# 242 Bazooka1989 @ 09/26/15 12:56 AM

Any update on what is going on with the rookies? Anyone having the same problem i have?

# 243 phenom2311 @ 09/26/15 01:03 AM

Great game as far as gameplay is concerned.

Disappointed in other areas, especially the CAP. All of that customization that you have in creating a team, court, and layering tattoos did not rub off on CAP. Still can't add tattoos. Once you add a CAP to a roster and start say MyGM or MyLeague you can't edit his face or his facial and hair style (this would be great to do to correct the alien looking players in the incoming draft classes). Plus, adding weight to a player in CAP should be noticeable. It still isn't. Should be able to choose different body types in CAP, still can't. Actually they removed the ability to choose "ripped", "average", and so forth. More body adjusting sliders like 2K1 or 2K2 had. Should also be able to choose uniform fit. Basically, if you don't play MyPlayer, then 2K doesn't really care about you. Should be able to create a team and court/arena outside of a game mode also.

Something is still weird about the player models. I don't think they are as good as they can be. Can't quite put my finger on it. Still improved though.

How do you select the team colored Stance socks, or they randomly select them for you?

# 244 CujoMatty @ 09/26/15 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by DocHolliday


	I'm having trouble with sig size ups too. Anyone else? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not sure if this is what you mean but to do sizeups I use r2 then up down left or right on right stick

# 245 DC @ 09/26/15 01:07 AM

Trolled the hell out of this cheeser dude online. Was purposely taking my time to score. This fool was iso-ing with Blake Griffin. Dude had to have been in Middle School or something. Blake fouled out for him. Dude double and triple teamed mu guards in the MIDDLE of the floor. I got layups after layup. It was sad.

# 246 Sports fanantic @ 09/26/15 01:13 AM

Would anyone recommend waiting to play my career when a patch comes out (if any) or just go at it right now?

# 247 swaldo @ 09/26/15 01:13 AM

Haven't played this game in years so it's definitely improved for me. I'm an older gamer who mainly bought this for occasional pick up & play games especially with classic teams. When I saw Laker legend Kareem's twitter post saying "I'm proud to bring my skyhook to a new generation of fans" I had to jump in...

https://twitter.com/kaj33/status/646358453762588672

But now I'm somewhat concerned. I watched a CPU vs CPU game on 6 min quarters to get a feel for how things play out. It was 85 Celtics vs 86 Lakers:

- Magic was amazing which is good, but overly so. He scored 2/3 of the points and was selfish - never passing it to an open man on a drive. His passing was legendary, he'd sling passes behind his back at the last second even though he could've had an easy 2.

- Zero skyhooks by Kareem, is this not in the game? And Lakers rarely kicked it in to the big man. His player model was too beefy too, players were not bulked up as much back in those days. His defense was good though, he had some nice blocks.

- Aggressive power forward James Worthy basically did nothing but pass the ball, only one short drive to the basket. That dude was a beast but plays like a benchwarmer that shouldn't have the ball, really?

- Lakers not aggressive enough in general. On some fast breaks Lakers would put on the breaks for some unknown reason. Never the 80's Lakers man, they were Showtime!

- On the Celtics end, Danny Ainge only took one 3 pointer. At the end of the game Boston was down by 3 points and they had the ball with 17 seconds left. They passed the ball around and never got a shot off! Where was "3 specialist" Ainge? Hanging out in the 2-point zone.

- On the upside Larry Bird was solid but not as dominant as Magic. My man Rambis looks great and always seemed to be in the action. Cooper was great on defense (which is how it should be) and McHale & Parish seemed to play realistically.

# 248 DJ @ 09/26/15 01:20 AM

Played a few more games today. Getting more familiar with the controls, which is good. Here's a couple of additional thoughts.

Pros
-Halftime show. This is really well done, imo. Nice amount of highlights while the studio crew talks about the game.

-Speed. I finally feel a difference in using John Wall and a guy like Ramon Sessions. Wall and Lawson can be lethal in open space.

Cons
-CPU too often goes into warp-speed run down the court mode following a defensive rebound or turnover. I'd like to see that toned down.

# 249 jfsolo @ 09/26/15 01:24 AM

I already want to trade Roy Hibbert from the Lakers.

# 250 BChizzle @ 09/26/15 01:30 AM

Lebron James needs to be toned down, it's a guaranteed dunk for him after every CPU miss.

# 251 CaseIH @ 09/26/15 01:46 AM

Played 4 full games now and gameplay is a thing of beauty, without having to go crazy adjusting sliders. Sim setting works great with adjusting fouls up to get more non shooting fouls, and lowering the passing accuracy donw to get more TO, other than probably a few tweaks here and there and it will be near perfect.

Saw slider sharing is back, glad to see finally that added back.

All Star with sim settings is really giving me a tough time, which I like, that's the way its suppose to be, ALL Star setting was like this for me, quite a challenge, so glad to see that's back, and I hope you don't mess with it this year, no matter how many online people cry about it.

YOu can really tell the difference between good players and bad ones.

Really as far as gameplay goes I cant find anything negative really. Probably the 1 thing negative is picks don't seem quite strong enough, and it seems hard to get by your player because the pick man don't get close enough to him. Maybe its just me not being very good, but that's my feel on that so far, felt that way last year too for me.

I do wish with fake players on classic teams you would let us fully edit them, as in changing skin color. Would make fixing all the missing player much easier IMO.

# 252 Banditofonchico @ 09/26/15 01:48 AM

Does anybody else notice the rim Doesn't breakaway

# 253 swac07 @ 09/26/15 02:04 AM

I know everyone is saying audio needs improvement, but I just played this game over a homie's house and he had surround sound speakers hooked up through his walls in his gaming room....I was hearing stuff like "the clippers suck" and random praises and boos from the crowd (even swells)and players yelling after dunks & and 1s....it sounded really great...I dont hear these things on my tv at home , maybe I need to invest in some gaming headsets because that stuff is not being heard on regular flatscreen stereo speakers

# 254 coolcras7 @ 09/26/15 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by swac07


	I know everyone is saying audio needs improvement, but I just played this game over a homie's house and he had surround sound speakers hooked up through his walls in his gaming room....I was hearing stuff like "the clippers suck" and random praises and boos from the crowd (even swells)and players yelling after dunks & and 1s....it sounded really great...I dont hear these things on my tv at home , maybe I need to invest in some gaming headsets because that stuff is not being heard on regular flatscreen stereo speakers

Have you increased the audio, it is on 40 by default.

# 255 swac07 @ 09/26/15 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by coolcras7


	Have you increased the audio, it is on 40 by default.

ok bet !!! Should I try between 80 and 90?

Sent from my Illudium Q-36 Space Modulator using Tapatalk

# 256 TeamHawkins @ 09/26/15 02:14 AM

After finally starting my Play Now Online tonight, my impressions are this:

This game is NBA Live reincarnated. Arcade to the tee. There is no way this game is on Superstar setting. Or simulation. People jacking 27 three's and hitting 14 of them with the Knicks? Lebron getting pushed around like a rag-doll by Monte Ellis? And the silent feature that many don't know exists, in the Hot/Cold feature plays an epic role in how your team performs. Also, another feature that ruins the already arcade play is the fact that the cpu teammates feel they can flop at the most ridiculous moments, resulting in points for the other team. SMH

Just certain things that should NOT be implemented for online competitve play. There also seems to be a cheese/glitch with the big man pump fake in the paint that draws a foul about 70% of the time, especially vs computer teammates.

# 257 coolcras7 @ 09/26/15 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by swac07


	ok bet !!! Should I try between 80 and 90? Sent from my Illudium Q-36 Space Modulator using Tapatalk

I am at 60 and it makes a difference.

# 258 siimpettai @ 09/26/15 02:30 AM

Just found out that there's no tattoos again in Create a Player. That kinda sucks, but is there a Create a Team option offline? If so, is it as good as pro am team creation?

# 259 vicvance123 @ 09/26/15 02:41 AM

I can't find the 2000's historic teams! I got the early tip off for ps3. I know I'm not the only one with this problem. I know somebody know something. Let me know Asap!

# 260 RocketTMac1 @ 09/26/15 02:56 AM

After the 2K servers bumped me on and off for about an hour I finally got my Myplayer face ready for MyGM. Looks good.

Got the game on X1 this year because of more roster makers over on that side of things. Although I do miss my PS4 controller.

Now on to the games I played. It was on Allstar/Sim.

T'Wolves vs Spurs: Man was this a crazy game and Pop was moving Kawhi around like crazy. I had to adjust right off the bat. Kawhi was on Rubio from the start so Pop wanted to kill the head of the snake and shut down any offense. I proceeded to feed Kmart and get Wiggins some post ups on Parker. I held LA in check for a quarter. But he came alive in the second scoring 12 points. Kawhi moved to Kmart and slowed him down a littlle and Wiggins and KAT started heating up. So what did Pop do? He kept Kawhi on Kmart, moved Green on Wiggins and then bodied up KAT with Timmy so the young guns couldn't do a damn thing. Halftime was 52-54 Spurs. I got destroyed after halftime getting behind by 9 and the Spurs never gave me a real chance to come back. I outplayed the starters but the depth of that team and LA is what killed me. T'Wolves bench not named LaVine did nothing for me in this game and I lost by 8.

Pacers vs Cavs: Oh man I wasn't ready for this game lol. I was the Pacers and Cleveland just ran through me. I shut down Bron in terms of scoring and held Kyrie in check but this team was pulling down boards and hitting open shots due to me over playing Bron and Kyrie. Smith, Mozy, and Shump were just on this game. Granted I played PG and the 4. I like Miles Turner in this game. Kid is going to be special in 2K. And if this game is any indication. PG won't be spending a lot of time at the 4 this year lol.

Hornets vs WarriorsEnded the night with my boys vs my boy Steph and company. I have to say I like the Hornets in this game because of the defensive focus OG put in this year. The length of Batum gave Thompson fits when he tried to catch and shoot or simply pull up. MKG was all over the place on defense. Marvin as my stretch four gave Big Al some much needed room to breathe. Kemba was solid. But then the Warriors started running and when they got past MKG and Batum it was either a layup or a trip to the line. One thing I have gathered from my three games is that you might out play the starters from the other team. But if your bench doesn't give you anything you are done against elite teams.

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