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NBA 2K17 Features Improvements Across The Board, Here's 75 of Them

  11:00 AM - August 31, 2016 by RaychelSnr

I had the chance to visit the studios at 2K this week and get an advance sneak peak of NBA 2K17. For full disclosure the trip was paid for entirely by the folks at 2K.

The first thing I want to tell you about NBA 2K17? It has nothing to do with the game itself directly, and everything to do with the people who work on this game year-round.

The wonderful folks at 2K Games, and specifically the team members I met in San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon -- Ronnie, Jeff Thompson, Erick Boenisch, Mike Wang, Ryan Peters, Chris, Czar, and many others -- are folks who are incredibly passsionate about their craft and the game they are producing. They were very welcoming and displayed a lot of that passion while describing what NBA 2K17 is bringing to consoles this year.

While I plan to dive a lot deeper into the topics I'll share below in the coming days, I wanted to at least get some of the nitty gritty out for folks to see and to begin discussing...


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# 241 midwestking100 @ 09/01/16 09:39 AM
A couple of rule changes i would love for them to revert back to is handchecking and oblish defensive three seconds.
 
# 242 Caelumfang @ 09/01/16 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by VinsanityLives
NBA players can and do splash ridiculous shots when on.. I'm all for gameplay improvements, but it gets really old whenever someone loses their **** over one or two tough shot makes (basically always against them too).

If someone's mastering their timing more power to them, just have to guard the shots tighter and hope he's not excellent going inside too.

Now what NBA players CAN'T do is sprint 100 mph past your defense/lead pass go baseline and get wide open dunks all game with your defense incapable of getting back in time

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If one or two fall, I don't mind it. It becomes a problem, however, if the frequency reverts back to post-patch 4 of 2k15. If you played Rec during that time, I want you to tell me that shots fall that frequently IRL, especially with 1-2 people in their grill. And that's the fear I have if the stick gets the bonus that i think it may receive once 'mastered.'
 
# 243 Junior Moe @ 09/01/16 01:50 PM
I really hope we're able to contract our MyLeague down to, say, 25 teams if I want to do a Euroleague. Also give us the option to select the balls and refs. Not a big thing but it sucks running a Euro ML and having the NBA refs and balls. At least leave them in during the home Euro teams games like it is in play now.
 
# 244 Perdrix @ 09/01/16 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by midwestking100
A couple of rule changes i would love for them to revert back to is handchecking and oblish defensive three seconds.
To add to that, an interesting, although I'm not sure if it's possible, idea would be to have an option to choose between NBA rules and FIBA rules.
 
# 245 InRodWeTrust @ 09/01/16 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by VinsanityLives
Hmm gameplay looks a bit odd. Defense teleporting around..

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Who teleported? I saw some pretty clean and logical rotations
 
# 246 Caelumfang @ 09/01/16 03:15 PM
So um, looking at the catergories for the playstyles, what category exactly does Free Throws fall under?
 
# 247 KoolAidNoSugar @ 09/01/16 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Caelumfang
So um, looking at the catergories for the playstyles, what category exactly does Free Throws fall under?


I always guessed mid range


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# 248 Mauer4MVP @ 09/01/16 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by midwestking100
A couple of rule changes i would love for them to revert back to is handchecking and oblish defensive three seconds.
That sounds like some awful basketball equivalent to college ball.
 
# 249 Trackball @ 09/01/16 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Mauer4MVP
That sounds like some awful basketball equivalent to college ball.
Otherwise known as "real defense."
Which the NBA played for decades before overreacting to the 1999 lockout.

That said, I highly doubt handchecking will ever come back to 2K. The series debuted in 1999, right when the NBA removed it--the current weak defense is too ingrained in the engine and code. So I don't blame 2K Sports.

Defensive three seconds, though...man, I hope we can turn that off, or have that rule change be proposed between seasons. It'll actually make the midrange shot somewhat viable again.
 
# 250 Mauer4MVP @ 09/01/16 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Trackball
Otherwise known as "real defense."
Which the NBA played for decades before overreacting to the 1999 lockout.

That said, I highly doubt handchecking will ever come back to 2K. The series debuted in 1999, right when the NBA removed it--the current weak defense is too ingrained in the engine and code. So I don't blame 2K Sports.

Defensive three seconds, though...man, I hope we can turn that off, or have that rule change be proposed between seasons. It'll actually make the midrange shot somewhat viable again.
Lol real defense. If you say so. Real defense led to awful basketball during the 90s.

The game is much better for getting rid of those rules. Give me ball movement and cutting over dump and wait basketball.
 
# 251 Trackball @ 09/01/16 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Mauer4MVP
Lol real defense. If you say so. Real defense led to awful basketball during the 90s.

The game is much better for getting rid of those rules. Give me ball movement and cutting over dump and wait basketball.
Did you read the link?

(This is derailing the thread real quick...)
 
# 252 Mauer4MVP @ 09/01/16 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Trackball
Did you read the link?

(This is derailing the thread real quick...)
Enough of it and it's the typical "My era will always be better" type article.

Completely ignoring the fact that league average points per game didn't change from the last 4 years with hand check and the 4 years after even with the faster pace.

Anyways, the real problem is calling the 90s "real defense". Today they play "real defense" just like they played "real defense" in the 90s.

But we can take this out of the thread otherwise I'll be done.
 
# 253 Mauer4MVP @ 09/01/16 04:06 PM
I think the most interesting presentation feature is the audio specific to each arena. Really curious to see how big of a difference there is.
 
# 254 LD2k @ 09/01/16 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Mauer4MVP
I think the most interesting presentation feature is the audio specific to each arena. Really curious to see how big of a difference there is.
We'll have more detail about this real soon. The attention to detail is absolutely stunning. You'll read and see/HEAR more.
 
# 255 KoolAidNoSugar @ 09/01/16 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by LD2k
We'll have more detail about this real soon. The attention to detail is absolutely stunning. You'll read and see/HEAR more.


I will be upset if I don't hear Laker chants LD
 
# 256 Fist Of Kings @ 09/01/16 06:54 PM
I have always wanted multiple commentary teams in a sports game. Just when you think the 2k team can do no more than the excellence they have shown over the years, yet they prove us wrong time after time.
 
# 257 LD2k @ 09/01/16 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by KoolAidNoSugar
I will be upset if I don't hear Laker chants LD
I'll be cheering for them.

I already got into a verbal shouting match against one of my co-workers because I was playing as my Lakers & he was using the Warriors. So there's that.
 
# 258 KoolAidNoSugar @ 09/01/16 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by LD2k
I'll be cheering for them.

I already got into a verbal shouting match against one of my co-workers because I was playing as my Lakers & he was using the Warriors. So there's that.


I mean in the area sounds. That "LET'S GO LAKERS" would make the immersion amazing.
 
# 259 Vni @ 09/01/16 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by LD2k
We'll have more detail about this real soon. The attention to detail is absolutely stunning. You'll read and see/HEAR more.
LD is arena specific lighting a thing or nah ? Because we heard about that a few days ago and now nobody's talking about it anymore. Was it ever a thing or the guy writing the hand's on preview just 'made it up' ?
 
# 260 LD2k @ 09/01/16 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Vni
LD is arena specific lighting a thing or nah ? Because we heard about that a few days ago and now nobody's talking about it anymore. Was it ever a thing or the guy writing the hand's on preview just 'made it up' ?
Specific arena LIGHTING & AUDIO for all arenas.
 


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