With No EA Sports Sim Basketball Title Until 2012, Are You Confident in NBA 2K12?

[tabulaRasa]

shouldn´t this article be: Does anyone have any belief in the other basketball series(not 2ks) ambitions anymore?

Seems weird to have an article questioning the seminal series, when the other game have been craping it out for years...

[cgalligan]

Quote: Originally Posted by TUSS11

It's ironic how you have to either be a cheeser or have no basketball knowledge if you dislike 2K11. I agree that 2K11 is the best basketball game ever made. However, that doesn't mean that it's flawless. In fact, the weak points of the game are fundamental issues that a game of it's quality should not have. And the reason why I'm not confident in 2K12 is because we see the same problems year after year. I doubt 2K12 will be any different.

How can you say the game is the best basketball game ever AND say it has fundamental flaws in the same sentence???

Its the best NBA game ever. End of discussion, there isn't anyone that will argue against that.

Of course it has its quirks, every game does, nothing is perfect. But this game is as close to "real" basketball on a gaming system that you will find. Sorry if you can't have fun playing real basketball and you need to do 360 dunks with Eric Snow (seen it happen)

[Beantownbomber718]

Quote: Originally Posted by cgalligan

How can you say the game is the best basketball game ever AND say it has fundamental flaws in the same sentence??? Its the best NBA game ever. End of discussion, there isn't anyone that will argue against that. Of course it has its quirks, every game does, nothing is perfect. But this game is as close to "real" basketball on a gaming system that you will find. Sorry if you can't have fun playing real basketball and you need to do 360 dunks with Eric Snow (seen it happen)

I Agree but also disagree. I agree that it's the best "NBA" Game ever deffinently not the best "Basketball" game ever though. but i Disagree that this is as close to real life. I play basketball as a hobby & used to ball in high school so i know my basketball & this game does lack a lot of realism. For 1 every player in the game is unstoppable once they post up,you could have ben wallace hitting post up fadeaways at will at times(Which everybody knows he can't do anything offensively). I don't mind the passing but it would be nice to use a bounce pass in traffic,or lob it over the top when a defender is fronting your big man position. The Out of bounds line should'nt have an invisible wall,because if it did'nt people would think twice before throwing the outlet pass down court. psychic defenders make this game comical & unrealistic.. Just overall Game play has me left feeling "Why try playing real & Run plays when i can score 60 points in a quarter easily by run & Gun." I want a Basketball game force people to learn basketball in general before touching this game,because it annoys me that i myself know 10 times more about basketball but can possibly lose online to some kid that Plays 200 times a day online & thinks Larry Bird is a looney tune character.

[coolcras7]

Quote: Originally Posted by Beantownbomber718

I Agree but also disagree. I agree that it's the best "NBA" Game ever deffinently not the best "Basketball" game ever though. but i Disagree that this is as close to real life. I play basketball as a hobby & used to ball in high school so i know my basketball & this game does lack a lot of realism. For 1 every player in the game is unstoppable once they post up,you could have ben wallace hitting post up fadeaways at will at times(Which everybody knows he can't do anything offensively). I don't mind the passing but it would be nice to use a bounce pass in traffic,or lob it over the top when a defender is fronting your big man position. The Out of bounds line should'nt have an invisible wall,because if it did'nt people would think twice before throwing the outlet pass down court. psychic defenders make this game comical & unrealistic.. Just overall Game play has me left feeling "Why try playing real & Run plays when i can score 60 points in a quarter easily by run & Gun." I want a Basketball game force people to learn basketball in general before touching this game,because it annoys me that i myself know 10 times more about basketball but can possibly lose online to some kid that Plays 200 times a day online & thinks Larry Bird is a looney tune character.

A Basketball game will always be flawed because the true beauty of the game is the fact that is is unpredictable, and a person heart,determination, and passion for the game can never be slider. NBA 2k11 is not a perfect game, but it is the closest anyone has gotten to it, maybe 2k12, 13,14,15 will have the missing pieces, but for right now I can accept the game and all its flaws and appreciate all the work 2k put into it with the limitation they have.

[rdelizo35]

NBA 2K11 is not a perfect game. No game is. My only hope is that NBA 2K12 expands on the strengths of this year's game and not stand pat thinking they can just coast because the new EA NBA game won't come out until 2012.

[Goffs]

Quote: Originally Posted by statum71

I'm confident 2K12 will be just fine. The competition is on-hold not gone. Besides.....I think 2K prides themselves in basketball.

THIS! its pretty much the flagship for 2k sports and the core guys are still together working on the game! So yeah im really confident for 2k12..

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Beantownbomber718

I Agree but also disagree. I agree that it's the best "NBA" Game ever deffinently not the best "Basketball" game ever though. but i Disagree that this is as close to real life. I play basketball as a hobby & used to ball in high school so i know my basketball & this game does lack a lot of realism. For 1 every player in the game is unstoppable once they post up,you could have ben wallace hitting post up fadeaways at will at times(Which everybody knows he can't do anything offensively). I don't mind the passing but it would be nice to use a bounce pass in traffic,or lob it over the top when a defender is fronting your big man position. The Out of bounds line should'nt have an invisible wall,because if it did'nt people would think twice before throwing the outlet pass down court. psychic defenders make this game comical & unrealistic.. Just overall Game play has me left feeling "Why try playing real & Run plays when i can score 60 points in a quarter easily by run & Gun." I want a Basketball game force people to learn basketball in general before touching this game,because it annoys me that i myself know 10 times more about basketball but can possibly lose online to some kid that Plays 200 times a day online & thinks Larry Bird is a looney tune character.

Regarding the first point, that's just plain false unless you mess with the sliders or play on Rookie or something. If you play with the right sliders or play on really any difficulty above rookie, it's almost impossible to score with Ben Wallace unless it's a dunk and you'll see guys like Dirk miss fadeaways a decent amount.

Regarding the second point, throwing the outlet passes has nothing to do with the out of bounds line. When the guys bobble those long passes, the majority of the time the animation takes them out of bounds. That wall is there to cover up a different flaw which is the player movement. When you use turbo, it makes it very difficult to control your players so a lot of times when you mean to just catch the ball and turn up court and sprint, the turbo makes you do some really awkward rounded out movement that forces you to run into that invisible wall. Now that's an issue in the game.

However, the wall is also there because if it wasn't there, it would be almost impossible to do anything along the baseline or in the corners. If there wasn't a wall, everyone would complain that they can't drive baseline or down the sidelines anymore.

[videlsports]

2K11 best- b-ball title ever. 2k12 will amaze just te same. II did like the controls of elite though. So I might get both, but I know I'm bying 2k12 Easy money. 2k is one of the developers that gets as close as it gets to sim.