NBA 2K14 Video - Gameplay Developer Insight

[Optik]

Quote: Originally Posted by alabamarob

True. They made the game they wanted, so wrong direction calls for speculation. Lets just say this. 2k13 was never intended to be a thinking man's game. People complained about live ball and they took it out. People complained about canned animations and they took out most of those. There was no way they could get a balanced game in 13 with such a short time to tune a game with no live ball and limitied 2 player animations. Hopefully, 13 will be the game that took a step back in many areas in order to make the game better in the future. Similar to adding lanes into a highway. Construction will slow traffic for a while and riding in one lane will be horrible for the year of construction but once all the lanes are running the highway will be better and more efficient.

Hopefully 2K learn from this experience and believe that the democratisation of games, in other words - listening to the "fans" - is a sham, because most of the fans don't have enough knowledge of the game mechanics or basketball to know what should be in the game. It's not enough to just go on OS, and ask for opinions, you've got to challenge those opinions, and if there's no adequate reply, you discard that opinion.

[jayman504]

Quote: Originally Posted by thedream2k13

found a microsoft store in my area! looks like it will be getting current gen version as well

Now my question is can you take any retail copy(Best buy,Gamestop etc.) to Microsoft to get the $10 dollar upgrade? or do you have to purchase the current-gen copy from there to be eligible for the upgrade.

[JohnB512]

Video looks good, and the upgrades sound promising. My biggest complaint in previous NBA 2k games has always been with the spacing, and it appears as though the devs have addressed that this year. Unfortunately I can't commit to buying the current gen version of 2k until I know what will be different between current gen and new gen. I am hoping to buy a PS4 before the end of the year but i dont want to have to pay $60 twice for the same game. There would have to be some substantial upgrades besides graphics.

[JasonWilliams55]

Quote: Originally Posted by JohnB512

Video looks good, and the upgrades sound promising. My biggest complaint in previous NBA 2k games has always been with the spacing, and it appears as though the devs have addressed that this year. Unfortunately I can't commit to buying the current gen version of 2k until I know what will be different between current gen and new gen. I am hoping to buy a PS4 before the end of the year but i dont want to have to pay $60 twice for the same game. There would have to be some substantial upgrades besides graphics.

I feel y'all on that, 2k has stated that CG and NG will have different aspects to them.

I dunno what it is but I have this gut feeling that NG is gonna be good... like stomp EA in the throat good.

[8KB24]

Quote: Originally Posted by JasonWilliams55

I dunno what it is but I have this gut feeling that NG is gonna be good... like stomp EA in the throat good.

They gonna do it again? Damn, JWill..

[JohnB512]

Quote: Originally Posted by JasonWilliams55

I feel y'all on that, 2k has stated that CG and NG will have different aspects to them. I dunno what it is but I have this gut feeling that NG is gonna be good... like stomp EA in the throat good.

I hope your gut is right on this one! It would be a dream come true for NG to include CREW mode with normal NBA rules! (I know they announced CREW is for CG ONLY but a guy can dream)

[JasonWilliams55]

Quote: Originally Posted by 8KB24

They gonna do it again? Damn, JWill..

Can't let them get back up or they will have to play ball again. Smartest option would be to crush now while they are weak.

EA released a NG teaser and 2K dropped a CG dev video, a CG dev video. I dunno, I just don't feel that they are worried otherwise imo we would have seen something else. Just me though... hopefully I am not wrong.

[JasonWilliams55]

Quote: Originally Posted by JohnB512

I hope your gut is right on this one! It would be a dream come true for NG to include CREW mode with normal NBA rules! (I know they announced CREW is for CG ONLY but a guy can dream)

Well I think this is inevitable, maybe not 14 but who knows...