NBA 2K15 Ships on October 7th, Pre-Order and Get the KD MVP Bonus Pack

[aussieicon91]

Man how ridiculous is it seeing a player with "Subthegamer" on the back of their jersey on an official NBA 2k television ad

[WISports]

2K the new EA. Never saw this happening.

[Nukleopatra]

1. Association Mode.
2. Option to control every team.
3. Player Lock.

And 2k has me back... I'm still waiting.

[Taer]

In 2k10 I was captivated by the MyPlayer mode. I was able to experience the Combine, the Summer League and even the D-League. Player development meant that drills and practice led to a more realistic and thus addictive game.

2k11 came out and the Jordan mode dazzled me. Not only that, but all my beloved legends were there for me to play with! I was able to take part in key moments in the GOAT's career - seeing the torch being passed from my beloved Magic Johnson, the importance of key role players like Kerr and Pippen in achieving 6 rings... securing my own shoes and getting bonuses from those choices. The MyPlayer mode took a bit of a hit but it was explained that to get all my loved legends and courts and to replicate the feel of the 1960's and 1970 and the golden 1980's something had to give. Could it get any better?

2k promised 2k12 would be everything 2k11 was with better physics and more natural play - both on the court and in the ai rotations, play-calling and off-season needs in modes like Association. The focus on the You-Tube and Social Media stars started and self-appointed representatives of myself and other gamers began.

2K13 saw MyPlayer and Association modes fall further from the attention of the dev team. Not only that but the Jordan experience was taken out and an isolated non-compatible mode of gimmicky Olympic basketball was included. It took a major campaign by decades-long loyal customers even to get key players like Scotty Pippen and Charles Barkley on board. Yet anything to do with this mode was locked away in its own world, not able to be integrated in other modes. Legends were neglected and core values in my favorite modes began to be eroded away by something called: Virtual Currency. Things I once enjoyed began to be locked up under the VC gate-keeper and even major features that were advertised on the back of the box (Shoe Creator) remained broken the entire year.

It is also the year I added my current signature: the Pay-to-win attitude of mobile Candy-Whatevertheheck and Angry Birds was seen in invasive ways by 2K that the promise to "create value that gamers will appreciate" was a flat out lie.

2k14 was the first 2k title I did not pre-order, there was no indication from 2k if the PC version would be "next-Gen" or not. It turned out not to be, even though my old PC is more than capable of out performing the new consoles. In addition to the Create-Your-Own-Legend mode being taken out, MyPlayer and Association continued to be warped into gateways to secure more money. The Lebron mode instead of giving me the feel of being part of Lebron James' basketball future gave me the feeling of playing a scripted Miami Heat team going through cut-sceens of story boards hastily ok'd by Lebron's posse in an attempt to glorify a legacy not yet written.

A Phil Collins song was included! The 2k team actually did more than I expected and got me excited for something...

I will buy 2k15. The Lakers are going to have a draft-choice that MyPlayer can be assigned to without gaming the system and the Hornets are back!

Whatever happens with 2k15 will determine if I buy another 2k title, at least until Seattle gets its team back.

Don't be surprised to see "Angry-bird" mode being put into 2k20 (or sooner) unless the 2k team stops its seemingly inevitable slide downward.

[Melbournelad]

What are the odds that Association/MyGM has been **** over or ignored for the seventh year in a row?

[Smirkin Dirk]

Quote: Originally Posted by aussieicon91

Man how ridiculous is it seeing a player with "Subthegamer" on the back of their jersey on an official NBA 2k television ad

MyPlayer is rubbish.

[lakers24]

Quote: Originally Posted by volstopfan14

I may get the game just so I can play with my Charlotte Hornets rather than the Bobcats, but 2k is trending in the wrong direction. This game is getting worse each year for me. It feels like 2k is just targeting the teenager who will use their parents credit card on VC so they can build up their MyTeam or MyCareer and play 3 on 3 street ball in the park. I just want to play legit realistic basketball. I just want to play a franchise mode and play basketball. Not have to jump through a million hoops to get there.

I pretty much want a 15 game for that as well because I'm a detail nut, but at the same time I'm almost 100% through with console basketball. If they bring over the next gen engine for PC I'm gone for good because I don't have to wait on 2k to fix crap they never will when I can do it myself and simultaneously bypass that VC crap with cheatengine

[Sgt_Carnage]

Quote: Originally Posted by WaddupCouzin

What's laughable about this thread is the fact that all Triple A Titles have Season Passes, why would you think a sports game would be any different? They can't raise the price of the game $20, so they'll get $4 here and there when they can. It's the nature of sports gaming at this point. Name a sports game that's come out that hasn't mentioned some type of Ultimate Team/My Player stuff? My only problem with 2K is the VC for my OFFLINE Franchise, scratch that out, that's shouldn't be there.

That''s the thing though, if I'm playing Madden, I don't have to waste my time with Ultimate Team because EA isn't tying everything to their servers. I can save my franchise and my rosters to my hard drive without having to deal with the blatant money grab stuff. NBA 2K14 on the other hand was constructed in such a way that there was no way you could really play without having to deal with VC in some kind of way. I want to be able to save my rosters and my draft classes to my hard drive. I want to be able to save my franchise to my hard drive without having to worry about the server going down. That's all I want. I could care less about My Player stuff.

If 2k15 is still "always connected" and everything is still tied to their servers and I can't save my franchise or my rosters to my hard drive, then I'm not buying