NBA 2K17 Remains a Solid Buy

[Walt Frazier]

Overall, IMO, the game is great. The new physics alone, for me anyway, were worth buying it yet again.

However....I do think 2K and their marketing team need to review exactly how they use language in future. They are very liberal in describing new features...and often the most minor thing is promoted as being a major feature.

New arena sounds / we visited every arena / we recorded 300 hours= most people would assume, literally, meant new sounds. Yet it is largely exactly the same as 2K16.

That is just one example...but I think a lot of the negativity towards this game comes from people's expectations being falsely hyped by things that do not work / are not in the game / are barely changed etc etc.

[CujoMatty]

I'm very critical of the game but Ive played it daily for a month now so obviously it's not bad. I absolutely love mygm and agree it's the best in the biz. I try and communicate the good as well as well as the bad and I understand everyone has opinions and mine are just that, mine , and I always appreciate different perspectives. Almost always I can say that my feelings positive or negative are just a difference of opinion but the fact that there seems to be a lot, if not most people, including the author of this article, not seeing the massive problems with defense, moving screens, and shooting percentages is seriously mind blowing. Also I don't get the attitudes of people saying OS is so negative. I've been here I think 10 years and it's the best moderated forum around. Do people take their criticisms too far? Ya for sure, but those people generally manage to weed themselves out and to insinuate that this is an unpleasant environment is going too far the other way and honestly sounds more like being upset people don't feel the same way as you.
If you want to feel better about this community go spend some time on IGN or any Facebook feed ever. I like this place.

[PPerfect_CJ]

Considering all that's currently going on with the game, I just think the TIMING of this article was unfortunate. It was never going to go well.

[Guard-ian]

I love NBA2K and I will be buying it day 1 until I die (I am too big of a fan of NBA and videogames to not enjoy this experiencie every year since the beginning -MyLeague and Myleague Online for me), but we all have to understand that nothing is perfect...

However I will be a much happier player when NBA2k make the paint a respectable place and not the way to get easy and money points, that's one of the endemic problems of the saga... In my book, that's the main difference with the real world, in the NBA is not that easy to lead pass to paint for the easy and uncontested basket.

Cheers! ;-)

[ILLSmak]

After spending enough time playing 2k17 as well as watching the beginning of the NBA season, I can say without a doubt that 2k17 does not at all emulate NBA basketball.

It doesn't do it in myleague, it doesn't do it in mycareer, and it certainly doesn't do it online.

I believe this is due to fundamental flaws in theory (that is, what should work, how it should unfold) opposed to slider/gameplay adjustments.

When you are playing 2k, it might be fun, but it's not at all like basketball and immersive in that manner. This difference is beyond what should be between 'game' and 'life,' so I don't think that's a valid explanation.

I've made suggestions, and I have more. If 2k would like to make a thread that was a discussion of making the game play more 'realistic', I would post in it. If someone else would and it wouldn't get locked, I would post in it, but I'm not going to type up any more stuff and have it probably not be seen by anyone.

-Smak

[jax01]

Quote: Originally Posted by BA2929

Well, the comment section on this article is about exactly how I figured it'd be before I clicked on it. Can't even come to OS anymore without being drowned in negativity towards this game. Seriously, why do you guys even own this game anymore if you hate it with this much passion? I would have sold it weeks ago if I felt same way you guys do.

You call it "negativity", I call it "truthful justified criticism". When gameplay goes backwards in realism, it deserves criticism. If you need sugar coated fluff pieces for the game, thats just a recipe for mediocrity or could just not click on the thread. Constructive criticism should be what 2K wants so they can make a better game / patch this arcade gameplay. You dont hear people just saying "waa this game sux", youre hearing the same repeated specific criticisms of gameplay and functionality.

[tavinc]

Personally I'd give 2k17 a 7, while it's a major improvement over 16 game play wise and it's the most fun I've had since 2k12 (which i feel is the best 2k) the changes to the feel post patch and the issues that were fixed last year but returned knocked it's score down, like many said before the patch the gameplay felt so smooth and fast and free, it almost felt like real basketball, but it definitely feels slower and heavier now, the lag in pro am csn be annoying and its a pain when you get booted out a game before it starts or during it for no reason, and that free throw camera glitch needs to be fixed asap i may still make them but I'm shocked it hasn't been fixed, but the improvement to the post game and defense feel great, if 2k can fix the serious issues, then 17 could and would be great

[u0180077_gorduj]

http://www.senscritique.com/jeuvideo/XCOM_2/critique/106407854





This goes for various other aspects of the game and basketball. You need to understand both the player you are controlling and your opponent.




http://www.gamesreviews.info/