QueenOf2k NBA 2k13 improvements 4 NBA 2k13. An Opinion from a female gamer
Craig writes: "Since the release of the first NBA 2K game, EA have arguably been left behind in 2Ks dust in the basketball video game category."
No, don't stop. We need competition beetween sports franchises in gaming. Push on and don't stop or the 'winner' will become lazy
EA and competition in sports games don't belong in the same sentence. They've had healthy competition in many different sports genres and the ones they could, they monopolised the licenses to effectively kill the competition. Poor Konami in PES were feeding off of scraps with their CL license.. EA went and bought that too. With them, there is no such thing as healthy competition.
"Since the release of the first NBA 2K game, EA have arguably been left behind in 2Ks dust in the basketball video game category."
I don't know about that, Nba live was the basketball game to get until Nba live 07 came out.
If you look at Metacritic NBA2K games have constantly outdone NBA Live. And a lot forget how much of a jump the original NBA2K was as it was only on the Sega Dreamcast which many gamers ignored due to pure ignorance and lack of knowledge on just how great that console was.
The last good ones were Live 04 n 05 for ps2 era n Live 06 last gen
Gameinformer:
"We broke down eight games that use licensed songs so well it’s hard to imagine them without."
The man who sold the world from MGS V? If any song is to be remembered from that game it's Here's to you by Joan Baez/Ennio Morricone. That scene gave me goosebumps.
Stupid article. Music in games should be recognized for their impact like the crossing into Mexico in RDR. Not just tunes on the disc
Basketball is a sport that any child in America has played at one point or another. It was one of the key sports in gym classes across the country, and only continues to grow because it’s accessibility.
All you need is a ball and a basket.
If you’re like me, however, you’ll soon realize that you aren’t that great at basketball.
Despite this, you try and emulate Michael Jordan with the tongue hanging out, or, for kids today, doing three goggles after hitting a bucket. Still, at the end of the day, we may not have a future in the NBA.
But that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the game we love.
This list is a joke, right?
Here is a real list from memory:
Lakers vs Celtics
Bulls vs Lakers
NBA Jam On Fire Edition
NBA Live 1995 Super NES
Konami NBA on Dreamcast
NBA Live 1999
College Hoops 2K
College Hoops 2K7/2K8
NBA 2K13
NBA 2K16
I would add a couple personal favorites from LONG ago. NBA In The Zone...cuz you could play a MJ (though they changed his number and name...which you could change back...it was STILL MJ...and it was before NBA Live 2000). Double Dribble...cuz you could finally see dunks! NBA ShootOut...cuz they finally added a bit of skill to shooting. Oh...and Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird One On One...cuz it's the first one I ever played.
What competition their was no Live last year , besides it has to be doing well if it scared EA to not release a live game.
1. Bring back My player pick up game
2. Bring back Crew mode with improvements
3. Bring back online lobby
4. Bring back full Dunk contest with improvements
5. Bring Back 3 point contest
6. Improve online servers
I want NBA 2k13 to include Euro/Asian teams
There should be more than one question in each press conference in My Player. The press conferences should also be in the Association mode, after games. It would be cool if, both in My Player and Association, you would be interviewed during breaks in the game, like for example, when walking into the locker room in halftime. Now, obviously, it's not possible to get every single NBA player into the studio to record some voice-work, but having it just text-based would be absolutely fine by me. And while I'm talking about the Association mode, they need to bring back the trading block.
One thing I've been waiting for since the debut of the My Player mode, is being able to change jerseys before playing games. If I get drafted by, for example, Golden State I at least want to be able to play in their old uniforms, instead of the DISGUSTING new ones game after game after game.
You should be able to select a voice for your Player. If you create a whiter-than-snow 7'2" Center from Russia, it's a little weird hearing him talk with an African-American accent.
FIX the sprinting speed issues. Like in the E3 gameplay video, Kendrick Perkins runs just as fast as Russell Westbrook on the fast break. Perkins is one of the slowest runners in the NBA. Game breaking glitch right there.
I doubt I even need to mention the passing, but yeah, fix that too.
Then there's the problem with playing in the paint. I'm REALLY tired of trying to use a size/weight mismatch to score a bucket in the paint. If I'm using, let's say Dwight Howard, against a Point Guard, let's say Stephen Curry, Howard shouldn't have to change his shot in mid-air because of contact with Curry. However, this almost ALWAYS happens in the game, and Howard would 9 times out of 10 miss the shot and wouldn't get a foul, which is strange because Curry would jump into him with clear contact. Not to mention when you're running a fast break, and let's use the same guys again as an example. I pass the ball to Howard who is at the front. I then charge in for the dunk, but somehow Curry manages to slip in front, jump into Howard, force Howard to change the "shot" into a contact lay-up. This is soooo ridiculous. First of all, If Curry would jump into a dunking Howard, he would be chucked back through the air. He most certainly wouldn't force a contact lay-up out of Howard, who in most cases wouldn't get the foul and miss the lay-up.
Graphically, there's not much wrong with the game. Although, I think they should make a few changes to the uniforms. In real life, the shorts are a little shorter, and the jerseys are much tighter. They should also make the net thicker and not move as much. For example, when you make a shot, every inch of the net often goes all the way up above the rim, something which most definitely doesn't happen in real life.
Just yesterday I ran into an ugly glitch in 2K12. All of a sudden all my rookies had pitch-black arms (I'm playing on the PS3). Me and my friend noticed it on Kawhi Leonard when we were playing in the Association mode. He mentioned that Leonard's arms were really dark, and when we checked it out in the instant replay, they got darker and darker as we zoomed in. When you were up close, they were completely black. That's how it is on every single rookie. I wouldn't mind seeing that fixed, if it's in 2K13 as well.
I could go ooon and on but this is enough for now.
Get national teams!