TQ Author writes: I had the chance to check out the NBA 2K13 Demo the other day and to be perfectly honest with you, it felt like a carbon copy of last years game. The demo itself is around 943 MB or so, and is currently available for download on Xbox Live. So what did I think of it? Well, there was really nothing about the title that makes it out stand from the rest of the entries in this series whatsoever. Let’s take some time now to go over the highs and lows of my time with the game, shall we?
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.
As a demo, this game absolutely fails to impress. 2k should make the demo 4 quarters long and if 5 mins is too long then why not try making 3 minute quarters instead? I also noticed that the new stick controls weren't even functional in the demo itself. Of course none of this will matter because the game will sell like hotcakes, but still they need to raise the quality of there demos moving forward.
the stick controls aren't functional? did you even play for more than an hour? there's a learning curve but once you get over that it is so much more fluid and smooth i don't know what you guys are going on about the demo was 10X better than 2k12
well the last one I bought was 2k11 and the demo didn't feel or look all that different...if anything it had some bugs like clipping and collision detection, if you want to call them bugs...I didn't really like the demo so this is a bargain bin game for me...maybe.
I myself loved the demo. I rented last years game.
I like the controls much better. Just have to have more time to get used to it.
Not sure why the writer didnt see much difference from this year to last. The controls alone are a change.
I used to hate trying to steal and my player lunging forward and being uncontrollable.
The players have more weight to them...running with a player like Lebron...you can feel you can run someone over. I never got that feeling in previous games.
Its all opinion and I respect the writers. Just disagree :)
i respect your opinions i just dont understand them that is all