NBA 2K14 - What the 2K Team-Up Members Thought of the New Blocking System

[vannwolfhawk]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sundown

Bleh. Team-Up only having Youtube stars and only allowing them to release specific info on specific days, with them overhyping each item makes them all sound like shills. Block dunks being the biggest feature in 2K in a long time? Really? Something that only happens once every few games in real life? I don't need six guys saying "block dunks are cool". These are like Amway Multilevel Marketing videos. At least last year we got a raw impression from each of them and a lot of info at once. I'm glad for the improved block engine though.

Lol! Yea this will get real annoying if we have to watch all these videos just to hear about 1 feature at a time. All I heard was rambling... Biggest feature in 2k in long time? Lmao!!!

[Vni]

Sorry but I honestly give them 0 credit.

[Sundown]

Quote: Originally Posted by vannwolfhawk

Lol! Yea this will get real annoying if we have to watch all these videos just to hear about 1 feature at a time. All I heard was rambling... Biggest feature in 2k in long time? Lmao!!!

Some are worse than others. Shake4ndBake sounds like a major shill. IPC sounded a bit more subdued and rational.

"We played for an hour and saw sooo many blocked dunks, each one could go on YouTube."

That seriously worries me.

It should really be one blocked dunk in several hours of (realistic) play, not the other way around.

[NvME]

You can now actually...block shots? In a basketball game, nonetheless? This is absolutley earth shattering. People never learn. You should be skeptical. They pulled the same PR nonsense in last years installment. Got a couple of YT'ers to come through and play their new innovative, basketball sim. The game was perfect according to them. 2K had finally given the people what they wanted. Then you popped it in and realized you couldn't stop self-alley oops. Passing was still atrocious. There was no contact in the paint.

They removed the muzzles and all of sudden Chris Smoove actually had gripes. Gripes that you didn't hear prior to release. I don't blame them. They don't want to burn their bridge with 2K, but it's laughable how many sheep fall for the okey-doke. Every. Single. Time.

[MrBigShot1]

Old feature...glad it's back but if this is indicative of the type of stuff they have the team up guys "amped" about, I'll be disappointed.

Is anyone else annoyed at the way they are handling the community team up impressions? Instead of allowing the guys to just post their honest impressions fresh from the event, they are forcing them to give out info one by one...and it kind of takes away from what would have been straight forward, candid impressions...just my opinion.

@vaanwolfhawk: Props for telling it like it is. This is nothing special.

[Slava Medvadenko]

Quote: Originally Posted by QJBridges

There is definitely more contact when attempting blocks. With the ability to block dunks now, I feel as if users will have to play a lot smarter when it comes to shot selection.

Alright QJBeat, if that really is you*raises eyebrow at unverified status*, sounds good. Did you feel the defenders slid away on dunks as much as last year? If you didn't block the dunker, but sufficient contact occurred, was his momentum impeded in any way or his shot altered into a layup? Thats all I want to know for now. If this info is still Top Secret™ and will be talked about later, let us know.

[mango_prom]

Was that the "great news for the sim community" already? I mean what does "balancing" even mean in this context? The best way to "balance" would be to make it more difficult to drive all the way to the basket in the first place. That's much more important than flashy monster blocks.

Give me 2k11s contact animations around the rim with maybe better help defense and increased odds of losing the ball in traffic and by spamming dribble moves and I'm perfectly happy. But blocks as the biggest feature? Come on.

[Da_Czar]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sundown

Some are worse than others. Shake4ndBake sounds like a major shill. IPC sounded a bit more subdued and rational. "We played for an hour and saw sooo many blocked dunks, each one could go on YouTube." That seriously worries me. It should really be one blocked dunk in several hours of (realistic) play, not the other way around.

It completely depends on how they were playing. IF they were even sim gamers doesn't it ? IF your playing against a guy constantly trying to dunk if your constantly challenging those shots there is going to be more opportunities for blocked dunks and therefore more blocked dunks.

And it's ALL blocks.. It is a new block system not just a new dunk block system. Not as many balls floating through hands etc. ( note I did not say it never happens)

I play a sim style I wasn't seeing several block dunks every game I played but I wasn't playing user vs user. I was playing vs the AI and playing my style. So it wasn't overpowered in the least to me. But when you play online vs a different type of player it could be drastically different.

Listen there are some FANTASTIC contextual dunks that make you feel like YES get that **** out of here.

DISCLAIMER: I played an earlier version of the game maybe things have changed drastically since I played maybe you can now block shots from the bench I have no clue just giving my impression on what I actually saw in a certain point in time.