NBA 2K12 Hands-On Preview (Dime Magazine)

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Dime Magazine has posted their NBA 2K12 hands-on preview.

Quote:

After playing 2K12 for a few minutes, it was obvious that there were some widespread changes once again. Although last year’s game physics were pretty awesome, posting up was a little too difficult, speed dribbling was a little too effective, and crossovers were a little too devastating against other users. Not anymore.

[coolcras7]

The article said something that may get some people on here nervous." While all these improvements are great, ultimately they’re small. Is it really worth it to fork over more money for essentially the same game? The “NBA’s Greatest” mode is the reason why you should." hope people don't overreact.

[JSensui]

Quote: Originally Posted by coolcras7

The article said something that may get some people on here nervous." While all these improvements are great, ultimately they’re small. Is it really worth it to fork over more money for essentially the same game? The “NBA’s Greatest” mode is the reason why you should." hope people don't overreact.

Hopefully they're only saying that because it's a very early build.

If true, that makes me sad, but I'd still buy it, lol.

[coolcras7]

Quote: Originally Posted by JSensui

Hopefully they're only saying that because it's a very early build. If true, that makes me sad, but I'd still buy it, lol.

Hopefully the author was just more excited about the classic teams so he glossed over the other aspects of the game.

[Dwadefan]

Thats all they probably showed him

[youvalss]

Quote: Originally Posted by coolcras7

The article said something that may get some people on here nervous." While all these improvements are great, ultimately they’re small. Is it really worth it to fork over more money for essentially the same game? The “NBA’s Greatest” mode is the reason why you should." hope people don't overreact.

2 things:

1) These improvement may be small to him because he doesn't consider these gameplay features a big deal and/or he may have thought 2K11 was already great so he may not consider 2K12 to be that much better.

2) Basketball games don't get that much boost evey year like they used to. It's not the 90's anymore (which I try tell myself every time I'm disappointed with the new graphics of an upcoming game...though it doesn't help me that much).

[qpc123]

Quote: Originally Posted by coolcras7

The article said something that may get some people on here nervous." While all these improvements are great, ultimately they’re small. Is it really worth it to fork over more money for essentially the same game? The “NBA’s Greatest” mode is the reason why you should." hope people don't overreact.

Article also had statements to like this "After playing 2K12 for a few minutes, it was obvious that there were some widespread changes once again. Although last year’s game physics were pretty awesome, posting up was a little too difficult, speed dribbling was a little too effective, and crossovers were a little too devastating against other users. Not anymore."

First, he calls the changes widespread then calls them small.

[STLRams]

Nice preview read. I have a feeling that NBA2K12 will knock NBA2K11 out of the ballpark, and I still love playing NBA2K11. What was interesting I was sitting and watching a 1986 Finals video of The Rockets vs The Celtics that is also on that website and watching how much of a beast Kevin Mchale was in the paint. Got me amped to play with the old Celtics team on NBA2K12,.. can't wait!