NBA 2K12 Hands-On Preview (CBS)

[jr2424]

CBS has posted their NBA 2K12 hands-on preview.

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The improved AI is also felt on defense. Dumping the ball to Patrick Ewing would cause the opposing team to send help from different spots on the floor, but the AI never over-committed, opting to fake the double-team attempt and go back to their man. This realistic defensive tactic made it difficult to know when to pass or continue to post up. Defensive rotations have also undergone an overhaul. The AI does a better job of disguising where they will bring help, creating more unpredictable defensive sets. The AI also defends passes better, more eager to jump passing lanes or tip a pass to create a fast-break opportunity.

[TheBadazz]

nice read. Hopefully Friday we'll get more "insight" of the play calling.

[pables21]

Great article. I really love what they said about the defensive AI improvements, such as faking a double-team. It's also good to hear about live-ball improvements such as having the ball bounce off the backboard while fighting for a rebound. If these are actual improvements, then the gameplay should be much improved over 2K11, which is saying a lot

[boritter]

Sounds good.

I really hope they put in lob passes.

[jr2424]

One of the other additions is picking who you want to inbound the ball and they added a success percentage number when you finish your free-throw motion. Both nice tweaks.

[blingballa333]

A lot of good info here!

Nice find.

[Austin_Ben]

Being an offline player I'm loving all this info about defensive A.I. improvements.. It should make playing my player and association more of a challenge

[Xx Qontrolz xX]

now that guy KNOWS what he's talkin about and i love it !

if everything he said is accurate, i won't have enough of that 1 life to play that game enough

idk why i have the feeling that 2k devs are so good and listen so much to their fans that sliders are gonna be in MP this year and ... man, oh man ...