An Early Look at NBA 2K18 Gameplay Changes

[Steve_OS]

Just a year ago I was sitting in the same room at 2K hearing about all...

Written By: Mike Lowe

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[PhillyIMBlog.com]

No mention of green beans or if you still have to time layups


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[El_Poopador]

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You’ll notice the game shifting away from animations, and instead utilizing a new branching system (purposefully unnamed) that will allow for far more movement creativity. When I was watching the guys who are insanely good at the game, I could really see some creative gameplay that never looked repetitive. Very impressive.

This has me a little excited. Hopefully we feel more in control when handling the ball this year.

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There are now individual movement sliders to control ball handlers or players without the ball. This all works in conjunction with the improved movement system mentioned above.

Can you elaborate any more on this? It sounds interesting, but I may be misunderstanding what it actually is.

[scottyp180]

Quote: Originally Posted by PhillyIMBlog.com

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Not sure what you mean by green beans but one of the developers, Beluba (Mike Wang), posted a comment in a thread stating layup timing is still in but there is not meter for it. I'm sure this will be explained further later.

[TheDuggler]

Mixed feelings on that article

On one hand it sounds great that the reviewer liked the feel of the game, but at the same time just how subtle are the changes? Some stuff didn't need a subtle overhaul and could have used a lot of love. I am interested in getting my hands on the game myself to see the extent of the improvements made in the latest cycle.

Also no mention of the on the fly coaching stuff which is a huge sore spot for me and I hope they took another pass at it. I'm not surprised it didn't make the article, it's not exactly exciting to 99% of people playing the game.

One particularly interesting note is the branching animations, which afaik were in the game already.

2k hook me up with a demo man! I gotta play!

[VAWereWolf65]

Not sure how I feel about this. The word "subtle" worries me

I was hoping for some big changes

[BQ32]

[quote=El_Poopador;2048929296]This has me a little excited. Hopefully we feel more in control when handling the ball this year.


Except that last year in the prelude version of 2KU it was this exact same thing with more freedom and creativity. I even released this sic vid showing what you could do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RLdyfArWQU
However after the game dropped and then especially after the first couple of patches they had completely changed it back to feeling just like 2k16 where animations bogged everything down and they tuned the defense back to being precog like reading button presses rather than reacting to your moves. Complete bait and switch. i Preordered the game last year because of the prelude and have been salty ever since following the switch.

[Harrypotheadd]

Honestly just Sounds like a more polished version of 2k17.

Not exactly what I was hoping to hear.