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NBA 2K10: Bound for Greatness? (ESPN)

05:37 PM - August 31, 2009 by Kully

ESPN's Jon Robinson sees evidence of greatness in the upcoming NBA 2K10.

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	"When the "NBA 2K10" producers announced that they were lowering the player ratings in their game across the board to better separate the superstars you cheer from the bench players doing all the cheering, all you have to do is look at Jerome James and his embarrassing 42 overall to know they weren't messing around. Other casualties of the ratings game include Adam Morrison (crashing hard to a 55 overall) and even former 2K Sports spokesman J.J. Redick, who despite showing some flashes in the postseason, drops to a 52. But the change in attitude over the ratings isn't the only aspect 2K Sports was looking to adjust, as in speaking to the game designers, they look back to "NBA 2K7" as still being the best in franchise history. "When fans talk about 'NBA 2K,' they always go back to '2K7,'" says producer Rob Jones. "After they see what we've done with 'NBA 2K10,' they won't need to talk about any of our older games. '2K10' is going to be the game everyone talks about from now on."

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# 21 Kushmir @ 08/31/09 06:17 PM

sorry...wrong guy. not a fanboy (whatever that is...c'mon, the church of the fanboy?)

just a real hoops fan that calls it like he sees it.

FYI: Message boards usually have opinions...if you don't like it you'll probably have to move to MARS or something...

# 22 23 @ 08/31/09 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Kushmir


	sorry...wrong guy. not a fanboy (whatever that is...c'mon, the church of the fanboy?) just a real hoops fan that calls it like he sees it. FYI: Message boards usually have opinions...if you don't like it you'll probably have to move to MARS or something...

How the heck do you know anything when first of all 2k hasnt shown us jack and second, you haven't played anything at all?

Ill leave you with this because the next time is an infraction, this is the 2k forums and lets not wreck another thread with vs arguing off of baseless comments that always stir up flames... you've been warned

# 23 Goffs @ 08/31/09 06:31 PM

I'm glad rob jones name is all over this article!! This was a good read and I'm glad he mentioned what build it was...its nice to read how much they've changed since chase's review...

# 24 BroMontana82 @ 08/31/09 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by nogster


	this could be the 1st game since 2ks debut that i may not touch the ratings/tendencies and let 2k do their thing. i hope anyway. if 82games is implemented correctly. i shouldnt have to..

you know SOMETHING is going to be off (probably rebound stats like usual), so don't let us down man!

# 25 tanner99 @ 08/31/09 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 23


	How the heck do you know anything when first of all 2k hasnt shown us jack and second, you haven't played anything at all? Ill leave you with this because the next time is an infraction, this is the 2k forums and lets not wreck another thread with vs arguing off of baseless comments that always stir up flames... you've been warned

owned!

anyway when's the next gameplay video coming out? i really need to see something before i decide what game to pre order lol.

# 26 Altimus @ 08/31/09 06:32 PM

As mentioned, this is the 2K forum, talk about 2K related basketball. Use the other basketball forum for 2K/Live related discussions.

# 27 ZoneBlitz @ 08/31/09 06:35 PM

Did you noticed he talked about help defense and defensive rotations!?

Awesome! I can't wait for this game to come out. I think that NBA 2k is bound for greatness.

# 28 Kushmir @ 08/31/09 06:37 PM

while i DON'T agree and DON'T see your point i won't jack this GREAT thread with any back-and-forth on opinions...

i'll just agree to disagree.

2K related: the "stretching" of ratings might have been one of the best things to happen to Sports Gaming in quite some time. i wondered what prompted it? too-high ratings has plagued Sports for too long and made superstars TOO GOOD and athletic guys like tyrus thomas, JR smith and greg oden much better than they should be...

more accurate ratings will fix many gameplay issues and having 5-6 guys in the 90+ Elite range can only be a good thing.

i like it. ALOT.

# 29 TMagic @ 08/31/09 06:38 PM

It really seems like there is going to be a lot more distinguishing characteristics between players this year from what we know thus far. I'm loving that.

Think about it:

We have the whole 82Games integration this year. They have added 36 NEW tendencies...Damn... Their new ratings system, with the increased rating spectrum (Damn JJ dropped about 20 points from last year...lol) The ratings will go a long way in further separating the players. Different players having different "generic" animations assigned to them depending on height and skill level as mentioned in this article. Then they've added a few new sig shots (leaners, runners, lean left/right) as well as assigning every single shot, dribble, post move, etc, individually to each player instead of assigning an all or nothing package.

Plus, the combine has provided some proof that you will see some obvious differences in player styles. I haven't played the combine, but so many of you have said that the scrubs in that game play very differently in regards to the other scrubs. So it seems perfectly reasonable to expect the same thing in 2K10, which is going to be so much sweeter since we know how our favorite players play in real life.

Not to mention all the sig stuff they have in place already and little things like sig facial expressions and intros.

Really, REALLY, has me looking forward to seeing the separation in players this year. Sounds like the individuality in players is going to be HUGE this year. I'm definitely excited to see how well it turns out.

# 30 Jamesmaster @ 08/31/09 06:50 PM

It's clear that players and teams will feer more authentic than ever. I'm super excited about the new animations, which have always been one of the strongest features from 2K.

# 31 johnny4LSU @ 08/31/09 06:52 PM

i havent played 2k7. this year was my first yeay playing the series and i loved the graphics but that being said ive heard alot about 2k7 and hearing that that was the best game of the series and i liked last years being that is was the first time ive ever bought the game and if this year is suppose to be better then 2k7 man im kinda excited

october 6th cant get here soon enough

# 32 thmst30 @ 08/31/09 06:54 PM

Another article that SOUNDS great. Lets see this damn thing already.

# 33 ffaacc03 @ 08/31/09 06:58 PM

One important issue that you have not spoken of ... the "50" (why only that amount ?) players who would be able to create crews (with logos and everything) and compete online with their rosters of human players ...

... that was new and while we dont have a clue or any details about it, it defenitively sound promising !

With every new article that comes out my hype goes up and up, all those media covers, specialist and experts (includding OS) cant be wrong in the "good" way they are picturing the builds of the game they have been shown ...

And if you really think about it, looking to the solid foundation of the 2k franchise, this game would be amazing just for only fixing most (between you and me: not neccesarily all ... for 2k devs: yes, all !) of the issues we have complainned ...

So I am a sold for sure ! ...

# 34 SageInfinite @ 08/31/09 07:01 PM

Nice write up. Gotta see this game now.

# 35 DC @ 08/31/09 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by nogster


	this could be the 1st game since 2ks debut that i may not touch the ratings/tendencies and let 2k do their thing. i hope anyway. if 82games is implemented correctly. i shouldnt have to..

We MAY have hope. I THINK I read somewhere that whoever did the CH 2K ratings is doing the ratings this year. No more 2K Insider if this is true

# 36 Aces15 @ 08/31/09 07:10 PM

Man all of this sounds really good, but it just makes the wait that much harder. For the first time ever, I might be spending $130 on basketball games this year.

# 37 Kully @ 08/31/09 07:13 PM

Along with NBA team sets, I hope they touched up the playcalling system as a whole. We need to be able to set who runs the play, and have multiple targets for each play. The players should move with more urgency and have sharper, dedicated movement. I'm hoping Live's excellent playcalling system pushed 2K to upgrade theirs.

# 38 DirtyJerz32 @ 08/31/09 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by J.R. Locke


	This all sounds great. But the one thing we have not heard anything about is the playcalling and if there are real NBA sets. The Czar can tell you how great NBA Live did with this compared to 2k. This is my number one issue from last year and if they didn't address this then all this other stuff is pretty much fluff for me (individual players attributes and tendencies are secondary to the system they play in see Knicks under Isiah Thomas, feed the ball into the post, versus D'Antoni run and gun).

To the words right out of my mouth. They have to have real plays and sets for this game to be great. Last year every team ran the same plays unless you went in a changed them yourself. I hope they added this stuff this year.

# 39 bballballer @ 08/31/09 07:19 PM

Crews can design their own jerseys and logos

sounds like a better create a team

# 40 marcoyk @ 08/31/09 07:20 PM

Nice preview, got a few laughs out of it too. Looking forward to seeing how this game turns out.

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