2kfan frustrated and disappointed with latest 2ksports games! - Behindshadows's Blog

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2kfan frustrated and disappointed with latest 2ksports games!

Posted on May 5, 2009 at 06:52 PM.

I was just in the All-Pro Football thread arguing about my disappointment with the series and the direction 2ksports is going of late. 2k9 is the first time in history I didn't buy every damn game they've made. But as you can see in the pictures below, I've been a loyal fan since day one.

I have had nothing but dying loyalty to these guys, before they canceled one of the most important sports games to me, College Basketball, with CH 2k8 being the last in the series with so much left to desire, I started feeling betrayed. Then APF came out with so many limitations, lack to play as all teams, and mediocre season mode with no depth. Lame create a player options, I mean you didn't even have more than 8 preset faces, that just sucks.

Then the 2k9 series begins, NHL 2k9 omg where do I start, presentation stepped up, and graphics stepped back along with poor controls. Not only was the game fugly to look at it was even more terrible to play. MLB 2k9 comes out and again, sad graphics engine, terrible pitching mechanics and more player card fluff and lack of fielding controls, a power meter on throwing base to base, come on!

And then my basketball, oh! my basketball! NBA 2k9, it animates nice, presentation was amazing, player models were even more detailed than last year, but not by much! Stadiums are too bright and no real dynamic lighting, constant sliding, and defensive A.I. is a bust! Then you have force fields around the players on fast breaks that make them run like something is bumping against them, players clipping through players. And the one pet peeve that most 2kfans have yet to point out. Is when it comes to the substance of the series! Nothing was truly added to the game, absolutely nothing, they changed the menu system but every damn option was the same. Even the edit player and create a player was identical to 2k8 with a fresh menu.

Am I wrong for being so bluntly honest about no liking them as much anymore!

Comments

# 1 oneDurbane @ May 6

When did they drop a black Dreamcast? I feel so out of the loop...

2K heads in the house, I feel your pain. I miss playing that lovely defense from NBA2K7.

jusmegamer got it right in saying NFL 2K was the biggest loss to the sports gaming industry, along with College Hoops.

Meanwhile EA updates its once promising March Madness series with a 1200 MS point fluff-fest.

I love 2KSports, but I will play anything that I choose, from any company I choose. But I will also not just hand out my loochie to these companies with no innovation.

Peace Peace, One Sad Sports Gamer.

# 2 Behindshadows @ May 6

Actually the 1200 MS Point game was a tournament bracket game, it wasn't a full game. NCAA Basketball was a full game and it wasn't a bad game. It was actually better than College Hoops in many aspects.