Return of the almost live ball. HOF cpu tells no lies. Excellent patch

[scottyp180]

sports video games will never truly innovate/progress because the vocal majority do not want it - no matter what they say, in the end they just want to be able to win online games every year the exact same way they've always done and if they can't, they squeal from the rooftops because winning online games is all they have in this world

Very much agree with this. We'll get small, iterative changes and improvements each year, which might lead to innovation over time, but I can't imagine any sports game attempting a major innovation from one year to the next out of fear of losing the fanbase.

Between the 2K League and how important the online community is, revamping or overhauling gameplay could risk "ruining" the game, as the are use to 2K playing, controlling, and feeling a certain way. These things get slightly changed and improved each year, but at the end of the day it's still 2K at its core. They're not going to truly innovate the gameplay if it means fundamentally changing the way 2K plays, even if it could result in a better, more realistic game.

[Fake Empire]

Very much agree with this. We'll get small, iterative changes and improvements each year, which might lead to innovation over time, but I can't imagine any sports game attempting a major innovation from one year to the next out of fear of losing the fanbase.

Between the 2K League and how important the online community is, revamping or overhauling gameplay could risk "ruining" the game, as the are use to 2K playing, controlling, and feeling a certain way. These things get slightly changed and improved each year, but at the end of the day it's still 2K at its core. They're not going to truly innovate the gameplay if it means fundamentally changing the way 2K plays, even if it could result in a better, more realistic game.

The decision to remove the shooting profiles for offline players is shocking and definitely came from someone higher in the 2K hierarchy who simply hates offline gaming. There's no other logical explanation for the removal of the shooting profiles and this is the scary part. They might remove Real Player FG% next year.