Which was the last NBA 2k game without horrific sliding?

[oxide]

Tried giving this game a chance again, and while it's a good game, the prolonged animations leading to stupidly ridiculous player sliding just takes me out of the game.

What wast the last game where you actually controlled you player, and not the animations? Nba 2k8? (i think demo of cavs vs spurs was a really good one)

[UWfan206]

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By sliding do you mean player control? If so I don't remember 2k8 have sliding issues. In my opinion it had the best controls in NBA 2k in terms of last gen 360/ps3 and current gen ps4/x1. The game that bothered me the most with players sliding is NBA 2K9. It was horrendous in that department.

I totally agree with 2k15 having this issue. I haven't played NBA live this gen but their controls last gen beats 2k year in and year. 2K needs to fix player controls and sliding badly. It feels clunky at times to me and sometimes unresponsive especially playing online because the lag makes sliding appear worse due to the lack of controls.

[ksuttonjr76]

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Dare I say it?

NBA 2K11....

[Lord Bonium]

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I remember being able to completely lock down people using on ball defense in 2k13. Same on offense, mcglocklin (spin/stepback/leaning/etc midrange jumpers) was one of my go to guys if my defender had no idea what he was doing. Dribbling was on point. So probably that one, i loved that gameplay except for the excessive turbo and lack of blocks. It's beyond me how the gameplay (animations/controls/responsiveness, not talking about ai/plays/etc) went from being so close to perfect to the mess we have now. IIRC 2k14 on ps3 wasn't this bad either.

These last two installments on ps4/x1 have been absolutely horrible in terms of control, responsiveness and use of illogical animations in general. When playing online it actually feels like i'm trying to beat the game instead of my opponent.

[Near5253]

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I remember being able to completely lock down people using on ball defense in 2k13. Same on offense, mcglocklin (spin/stepback/leaning/etc midrange jumpers) was one of my go to guys if my defender had no idea what he was doing. Dribbling was on point. So probably that one, i loved that gameplay except for the excessive turbo and lack of blocks. It's beyond me how the gameplay (animations/controls/responsiveness, not talking about ai/plays/etc) went from being so close to perfect to the mess we have now. IIRC 2k14 on ps3 wasn't this bad either.

These last two installments on ps4/x1 have been absolutely horrible in terms of control, responsiveness and use of illogical animations in general. When playing online it actually feels like i'm trying to beat the game instead of my opponent.

They are simply trying to make it look pretty and when you have the option to setup animations that would result in the same output if chained together in real life, it makes for a cluster.

I can honestly say I have tried every single combination of dribble posture/Iso Crossover/Iso Spin/Iso Behind the Back/Iso Hesitations and of course the size-up with every layup package and it's always something. I have every dribble badge and have them all firing except stepback freeze. It's so lame.

As far as shot animations and connecting them with fadeaways, post fades/hoperators/stepbacks, hop jumpers and spin jumpers I have been pretty lucky.

The concept of making the character completely unique is wonderful, but I wouldn't mind seeing some full packages thrown in there for the more casual gamers.

[Shady Mike]

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Dare I say it?

NBA 2K11....

Most overrated game of all time. #NotSorry.

[JerzeyReign]

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Just slightly move your left stick in 2K11 - just a soft touch - and you're opponent defender will fly out of the way for no reason haha.

[Jrocc23]

Which was the last NBA 2k game without horrific sliding?

Most overrated game of all time. #NotSorry.

Best overall 2K game till this day. Nowhere near as being the most overrated game of all time.

2K15s defense is better offline. Online, I am going with 2K11 and most other 2K games. You're fighting for control online in 15.

[2_headedmonster]

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Best overall 2K game till this day. Nowhere near as being the most overrated game of all time.

2K15s defense is better offline. Online, I am going with 2K11 and most other 2K games. You're fighting for control online in 15.

2k14 (ps3) and 2k15 >>> 2k11

The thing is, 2k11 was a game with good gameplay, and was a terrific package, so it always gets brownie points for gameplay when we stroll down memory lane.

[ksuttonjr76]

Re: Which was the last NBA 2k game without horrific sliding?

Most overrated game of all time. #NotSorry.

The OP wasn't asking about the best game of all time. He asked when was the last time users didn't have to deal with sliding....

I still believe that NBA 2K11 had the tightest USER VS USER control ever. That was the last time when stick skills meant something.

[Jrocc23]

Which was the last NBA 2k game without horrific sliding?

2k14 (ps3) and 2k15 >>> 2k11



The thing is, 2k11 was a game with good gameplay, and was a terrific package, so it always gets brownie points for gameplay when we stroll down memory lane.

LOL. I disagree.

If we are talking strictly gameplay, offline, I'll say 2K15 is debatable when it comes to 2K11. Online, it's easily 2K11 to me.

Now if we are talking the whole package (gameplay, modes, online, fun factor etc), 2K11 is still the best overall 2K Basketball game to me.

[The 24th Letter]

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2k11 to me didn't really have an extreme amount of control as much as it had 'bumping' and essentially let you glue your self to the dribbler..

[HowDareI]

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2k11 to me didn't really have an extreme amount of control as much as it had 'bumping' and essentially let you glue your self to the dribbler..

I still think it had the best defensive controls. Was it as fluid as the newer games? No, not at all.

But to me, all 2K15 is on defense is essentially blocking foul after blocking foul. You need to actually be able to "lock someone down" on defense without getting that animation where you bump em back (which is a foul lol) and to me, 2K11 had it where you could stop people.
Was it always realistic? No. But at least I don't remember people turboing away from my defense or spamming crossovers to run through me.

[Mos1ted]

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For last gen, 2K8 and 2K10 always stick in my mind as the two I enjoyed the most from a control perspective.

I know 2K11 is revered around here, but that game had unrealistic on-ball defense (with the bumping) and a lack of the walking the ball animation. Those two elements alone prevented me from enjoying the game as much as previous versions.


With 2K10, the game-breaking element was that offense was too easy, which probably influenced the aforementioned change to on-ball defense in 2K11.

With 2K8, animations weren't as fluid as they are now, but the level of player control is unmatched to this day. That was the last 2K I regularly played online. Like another poster said, it felt like you were trying to beat the opponent instead of trying to beat the game.

[Jrocc23]

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I also like 2K10, but for some reason, a lot of people on here didn't like that game at all.

Y'all are right about the bumping on D. But this was mainly a issue against CPU players. Not so much against users.