NBA 2K16: Some Ideas On How to Improve the Series

[Caelumfang]

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Doesn't really matter what they do, because if full-blown Crew mode isn't on the PS4 in 2k16, it'll be getting the Madden treatment (continuing to sit right on the store shelf from now on) from me.

[Clappington]

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Doesn't really matter what they do, because if full-blown Crew mode isn't on the PS4 in 2k16, it'll be getting the Madden treatment (continuing to sit right on the store shelf from now on) from me.

Makes no sense they try to pass everything else on us but wont give us that lol they took it away on last gen then bring it back the same exact way it left and it took 4 years for that like whatt? they only brung it to last gen to sell the game.

[MrWrestling3]

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General game play wise i would suggest:

-Separate the online and offline modes as far as game play experience goes. Maybe develop an online slider set to eliminate the cheese without impacting the other modes? Custom/private lobbies to allow players to play online with their own house rules via custom slider sets.

-Reworking animations to eliminate player morphing and give us the same sense of freedom of movement the cpu demonstrates: I should be able to maneuver around the court without being hobbled by odd skipping motions on offense and the shuffle stepping on defense(that should be relegated to the Intense-D feature).
I should not be uncontrollably sucked into odd or unfavorable animations because i accidentally tapped turbo,nor should the cpu slide into me when i should have them beat.
Players not should blow makeable shots or be shafted out of run to the hoop due to being locked into a poor/improper selection the animations. Players reaching through each other to intercept or deflect the ball needs to go.

-Improved Teammate AI: The lazy defense,the lazy rebounding,etc. is very frustrating, it needs to be toned down.In my experience, it seems to be tied directly into difficulty level.

-Re-balanced Opponent AI: At times the cpu demonstrated near psychic ability
on defense and in loose ball situations, needs to be tweaked.Again it seems to be directly proportional to difficulty level.

-Rebalance badges: some seem to work a little too well causing all sorts of issues, some seem to never work, some seem to never even trigger.

-Better CPU coaching/play calling: If left on auto it seems to only call 2 or 3 different plays and is too slow to adjust to the opponent; this is really a problem when one of the plays it keeps calling is broken.

-Make player personalities matter in My Career/My League: Players noted for erratic behavior should have a chance get into confrontations on court as well as experience behaviorial issues of court, leading to ejections from games,fines,suspensions,bad press hurting the prestige of the team,etc.Players noted for being level headed teammates could offer the opposite effect.

Specifically to My Career:

-Fix the in game simulation feature: Often times it seems more interested in setting up certain situations(no matter how farcical they may be) than simulating basketball. Not to say such things shouldn't happen sometimes, just at a much lesser rate than currently.

- Better management of my minutes and team time outs: CPU often wastes time outs and plays you in a rather unrealistic rotation.

-Tweak or remove the storylines: I don't enjoy my player getting into situations beyond my control and behaving i ways i do not wish him to because "that's how the story goes". In my opinion, 2K14 was much better in this regard. Also maybe consider adding a more stripped down my career similar to that in older 2K games as an additional mode.

[druez]

I would just love the ability to shorten the season to 1/4 or 1/2 the schedule per year. I would rather play less games, then play all the games in a quicker fashion.

[Jrocc23]

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LeBron and Melo really played until 43 lol?

[Sandmanan]

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My idea to improve upon 2K16 is to raise the graphics to a more atmospheric level and implement MATCHMAKING.

[WISports]

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Inbounding the ball after a made basket shouldn't take 5 minutes.

[yingjb]

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I really wish the career mode would go the route of year to year saves like MLB The Show. Probably might stay with 2k15 a year or two because I actually want to ho through a career. Still depends on 2k16's quality and whether it's worth starting over.

[yingjjin]

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I really wish the career mode would go the route of year to year saves like MLB The Show. Probably might stay with 2k15 a year or two because I actually want to ho through a career. Still depends on 2k16's quality and whether it's worth starting over.

[WISports]

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I hate when you jump to block a shot, your guy gathers himself before jumping most of the time. NBA athletes do not have to do that...or at least most of them. Messes up the timing, big time.

[Tarfox]

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I'm sorry if someone has alread said this, but I would love to be able to continue "My Career" with each new game release. That would be clutch!

[whitejacob43]

Bring back the menu style from 2K12.

[Wolfpacker67]

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one thing that always bugged me is how dead the crowd is...

[gonghu]

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I really wish the career mode would go the route of year to year saves like MLB The Show. Probably might stay with 2k15 a year or two because I actually want to ho through a career. Still depends on 2k16's quality and whether it's worth starting over.

[STLRams]

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OK, I'm going to touch on online quick games. This past weekend was the first time I have attempted to play some online quick games on NBA2K15, even though I've had the game since release day. Since NBA 2K11 I pretty much stay away from online quick game because of the lack of realism and cheese and win by any means necessary tactics that people would use it seems like every year with the 2K games. I try to play SIM as possible, run some plays, try to pick apart defense schemes, playing man to man defense, ect. So it seems like every one I played against online displayed the tactic of spam the steal button, or trying to draw charges at half court or near the 3 point line, or use zone defense and bump the dribbler, spam the steal button, and sprint all over the place. On offense players would mostly pick a team with good 3point shooters (mostly Golden State) sprint to the 3 point line and shoot as many 3 pointers as possible, or zig zag around and try to shoot 3's all game. Or get a superstar, like Durant or Westbrook, or Lebron sprint around and try to dunk. After playing about 5 games I reminded myself why I avoid online play over the years, people still try to exploit obvious offense and defensive flaws in the game and turn what supposed to be a SIM basketball series into NBA Jam.

I asked myself, how do people find playing 2Konline fun? I've never played the PARK yet, but I've heard it is the same way. So for NBA2K16, even though I only play online maybe 5% of the time, I would like to see some drastic online changes to the gameplay infrastructure, to start 2K really need to bring back lobbies, so people can choose who they want to play against, and see the person play history/style, ect before engaging in an online game. Have different leaderboards posted in the lobbies with rankings, top 10, ect. As far as gameplay, I just hope somehow in 2K16 can incorporate and encourage a way for people to actually the game like a real NBA basketball game instead of NBA jam. Sorry for the long post, but after finally playing online for the first time this weekend, I had to just sit back and shake my head and say wow......