NBA 2K16 Available Today, Post Your Impressions Here

[Peninc]

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Big men dunking on putbacks and on dishes under the basket is a thing of beauty and power. I'm not even a Heat fan but Whiteside is bangin on any and everything off low post catches. Lovely.

[siimpettai]

Quick question: Can you put tattoos on created players? (not MyPlayer)

[WISports]

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Things I'm not liking:

- Shots are never made when contested. At least it feels that way. I'm not talking about tight coverage either, but even if so Curry is known to make a layup or two when he's going in, much less a mid-range jumper or three-pointer

This is what I worried about when 2K was talking about how much better defense was this year.


I was hoping it wouldn't be from adding cheese like this, or the defenders bumping you so you can't drive past them, or have to pull off multiple dribble moves to have a chance.


Sure, contested shots should miss more often than open shots. But these guys can still hit contested shots in real life.

[ChanTheMan_34]

Love it. The story is a big cheesey, especially because I'm white with black parents, but other than that I love the game.

[strawberryshortcake]

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This is what I worried about when 2K was talking about how much better defense was this year.

I was hoping it wouldn't be from adding cheese like this, or the defenders bumping you so you can't drive past them, or have to pull off multiple dribble moves to have a chance.

Sure, contested shots should miss more often than open shots. But these guys can still hit contested shots in real life.

I'm also worried that 2k is going to nerf the defense allowing the offense to be overpowered. We have had the game for a couple days. Plus offense will always be overpowered regardless of what defense you throw at the gamer. As soon as the gamer masters the sticks, s/he will demolish the CPU.

I don't really keep track of what types of shots I make, but I am certain that I've hit a fair bit of contested shots on the inside and from the outside.

There is going to be this constant battle between gamers that wants everything simple. People complained about contested shots going in last year where there was absolutely no effect on the shooter when you heavily contest their shots. If it's this, the current state where contested shots has less chance of going in, OR contested shots going in at an alarming rate, what would you rather have?

What about all the people who is loving the game the way it is? If developers decide to nerf the defense, those loving the game the way it is going to be bore out of their minds. As I stated in a few threads, you can always overcome a challenge, but you can never overcome the boredom you get from beating an easy CPU.

It's simply time to up our stick skills. Me, you, everyone.

[CMH]

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Give it time. Keep playing.

I got blown out by 30+ my first game on All Star. Every game I'm understanding movement better. Understanding defense. Taking my time offensively. I'm scoring more and doing a better job defensively.

Six games in on all star and I lost by 10. Still a tough loss but I'm seeing less of the mistakes that cost me points and every possession I'm learning what to do better.

I still play man to man on defense too. It's a new game. New physics. New ratings. Keep playing. It gets easier to score with talented players once you start understanding the game.

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[Vni]

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If anyone's got any princeton offense tips I'd enjoy it. Can't really get anything good with it.

[CMH]

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- Crowd noises and reactions are abysmal. No loud cheering or booing for any sort of buckets, fouls, rebounds, turnovers, etc. They're just not there.

My advice.

I love what 2K is doing but their audio settings are awful. The idea that crowd is set to 60 on the broadcast setting is boggling. The crowd is not that low in games.

I pushed the crowd up to 70. 75 seemed too high as MVP chants were pretty much deafening. I set effects to 80 and player chatter to 75 I believe. Nice to hear a couple things like you would in an actual broadcast. But it's still low enough that you can't make out every comment. Commentary is at 75 and another setting is at 80, can't remember which.

Anyway the point is crowd audio is too low and commentary is too high in all settings. It ruins the immersion. Change it and you'll get a better sound from all areas.

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[jfsolo]

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My advice.

I love what 2K is doing but their audio settings are awful. The idea that crowd is set to 60 on the broadcast setting is boggling. The crowd is not that low in games.

I pushed the crowd up to 70. 75 seemed too high as MVP chants were pretty much deafening. I set effects to 80 and player chatter to 75 I believe. Nice to hear a couple things like you would in an actual broadcast. But it's still low enough that you can't make out every comment. Commentary is at 75 and another setting is at 80, can't remember which.

Anyway the point is crowd audio is too low and commentary is too high in all settings. It ruins the immersion. Change it and you'll get a better sound from all areas.

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Commentary always goes to zero for me, as I prefer a more on the court presentation style. 100 for crowd, PA, and player chatter is great for me.

[Blzer]

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My advice.

I love what 2K is doing but their audio settings are awful. The idea that crowd is set to 60 on the broadcast setting is boggling. The crowd is not that low in games.

I pushed the crowd up to 70. 75 seemed too high as MVP chants were pretty much deafening. I set effects to 80 and player chatter to 75 I believe. Nice to hear a couple things like you would in an actual broadcast. But it's still low enough that you can't make out every comment. Commentary is at 75 and another setting is at 80, can't remember which.

Anyway the point is crowd audio is too low and commentary is too high in all settings. It ruins the immersion. Change it and you'll get a better sound from all areas.

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Thanks, but I should have mentioned that I even tried other presets such as On Court and In Stands, and they just don't do much. Even when they shout "Three!" it's louder than the cheer afterward if the player makes the three. I'm not saying their volume isn't high, I'm saying they don't cheer for much or show much emotion. We know what crowds sound like, you and I. This game isn't representing that very well.

But yes, I always tweak volumes outside of what they offer us in the presets.

[strawberryshortcake]

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My advice.

I love what 2K is doing but their audio settings are awful. The idea that crowd is set to 60 on the broadcast setting is boggling. The crowd is not that low in games.

I pushed the crowd up to 70. 75 seemed too high as MVP chants were pretty much deafening. I set effects to 80 and player chatter to 75 I believe. Nice to hear a couple things like you would in an actual broadcast. But it's still low enough that you can't make out every comment. Commentary is at 75 and another setting is at 80, can't remember which.

Anyway the point is crowd audio is too low and commentary is too high in all settings. It ruins the immersion. Change it and you'll get a better sound from all areas.

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Crowd noise in general just doesn't seem like a 2k specialty even when I have it pushed to 100 max. This is one of the weaker points to the game. The Oracle Arena definitely does not feel like the Oracle whatsoever. Just today playing a game, I thought I had somehow turned the volume down on the crowd because the reaction simply didn't sound right. To my surprise the crowd volume was already at 100. I was like this can't be true....But it was unfortunately.

If 2k is thinking "well, we're trying to give the gamer the TV experience, not the in arena experience ...", 2k is unfortunately wrong here as well. Watching the Warriors on TV, you can feel the crowd coming through. The crowd reaction doesn't even match the crowd audio experience. Very much disconnected.

[dwade585]

Quick question: Can you put tattoos on created players? (not MyPlayer)

No and then they didn't even add the ability to access all of the new isomotion size ups for created players or even when you edit players

[trekfan]

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Man, I just murdered Marcus Thornton with Jamal Crawford in front of the Rockets home crowd. They all went "OHHHHHH" and it was awesome.

[edubbs]

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Crowd noise in general just doesn't seem like a 2k specialty even when I have it pushed to 100 max. This is one of the weaker points to the game. The Oracle Arena definitely does not feel like the Oracle whatsoever. Just today playing a game, I thought I had somehow turned the volume down on the crowd because the reaction simply didn't sound right. To my surprise the crowd volume was already at 100. I was like this can't be true....But it was unfortunately.

The arena atmosphere was a focus of presentation this year.

I'm just crossing my fingers that the crowd audio is just glitched and can be improved via patch.

Lakers24 posted a Heat vs. Hornets video with great in-game crowd audio, that i have yet to experience while playing. So, hopefully it's something they can make more consistent throughout the games played.

This issue has been around for way to long now, IMO.

In the video below at the 5:00 minute mark, they make reference to doing new animations and improving the atmosphere but, nothing really specific in regards to audio.

It's unfortunate that the crowd audio is still lacking. The rest of the presentation package is very well done as usual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWB-aDBFG1I

[DJ]

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It's true for the touchpad as well? I assumed you would have to press down its button for it to activate. Anyway, it's the same issue on the Vita which are right next to the sticks, no roll-off needed. This could be addressed in two ways:

1) Change the RP configuration so that the "touchpad" is in the middle portion only, and not on the full touchscreen (do it like most games where R3 and L3 are in the bottom corners of the touchscreen instead of the rear touchpad).

2) Give three timeout options: Manual, Assist, and Auto. Assist would be what Auto is now, and Auto disables our ability to make timeouts... at least in-game. Maybe we could press pause or something, but I was frustrated when I gave myself two technical fouls just trying to do a stick move.

How is remote play overall for 2K16? I used it a bit for 2K15 and overall, was able to do most of things I could control-wise on the PS4 without too much of a struggle.