NBA 2K16: The King of Customization

[elgreazy1]

Re: NBA 2K16: The King of Customization

It's stuff like this that pisses me off 2K hasn't been a player in the football genre. I understand exclusive licensing killed off the NFL 2K series, but I would have liked the company to put out at least a second effort outside of APF2k8, which was half-assed & ill-planned from the beginning.

I bought NBA2K16 after renting it from Redbox over a weekend - and here's the kicker, I'm not even a basketball fan, nor do I really understand the game of basketball. NBA2K16 is such a great, immersive experience that brings you into the fold of the NBA brand and culture. I found myself going to NBA.com, looking up stats of players I've never heard of before, checking out new music (I forgot how much I loved hip hop), watching highlights from last season, looking up on YouTube principals & techniques on playing Power Forward for my MyCareer player, etc on my own. That is a true testament to the game, as it turned me from a NBA customer into an NBA & basketball consumer.

The game has so many different game modes which are all deep in their own right. Add the customization and ability to put your own mark on your experience, and you have a game that has me coming back for more.

[LorenzoDC]

Re: NBA 2K16: The King of Customization

The first time I read this, I was like, yeah, I love it, but I know all this already.

And now a day later, I realize this needs to be shouted about and called out for the almost revolutionary nature of this. Games just don't do this, and it what so many gamers want.

2k has really innovated by pushing the envelope on customization and doing it in close communication with its customer base. Really, around here some of us feel like meaningful . . . maybe "partners" is too strong a word - in the development and design conversation.

But if we're not partners, we are definitely valued stakeholders and sometimes collaborators, at least in the high level design and feature concept process, and prioritization.

That's awesome, and it's kind of revolutionary. More people in the industry should be noticing this, talking about it, and recognizing 2k for doing it. And then they should imitate it.

[bkillerbw]

I just wish they would have let yo have create an arena and create uniforms in the exhibition mode. also allow you to create more like say 50 or 60 areans/uniforms. then finally let you just have a playoff mode. I dont want to play a whole season I just want to set up the playoffs and play them.

[jwtucker710]

It's fun recreating different scenarios with created teams & players. Have not had a chance to play 2K16 all that much yet on XBOX 1, but I remember creating teams and creating players at the h.s. level in 2K14 on the 360. What you do is create players that have average abilities, height, weight, etc.. create one or two superstars and see how far they go in the playoffs. I will definitely have to get 2K16 and see what all they've done. Sounds fun!

[mcnugget]

If 2k still made hockey games (based on NHL 2k8), imagine if it was even close to this? ;( If only..

[dwayne12345]

I think this NBA 2k game is going to go down in history with the best games of all time when we think back about it. It's in the class of games like WWE Smackdown Here Comes the Pain, Madden 05, NBA live 2002 PC, College Hoops 2k8, in my opinion.

[johnalex918]

I think NBA 2K16 is better from the previous series of this game. NBA customize the game with true-to-life experience with NBA 2K16. Players play the game with their created player and team with various game mode. http://nba2k17game.com

[zten11]

How do you upload your custom roster for franchise mode?

[grabursock55]

hopefully madden or a new company takes a page from this book and makes football games customizable. I always loved the old madden games because I could make my own high school dynasties.... That was fun. Maybe someday...