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  • RaychelSnr
    Executive Editor
    • Jan 2007
    • 4845

    #1

    NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?


    With nearly 20 releases under its belt, NBA 2K has nestled into an elite category of game franchises. When the new Grand Theft Auto, Metal Gear Solid, or Uncharted releases, fans automatically expect greatness. The same can be said of NBA 2K. For the folks over at 2K, it’s a wonderful problem to have -- a much better problem than the alternative.

    But it still does present a problem, because once a franchise achieves greatness, each release can feel a bit stale. How do you improve a game many consider to be nearly flawless? Games with huge, glaring issues can at least point to the obvious of what didn’t work and what they are doing to fix the issues for the next release. But that wasn’t the case as we approached the NBA 2K16 release date.

    So how did the game stack up against the usual weight of its expectations? How do I feel this season went as we now begin to look ahead to NBA 2K17? Well...

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  • michaelhawj
    MVP
    • Jul 2015
    • 1852

    #2
    yes, it is best basketball game ever i playing, i doubt NBA 2k17 gonna be more better than 2k16, can't wait to read blog on gameplay, My GM, presentation for 2K17, Keep up hard work on 2K17

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    • SportsGameGod
      Rookie
      • Mar 2015
      • 83

      #3
      Easily the best of the series and probably best sports game ever.

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      • BSchwartz07
        Rookie
        • Apr 2012
        • 88

        #4
        I am admittedly not a huge NBA fan. I watch the NBA but casually, I spend MUCH more time watching baseball and I work for an NFL team. Every year I try to convince myself that I can go a year or two without a basketball game, but eventually some new feature from 2K sucks me in. I can honestly say that I have never been disappointed with my purchase. There have been versions of Madden, The Show, and most recently EA's UFC offering that I have regretted purchasing, and only played a few times before shipping it down to my basement never to be heard from again.
        At this point I have given up fighting it, I'm in for 2K17, I trust they will come through again.

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        • JKSportsGamer1984
          MVP
          • May 2014
          • 1415

          #5
          NBA 2K is the "deepest" sports game ever as far as modes & ways to play, but the gameplay is far from flawless. There are so many flaws & blatant cheats in this game it's not even funny. Just YouTube TruthChaserProtocol, he has many videos exposing 2K16's gameplay. 2K has to address their legacy flaws, AI, & translate difficulty without blantantly cheating you to give you an illusion of a challenge for 2K17.

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          • Lord Bonium
            Pro
            • Oct 2014
            • 682

            #6
            Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

            Gameplay, no. Now, every 2k has had it's flaws with AI so in that regard it's fine BUT what stands out to me is the sluggishness and unresponsiveness this year. Just an unparalleled lack of control imo and to me it just brings the whole game down.

            Modes i play:
            - mycareer, no. No VC during high school and college so you can't improve which makes no sense at all. Spike Lee Freq nonsense. Annoying bucket system. Lack of body types. Etc. I'll take any previous 2k over this.

            - myteam, no. Too many ridiculous cards. I much preferred 13 and 14 since they only (or mostly) had "realistic" cards iirc. Even the rubies in 15 were nowhere near as bad. I sincerely hope i can play against normal teams next year whether it's through matchmaking or by having a mode with proper restrictions.

            - online myplayer (pro am). Yes, or at least a tie with 2k11. Mygm might be the best so far. Don't play myleague. PNO is pretty good although there needs to be more tiers but it's the first year i play it so i can't compare it to previous 2k's.

            Overall, to me, definitely not the best. I'll take 11, 13, 14 (ps3) and 15 over it. A tie with 12. Better than 10 and 14 (ps4). I've also played 2k5-2k9 but don't remember them well enough to judge.

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            • TerryP
              Pro
              • May 2003
              • 623

              #7
              Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

              By a long shot, but still plenty of room for improvement!

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              • Retropyro
                Pro
                • Jul 2010
                • 796

                #8
                For MyGM, absolutely. For MyCareer? Not even close. MyCareer is the worst in 2K16, hopefully it's a one-off and 2K will never go this route again.

                MyGM has been a blast.

                Overall though, 2K11 is still the best for me. I play 2K16 off and on. 2K11 grabbed me and I played it non-stop for a year.
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                • Hustle Westbrook
                  MVP
                  • Jan 2015
                  • 3113

                  #9
                  Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

                  Offline? Probably yeah. Haven't had this much fun in a MyCareer mode in any 2K. I'm in my 4th season and I'm probably gonna be playing this mode until the day 2K17 comes out.

                  Online? It's by far the worst 2K I've played, mainly because of the awful defense which you don't really see exploited as much when you play offline against the computer as opposed to a human opponent online. Bad transition D, overpowered lead passes, terrible rotations, terrible switching logic, and just plain dumb AI on defense make this a very frustrating game online.

                  Despite this I still put in over a 1,000 matches online since I love basketball games. If 2K17 can clear up these flaws then yeah, that might be the greatest game in the series.
                  Check out my YouTube channel for NBA 2K16 MyTeam and Play Now Online gameplay videos!

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                  • dtlm6
                    Rookie
                    • Oct 2011
                    • 105

                    #10
                    It will be hard to top NBA 2K16. 2K, give us a college basketball game!

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                    • milin
                      Rookie
                      • Jun 2003
                      • 106

                      #11
                      The controls are too sluggish and unresponsive to be the best ever. I hope the 2K team really tackle this, because it's been a problem since a long time. And I hope that they fix my career. I'd love to have an offline my player that's separate from the online portion of the game. I would also like my player to have the same sliders as the other modes, because the sliders and AI is wack in my career.

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                      • tril
                        MVP
                        • Nov 2004
                        • 2914

                        #12
                        every year, we say that it will be hard to top the current version of NBA2k. but somehow they do.
                        some years we see great improvements other years not so much. but they always improve. so Im not worried about it.
                        I wish they would add a feature so we can import existing gm/legacy modes, into newer versions, just like The SHOW..

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                        • Rockie_Fresh88
                          Lockdown Defender
                          • Oct 2011
                          • 9621

                          #13
                          Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

                          It's definitely at the top gameplay wise . it wasn't the most fun though .
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                          • Man2116
                            Rookie
                            • Jun 2012
                            • 36

                            #14
                            In NBA 2k17 or 18 I would like to see true upgrades in defense. Currently there is a lot of unnecessary bumping everywhere on the court to stop a player from getting to a spot. The real NBA does not bump the offensive player to get there, they simply cut off the area. I would love to see a difference in playing soft D, hard D, and physical D such as what we see in the playoffs. This does not mean make the defense play a certain way because of the time of the season, but we should see intensity increase from beginning of a game as well as the deeper into a season you go. Each form of defense should be available throughout the season.

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                            • raidertiger
                              Rookie
                              • May 2011
                              • 493

                              #15
                              Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

                              Maybe objectively, but subjectively I don't have anywhere as much fun with 2k16 as past 2ks.

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