NBA 2K17 Hands-On Impressions - Part 1 of 4 (Forbes)

[CEOHaize]

I'm just waiting for non fanboys of this franchise to play this game and tell the difference, this franchise literally has more fanboys that claim you can tell the difference every year, when in reality, basically plays the same. Only then commentary nothing really excites me. I hope create a player is better and actually allow us to put tattoos on them, that was so lame last year, all these tattoo creations but wouldn't let you put a single tattoo on CAP.

They have absolutely added depth and you can feel. It's not about being a fanboy it's more about the way you probably play the game.

[GuwopGeezus]

Kind of off topic but I dislike how they are marketing the game through the big youtubers (and magazine websites) this year. It feels like all of the information flow is primarily going through third parties. I'd rather they had released the details on their own first then let the youtubers, etc. elaborate on them in their videos/articles. I don't want to be forced (I know I'm not technically forced) to sit through these long videos and hear these young overhyped kids talk about the game. I'm not trying to sound like an old head (I'm under 30 lol), but I'd rather hear the game discussed by someone more my speed, or just read about it. Brian doesn't fit that category but the overall sentiment is the same. Not to mention having third parties releasing info first creates more confusion because when we ask questions they don't know everything.

2K16 was slow on info too but I feel like we had more information last year before the community day. The current year marketing scheme was really annoying and frankly negligent. There is no way we should be 1 week away from the demo and 2 weeks away from the game without getting any in depth info directly from 2k. The trailer should have been dropped during the finals, gameplay discussed in July, modes in August, and everybody would have been happy. Somebody at 2k please read this and adjust for next year.

[Banditofonchico]

One thing that has always pissed me off about recent 2K games. Is the fact that the crowd don't have names/numbers on their jerseys. They did it in 2K8 why don't they do it now? When was the last time you saw every fan in the crowd wearing a plain basketball jersey?