Re: NBA 2K17 Impressions Thread
dude you and I are on the exact same page. I was just thinking last night that iv'e been conditioned to just accept that all sports games need a patch or 2 before its where it should be. It's kinda sad really but then I think to back in the day(i'm old) when I got a game and the things that were busted were just busted until next year and knowing in this day and age there will be a fix gives me some relief. It really is such a good game that there are literally moments where my mind is blown. The only thing I would change is that with so many glitches I couldn't give it a 9 i'd have to say 8.9 lol
initial impressions after 30 hours is positive. The series always moves forward with the little things. I being a menu surfer (as my gf calls it) really dig the simple layout -- it's clean, efficient, sometimes though it's easy to miss extra buttons like Use Custom Roster on a specific screen on start of MyGm, etc.
I'm a MyGM/MyLeague guy, I love building a team from the ground up. I see this years potential, without some of the bugs keeping me from really starting, I'm impressed with the work done on the franchise mode. Thank you.
Gameplay wise, very smooth--the animations (especially the new hand off animations look great). Tap outs, and tap ins are done very well without breaking the game. 2k17 is very difficult on superstar/hof, as it should be, but man I get destroyed, like 20+ points. Back to all-star until I get my ish together. I'm not complaining I'll get the hang of it. Two big things which have been mentioned before, the CPU takes advantage of any three situation and they make a lot of em if you aren't on your game... I'm not sure what to make of it yet. An annoying thing is the low post play-way too many contact And-1's, back board swishes. Every time I see the contact I expect a foul and an and-one. Something I believe should be a surprising and impressive event happens too regularly. Going to fiddle with sliders soon.
Brilliant work overall, but (small rant after seeing it year after year). For a AAA title, NBA 2k every year is littered with bugs and glitches... I love everything you guys do as artists, but man sometimes it feels like when a 2k game comes out that nobody ever bothered testing core features, like applying a custom logo to a jersey and then seeing if it works in game (it doesn't.) After a month, the game plays well with patches of course.
Luckily for 2k, I've literally just got used to not expecting a polished game when it releases (I've been dropping full price since NBA 2k(0) on Dreamcast) instead of being disappointed and yelling at my cat... I know there will be at least 4 or 5 core bugs keeping me from playing it hardcore until the patch drops, then I'll go on to log 500+ hours. But until then I pretend to be a big man in videogame forums!
Also I am very pleased the micro stutter nightmare didn't carry over from last launch, I can at least play some features! Thank you!
TL;dr: phenomenal game, brings a truly unreal precedence to sports gaming. Ugh new year, new glitches that will take away experience until hammered out.
9 out of 10.
thanks 2k!
I'm a MyGM/MyLeague guy, I love building a team from the ground up. I see this years potential, without some of the bugs keeping me from really starting, I'm impressed with the work done on the franchise mode. Thank you.
Gameplay wise, very smooth--the animations (especially the new hand off animations look great). Tap outs, and tap ins are done very well without breaking the game. 2k17 is very difficult on superstar/hof, as it should be, but man I get destroyed, like 20+ points. Back to all-star until I get my ish together. I'm not complaining I'll get the hang of it. Two big things which have been mentioned before, the CPU takes advantage of any three situation and they make a lot of em if you aren't on your game... I'm not sure what to make of it yet. An annoying thing is the low post play-way too many contact And-1's, back board swishes. Every time I see the contact I expect a foul and an and-one. Something I believe should be a surprising and impressive event happens too regularly. Going to fiddle with sliders soon.
Brilliant work overall, but (small rant after seeing it year after year). For a AAA title, NBA 2k every year is littered with bugs and glitches... I love everything you guys do as artists, but man sometimes it feels like when a 2k game comes out that nobody ever bothered testing core features, like applying a custom logo to a jersey and then seeing if it works in game (it doesn't.) After a month, the game plays well with patches of course.
Luckily for 2k, I've literally just got used to not expecting a polished game when it releases (I've been dropping full price since NBA 2k(0) on Dreamcast) instead of being disappointed and yelling at my cat... I know there will be at least 4 or 5 core bugs keeping me from playing it hardcore until the patch drops, then I'll go on to log 500+ hours. But until then I pretend to be a big man in videogame forums!
Also I am very pleased the micro stutter nightmare didn't carry over from last launch, I can at least play some features! Thank you!TL;dr: phenomenal game, brings a truly unreal precedence to sports gaming. Ugh new year, new glitches that will take away experience until hammered out.
9 out of 10.
thanks 2k!
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