NBA 2K18 Video - Developer Diary: The Art Behind the Game

[MontanaMan]

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Props are in order. As much as we rode the art team all year - they really showed and proved.

So if we're going to talk about their shortcomings we have to also congratulate them when they knock it out of the park. It's only fair.

Good job to whoever may be reading this.

Two things I'm still holding out for:

Branded accessories for MyCareer/MyPark - Nike compression tights, etc.

An improved and more realistic tattoo system.

If they manage to get those two things in you won't hear one complaint from me in terms of art this year.

[Hustle Westbrook]

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[Barncore]

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It's tough to criticize 2k when you can clearly see the work they've put in this year. Graphically it looks so much better than last year. BUT...some things still look a bit off with the player models. Really just the lower half of them.

This video could be an older build, so some of my criticisms may have been addressed. But here's what I still see...

1. Legs are still a bit stumpy and short. THey look to be a clear foot shorter than real life. Gobert and KD really stand out. There knew to foot ratio seems like 40% off.
2. Waists look way too tiny. My guess is that they wanted to make legs look longer, so they shrunk the waist to give that optical illusion.
3. They have no glutes. I know it sounds odd, but it makes a big difference when comparing real life to 2k. Lebron in particular looks like he's wearing a kilt when he goes up for the dunk. If you were to see a side by side, you'd understand what I'm saying.
4. Shorts still look at tad too long. Current fashion trends are also moving toward shorter shorts. The shorts may also just look long due to the short legs.
KD from waist up..near perfect. KD from waist down, ehh. [ATTACH]138332[/ATTACH]

I disagree.
Durant's legs look shorter cos of the perception of the angle.
And you'd be surprised how skinny NBA players' waists are.

[Barncore]

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1st picture the upper body proportion looks better imo. 2nd picture reminds me of this

KD does where his pants up high though. Look:

[LionsFanNJ]

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Man this all looks great. I just REALLY hope that we're not gimped on non MyCareer CAPs.


Also, i doubt it will happen, but i hope we can make tattoos for them too like the MyPlayer did.

[sva91]

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I disagree.
Durant's legs look shorter cos of the perception of the angle.
And you'd be surprised how skinny NBA players' waists are.

Na it ain't the angle. It's way off compared to screen. And there are thousands of pics of KD on google, and I bet you can't find one with a size 20 waist in bball shorts. I couldn't.

[MontanaMan]

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4. Shorts still look at tad too long. Current fashion trends are also moving toward shorter shorts. The shorts may also just look long due to the short legs.

Another thing I've been asking about for months.

Hopefully it's adjustable - long, above the knee, short etc.

[tsbmolina]

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[Smirkin Dirk]

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You really get a sense of KAT's length.

[ataman5]

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Shoutout to all of us guys who've been playing b-ball games for 30+ years (either on the Atari or NES). We've came a long way, gentleman. I mean, we have stretch marks now. If you would have told my 10-year-old self in 1990 that we would have came this far I would not have believed you.

Now sing it with me "Started from the bottom now we're here...."

This is the exact reason why we'll never care or bother as much as youngheads here about graphics but only gameplay. Great post.

My only comment on those graphics debates are most of the time like, ahh it looks good, ahh it looks ok, does it feel good(weighted etc.) lol.

And yeah it definitely looks great, great job devs.

[Black Bruce Wayne]

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Where's jeebs? He can finally make his husky player [emoji38]

Gotta say again man, this was an incredible trailer...hope all the art guys are feeling better this year....there have been some real pre release wars over the last couple of years. Dont dissapear now that there is some positive news fellas [emoji38]

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I just want to make a big chunk Center. Finally I hope I can lol

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[Black Bruce Wayne]

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By far.

This is definitely up there with Live 18's version too

Oh it's going to be a good season watching both games Battle it out

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[Black Bruce Wayne]

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Thanks man, I know these inaccuracies aren't huge and can be ignored but every little accurate detail makes the game better in some shape or form.

Hey, catching these things is how they get better. They don't catch everything

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[jet546]

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I'm trying to get the devs attention on whether the KD from the trailer is from an old vid and the screenshot of KD is a better representation of his body proportion, you got any info if it is actually from an old build?

[jet546]

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Obviously the KD/Steph screen is from a recent build.

In a lot of the footage there's definitely tons of clips from various builds from development (old scans, models).

I'm trying to get the devs attention on whether the KD from the trailer is from an old vid and the screenshot of KD is a better representation of his body proportion, you got any info if it is actually from an old build?