NBA 2k18 - The Little Things Thread

[MackZillaTV]

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I love that 2K added non-simulated stats to the MyCareer player card. Would've been more useful last year, but it's still a nice addition

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Figured this thread would have more "Little Things" impressions.

Always one of my favorite threads here every year.

[VDusen04]

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I'm probably a few years behind on this but I'd never seen a player in 2K roll their ankle by landing on a defender before today:

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Happened with under four minutes left in the fourth. Spurs went on a 10-2 run and pulled away. Turns out Lindsey Hunter and Carlos Arroyo are not satisfactory replacements for Richard Hamilton.

Edit: Not sure why Tayshaun and Chauncey are walking him over to Gregg Popovich though.

[Freakywwe]

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I also had Devin Booker light me up in a Play Now game and when he got hot and hit a 3, he did the hotline bling move as he went back up the court hahaha

Booker is lights out in this game. He single handily came back down 15 by popping three after three in my face. After he tied it up, he stopped with an ice cold look right at my fans. Was awesome to see

[TreJayMMA]

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Is this a little things thread or a complaint thread?

[Da_Czar]

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I think it could be a matter of time being a finite resource.

When classics were close to being a No. 1 priority (2K11's Jordan Challenge and the lockout-bolstered Legends Mode in 2K12), there were between 20 and 30ish classic teams, with six to eight of those being 80's and 90's Bulls teams.

Now, there's over 60 classic teams, not including the 30 new All-Time teams. Even if classics were a number one priority again, I think the team would struggle to adequately perfect the task. Instead, it's kind of a double whammy - classics aren't as high on the priority list as 2K12 and there's three times more teams than their used to be. From what I can tell so far, it feels like 2K was making improvements and changes until they ran out of time. There's been a lot of positive changes (Jordan finally looks like Jordan, '89 Pistons jerseys fixed, Manu Ginobili was given hair on the first-day update). I just don't know if they could fit it all in.

THANK YOU. Jeesh. Glad some people still have the thinking caps on... Crimeny! Respect fam. The lazy slander is enough to make me stop reading forums sometimes.

Content wise no other game is anywhere close.


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[spankdatazz22]

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The lazy slander is enough to make me stop reading forums sometimes.

Content wise no other game is anywhere close.

#Truth

It's one of the reasons I slowed down frequenting this and other gaming sites myself. The sense of entitlement and near complete lack of perspective here (and with the gaming community as a whole) is staggering a lot of the time. Absolutely loving the game btw Big Czar - big props to you and 2K for such an extensive effort.

Little Things: Was getting in a few min this morning before work and after a timeout was called, saw fans in the front row trying to take selfies of themselves while players were "in the background" walking off the court

[govna]

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Someone mentioned the inclusion of both national anthems. I like the audio edits during timeouts. Kyrie Irvings custom intro against the Cavs. Boston was home, it featured Kyrie vs. Lebron...was at least 30 secs long. I may be one of the few who don't play online at all so I'm still enjoying play now. I also noticed the the Alternate jerseys randomly show up on play now. Ball physics allow for easier blocks too.

[scottyp180]

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Someone mentioned the inclusion of both national anthems. I like the audio edits during timeouts. Kyrie Irvings custom intro against the Cavs. Boston was home, it featured Kyrie vs. Lebron...was at least 30 secs long. I may be one of the few who don't play online at all so I'm still enjoying play now. I also noticed the the Alternate jerseys randomly show up on play now. Ball physics allow for easier blocks too.

I've done the Cavs Celtics matchup a handful of times but still haven't seen the Kyrie vs LeBron angle or anything specific to the storyline. Maybe I skipped through it by accident (I don't always watch the pregame stuff)

[tanner75]

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Loving the outside cams of stadiums and had a cam of East Street,Cleveland !

[govna]

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I've done the Cavs Celtics matchup a handful of times but still haven't seen the Kyrie vs LeBron angle or anything specific to the storyline. Maybe I skipped through it by accident (I don't always watch the pregame stuff)

It's rare enough to keep you playing. I saw a similar, shorter version featuring Markell Faultz in Philly. The CGI Faultz, Kyrie's pregame was the actual person. Think what JayZ had for the Brooklyn Nets in his game 2K13 I think. I'm sure there's more specific commentary too.

[kurt2134]

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I don't have a specific "little thing" but man I've seen some amazing blocks this year. Finally seeing blocks where players like Anthony Davis meet the ball at its peak and swat it away. Overall the block animations combined with the small bits of physics and interactions with body parts make them look great.

[RoyceDa59]

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Have you guys noticed alot more injuries now even in PlayNow mode with injuries turned on? In previous years I would hardly see any but I've played 2 games so far and witnessed 3 injuries happening 1 in the first and 2 ankle injuries in my 2nd game. Also they were pretty realistic, the sliding the foot under the shooter injury (rolled ankle)

Funny this happened to me in the 2nd play now game I did. I took a pretty terrible contested three with Chris Paul and he rolled his ankle as well. I also saw this happened to Myles Turner on a shot as well he landed on my defenders foot, he didn't get injured but he hobbled up the court for a second. It kind of makes you think twice about taking certain shot with a defending coming at you, especially if you don't want to take a chance of them getting injured.

[tcnumba10]

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Funny this happened to me in the 2nd play now game I did. I took a pretty terrible contested three with Chris Paul and he rolled his ankle as well. I also saw this happened to Myles Turner on a shot as well he landed on my defenders foot, he didn't get injured but he hobbled up the court for a second. It kind of makes you think twice about taking certain shot with a defending coming at you, especially if you don't want to take a chance of them getting injured.

Exactly, I play as the Raptors and as you may know that Demar Derozan's primary offense is the mid-range J which I mimic in the game. I pulled up in heavy traffic and the defender pulled a Bruce Bowen on me, sticking is foot underneath after contesting my shot in my landing area which cost Derozan a sprained ankle and he couldn't continue for the rest of the game. Never seen that from any previous 2K games. 2K18 is unbelievable! I was in awe even though one of my star player got injured.

[tcnumba10]

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I saw a block sequence when my CPU controller Ibaka blocked Mike Conley right at the basket in which he just caught the ball instead of swatting it and we maintained possession because of it. I had to pause the game afterwards cause I was in awe.

NBA 2K18 has my vote as being the best basketball game and most realistic I've ever played to date.