NBA 2k18 Impressions Thread

[thechef128]

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The only two issues I have, can be fixed by messing with sliders. But I think CPU shoots too high of a percentage. I'm pretty sure every game I've played, the CPU has shot at least 50%. They hit every wide open shot (and it gets a lot of em) other issue is highly number of offensive rebounds by the CPU. But besides that, it is much better than 17

[BleedGreen710]

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can't comment much on the gameplay yet since I'm very bad at the game and don't know basketball that well but injuries are ruining my association. my first game I had injury frequency slider on default (50) and 2 guys got injured so I lowered it and next game someone else got injured. frustrated, I've now lowered it all the way down to (5) and 3 guys got injured in one game! I thought the injury frequency slider must be reversed so I bumped it up to 75 but now when I sim games my players are dropping like flys. its ruining the mode for me. I really don't want to have to turn injuries completely off.

[JoFri]

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The running animations in this game is really bad. Kills fast breaks and plays. So far running the triangle isn't as fun as 2k 16 and 17. I'm playing all star and all the current teams seem to be super human. Played the nets and mozgov got 5 straight offensive rebounds. Gameplay seemed better last night for whatever reason


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[tcnumba10]

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Anyone else impressed by the broadcast presentation graphics? If you are Canadian like I am, it reminds me of the art graphics that our Sports broadcast station uses in real life which is called TSN (kind of like our version of ESPN)

[Black Bruce Wayne]

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after playing some My League games, I now have a better feel for my impressions.

I cannot emphasize this enough:

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADJUST SLIDERS TO GET SHOOTING % CORRECT. ITS HANDLED BY GOOD DEFENSE.

the best part of this has been the close shots. no game has ever truly felt life defense forced the miss as much as 2k18.

I just had an exchange with the kings (me) and dallas (cpu). Randolph / Cauley Stein vs Novitski / Noel plus assorted others. my possession. I missed because of Novitskis defense. I grabbed a rebound and went back up, it was tipped by someone in the key. the ball bounced around the rim and then off some hands and Stein gets possession and goes back up but noel make me miss, one more offensive rebound and Randolph gets it home.

it was the most realistic inside game exchange I have ever had. it was RL in a video game.

there was also an exchange with a ball slapped out and the players struggled to pick it up but it looked like RL, not a clipping animation video game.

finally, I love driving and missing because I just realized de'arron fox is not ready for nerlens noel and I am going to get blocked.

earlier I stated shooting % might be a little high. but that was just Houston kicking my sorry butt around the court quite easily. the other games have been spot on.

I agree. I remember they said that when you play on ball defense, you have to put your hands manually. Otherwise your defense lacks alot. I had to straighten up

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[Black Bruce Wayne]

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Anyone else feel like bigs are WAY to OP this year? Once they get the ball down low (by pass or rebound), it’s over! Nothing I can do about it. That’s what I’ve noticed so far from Play Now Online and myTeam.

Also in PNO, I can’t seem to get a “fair” game in. It’s still cheese city unfortunately.


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Yep. I played a game in ON I and a guy was dunking on me and another teammate with Porzingus

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[Black Bruce Wayne]

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What do we think about the layup packages?

I like that they exist and are varied now. Definitely useful .

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[strawberryshortcake]

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Duped again.

Spoiler

It's not even about the angle. The textures, lighting etc look 100 times better in the pics they released than what I'm seeing in game.

I will admit, I'm playing on a PS4 Pro, but not 4K TV. Does the game on a 4K TV look like the pis they released? I asked a friend who is playing on a 4K display and he said no.

Original PS4 day one 500gb released console. Gordon Hayward Screenshots direct from NBA2k18. I sort of know what you're talking about. So I did a stress test on Hayward. Running him around the court being a ball hog.

I decided to finally grab a few screenshot of Hayward all sweated up. Find the right angle with the right arena lighting and you've got a screenshot that people will say it's the PC version but apparently screenshot (below) straight from the console looks pretty nice as well.

[uponablackstar]

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The gameplay is terrific, but MyCAREER/RTN has been a complete letdown. Moving around is a chore, it's alarmingly VC dependent compared to the last few years, and it's completely ungratifying without purchasing VC to get attributes up to par with the legion of 85's already out there. My player is utterly useless.

[magicman32]

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The CPU makes too many open shots with non shooters. On all star. Too many offensive rebounds and speed boosts. Especially on loose balls


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[magicman32]

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Not going to over react till the real NBA season starts


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[magicman32]

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The triangle is about ball movement screens and cuts. Screens a poor. Ball movement is ineffective against the defense. Cuts are weak because of the new player movement. CPU defense in all star is gets a speed boost advantage. The ball is loser for humans. And the CPU it's not. This is all star level. It's bad. You have to cheese and not run the triangle sets to win


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[erancenter]

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Hi

I'll try to put down some quick thoughts after a full day with the game:

The good

* AI AI AI - 2k has done a great job with improving AIs decision making and quickness of play development. JUST WOW!

* Responsiveness - game feels as responsive as ever. Dribble moves, Pull ups on the dime etc. JUST WOW (2)!

*Pro AM - Slower pace has changed the game completely, much more realistic. Left all the running and gunning out of the game which is great. And again- AI teammates are much better as smarter and even playing against 5 AIs when the other team quits is very nice.
Another nice thing about pro am is that all the team stays in the gym for another game (no need to press Y)

* Bigs are a big thing again - I play as a small and i was matched up against some good post scorers. They literally OWNED me (and i am a decent defender). As promissed size and weight matter. Bigs can BULLY small guys.

* Park squads - the idea that the whole squad needs to be near the court to step on the squad got next is a good one and prevents "Holding a spot" from other squads.

* Defensive rotations are a lot better - finally i feel like i can shut down teams and have full control of what's going on on the diffensive side.


The bad

* Navigation - Menus are very complicated IMHO. After a day with the game and i'm still trying to figure out how to find stuff.

* SQUAD UP - Finding your squad mates in park is so hard - Got to patch it and show them on the "Map". It's terrible.

* Neighborhood is a nice gimmick but once you get to the bottom of it it's quite annoying to run all over the place just to get clothes, or whatever. BRING BACK THE MENUS OPTION

*Bigs missing layups slightly contested - I feel (didn't measure it) that bigs should finish better with contact both in online and offline modes. Saw some weird misses in my games where a small guy contested lightly a bigs layup.

*Backboard-> Rim -> Net physics are... hmmm... different. Sometimes feel great other times i feel it's weird


Just some initial thoughts. Would love to get comments.

Above all- Enjoy fellas!

[jtb256]

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Look at the user reviews on Steam - I predict 2K18 is going to get thrashed when the press reviews come out next week.

Yes, gameplay is sublime - but they screwed the pooch on MyCareer. It's offensive - the unskippable wannabe GTA cutscenes I need to sit through so I can play a microtransaction mini-game - who thought I'd want to want to run around like an idiot for four minutes so I can find the barber shop where I can spend duckets to get the pitiful create-a-player to look acceptable? Its like they are messing with us. Shame.

MyTeam, online quick play, actual on-the-court play is magnificent, realized, such a triumph - a result of so many years of perfecting - it's a damn shame that they ruined this game with a misguided and greedy MyCareer mode that will mar the perception of 2K in a long term damaging way.

Huge kudos to those who worked on all the on-court gameplay. Whoever came up with "The Neighborhood" needs to MOVE.

[Smallville102001]

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Just lost my first game that I have played 116-112 me GS vs Cavs. Game looks amazing easily the best looking sports game out there. NBA 2k14 I thought looked better then 15 and 16 not sure about 17 didn't play last years game but this game looks even better then 14 and this is on slim ps4 not pro. I can only imagine how sick this game must look in 4k. The player movements are better. In the past I felt like on 2k there was way to much bumping on the outside that 1 looked not that good and 2 would be fouls in real life and last made it to hard to drive the ball into the paint when you have a miss match. I know its only 1 game but this game fells a lot better when it comes to that. I had 12 turnovers CPU had 7 most of mine where CPU steals. Need to play more but CPU still may be to high. I shoot the ball slightly better 44% to Cavs 42% but because of offensive rebounds and turnovers CPU had like 13 more shoot attempts then me. Nice thing is that in this game CPU had 17 offensive rebounds and I had 10. In the past no matter what you did with the sliders it was hard to like ever get 10. PIP where 46 to 58 so yeah I got killed in the paint. Last people are not kidding about stars play like stars. James put up a 40 point 8 rebound 9 assist game vs me. Both me and CPU didn't shoot the 3 good. Me 12/42 29% CPU 7/27 26%.