NBA 2k18 Impressions Thread

[The 24th Letter]

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I love that the 'running past the shooter'defense isnt working any more for guys online....ball movement and patience really is effective this year. Guys are getting frustrated not being able to pass into crowds too...

Defense is still what I am enjoying the most...I find that the defensive ratings really do matter...and I can gameplan accordingly. Throwing Bowen on Curry was a game changer and got me a 10 point 4th quarter cone back...

Two things I did have some gripes with are-

Guys are still initiating double teams, leaving you stuck in a 'pressure' animations while they take away one if the defenders and play the lane...I thought that was fixed last year?

Still too many occasions where your A.I teamates are hell bent on fouling when your sitting there in a perfect position to contest.

[oki4life]

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i cannot for the life of me hit multiple jumpshots in a row, and somehow cant get layups to go in. everything else in the game is pretty decent, but what gives with the layups. i feel like i cant get into the flow of the game. every shot rattles in and out, halfway down and comes back out.

I feel like there was a better flow to the game in 2k17, atleast for me there was. Game looks beautiful, but cant seem to find my touch jumpshot wise.

[king doe]

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Great game on day one.....Game sucks now

I'm just done

What happend?

[lilteapot]

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I beat the Warriors with the all time Lakers, Magic Johnson destroyed Curry, blocked a couple of his threes, was deadly...

But man there was some BS in this game too. Kobe missing wide open layups on the break, Shaq missing layups against Zaza Pachulia, losing rebounds over Zaza. I did a dropstep dunk with Shaq, he put it in, and then the basket didn't count.

[GisherJohn24]

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My friends who came over last night said they don't like the jump shooting. We were playing on rookie and they were throwing up bricks. I didn't notice it as much as they were, but shooting does require a little tweaking IMO. I personally don't like using the shot meter. It's a bit distracting to me. 2k was better when it didn't have one IMO.

Anyone notice a framerate drop on 2K Low Camera view?

[Bootzilla]

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Keep games close/rubberband AI is still in effect. Somehow it's gotten worse. This game turns scrub cpu players into otherworldly superstars. While your superstars turn into scrubs.

I've been labbing with my Nuggets and I randomly selected the Hawks. I've played several games and the results are always the same. I get a big lead and my players begin to play like crap while Bazemore, Prince, and Schroeder go completely nuts from 3. I know they are going to use the 3 to get back in the game so I make the adjustment to no 3's. Doesn't matter. Either someone is wide open or they whip the ball around with more precision than the Warriors could ever dream of and they're stroking 3's. On the other end, I'm bricking layups, fumbling the ball when I pass to someone wide open giving the D a chance to recover and close out. I'm calling multiple timeouts to no avail.

Last game I rage quit after playing half way through the 4th qtr and the Hawks had made 26 3's. Taurean Prince a D+ shooter from 3 was Klay Thompson hitting 7 threes.

I kinda agree with the dude that said day 1 it was great but now something weird is going on. Ratings and tendencies be damned. When the cpu needs to comeback they will. Jokic and Millsap will miss bunny after bunny and Gary Harris will miss wide open jumpers while ATL is rebounding and pushing into transition 3's with a numbers advantage.

[tril]

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Keep games close/rubberband AI is still in effect. Somehow it's gotten worse. This game turns scrub cpu players into otherworldly superstars. While your superstars turn into scrubs.

I've been labbing with my Nuggets and I randomly selected the Hawks. I've played several games and the results are always the same. I get a big lead and my players begin to play like crap while Bazemore, Prince, and Schroeder go completely nuts from 3. I know they are going to use the 3 to get back in the game so I make the adjustment to no 3's. Doesn't matter. Either someone is wide open or they whip the ball around with more precision than the Warriors could ever dream of and they're stroking 3's. On the other end, I'm bricking layups, fumbling the ball when I pass to someone wide open giving the D a chance to recover and close out. I'm calling multiple timeouts to no avail.

Last game I rage quit after playing half way through the 4th qtr and the Hawks had made 26 3's. Taurean Prince a D+ shooter from 3 was Klay Thompson hitting 7 threes.

I kinda agree with the dude that said day 1 it was great but now something weird is going on. Ratings and tendencies be damned. When the cpu needs to comeback they will. Jokic and Millsap will miss bunny after bunny and Gary Harris will miss wide open jumpers while ATL is rebounding and pushing into transition 3's with a numbers advantage.

tempo, control the tempo. The Ai controlled team is good at frustrating and getting you to play at its tempo. those easy misses you have, lead to quick buckets by the AI controlled team, what you as the user tend to do is try to score as quickly as the Ai controlled team. all of sudden you are out of your comfort zone. muck the game up when you see the Ai coming back. play physical D, switch your coverage to tight or smother, and double team the players that are lighting you up.
and if you dont know call timeouts

basketball is a game of runs, its all about minimizing the run.

for every action in the game there is a counter action, its all about finding that right combination.

[tril]

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I like 2K18 so far no complaints. I just set up my fantasy draft GM mode. the story line is a slow set up, but when the music comes on and you see yourself in the arena hallway standing there in a suit, and the beat drops, and it says staring "your my player name". it amps you up

another thing I like is the soundtrack. some nice classics for us old school folks.

[nuttyrich]

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tempo, control the tempo. The Ai controlled team is good at frustrating and getting you to play at its tempo. those easy misses you have, lead to quick buckets by the AI controlled team, what you as the user tend to do is try to score as quickly as the Ai controlled team. all of sudden you are out of your comfort zone. muck the game up when you see the Ai coming back. play physical D, switch your coverage to tight or smother, and double team the players that are lighting you up.
and if you dont know call timeouts

basketball is a game of runs, its all about minimizing the run.

for every action in the game there is a counter action, its all about finding that right combination.

Yup,I fully agree..but like most people many weren't usd to getting punched in the mouth the way this CPU has done this year (in a good way) besides the 3pters.

I can clearly remember getting upset I lost the ball..and they get a ui l score and I pissed off ..try to get the score back..yet wind up digging myself in a whole.. same goes for threes if they drain tons of threes that I think is way out of whack..I try to do the same..and get killed.

They DO slow down and it comes in waves..but as someone pointed out in I believe a post somewhere .. slightly turn down the CPU 3pt %juts a bit and it makes a huge difference...average players shouldn't be nailing 3s with ease like the way that it's happening.

Right now th game might be okay for some but for many it's broken in some form...online players are complaining of lag and frame rates,offline people's my career still being erased.and tons of issues people don't like.

I'm waiting till next week.. Patch h should make everything somewhat stable..and won't be many huge changes again.





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[Bootzilla]

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tempo, control the tempo. The Ai controlled team is good at frustrating and getting you to play at its tempo. those easy misses you have, lead to quick buckets by the AI controlled team, what you as the user tend to do is try to score as quickly as the Ai controlled team. all of sudden you are out of your comfort zone. muck the game up when you see the Ai coming back. play physical D, switch your coverage to tight or smother, and double team the players that are lighting you up.
and if you dont know call timeouts

basketball is a game of runs, its all about minimizing the run.

for every action in the game there is a counter action, its all about finding that right combination.

Nah not true in my case. I'm being pretty deliberate running my offense and getting good shots. Some of the bunnies are putbacks. Offensive rebound and uncontested shot at the rim. I'm anticipating a dunk on some of the putbacks especially with Faried but instead they lay it up and miss. Any other time during the game except when the cpu is in comeback mode it's realistic and they'll dunk or make the easy layup. When the cpu gets an offensive rebound their rookie Collins is rebounding in traffic going up and getting an and 1 over 2 defenders.

Honestly despite tempo, 30% three point shooters should not be hitting threes at the clip they're hitting them.

I understand it's a game of runs but the predictability of the runs seem so scripted and false. When I go on runs my good players are playing to their ratings. It's not like Plumlee is going crazy. When the cpu goes on one of its runs it doesn't matter. Doesn't matter who is on the floor they are a threat from anywhere and regardless of how they've been shooting all game they get red hot.

[NBA2018]

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Yes it has...

I agree with everything...played a mix of Lakers vs. Bulls and Warriors vs. Cavs, what I liked most so far:

- Responsiveness, on offense and defense. Its like 2k17 was at release day, loving it.
- Gameflow and motion in general, it feels great.
- AI, Lebron put up some really cool moves in the post and got me a few times
- Menus and UI
- The game loading times seem to be faster

more info

[coolcras7]

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My friends who came over last night said they don't like the jump shooting. We were playing on rookie and they were throwing up bricks. I didn't notice it as much as they were, but shooting does require a little tweaking IMO. I personally don't like using the shot meter. It's a bit distracting to me. 2k was better when it didn't have one IMO.

Anyone notice a framerate drop on 2K Low Camera view?

Do you have game mode on on your tv when playing what is your imput lag, there is no way anyone can be missing good shoots on that level.

[GisherJohn24]

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Do you have game mode on on your tv when playing what is your imput lag, there is no way anyone can be missing good shoots on that level.

Im not sure. I didn't think so. As we have been playing the last 4 2k games on th same TV with no issues. They're not big gamers, so they don't play it like I was. I think they expected all open shots to go in, they need to understand that doesn't happen even in the real game. I think it's a good balance.

[ricky24]

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My career is a total mess. It’s a chore to do anything and I’ve never had to restart a game because of freezing issues more than while playing this mode. No idea how they are allowed to release a game in this state.

[GisherJohn24]

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Keep games close/rubberband AI is still in effect. Somehow it's gotten worse. This game turns scrub cpu players into otherworldly superstars. While your superstars turn into scrubs.

I've been labbing with my Nuggets and I randomly selected the Hawks. I've played several games and the results are always the same. I get a big lead and my players begin to play like crap while Bazemore, Prince, and Schroeder go completely nuts from 3. I know they are going to use the 3 to get back in the game so I make the adjustment to no 3's. Doesn't matter. Either someone is wide open or they whip the ball around with more precision than the Warriors could ever dream of and they're stroking 3's. On the other end, I'm bricking layups, fumbling the ball when I pass to someone wide open giving the D a chance to recover and close out. I'm calling multiple timeouts to no avail.

Last game I rage quit after playing half way through the 4th qtr and the Hawks had made 26 3's. Taurean Prince a D+ shooter from 3 was Klay Thompson hitting 7 threes.

I kinda agree with the dude that said day 1 it was great but now something weird is going on. Ratings and tendencies be damned. When the cpu needs to comeback they will. Jokic and Millsap will miss bunny after bunny and Gary Harris will miss wide open jumpers while ATL is rebounding and pushing into transition 3's with a numbers advantage.

I agree with you on this 100%...

AND I NEED TO GET THIS RANT OUT AND I'M SO BUMMED IT'S BACK IN THIS GAME. That random bug where a player jumps up in the air after a basket is made is STILL FREAKING IN THIS GAME!! I probably saw it 10 times last night with my games. It does not affect the gameplay at all, but it's just abnoxious to me seeing a random player jump up in the air after a basket. 2K guys, you know what I'm talking about. This has been since 2k15. I dont' get it. Just a visual quirk more than anything. but annoying to watch.

rant over.

p.S. i STILL LOVE 2K THOUGH.