NBA 2K23 Gameplay Details and Improvements Revealed

[The 24th Letter]

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Totally agree, man. They should just bring back the three separate shot ratings (open/contested/moving for mid and three - point) instead of "assigning" attributes to shot animations.

Obviously, shooting a certain way, speed, etc. effects efficiency but the separate shooting attributes alone could've easily expressed that.

Also, there are guys that have an awkward shot (Haliburton) or shot slowly (Jokic) but still get shots to go down. [emoji2377]

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Maybe I’m reading it wrong, but it essentially seems like the same thing no? With a bit more wiggle room for players like the ones you mentioned. A slower release not killing players ability to create.

Defensive immunity sounds like the attributes that will separate guys like KD/Dirk

I’d assume offline, If you wanted to change a players shot, these things would be editable. If not, That’s where I’d see a problem.

[VictorMG]

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I'm also a little concerned about shot arcs being tied to timing. What if I need to arc a shot over the contest of a tall defender who's in my face? We'll essentially be forced to release the shot with early timing if I'm understanding correctly.

I haven't read the whole article yet, and there were some things that look really good to me (like the adrenaline boosts, new dribbling, adding more sizeups and making them more effective, etc.), but a couple negative things also stood out to me and I'm curious to hear people's thoughts.

[Pray_iv_m3rcy]

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No offense to the many last gen/PC gamers, but I feel bad for 'new gen"/current gen gamers cause the larger install base (last gen) is holding back the game.

Obviously, I stated why (larger install base) that is so, but the AI/gameplay improvements for the series have slowed to a crawl catering to (checking my phone) near 10 year old tech.

Time to move on and really dip into the power of these newer consoles, IMO.

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Absolutely. I literally cringed when I read the word parity between consoles. That is exactly what I don't want. I spent over 1000 dollars to have a new experience.

[J_Posse]

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Maybe I’m reading it wrong, but it essentially seems like the same thing no? With a bit more wiggle room for players like the ones you mentioned. A slower release not killing players ability to create.

Defensive immunity sounds like the attributes that will separate guys like KD/Dirk

I’d assume offline, If you wanted to change a players shot, these things would be editable. If not, That’s where I’d see a problem.

I hope you're right and I'm wrong, 24th.

I read it to mean every animation (base & release) has a "grade," combining (blending) different ones and changing the timing effects what the overall "attribute/score" comes out to.

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[jfsolo]

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Mike said this on Twitter- CR is Courtside Report

Mike Wang@Beluba

#NBA2K23 Didn’t make it in time for the CR, but working on adding a new controller setting to let you customize where your ideal release point is in your shots (early near takeoff or late closer to the wrist flick.) Still working out the kinks but gonna be 🔥

[Pokes404]

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Liking the sound of the "quick scoop layups for smaller guards." There's nothing more frustrating than having an open layup get swatted into the 3rd row because of a super-slow layup animation triggering. I want to be able to get the ball up on the glass quickly and make life tougher on shot blockers.

[J_Posse]

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Absolutely. I literally cringed when I read the word parity between consoles. That is exactly what I don't want. I spent over 1000 dollars to have a new experience.

Yeah, that ticked me off a bit too but it's the circumstance everyone is in.

New gen has been off to a rough few years (minus the Series S) with high demand and limited availability.

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[LeBlonde James]

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The rim hanging could be toxic lol I like more control over dunk and layup types but not sure rim hanging was needed. That said, could be fun and I'll probably be annoying with the rim hanging.


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[Bruceleroy4455]

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So if I get the physical edition of the game can I prevent the game ruining patch by uninstalling and reinstalling without internet?

I will never forgive 2k for breaking 2k22 a month in

[TarHeelPhenom]

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So if I get the physical edition of the game can I prevent the game ruining patch by uninstalling and reinstalling without internet?

I will never forgive 2k for breaking 2k22 a month in

Best thing you can do is get the physical copy of the game...download it to your internal storage/SSD Storage...and then make a copy of it to an external storage. That way you will have an out of the box copy of the game in case patches ruin it. I did that last year. Only thing is once patches start rolling out, you'll have to play the OOTB version offline. No roster, gear, face scan updates etc.

[scottyp180]

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I thought this was an interesting tweet by Mike. Interested to see how this will work.

Edit: Looks like jfsolo beat me to the punch on this one.

[scottyp180]

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Gotta say, I'm already more excited for 2k23 than I was for 2k22. I was on the fence for 2k22 up until it released, and was only convinced to buy it because of some very positive, early OS impressions. I was planning on holding off on 2k23 until it was on sale but this report has me leaning towards a day 1 purchase

[tru11]

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Welp with hookshots nerfed to death it make sense to remove that badge i guess.

Postscoring big keeps getting shafted….


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[scottyp180]

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Welp with hookshots nerfed to death it make sense to remove that badge i guess.

Postscoring big keeps getting shafted….


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I was thinking this is because hook shots and post scoring in general is a rare skill in the modern NBA. I can't think of many bigs in the current NBA that have a true, big man post game. Not like bigs like Shaq, Hakeem, Kareem, or even McHale who lived and dominated in the post.

Somewhat relevant:

https://twitter.com/Beluba/status/1554883092413702144?s=20&t=FPR4njBx-ssORuLAQteiXQ

[EccentricMeat]

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I’m not gonna lie, NBA 2K23 sounds absolutely incredible. Even the new “complex” sounding dunk system looks like it was made a little easier (only the flashy switchback dunk inputs have the dunk meter, right?). The dribbling sounds much improved, and they finally brought back on-ball defensive shading (no idea why they’re acting like this is a new feature, it was in the older 2Ks for over a decade if I remember correctly).

But man, if those AI details are anywhere near accurate then this should be the first true next-gen feeling 2K with the most true-to-life AI to date. The attacking AI changes are music to my ears, with superstars having signature attack styles that read and react to how you are defending them [emoji1305][emoji1305][emoji1305]

The defensive AI also sounds much improved as far as how the game will supposedly learn from how you’re playing and make changes accordingly. It was nice to see them detail how these systems were implemented in the past and that they didn’t have the depth necessary to truly give an authentic feel to games. But if the AI works as intended in 2K23, this could easily become the most fun and challenging 2K to date for us offline gamers.

Now we wait to see gameplay and if the hedge defender on the PnR is still braindead and decides to become a spectator instead of an active defender. That will legitimately make or break the entire offline experience.