NBA 2K23 Gameplay Details and Improvements Revealed

[SouthBeach]

Re: NBA 2K23 Gameplay Details and Improvements Revealed

I haven't been around these parts for a while as I've slowly lost some of my excitement for 2K in recent years. But after reading about the gameplay, there's some optimism for me and I'm sure many others.


I just hope Jimmy Butler's hair doesn't make it into the game at all, even after updates lol. Needless to say, I'm looking forward to 2K23 more and more each day.

[BDM313]

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Everything sounds interesting my only hope is that the presentation and crowd reaction gets a bit of love this year as well the arena specific PA announcers was a great touch but the crowd reaction was a hit and miss on next gen.

[The 24th Letter]

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Czar gave a pretty good supplement to this guide.

Brute is a great creator with a sim background and breaks it down.

Good watch.

https://youtu.be/r8xxTVaBX1o

[alabamarob]

Re: NBA 2K23 Gameplay Details and Improvements Revealed

Czar gave a pretty good supplement to this guide.

Brute is a great creator with a sim background and breaks it down.

Good watch.

https://youtu.be/r8xxTVaBX1o

In 2k12 i was the shade god. That was the best on ball defensive experience ever, and it was the last time the ball was live. If on ball defensive shading is anything like 2k12 then we are in business.

[scottyp180]

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I have a good feeling about this iteration. I like what I'm hearing with these changes. Like the user Victor mentioned, I also wish guys like Durant could regularly hit jumpers off the triple threat......I just end up turning this game off every time I turn it on because I always end up feeling like I just can't move freely. Can never find the right sliders anymore. I'm optimistic though and happy to see a number of the changes seem to be geared towards improving the game play for players who don't play online. I am so sick to death with this game catering more and more to online players the last few years.

You know, the movement issue is so weird to me. Sometimes I play and the movement and animations click and I feel like I'm in control. Then other times I play and I feel like the controls are not responsive. I think part of it comes down to how often I play. If I'm playing regularly I have a good feel of the game and how it is supposed to be played, but if I try playing after not playing for awhile it's like I need to adjust to how they game should be played, not how I want it to play (if that makes sense).

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: NBA 2K23 Gameplay Details and Improvements Revealed

Czar gave a pretty good supplement to this guide.

Brute is a great creator with a sim background and breaks it down.

Good watch.

https://youtu.be/r8xxTVaBX1o

Good stuff. Great news on the 4 out 1 in to be more modern with dunker spot rather than just the swing motion! It’s great for teams like the Suns, Warriors, or Celtics with Ayton, Looney, & R. Williams instead of going 5 out. Much needed for realistic spacing with those non stretch bigs. Good news!

I also found interesting the adrenaline also working for the defense! That will take some getting used to for sure as I have become used to turbo on defense when guarding on ball to stay in front of ball handlers and not to mention the turboing to get back on defense with fast breaks! Adds another level of strategy. Gonna have to retrain myself to lay off turbo & be more selective. That might solve those fast break issues and open the floor up some more.

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: NBA 2K23 Gameplay Details and Improvements Revealed

In 2k12 i was the shade god. That was the best on ball defensive experience ever, and it was the last time the ball was live. If on ball defensive shading is anything like 2k12 then we are in business.

Shade god? Lol Was that year you were nuggets and running rampant with Ty Lawson picking up full court! Haha You we’re turning me like Pippen on magic in the finals all game! Better lay off that adrenaline now shade god! Lol

[The 24th Letter]

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The way he describes pace sounds a lot like 2K16

I’m hoping that’s the case

[goma76]

Re: NBA 2K23 Gameplay Details and Improvements Revealed

Would be interesting to know if the bar consumption depends of the stamina of that player. Also the energy recover should be related at physical characteristic.

[ataman5]

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I hope that shooting gets much harder in the top than before.

In 2k22 now at the end where everyone has 1 year of practice behind them, we have teams shooting so good, that its better defense to just let them have a 1:0 layup instead of giving them any three. the best shooter in our playoffs - keldon johnson - shoots 92 % from deep (on superstar). Average 3p% in our playoffs across all teams is 50 %. This is just horrible.

J, it's because of the latest patch dropped nba 2k22, after that every1 started shooting up 60% in MLO HOF, they again did change behind the scene, lates and earlies get in more,too...

[alabamarob]

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Good stuff. Great news on the 4 out 1 in to be more modern with dunker spot rather than just the swing motion! It’s great for teams like the Suns, Warriors, or Celtics with Ayton, Looney, & R. Williams instead of going 5 out. Much needed for realistic spacing with those non stretch bigs. Good news!

I also found interesting the adrenaline also working for the defense! That will take some getting used to for sure as I have become used to turbo on defense when guarding on ball to stay in front of ball handlers and not to mention the turboing to get back on defense with fast breaks! Adds another level of strategy. Gonna have to retrain myself to lay off turbo & be more selective. That might solve those fast break issues and open the floor up some more.

If the ratings/badges matter. Pat Beverly should have more then 3 adrenalines. It would help make guys like that useful. Same with a Mugsy Bogues type of offensive player who always is pushing the pace on offense.

Shade god? Lol Was that year you were nuggets and running rampant with Ty Lawson picking up full court! Haha You we’re turning me like Pippen on magic in the finals all game! Better lay off that adrenaline now shade god! Lol

Those were the good old days. I grew up on Nolan Richardson. Ha

[ataman5]

Re: NBA 2K23 Gameplay Details and Improvements Revealed

Czar gave a pretty good supplement to this guide.

Brute is a great creator with a sim background and breaks it down.

Good watch.

https://youtu.be/r8xxTVaBX1o

A pretty good one and it all sounds good till it's good; yet it all comes down to the very first patch and twitter community and 2k deciding to forfeit of their first design of the game or not; as i can cleary understand from his wordings and voice and all that those may not be there as they speak of right now after some patches, i can sense the hesitations with his wording and repeating or maybe even praying that give it a chance and all that jazz...

Well stamina fe sounds great, right yes right; but check 2k22 and stamina related stuff most were talked about there,too, it wasn't a three bar but they said stamina will drain so fast etc look where we ended up.. Only time will tell but history until otherwise would repeat itself, if there is a pattern, it would, that's how life it is.

And i hope nothing but that 2k would defend their first design yet, well...

Fifa has had that stamina thing for like 7 years at least by the way they defended their vision about that for all those years and so people substitute players so. Can 2k, we'll see..

[vannwolfhawk]

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If the ratings/badges matter. Pat Beverly should have more then 3 adrenalines. It would help make guys like that useful. Same with a Mugsy Bogues type of offensive player who always is pushing the pace on offense.



Those were the good old days. I grew up on Nolan Richardson. Ha

Agreed! I think there was badges they used for Pat Bev as an example no? Same type of badge for the offense with handles too (can’t remember name). I like that for added strategy & true specialists that you need to gameplan for!

40 minutes of h***! Loved those 90’s teams with Todd Day, Lee Mayberry, Corliss, Alex Dillard, etc. I still got on vhs somewhere the #1 Vs #2 UNLV Vs Arkansas game!

[VictorMG]

Re: NBA 2K23 Gameplay Details and Improvements Revealed

Czar gave a pretty good supplement to this guide.

Brute is a great creator with a sim background and breaks it down.

Good watch.

https://youtu.be/r8xxTVaBX1o

If that dribble sequence at 2:21 is a custom sizeup done by the user and not a pre-set animation, that is insanely smooth and I would like to play this game now please.

[The 24th Letter]

NBA 2K23 Gameplay Details and Improvements Revealed

If that dribble sequence at 2:21 is a custom sizeup done by the user and not a pre-set animation, that is insanely smooth and I would like to play this game now please.

Pretty sure it’s a custom sequence from 22. A lot of people miss the long canned size ups from 2K16, but man, IMO these feel so much when you do them yourself

I felt that the dribble/ shot stick was at its apex last year, and it’s LOOKS like it’s evolving even more. Need to get a feel for it.