Please explain GET OPEN and OFF BALL CONTROLS

[ScottyKCMO]

On the "Get Open" feature, how do you select which player you want to get open? It seems like it just automatically selects a player for you when you hit the B button. Is there a way to manually select the specific player before/after hitting the B button??

It says the LB button is used for Off the Ball controls. I don't know anything about how this works. Any help would be appreciated....thanks...

(I'd really like to figure these out before I decide whether or not I want to buy the game. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited about the Association mode, and I love all the new animations and sig styles, but the rest of the gameplay hasn't impressed me as much as I thought it would. And the atmosphere doesn't seem as great/realistic as everyone has hyped it up to be. The post play and dunking difficulty is improved, but the isomotion really frustrates me without the left trigger anymore, and chaining offensive moves together doesn't seem as fluid/smooth as it used to be...even on 2K6.

[ThaGenecyst]

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As far as I know... the Get Open feature uses a random person to try and get open. OTBC (as well as many other features) have been turned off on this demo. The crowd atmosphere/sound/appropriateness is light years beyond nba 2k7

[ScottyKCMO]

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The crowd atmosphere/sound/appropriateness is light years beyond nba 2k7

Really? I guess I need to put in 2K7 again to see this. I think the crowd noise is what bothers me....the actual sound is identical to 2K7.....doesn't sound like a real crowd to me. The loudness kind of irritates me too to be honest. Like, for instance, if you get fouled on a layup attempt, the crowd goes bonkers and cheers like you just hit a gamewinning shot. I do admit...the animation of the crowd/bench/etc does seem better though.

[ThaGenecyst]

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ah, that's where we differ... but it's much more appropriate to me than last years... i'd rather the loudness then the unenthusiatic crowd in 2k7... it might vary in the final though.. i was really wowed when after the spurs went on an 8-0 run, the crowd was loud and EVERYONE was on their feet booing the cavs as they brought the ball up court heckling... looked JUST like TV with everyone in the way.

[ScottyKCMO]

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It will be interesting to see how the attendance and crowd reactions vary throughout a season in franchise mode. Will the playoffs be more intense than regular season? Will attendance dwindle during the middle of the regular season for teams with a really bad record? Will spectators filter down to their seats during the first quarter of a regular season game (like in real life).

This is getting off subject, but oh well...I thought of something really cool for future NBA 2K games. Implement the photo face feature (like EA did with Tiger 08) so that you can create yourself as the general manager of a team in franchise mode. Then during games, like during timeouts, or between quarters or after a foul call, it could show your customized GM sitting in the press box watching the game or talking with the people around you. The commentators could say your name in context with the game. That would be sick. Or when you play against the Bobcats, show an exec that looks like MJ chilling in his suite.

[dkrause1971]

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It will be interesting to see how the attendance and crowd reactions vary throughout a season in franchise mode. Will the playoffs be more intense than regular season? Will attendance dwindle during the middle of the regular season for teams with a really bad record? Will spectators filter down to their seats during the first quarter of a regular season game (like in real life).

This is getting off subject, but oh well...I thought of something really cool for future NBA 2K games. Implement the photo face feature (like EA did with Tiger 08) so that you can create yourself as the general manager of a team in franchise mode. Then during games, like during timeouts, or between quarters or after a foul call, it could show your customized GM sitting in the press box watching the game or talking with the people around you. The commentators could say your name in context with the game. That would be sick. Or when you play against the Bobcats, show an exec that looks like MJ chilling in his suite.

I think most games should include the personal face scan option. Even if MS had to personally go to each major company and show them how to input it. I would love to be able to scan myself in as a player or coach.

[Nkredible]

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guys...if u notice..whenever u look in the direction of a teammate...a white circle appears under their feet that shows you that's who you're focusing on...THATS who tries to get open. Cant believe yall havnt caught this..i played the game only 2 times and notice this.

[Bornindamecca]

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The isomotion is really tight. You just have to get used to it. I actually found the rhythm of it to be similar to Live's quick strike controls, but with 2k's superior gameplay benefits.

[myownsun]

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The isomotion is really tight. You just have to get used to it. I actually found the rhythm of it to be similar to Live's quick strike controls, but with 2k's superior gameplay benefits.

Hell yes i agree.

At first i thought 2k had screwed up isomo because i kept doing random moves then i remembered you dont hold the aggr button to do crossovers and simple moves like that.

[jaywv30]

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guys...if u notice..whenever u look in the direction of a teammate...a white circle appears under their feet that shows you that's who you're focusing on...THATS who tries to get open. Cant believe yall havnt caught this..i played the game only 2 times and notice this.

Only 2 times? you genius...lol jk.

[Pared]

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guys...if u notice..whenever u look in the direction of a teammate...a white circle appears under their feet that shows you that's who you're focusing on...THATS who tries to get open. Cant believe yall havnt caught this..i played the game only 2 times and notice this.

That's not true. I've had the circle focused on Z and Pavlovich still comes off of a screen for spot up jumper.

[Nkredible]

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^it works like that for me..maybe u accidently took the focus off at the last minute before it happened but its true thats what the white circle is for...i've tested it.

[Bootzilla]

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guys...if u notice..whenever u look in the direction of a teammate...a white circle appears under their feet that shows you that's who you're focusing on...THATS who tries to get open. Cant believe yall havnt caught this..i played the game only 2 times and notice this.

Not an accurate statement

[ThaGenecyst]

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guys...if u notice..whenever u look in the direction of a teammate...a white circle appears under their feet that shows you that's who you're focusing on...THATS who tries to get open. Cant believe yall havnt caught this..i played the game only 2 times and notice this.

that's not necessarily true... it seems moreso random.. i tried getting Tim Duncan to be the GET OPEN guy with him being highlighted and still it went right to Bruce Bowen

[ThaGenecyst]

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^it works like that for me..maybe u accidently took the focus off at the last minute before it happened but its true thats what the white circle is for...i've tested it.

lol i think the white circle is for more precise non icon passing.. i remember a lot of complaints about directional passing suckingso this'll help us distinguish who we want to pass to without bringing the icons up