NBA 2K10: Bound for Greatness? (ESPN)

[ZoneBlitz]

Re: NBA 2K10: Bound for Greatness? (ESPN)

Not to rain on your parade, but my guess is that that 2K10 is probably not going to be for you because the speed will probably be a lot slower than 2K9. The foot planting and weight will probably be even more of a factor than ever.

Most sports developers are going in the direction of having authenticity be the source of the fun factor, instead of lightning fast, twitch based, User control always outweighing the players skill set, governing gameplay. I for one am glad that is the case.

Indeed, I love the direction they are going in this year. It's all about replicating the game as it is played. In real life weight, momentum, fatigue, movement ability, etc... all play a part in the game. Sometimes I think some folks would tell the NBA to speed things up by removing the laws of physics and human physiology from the game.

I love the feel of the combine. It's awesome. I love the animations. It seems very fluid and lifelike. I can't wait for the full game to drop.

[Nephilim]

Re: NBA 2K10: Bound for Greatness? (ESPN)

Damn. Best year for bball gaming, worst for my wallet.

[Jasong7777]

Re: NBA 2K10: Bound for Greatness? (ESPN)

At least by the things we have read and partially see with Draft Combine, we can detail some upgrades. Expanding from what Greene_Flash03<SCRIPT type=text/javascript> vbmenu_register("postmenu_2040114379", true); </SCRIPT> stated:

- Improved defense rotation, CHECK!
- More authentic player movements, CHECK!
- My player mode, CHECK!
- Deep association mode, CHECK!
- Summer league, D-League, CHECK!
- PRACTICE, CHECK!
- Online crews, CHECK! (REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE!)
- Awesome postmoves, CHECK!
- Create, customize draft classes, CHECk!
- Improved Visual Presentation, CHECK!
- Improved Commentary, CHECK!
- Spacing, CHECK!
- More Individual specifcs and sense of personalities, CHECK!
- Better CAP, CHECK!
- Better individuals on court behaivor (tendencies), CHECK!
- Better ratings, CHECK!
- Lobbies and other online stuffs (includding perfomance), CHECK!
- Attention to details (like inbound passes & kicked balls), CHECK!

Going to print this out and post it on my fridge. Can't friggin wait.

[gluck24]

Exicited man 36 more days... my combine player is better tha jj reddick!! dats wassup... just finished a combine im satisfied with, my player ended up being first pick of the second round with a 54 rating bout to get drafted to the kings and take kevin martins spot baby

[Stumbleweed]

Re: NBA 2K10: Bound for Greatness? (ESPN)

Yeah I read past the defensive rotations bit I guess... don't know why I didn't notice that. Anyway, good news.

[tril]

Re: NBA 2K10: Bound for Greatness? (ESPN)

makes perfect sense to lower player ratings especially when a player's rating will depend on how much floor time they get.

[Furq]

Re: ESPN Previews NBA 2K10

Why is Morrison rated higher than Redick? Not a fan of either, but that doesn't make sense

[aholbert32]

Re: ESPN Previews NBA 2K10

Why is Morrison rated higher than Redick? Not a fan of either, but that doesn't make sense

Imo. Morrison is more versitile offensively. They are equal defensively.

[dazpoo23]

Re: NBA 2K10: Bound for Greatness? (ESPN)

Sounds great. Im looking at getting another ps3 or 360 on ebay now, after selling both in march.

I wonder if 2k would have included Rubio in the game? Seems to me that to their knowledge he might have been playing in the league, so heres to hope seeing him in the FA pool

[Kushmir]

Re: NBA 2K10: Bound for Greatness? (ESPN)

yeah this one kind of had me frazzled too...i agree that morrison is more versatile offensively, but he hasn't shown anything. i HATED reddick in college, but reddick has actually found a role (albeit a small one) for the Magic. he actually sees the floor while morrison gets splinters every night...

i guess in my mind i had reddick as a low-end bench contributor (60) and morrison as a non-bench contributor..end-of-the-bench guy(55)

in my mind i saw guys like jerome james (DNP specialists) in the 40's, end of bench guys and players drafted in the 2nd round in the 50's, bench players and 1st round draft picks in the 60's (with the exception of the elite bench contributors like jr smith (73) lamar odom (78) ben gordon (75) and jason terry (74) average to solid starters from 70-79. Good Players like vince carter and iguodala from 80-84. 85-89 for very good players with 2+ seasons at a high level of play (i.e. granger, durant, kevin martin and brandon roy) and 90-98 for elite guys like kobe (98) lebron (97) dwayne wade (95) and CP3 (94)

i got a question for you guys, is tim duncan still an elite player? i kind of see him in the 89 range. no lower than that tho...actually on second thought...(looked at his numbers) that dude still averaged 20 and 10...that's amazing. i'd give him a 90.

more than anything else i just hope the lowered ratings still allow guys to be effective, just not indefensible like they were too many times last year.

[BigTigLSU]

Re: NBA 2K10: Bound for Greatness? (ESPN)

82games.com

wow I remember a while back telling a few posters that 2k could very well implement the same tech that live did last year just find another database source since tendency ratings and DNA are the samething all that would need to occuer would be to increase the amount of tendencies and ratings and use a database to base it off ... feels good to be right

[Gmoney2002]

Re: NBA 2K10: Bound for Greatness? (ESPN)

Gooooood preview. Damn Jerome James a 42???? haha that is cold though.
My goodness 9,000 NEW animations?

The combine plays real smooth, I can only imagine how smooth the demo will play once it drops...

[Vast]

Re: NBA 2K10: Bound for Greatness? (ESPN)

Once again great Preview. and Jrobinson is a credible sports game reviewer. I have a feeling 2k is going to blow us away when we get our hands on either video footage or the demo. Live has definitely stepped up, but 2k didn't need as much improvement IMO.
Im POSITIVE that they went harder than ever this year. Looking forward to getting my hands on this.

[Det2004]

man i hope this game is gon be like they say it is. In my opinion, 2K Games dun been falling off wit the NBA Franchise eva since 2008 and they need to show that NBA 2K10 is the game to get this year. (btw, im a NBA 2K fan)

[jmood88]

Re: NBA 2K10: Bound for Greatness? (ESPN)

man i hope this game is gon be like they say it is. In my opinion, 2K Games dun been falling off wit the NBA Franchise eva since 2008 and they need to show that NBA 2K10 is the game to get this year. (btw, im a NBA 2K fan)

If you're going to say that someone has been "falling off wit...eva since" make it a longer time frame than one year.