NBA 2K10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

[Dtownballa]

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Let Down........All I'll Say For Now

With a name like that who would of thunk?

Anyways, I only had time for 1 game before work. I do feel a cough coming on though, I think this may be a very very short day. Once I am out of the meeting, I think I'll leave to get some more gaming in!

Anyways, Early impressions...

- Dwight had a tip-dunk-miss, it was pretty funny but he bricked a tip dunk pretty bad, and it went out of bounds at the other end.
- Rim physics seems nice, nice variety of rebounds. Short, Long, High, Bounced around the rim a few times.
- I Did a nice step back jumper with Kobe, not sure if it was an animation or it was something I could control, but it felt like he had a different form on the shot.
- I had a hard time staying on front of the guy I was garding, but I contribute that to my heavy finger and NOT the game.
- I had a nice blind side block with Kobe. DH12 was going for a turn around shot, and I came behind layed off the turbo and hit the jump button. Kobe humped behind Howard and got a finger on the ball, and the ball went spinning into the air well shot of the basket.
- Give any player on the magic an inch and he will pull it.
- Vince pulled a nice size up move, and pulled (NEVER SEEN THAT IN 2k BEFORE)
- D.Fish Had a nice smack out on a cut.

That's it for now.

**COUGH COUGH** Oh man that cold is going around the office again!

[ZoneBlitz]

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Love it. It seems to be a more fundamental game of basketball. I love that feeling of having earned my shot. You learn quickly that you can't just throw it up. Feels great.

I love how the AI is actually playing now - taking shots, making smart decisions, pushing the ball or finding the open man. I also like the fact that mismatches seem to matter this year. Whoever was on Gasol, I was killing that dude.

Things that I was iffy about - the graphics of the players. They seem a bit stale - except on closeup. Also, I was on the break and Fisher was out in front. Kobe through the pass and I don't know if the pass was behind him or Fisher slowed down when he caught it, but Jameer ran him down. Of course, he wasn't too far behind him. Should I have thrown a lead pass? Can Jameer run down Fisher?

Compared to the Live Demo - I think both games are bringing it this year. That's a good thing. I think Live seemed more exciting because they had commentary and other things. There was no commentary in the 2k demo.

To respond to someone's question about players moving: I think they are trying to capture the subtle ambient movements of players while they play defense in real life. No one just sits still in one spot while playing defense - you make subtle movements to stick with the guy your guarding, pick up the right guy who comes into your zone or otherwise execute your assignments. I think it's a good thing that they move a little. If they didn't, your guy would be grossly out of position so many times.

I love the crowd noise. Also, did anyone notice the intro to the game when the announcer
said "...this Tuesday matchup..."? Awesome.

Does anyone know what difficulty the demo is set to?

Thanks

[LAKE4742]

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Not feeling the alley oop plays. The cpu kept lobbing nelson to howard like it was the and 1 tour.

[donkey33]

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I can't believe how short and stripped the demo is. Just as you're getting into it, it's over.

Seen some beautiful things though. Some animations are top notch. Presentation is top notch. When the players are spaced correctly and help defense is working, it's a thing of beauty. Seeing Kobe drive, draw and kick to Fish for the three (all AI) is amazing. Bit of sliding and the odd weird/fast animation but no different to 2k9.

But, I can't stomach that auto suction on defense. It stopped me playing the combine and it's still in the demo so I assume it will be in the retail version.

Why do they have to suck towards a player? I was controlling Kobe and as Vince was cutting through the paint, I don't have to do anything. Kobe trails him with no input. Once Vince gets to the perimeter, Kobe stops. When Vince enters, he moves. Very annoying.

Other than that, hard to give real impressions from only three games but that defense suction is getting to me.

[Checmate101]

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You can't sub can u?

[navyboy09]

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I didn't see the Demo on Xbox Live Marketplace on my console, but you can get it from the website! I duarantee most of the people making negative comments don't like 2K, so please go to the next forum with your BS posts....how much EA paying ya'll...lol

just because someone makes a negative statement doesn't mean they with the other game. Everyone is not gonna DROOL over the game. WHAT A LAME!!

2k needs a serious look at oops man....other then that i played the game yesterday and enjoyed so no new impressions but oops DEFINITELY should be looked at...

i agree.

[Dantecamp21]

First things first: screenshots can't do justice to the game's visuals. All of those terrible cyberfaces pics here at OS made me brace for the worst.

I'm very happy to say that it's actually like night and day to see the game running. As a whole, it's a very believable enviroment. The crowd is outstanding (best ever in a videogame). No more blurry courts, YES! The downside are the sneakers and the jerseys, both need a major overhaul ASAP. The cloth physics in particular is all over the place.

Didn't feel the crowd sounds, very unnatural, very canned. That's the problem when you record the sound at a studio versus capturing it at the real site (like Live did). It's a shame we don't have the play-by-play because judging by the videos, it's amazing.

Gameplay is very tight, and sliding has been really toned down. You have a better grip about your player movements. I've seen some awesome specific Kobe animations, like his after dunk body langauge (with the arms wide open). I just wish (as many around here) Isomotion was a more reliable tool. Too many times I catch myself trying 5 or 6 inputs to get the player to perform my intended move.

All in all, I came away very impressed.

[LAKE4742]

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To me it's still alot of shots in the paint by the cpu, or it could just be my defense

Oh yeah, that's the other thing that was a huuuge turnoff last year!!
I reeeally hope they fixed that.

[SoMiss2000]

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2k9.5 would be the combine. This doesn't feel as good as the combine.

i agree. This definitely different than the combine.

[Pared]

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Of course this will get lost in the shuffle, but hopefully some of you will see this and pass it on:

Yes, on default, your players move. There's a new feature this year called defensive AI assist. This is set to 50, which I'm pretty sure what you're witnessing.

You can turn it down to 0. I have not seen my player move on their own at that setting.

Take it for what it's worth. It's a feature out of the box this year to help you out.

[pilonv1]

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You can't sub can u?

Auto-subs only, but I only ever saw them for the Lakers (I was using the Magic).

[RayDog253]

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Of course this will get lost in the shuffle, but hopefully some of you will see this and pass it on:

Yes, on default, your players move. There's a new feature this year called defensive AI assist. This is set to 50, which I'm pretty sure what you're witnessing.

You can turn it down to 0. I have not seen my player move on their own at that setting.

Take it for what it's worth. It's a feature out of the box this year to help you out.

Glad to hear, too bad there isn't any options in the demo, what so ever.

[Dantecamp21]

Experiencing too many frame rate drops during zoom-ins and replays. For anyone with the full game in hands, has this been cleaned up for the final version?

[erickonasis]

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Hey WHERE IS THE SPIN MOVE WTF!!!!

[erickonasis]

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The isomotion is still sluggish. I would want to drive after doing some moves but it still was not finishing its dribbling anitmations. The players feel like there on a treadmill sometimes when dribbling around defenders. The spin move is back.

Well how you do it. I did the spin with ease on 2k9 as a qtr circle motion i couldnt seem to pull off any