Official NBA 2k10 Impressions Thread

[The 24th Letter]

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"fun out of the box" isnt even a plus to me....they are there to tweak how i want to play the game...i got over the whole not touching sliders thing a loong time ago.

[NINJAK2]

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Ok, so I have been playing both games. I choose same teams and venues, play for a quater and swap games (have one on 360 & the other on PS3, just swap channels).

The players move smoothly in 2k10 but the offense is really confusing to pick up. There are too many moves mapped to the sticks and they are not very responsive. It is like trying to learn moves in SKATE. Really unfriendly to a newcomer and the alternate control schemes hardly offer any help. If I want to map a spin move to a button I lose the ability to do a pick n roll and who cares for a hopstep???

Commentary is really nice and the graphics are beautiful.

Played a dunk contest and not one guy (I controlled all) could land a dunk. The controls are just too awkward and unresponsive! Also free throw controls are terrible.

The game looks and sounds pretty and there are some nice gameplay moments but it just feels a bit ordinary and clunky so far. Live, whilst it lacks the little things has solid, pick up and play gameplay, nice presentation, better crowd noise and it is really fun.

Is 2k ball hard to learn to play???

give it time fierce. put in some time in practice mode to just dribble the ball and learn the moves.

[JoeDog10]

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Got in a solid 5 or 6 hours with this game last night. Some quick impressions:

- This game plays awful out of the box - especially of note is the speed of the players laterally. I had several instances in a game last night when I got Chris Paul matched up with Jeff Foster, and it was impossible for me to get by him. It's also way too easy to lead pass and drive to the lane. Thankfully, there are plenty of slider gurus here at OS to take care of that!

- The graphics and presentation are absolutely amazing. It's almost like you're controlling a real live NBA game. The dynamic commentary and stat overlays throughout the Association are unreal. Not to mention that you can edit draft classes. The Association is extremely addicting, and makes this game a must have for anyone that needs a franchise type mode.

- I'm not really feeling the responsiveness of the players, as compared to the other title. All of the signature shots seem to have the same timing/release point as well, which is something that I don't care for.

- The post game is ridiculously in-depth and is a game within itself. I also love that you can choose to body up a defender in the post when on defense, and you can even control if you want to take a flop or not! Very cool stuff.

There are a lot more features that I haven't even touched yet, so saying that this game is deep would be an understatement. I think that Live plays a little bit more realistic of a game of basketball this year, but 2K just has so much to offer as well. Luckily, I own both, and it's a great year to be a basketball gamer!

[Pared]

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Ok, so I have been playing both games. I choose same teams and venues, play for a quater and swap games (have one on 360 & the other on PS3, just swap channels).

The players move smoothly in 2k10 but the offense is really confusing to pick up. There are too many moves mapped to the sticks and they are not very responsive. It is like trying to learn moves in SKATE. Really unfriendly to a newcomer and the alternate control schemes hardly offer any help. If I want to map a spin move to a button I lose the ability to do a pick n roll and who cares for a hopstep???

Commentary is really nice and the graphics are beautiful.

Played a dunk contest and not one guy (I controlled all) could land a dunk. The controls are just too awkward and unresponsive! Also free throw controls are terrible.

The game looks and sounds pretty and there are some nice gameplay moments but it just feels a bit ordinary and clunky so far. Live, whilst it lacks the little things has solid, pick up and play gameplay, nice presentation, better crowd noise and it is really fun.

Is 2k ball hard to learn to play???

I would compare them to FIFA and PES back in the day. PES was deeper and had a big learning curve. That learning curve was either too much for you or rewarded you immensely if you put the time in.

If you're willing to put in the time to learn the system in place, 2k's engine has an insane amount of depth and replayability.

[Synchromesh]

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What's the difference between camera relative and absolute right stick (in controller settings)?

[Pared]

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Up means up to put your hands up on defense for absolute. Relative means you must press towards the defender for the same result.

[DustinT]

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I just played Utah for one of my first games (been addicted to My Player), and I got stoked when Okur was out wide open beyond the arc and Deron dished it to him. Hell yes.

[NEOPARADIGM]

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Was on the verge of calling this game garbage just yesterday. Then something just clicked (learning curve on defense is pretty harsh) and I had three straight fantastic games. Loving this game now.

[acedrop]

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PS3 Version theres no in-game commotion on court during a NBA game as seen on 360 version "im open" "pass" "Ball Ball" takes away realism also the ads arent the same as seen in united center quickens burger ad not found on PS3 version

[Da_Czar]

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To those of you who seem to be turned off because having to tweak sliders, I ask you. What sports game plays that well out of the box? Bottomline is none of them do, so that's one complaint that I just don't get.

I Must say though 2K outdid themselves yet again with latest edition in sports gaming. I only played One game before being struck ill and sent to the hospital, I've been here since last wednesday, so I've had no chance to play. The game was so good, that I find myself dreaming about getting home and playing =-P

another poster gave you a few examples and for me I would add 2k8 to that list for me.

Hey man I hope you feel better soon. i was ill last year and that is no fun.

to answer your question maybe my case was worst than most. But I found the game too arcade for my tastes out of the box. In addition to the frame rate issues rendering my favorite camera angles no good and they ability to score at better than 70% out of the box to be almost offensive...LOL.

I am just a detailed oriented person. If I have to start tweaking its a bit of a process for Me. that is why most of my comments were about my experience. I see others differ, great for you man, honestly. Great. That doesn't nullify my personal experience though.

Until 2k9 I never felt that besides a few fg% tweaks 2k had to have major surgery for the game to be playable. Last year and this year for me they did.

I am crazy enough to think a basketball game should play like basketball out of the box. Just a preference

I understand some people love the game. That is great but lets not get beside ourselves and start talking like we "prefer" to have to tweak a game to get it in the realm of reality.

that is where some of you guys loose me. Lets keep our expectations high and have the ability and sense enough to deal with the letdowns rather than just say send me the worst you can make it and I will work from there.

In addition I also had my game go into some wierd glitch where one team wouldn't show up so I had to delete my profile and redo that whole thing about 3-4 times.

Admittedly that could have made the tweaking seem worse than it was. I'm sure having another options without all the tweaking didn't help my opinion.

I did say I was having a good time. just in my opinion that shouldn't be necessary to do so. For me it was 4-6 hours of work to get to an enjoyable place.

I don't think i do anyone a disservice to say i would like that not to be the case.

[Peninc]

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I would just like to add that the NBA Today feature does not exist....it is a myth that many speak of but few have seen *extreme sarcasm*

You know what just happened to me...I paysed the game to type this. Rashard lewis just layed it up in the paint. Kellog says "no one contested him at the basket kevin, they left the door open for him and he made them pay". I felt like throwin the controller away because I had three guys in the paint around lewis all batting at air. Nothing at all could have stopped the layup...its as if those three guys didn't exist.

The game is frustrating on levels I can't even explain...but its immensely addictive because the other things are done so right. That damn patch can't come soon enough

[Da_Czar]

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"fun out of the box" isnt even a plus to me....they are there to tweak how i want to play the game...i got over the whole not touching sliders thing a loong time ago.

No need to have personal attacks 24th ! quoted it and everything geesh. Did I offend you at some point

[Rocboyz101]

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wow 6 hours to find an enjoyable place czar? Took me from release date to this morning of and on. lol

[PuntNL]

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Hey Czar you enjoying the new basketball game season? Any chance you could post your adjustments and tweaks to 2k10 to make it more realistic? I am now on Live, but have 2K10 ordered. Only will wait for some good tweaks. Last year I spend months tweaking the sliders, never getting any satisfying results.

[NumberOneRB]

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2K has to do something about the defensive teammate AI via a patch because I'm sick of having to do almost everything myself. Teammates are leaving their assigned men WAY too often resulting in a good deal of open shots, and there are an excessive amount of mismatches off the inbound.

I lowered most of the major shooting sliders for both me and the CPU from 50 to 45 each and I'm getting realistic FG%s on my end (normally in the low 40%- could probably increase sliders on my end a bit more), but the CPU still seems to be shooting at a ridiculously high clip (high 50s to low 60s) which probably also has to do with the poor defensive AI by my teammates.