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First at all, i love the RPG concept in sports games, but i have yet to find the perfect one, maybe the MLB the show is the best, along with BAP in NHL10 but both have still their issues.
I had big hopes for "My player" and after playing the combine i thought i was finally in heaven but... now that i have the real game...
Besides the bugs that are more or less avoidable with workarounds, the main problem i see is that as 2k tied offline with online, so the mode was thought for 5 minutes games. If you do the trick to get more minutes, the games are fine if you are on the court, but if you sim when you are in the bench, stats are inflated. We don't know yet if 2k will fix it so we can choose the minutes per Q or if their fix will be to not to allow even those who have the DC to change minutes. I'm not a big fan either of the 1 year contracts and how it could unbalance your NBA universe over time as you are the only one without rookie contract etc.
So while we wait for a patch to fix all it's issues, i decided to try using player lock like past years to get a similar experience, and who knows, it could end being even more realistic/fun.
This year we have all the tools for a perfect "player lock".
- You can create a player exactly like you want him, an average rookie that probably will be sent to the D-League, a top star, etc and place him in any team you want (you can always use a random generator if you don¡t want to chose team yourself and sim to be drafted).
- You can start an association with the team you player is in, set player lock and play that way all your games only using your player. when you are benched, you set the controller to the middle so it's CPU vs CPU.
- If you are sent to the D-League, you can select in the assoc options to play also the D-League games, and then just simulate the NBA team ones.
- If you want total realism, you won't want to control the team you are in, so you can set in the assoc options everything to CPU controlled. That way the CPU will set lineups, rotations, scout players, draft, sign FA's, make trades etc etc. So you are in fact only controlling your player.
- If you don't want to play 82 games seasons, just sim the games you want, like play one, sim another etc. Something you can't do in my player.
- What if you get traded? cut? etc? you just need to resign from your team as GM. Then you can sign with the team where your created player is in now, assign again everything to CPU controlled and again only play with your player.
This is why this could be end being more fun than with "my player".
- You have total freedom to create your player as you create him with the player editor before starting the association. No need to use the presets from "my player". you can create a mix of athletic with shooter, etc. You also decide how good/bad you are, you have all the moves available to assign to your player etc.
- You develop automatically exactly like the rest of the NBA players, no drills etc. More realistic than doing a shooting drill and improving your shooting all the sudden.
- Your coach still sets your minutes, your place in the lineup etc and probably ona more realistic way than in "my player" were we have seen already some questionable decisions.
- You can be traded, get new contracts etc (of course you have no input on it).
- You get realistic stats as you play full games instead of using the broken my player sim.
- Your player will sign realistic contracts like the rest of NBA players, starting with a real rookie contract. Only issue is that your player will negotiate those contracts by himself without any input from you. But i still find it more realistic than the 1 year contracts in "my player".
- You can sim games instead of playing them when you want.
- If you want a 45 games season, you can select it when you start your association.
- You can tweak sliders and difficulty to your liking.
- Your player has personality like the rest of NBA players, and it will affect the team chemistry unlike in "My player". You can create a good team mate or an egoist full of ego that will have problems if he is not the team star.
- If you are tired fo the realism and anytime in your career decided to act "God like" you can. Like trading yourself, or editing your rotation, position on lineup, drafting the player you want as team mate, etc. For that you just need to get back control of the team you are in, instead of setting CPU to do it all. Thsi goes against realism, but it can save your career if you don't like how it is going. You could even edit your player to make him better/worse anytime during your career.
It's not perfect either, but a good alternative to those who like me want to play a realistic experience of being an NBA player and are not happy with the current "My player" state.
The thing i'll miss more will be the teamplay grades from "my player" that are a great touch.
Once and if we get a patch that fixes it all, then my player could be the best experience, but imho it's not right now.
What do you guys think?
I had big hopes for "My player" and after playing the combine i thought i was finally in heaven but... now that i have the real game...
Besides the bugs that are more or less avoidable with workarounds, the main problem i see is that as 2k tied offline with online, so the mode was thought for 5 minutes games. If you do the trick to get more minutes, the games are fine if you are on the court, but if you sim when you are in the bench, stats are inflated. We don't know yet if 2k will fix it so we can choose the minutes per Q or if their fix will be to not to allow even those who have the DC to change minutes. I'm not a big fan either of the 1 year contracts and how it could unbalance your NBA universe over time as you are the only one without rookie contract etc.
So while we wait for a patch to fix all it's issues, i decided to try using player lock like past years to get a similar experience, and who knows, it could end being even more realistic/fun.
This year we have all the tools for a perfect "player lock".
- You can create a player exactly like you want him, an average rookie that probably will be sent to the D-League, a top star, etc and place him in any team you want (you can always use a random generator if you don¡t want to chose team yourself and sim to be drafted).
- You can start an association with the team you player is in, set player lock and play that way all your games only using your player. when you are benched, you set the controller to the middle so it's CPU vs CPU.
- If you are sent to the D-League, you can select in the assoc options to play also the D-League games, and then just simulate the NBA team ones.
- If you want total realism, you won't want to control the team you are in, so you can set in the assoc options everything to CPU controlled. That way the CPU will set lineups, rotations, scout players, draft, sign FA's, make trades etc etc. So you are in fact only controlling your player.
- If you don't want to play 82 games seasons, just sim the games you want, like play one, sim another etc. Something you can't do in my player.
- What if you get traded? cut? etc? you just need to resign from your team as GM. Then you can sign with the team where your created player is in now, assign again everything to CPU controlled and again only play with your player.
This is why this could be end being more fun than with "my player".
- You have total freedom to create your player as you create him with the player editor before starting the association. No need to use the presets from "my player". you can create a mix of athletic with shooter, etc. You also decide how good/bad you are, you have all the moves available to assign to your player etc.
- You develop automatically exactly like the rest of the NBA players, no drills etc. More realistic than doing a shooting drill and improving your shooting all the sudden.
- Your coach still sets your minutes, your place in the lineup etc and probably ona more realistic way than in "my player" were we have seen already some questionable decisions.
- You can be traded, get new contracts etc (of course you have no input on it).
- You get realistic stats as you play full games instead of using the broken my player sim.
- Your player will sign realistic contracts like the rest of NBA players, starting with a real rookie contract. Only issue is that your player will negotiate those contracts by himself without any input from you. But i still find it more realistic than the 1 year contracts in "my player".
- You can sim games instead of playing them when you want.
- If you want a 45 games season, you can select it when you start your association.
- You can tweak sliders and difficulty to your liking.
- Your player has personality like the rest of NBA players, and it will affect the team chemistry unlike in "My player". You can create a good team mate or an egoist full of ego that will have problems if he is not the team star.
- If you are tired fo the realism and anytime in your career decided to act "God like" you can. Like trading yourself, or editing your rotation, position on lineup, drafting the player you want as team mate, etc. For that you just need to get back control of the team you are in, instead of setting CPU to do it all. Thsi goes against realism, but it can save your career if you don't like how it is going. You could even edit your player to make him better/worse anytime during your career.
It's not perfect either, but a good alternative to those who like me want to play a realistic experience of being an NBA player and are not happy with the current "My player" state.
The thing i'll miss more will be the teamplay grades from "my player" that are a great touch.
Once and if we get a patch that fixes it all, then my player could be the best experience, but imho it's not right now.
What do you guys think?
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