Official NBA 2K11 Impressions Thread (360, PS3)

[Armor and Sword]

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The defensive rotations are amazing!!!

The baseline picks and screens are a joy to behold. Watching your guy get free....bounce pass..catch and shoot. I did this last night with Lebron at the right top of the key and called for a play for Bosh who went down the baseline off a screen set by Anthony...got the perfectly timed bounce pass and hit a silky smooth 10 foot baseline jumper.

This game is a godsend to hardcore sports gamers.

The presentation is nothing short of a first class TV broadcast.

This is a super deep game. Association is full tilt!!!!

[Armor and Sword]

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The game is mindblowing.

Just mind blowing. I am seeing something new every game.

[eko718]

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This is not directed at anyone in particular, but I am reading that some posters are unhappy with the TO's/passes being intercepted at a high rate, but what you have to remember if you are a sim player. Can you pass the ball to a teammate through a defender? Do you have to find a passing lane so it won't get intercepted/turnover? This is no different. when I first started playing this was an issue, now? Not at all. Make better passes is a start.

If it get's intercepted in real life, it probably will get intercepted in 2K. Just my .2

This really is a non-issue. Passes that get deflected in the game should get deflected. People seem to be complaining because they can't play the game the same as last year.

One really needs to consider with whom they passing. Chris Paul's ability to zip passes into tight spaces is better than say a Ben Gordon's. You must play real basketball and this is not something that 2K should change.

[countryboy]

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I just notice to the second one last night. The roller doesn't dive hard. Its more of a turn and jog.

total control lead passing helps this issue.

[Da_Czar]

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I don't disagree with most of what you're saying. I don't get a high number of passes deflected or intercepted. Because some passes that I would make or should be able to make in real life I don't attempt. Doesn't make the game realistic. Just makes me play in a way to not get the ball picked. Passes I would skip are thrown at chest height. Where I'd throw a bounce pass, the passes are thrown at chest level. I see what I would do but, know I can't do. And honestly there is really no excuse for having guys just stand there when they are a part of the play design.

Boot can you put up a vid of some of those passes that are getting picked ? Also what camera angle are you playing with ?

And anyone else who is having trouble passing have you guys tried the casual or default levels ? is it better there ? Maybe changing levels but adjusting sliders for difficulty would help. I don't know if I am better at passing or have just learned to not throw certain passes but I seem to be able to move the ball pretty well. I wonder if the camera angle your using has any effect on the angles you see as open.

[Pared]

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No boos

NBA won't allow it. Before you get all sentimental, EA had it in last year with Live and they weren't supposed to.

I'm absolutely loving the ability to send individual players on runs and through screens using the right stick.

With that said, the inability to select who actually does a pick during the pick and roll is rough. I miss that. Am I over-looking something?

[jeebs9]

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total control lead passing helps this issue.

I have been using total control passing. But I'll try it on my next pick and roll.

[Da_Czar]

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NBA won't allow it. Before you get all sentimental, EA had it in last year with Live and they weren't supposed to.

I'm absolutely loving the ability to send individual players on runs and through screens using the right stick.

With that said, the inability to select who actually does a pick during the pick and roll is rough. I miss that. Am I over-looking something?

Pared if you bring up icons for icon passing and hold that players icon you can have him come run the pick and roll or pick and pop.

[NovaStar]

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This is not directed at anyone in particular, but I am reading that some posters are unhappy with the TO's/passes being intercepted at a high rate, but what you have to remember if you are a sim player. Can you pass the ball to a teammate through a defender? Do you have to find a passing lane so it won't get intercepted/turnover? This is no different. when I first started playing this was an issue, now? Not at all. Make better passes is a start.

If it get's intercepted in real life, it probably will get intercepted in 2K. Just my .2

I agree 100%! It did not take me long to realize that I just can't throw the ball to my teammates, I have to make sure that they are open. After a half of a game, intercepted passes were not a problem for me at all. J

[jeebs9]

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NBA won't allow it. Before you get all sentimental, EA had it in last year with Live and they weren't supposed to.

I'm absolutely loving the ability to send individual players on runs and through screens using the right stick.

With that said, the inability to select who actually does a pick during the pick and roll is rough. I miss that. Am I over-looking something?

No your not...I didn't find anything to select the call either. But I didn't notice the control the off-ball player until last night. That is a bery nice touch by 2k.

Anyone still using the old method to call plays (D-Pad)...I had to give all my friends a huge lesson on how to call plays. Because they notice I was calling plays so quickly. And blowing them out so bad. That they started calling plays too. LMAO

2k10 created a lot of bad habits for people.

correction!! Da Czar comes through again.

Pared if you bring up icons for icon passing and hold that players icon you can have him come run the pick and roll or pick and pop.

[Pezell04x]

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Love this game!

One thing I am very happy about, which may seem like something small, is the menu. 2K has had terrible menus, especially in NHL 2K10 and NBA 2K10. This year the menu is easier to navigate, appealing to the eyes and streamlines everything.

The intro was awesome though I skipped the game after the first quarter because I was anxious to get into the Jordan challenges.

The first challenge I played was 'The Shrug' and it was great. The commentary was spot on throughout the game - especially the on-going Jordan/Drexler comparisons. The Player of the game highlights at the end is fantastic.

I played about 2 hours of My Player last night - made it through the combine and was drafted #20 overall by San Antonio. I have one more game left in the Summer Circuit to find out if I make the club or am sent down to the D-League. In 6 games (3 combine, 3 summer) the goals have been realistic for my player (Back to the Basket center) however there are still some match-up problems.

When my arrow is pointing to a guard and the center scores - it takes down my teammate grade. That doesn't make sense to me if I am out guarding someone else. That's been a problem with me so far. Also, the teammate AI shot selection is questionable at times, but it's the same IRL.

Can't wait for the first roster update so I can start my Association.

[Pared]

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Pared if you bring up icons for icon passing and hold that players icon you can have him come run the pick and roll or pick and pop.

NICE! I thought that was for off the ball control. Now that I remember it, that was RB... right?

Thanks for the tip.

It's incredible the amount of depth in the control. Really is.

[Kashanova]

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total control lead passing helps this issue.

how do you turn that on?

[Bootzilla]

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Boot can you put up a vid of some of those passes that are getting picked ? Also what camera angle are you playing with ?

I don't have the capabilities to post vids. And I don't really have an issue of getting passes picked because I've figured out what to run and how to avoid certain plays. To me it's an issue of the design of certain plays coupled with the defensive logic and the offensive lack of movement that throw things out of wack.

Czar, go to Denver's playbook and run 13 Reverse. The PF and both guards are above the 3 point line. The guards are darn near out to the time line. By design the ball goes from the PG to the PF to the SG and reverses all the way back to the PG. At no time do any of the these intended recipients attempt to do anything but stand in place. You have to icon lead pass to free them up. My issue isn't that I have to free them up via an icon pass. It's that the defense is always playing up tight in the passing lanes 25 feet away from the basket. That's flawed. Everybody likes to talk about real life. In real life, I'd eat that defense alive.

Unless it's an end of the game situation where you're trying to get a steal or you're trying to foul, you'd be foolish to extend your defense out that far. I just avoid moving the ball on the perimeter and just feed the ball to Carmelo in the post.

Broadcast cam btw. 2k cam on occasion.

[jeebs9]

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how do you turn that on?

Its on already by default. You hold R1. And then point the right stick in the direction you want to pass.