NBA 2K12 Hands-On Preview (Part Two)

[green94]

Re: NBA 2K12 Hands-On Preview (Part Two)

My biggest gripe is no manual passing... but if the new auto passing work as advertised hopefully it won't matter.

Can't wait for 2k12.

[burnwood]

Steve, can you comment any on the online menu structure or menus at all? Like how much of the in game adjustments are streamlined so that a player doesn't have to press Start.

[13thjoker]

Quote: "On the downside, the crowd seems to be lost at times. I noticed on a few occasions, I’d hit a big 3 or just a big shot in general and the crowd didn’t react like you would think they would. Even “And 1” calls didn’t cause much of a stir from the fans. I did notice, late in close games, the crowd would go bananas." - Why, 2K? Why???

I think its like that a bit though in real games. Early in a game, there's a lot of minutes still to go, the scores are still close and low. A crowd wouldnt go totally nuts about a 3 or an and 1 in the first ten minutes. It's a good play but there's not the same emotional level as a similar play in the last 2 - 5 minutes with the scores tight.

[Shinyhubcaps]

Still have the circle on instant replays?! That is very frustrating to me. I might have to use ReelMaker if it's still in the game. Love some of the new Create-a-Player stuff.

[samer naser]

Re: NBA 2K12 Hands-On Preview (Part Two)

yes insight bout shoes coming soon!!

[iceberg760]

Cool....REALLY looking forward to playing this.....Madden has already eaten into my family time/think i may have to invest in CLONING......

[drewski41423]

Wat time is the demo coming out for ps3

[thevaliantx]

No D League anymore this year

I can't understand why they REMOVE features... I mean if it was there, why the hell do you want to take it out ? Same thing for Draft Combine...

Because by removing features, and EA has to be the worst there is in this department, it allows for something to sell in a later version. The cold, hard truth is that if they ever did make a sports game that was fundamentally sound (and developers know it wouldn't be that difficult, it's a marketing decision) then publishers would only be be able to sell to those folks who have never played the game before (or took some years off before buying again) or those who were looking for roster updates (and shiny new shoes).

[bfrombleacher]

Re: NBA 2K12 Hands-On Preview (Part Two)

That's a very good question. I wonder if the AI will look to change the way they defend (besides double teaming) as the game progresses as well.

My brother's My Player team ran a zone...once.

[SwagDoc101]

cant wait for the shoes insight...hoping for tons of retro kicks

[ODogg]

Really unhappy that the feature I wanted most, legends online, is still out. Why?? Is there some sort of legal issue about it or what?

[VDusen04]

Re: NBA 2K12 Hands-On Preview (Part Two)

I think its like that a bit though in real games. Early in a game, there's a lot of minutes still to go, the scores are still close and low. A crowd wouldnt go totally nuts about a 3 or an and 1 in the first ten minutes. It's a good play but there's not the same emotional level as a similar play in the last 2 - 5 minutes with the scores tight.

I feel what you're saying and I know what you mean, but from my experiences with 2K's in the past (and the 2K12 demo) this is a different problem from what you suggested. It just seems like the "response" scale is a little messed up or glitched. We can see a routine jumper hit in the first quarter by Ray Allen and we can hear an adequate, real life response from the crowd. But a moment later, Ray Allen can finish an exciting drive to the basket while getting fouled and there will then be a very small response from the crowd.

If the crowd was just generally subdued at all action early in the game that'd be one thing. But if they're responding enthusiastically for 85% of the home team's positive plays, only to go nearly silent for a random 15% of plays (which sometimes include dunks and And-1's) then I believe something is awry.

[maladude]

Only thing I really want to know is if there's a real NBA All-Star Weekend in the game this year... Real Dunk Contest, or is it still in the Blacktop mode? I truthfully think Blacktop is the one mode that has stayed the same for a few years now.... I wonder why it's never in the game.. Does it have anything to do with Sony's NBA game having rights to the All-Star weekend?

[Dajuice23]

Great Write up! I can't wait to hear about the shoes. I'm a big shoe head and 2K disappoints me every year with the lack of detail to the small things like headbands etc.. Glad to see they cleaned some of it up. Can't wait to get my hands on it.