NBA 2K13 - Let's Talk About NBA Authenticity, Artistic Improvements

[Shinyhubcaps]

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Thanks for posting. A lot of these (especially facemasks!) have been on my wishlist for a while.

One thing, I'd like to hear from 2K directly (if it's licensing, just say so):

Arenas
A lot of teams do not have their mascots. As a Bucks fan, we're missing the Mascot of the Year. Here is an old post highlighting missing mascots, though some surely have changed. The same ones have been missing though for years.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...post2040889369

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Jerseys
I'm sure these are being worked on, but the new Winter Court jerseys will be worn in the 2012-13 season.

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[Pared]

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Keep the information coming.

Nothing is ever a lock... but if you've seen the last few years as an indication... this list is very useful.

[Mintsa]

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Please 2k....dont forget this....its been changed for 2 seasons now going on 3.

The back of the Raptors red away & home white jerseys now have a red maple leaf instead of the silver claw. It's the only tweak these jerseys need.

[aloncho11]

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Agreed with Pared. Really great stuff guys, keep t it up.

[skinnybonez]

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pls add kneepads(the small ones) w/o holes in the back for current players

[aloncho11]

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Could you please post specific pictures of those knee pads...

[kurt2134]

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One thing I've always thought would fix a lot of issues is if in the player edit screen you could simply hit one of the triggers or something to switch between home and away accessories for each player. The only thing I can compare it to would be like the Smackdown series where you switch between in ring and entrance gear.

Or possibly a team edit option so you can pick color schemes for each uniform option.

[Jakeness23]

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--THIS kind of CAP mode. Especially in regards to player physique.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OATln5Nym_A

--In edit-player you should decide WHAT accessories to wear. At the select jersey screen, you could press Y and it would show Headband, sleeves, arm bands, leg accessories, socks, and home/away shoe. That way if you were playing a game with Charlotte you could set everyone's headband to white, arm sleeves to white, sweatbands to orange, leg pads and sleeves to white, socks to white, and shoes to home.

-- 3D hair like in 2K7, white guys with long hair have hair that moves, they don't stuff it with gel.

http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/tmagic01/NBA2k023.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lBK9eCcM1w << See how Nash's hair moves?





--Sweat.

In game:



Real Life:



--More hairstyles and facial hair styles that look REAL.
For facial hair MLB 12 The Show did it almost perfect

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Y4j6bwYqM

--Realistic tattoos, make current tattoos on players accessible and you could be able to layer them or whatever like in UFC Undisputed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6syn27YVYtg

--This may sound stupid but arm pits look ridiculous and have too many corners, they aren't smooth. Maybe add body hair.

--Utilize the Kinect and PS3 camera so we can get our actual faces in the game or a way to upload a picture online like in the Tiger Woods game.

--Make current players editable, so we can make the game graphically match. We could give Dirk his long or short hair. We could give Kobe a thick beard, or whatever we want to do. Or over time in our Association, maybe we want someone like Kevin Durant or Anthony Davis to put on some muscle, so we can edit their physique just like a CAP. That way, we can have players age and their look will change over time, as opposed to having a 36 year old Durant look exactly like his 24 year old self.

So we could make Kobe look like this:


OR this:


WITHOUT having to wait for an update.

--Make jersey fit editable. Some players wear tight jerseys, some wear them looser. Some guys wear shorter shorts, some guys prefer the long fit.

Tight Fit:


Loose Fit:


--Ability to wear socks with ankle braces

[seanbarkley]

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Sup people, I've arrived a little bit late to this thread but I'm glad to see that almost everything I would suggest has been already adressed. Here's my little contribution:

- Let us choose between loose vs. tight jerseys:

shirts.jpg

- It's time to improve the resolution of the shoes, but my main issue with them is that most of the color combinations we can do with them aren't useful at all to represent most of the models we can see in real life. Most of all, I'd suggest to pay attention to Adidas and classic Jordan models. Here are some examples I posted a while ago on how to improve some of the existing models:

AJ VI.jpg

AJXI.jpg

Air Jordan XIII.jpg

- And finally, Aloncho, here's the pic of the small knee pads w/o holes (C. Butler):

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[aloncho11]

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@Jakeness23

I used a couple of videos I made from PES 2012 to illustrate better your idea of editing current player looks in the 1st post. Tell me what do you think.

[VDusen04]

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I'm very hopeful 2K was already on the ball with this one, but the NBA will be offering up a whole new slew of retro jerseys this year (to be worn by teams at different points of the season) so, as in years past, it'd be excellent to have the following retro jerseys accounted for (and their opposite - meaning if the retro is home, then an away jersey would also be preferred):




Also, I've heard monochrome jerseys may also be making an appearance in the NBA this season:

http://www.thewindyapple.com/2012/07/24/chicago-bulls-will-don-featured-nba-alternate-jerseys-in-2012-2013/

[Jakeness23]

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@Jakeness23

I used a couple of videos I made from PES 2012 to illustrate better your idea of editing current player looks in the 1st post. Tell me what do you think.

Yeah, those are perfect.

[Shinyhubcaps]

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Great suggestions! I have to chime in to say that Edit Player could use a huge overhaul with hair, facial hair, tattoos, and body types, being able to do this for CAPs and existing players alike. I have always admired PES for that, but it is no small fix for a series like 2K. I would love to see it implemented and have suggested it several times, but that would be an overhaul of a mode and not a little fix that it takes them years to implement already (like headband logo positioning...).

But if there's a petition for a PES-style Edit Player, I am signing it!

[skinnybonez]

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Could you please post specific pictures of those knee pads...

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make another version w/o holes in the back for current player or just make a longer kneepad so we dont have to put on that combo of small kneepads, than calve sleeve for players like rose, westbrook, wade just to name a few.

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I'm glad 2k finally put in armbands on the elbow but it seem rushed. They need to polish it up whether that's the geometry/texture or both because it looks painted on their arms. Live did this well.

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pls fix the player models legs preferably the ankles it shouldn't be that thick/bulky in the game.

Lastly like everyone mention, 2k needs step their color game up especially the red(not pink) and blue(not sky blue).

[The Kid 24]

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So what are the chances we see Home & Away equipment this year? Or any of the things in the 1st post for that matter?