NBA 2K13 Impressions Thread

[Tommyklaid]

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BTW...playin the Lakers/Heat in Staples

**wish Jack Nicholson was in the game, but he isn't...c'mon, he's a regular, isn't he?

**loving the POWER dunks D.Howard does...they just go through the rim with such force...great animations on his dunks...only seen him do them so far.

**the stars REALLY do play like stars....i.e., Lebron will take over if he needs to but be unselfish and create for everyone else when he has to (you can really tell they overhauled the Miami Heat this year...prolly because they won it all)

**I can't explain how "put-together" the fouls/defense are this year...high & above the previous 2 years!

**the on-court sounds of (the players screaming for rebounds, calling for fouls, etc) are just great!

**2K must have revamped the "NET" & "basketball" ...the basketball seems to have a little more "weight" to it. Also, the "NET" physics are better this year...they added something to it and I can't put my finger on it, but it's grea

**Dwyane Wade is just a beast...I cannot stop him for the life of me...constant fast-breaking...

More later...

[Tommyklaid]

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Having a great time with this game...thankful to have the game early.

**I will wait for the "slider gurus" (as I am not a slider guy, I'm a roster edit-guy) but the shooting percentages seem to be a little high in the games I've played...both of us shooting at 58% & 59% respectively.

**The AI defense will force you to turnover the ball more than you like, but they mostly "warranted" mistakes...I set the controller down and go, "UGHHH"

**D. Howard is just a powerhouse! He constantly shows his strength and doesn't always make his dunks....his dunks are powerful but not always effective.

**As I mentioned in the 'Bugs & Glitches' thread, sometimes you're not able to go back and watch replay yourself...it cuts to a different replay - weird. Also, the close-up cutscene to players is not always correct...it constantly showed Kobe when it was supposed to be showing the replay. Little stuff like this doesn't bother me too much, just worth mentioning.

**I can't wait for the "sound-gurus" to start playing around also, because the crowd sounds aren't the best...same as in previous years...nothing too great.

**Harlan, Kerr, & Kellogg are great in the booth (of course they get stale after a while, but it's a damn video game - what'ya expect?) ...their lines are of course freshened up this year and I just like the flow better this year.

Back to playing...

[zizoux]

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Idk you guys have noticed this bu rim looks ver realistic to me. Maybe they adjusted its height.

[HMcCoy]

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Blacktop is nice, the PA guy adds a lot.

The hyper-accurate full court outlet passes need to go.

Finding it a lot harder to run plays. Seems the physics wreak havok with off ball offense.

I LOVE the fact that you can now force your AI guys shoot the ball in Myplayer.

The currency system is brilliant...I love that you can get MyPlayer improvement points from all game modes.

I really like the RS dribble-moves that link from the walking animation, a few really slick contextual anims there.

Kyrie Swerving.

[HMcCoy]

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One complaint, Cavs new alts didn't make it in:

[BChizzle]

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Been playing 3 days straight and STILL amazed at how great this game is.. but a couple things that bother me a bit.
- Maybe it's just me, but PIP still seem to be a bit of a problem. Alot of interior passing going on by the AI.
- As realistic as the tendencies seem to be for the most part, theres still some problems.
*Andrew bynum is pretty much irrelevant when playing against the Sixers.Jason Richardson takes 70% of the shots. Same goes for the Mavs.. Dirk isn't as aggresive as i would want him to be.
- Crowd/atmosphere is still terrible.
- AI Help defense needs to be fixed. Everytime i set a successful screen, AI seems to never rotate and i have a wide open lane for the dunk.
- Maybe double teaming only applies to certain teams? I was playing TWolves vs Hornets(Me)
yesterday.. and i was on fire with Eric Gordon. I gave him iso plays just to see if they would DT me, but it never came and he ended up with 19 pts in the 1st quarter.

Again, these aren't gamebreaking and i'm pretty sure some sliders would fix this.

[selahsdaddy]

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I have been playing nonstop for two days now and a couple quick posts: (not trying to be a buzzkill, just stating my opinions)Last year on All-Star sim setting I would struggle to hang close and lose often.This year, I have not lost yet and with ANY team I take a simple head fake and turbo drive around results in a dunk, an and 1, or two free throw attempts.As stated by others in this thread, the defensive rotations simply do not get there. I would be okay with blowing by my initial defender to then have to kick the ball out, but there is never a need to do so. Double teams do come now, but there seems to be no effect, especially in the post. I scored on six straight possessions with Howard with the Lakers against no double team. The Celtics then did begin to send an extra defender at me, but I could still simply back down and do the same hook move without anything happening in terms of the double team affecting Dwight...oh well.Shooting percentages are high. I played on All-Star Sim setting, 12 minute quarters and the final score was 134-127 me. That was the Lakers vs Celtics game. I was shooting at a 64% clip while the Celtics shot a mere 62%...lol. The Celtics also scored 86 of their 127 in the paint (this is with me changing up D's, doubling certain guys, choosing my defensive emphasis to be protect the paint, etc....made no difference. I am having fun with the game (actually more fun than I've had in a number of years) but unless I find a good sim league or use my own house rules against the computer, these frustrations will stay

[Shadak]

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Any chance sliders could help on those ? At least offline. Or some coach settings for the def. rotation.

I lowered the shot succ. rate even more on sim sliders and got better shot% from both me and CPU. I then lowered the paint,inside etc tendencies while increasing mid and 3pt for CPU which seemed to have helped the paint scoring spree.

[shmitty]

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The normal gameplay is awesome but am a bit disappointed with MyCareer so far. Coach is making some strange decisions, my ROOKIE sf gets to do all kinds of weird stuff - being PG,C etc, once I was PG and he siad "no...just no,Im pulling you out". On top of all the CPU runs plays option doesnt work, not seen 1 play yet.

You have to go to presentation and turn on the play calling and play art before EVERY game...kind of annoying.

Played for about 12 hrs straight yesterday, all MyCareer.

They still do goofy things like putting my 6'2 PG in at PF, but everything else feels great. The in game coaching is a nice touch, although I hope they expand on that next year (cmore coaching during timeouts and practice.)

The "Social Media Feed" is very addicting, you actually find yourself checking it after every game just to see what ppl are saying.

It is A LOT tougher to get skill pts, its going to take time to be great which is what I wanted.

[Pared]

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As a reminder:

This thread is for those that have the game. If you don't have the game, you shouldn't be posting about the demo, questions you may have, etc.

And we are going to be giving out warnings to those that can't follow.

[DatboyJ23]

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Popping back in to leave a few more impressions...

For those of you who like to run plays, the Xbox Kinect feature is a gift from God. It's so seamless and alot better than fumbling through buttons. I feel so immersed into the game. You will be able to run your offense and defenses accordingly.

Funny moment happened earlier today. I have tried for the life of me to get a technical. I had been cussing at the screen relentlessly and no tech was called. I figured it was just broken all together. I started talking to my girlfriend and subconsciously said "that's bull****" and I got my first tech. It was great lol. Weird thing was that, nobody was awarded the foul. It just gave the other team one penalty free throw.

Subbing in is so easy with Kinect. It pretty much understands everything. I've butchered names and it still knew who to bring in. Another cool moment was when I was running with the kings. I had a lineup in of Brooks, Thorton, Salmons, Thompson, and Cousins. I commanded "Bring in Tyreke Evans" and even though Tyreke is listed as a 2 guard in 2K13, it subbed Salmons instead of Thorton. Thorton at that point was having a great game and the sub made so much sense. Don't know if it's smart AI or just luck.

And if you guys don't know, you can do a gatorade bath on your coach in the playoffs. Looks cheesy but it was cool.

Everything is truly better with Kinect this year. Feel sorry for PS3 owners who got left out.

[BChizzle]

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Funny moment happened earlier today. I have tried for the life of me to get a technical. I had been cussing at the screen relentlessly and no tech was called. I figured it was just broken all together. I started talking to my girlfriend and subconsciously said "that's bull****" and I got my first tech. It was great lol. Weird thing was that, nobody was awarded the foul. It just gave the other team one penalty free throw.

That's freaking amazing.

[lv2bll]

The game is very good so far, the amount of options you have at your disposal is great. The game is better out the box than 12 was and still is. All the problems with last years games have been addressed this time around. And let me tell ya the shoe creator is sick!

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[jake214]

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Just picked the game up played a game and already love it. Played the Lakers V Wolves and of course got beat because I suck but the game felt much better than last years. I played on all star for 9 minutes and the stats were straight up legit. No tweaking this year on rebounds ( Howard had 4 O-rebounds!) big thing i hated last year and passing is much better. So far best sports game I've ever played.

[Flightwhite24]

Just to chime in again about some things. The random bad pass that happens is on point in this game. The CPU does it as well as the human player. It's hard to explain until you experience it for yourself then at that point you will totally understand.

Something that I'm really digging are the Off the ball fouls. This DAMN game is just to real IMO!!!!

For other game developers who are unsure what the term SIM is??? Play this game and right from the tip they will then know.

Loving the contact animations especially after watching Kobe get fouled and to see him fall from the contact and continuing to look to see if it turns into an And 1 is simply PRICELESS

Congrats to all who are getting there copies tonight

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