NBA 2K13 Impressions Thread

[erickonasis]

Re: NBA 2k13 Impressions Thread

youd have to go into last years game to understand this. cause they touted this type of defense last year. this year it works as intended
playing defense, especially quicker guards, you have to force them toward the second defender.
shadow is the intense d plus the right stick. you can shadow a player on the side of their strong hand causing them to move towards their weaker hand, or if the ball handler is quick you can shadow them toards another defender. plus it allows you to play the passing lanes a bit better.
youll get some nice contact animations but youll get alot of shooting fouls from defenders that rotate slowly.

scenario: M defending westbrook, I shadow him towards the left more, he decides to go right. my big man rotates towards Westbrook. Westbrook will either go up or dish to the open man. A big man with less defensive awareness will rotate slower, still try to stop Westbrook, but he'll most likely get called for foul because Westbrook initiated contact.

its nice, its subtle but a nice feature. works very well.

This i agree with...works well

[CMH]

Serious question: are you guys seeing the CPU and you shoot 75-80% from the field during a game?

I find that hard to believe because most have said they are shooting 50-60%.

So, please stop saying that guys are hitting 90% of their shots from mid range and 75% from three point range. Mathematically that makes zero sense.

If you want the developers to listen and actually find something to fix, post real numbers.

If I'm a developer and I read these egregious percentages, I'm ignoring them, pushing them aside as exaggerations made by people that simply think the CPU makes too many shots.

If you want to actually improve the game, be realistic.


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[coldkevin]

Re: NBA 2k13 Impressions Thread

Serious question: are you guys seeing the CPU and you shoot 75-80% from the field during a game?

I find that hard to believe because most have said they are shooting 50-60%.

So, please stop saying that guys are hitting 90% of their shots from mid range and 75% from three point range. Mathematically that makes zero sense.

If you want the developers to listen and actually find something to fix, post real numbers.

If I'm a developer and I read these egregious percentages, I'm ignoring them, pushing them aside as exaggerations made by people that simply think the CPU makes too many shots.

If you want to actually improve the game, be realistic.


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agree my friend....the only numbers that need to be fixed are offB and PIP

[lockjaw333]

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I'm not seeing 60-70% FG shooting numbers. I play on Pro - Simulation, and myself and the CPU are ending up right around 50% each game.

My last 3 games in Association with the Sixers were:

Me: 48% CPU: 46%
Me: 51% CPU: 39%
Me: 46% CPU: 49%


Those numbers to me seem reasonable. I'm shooting a pretty high percentage, but bear in mind that I have Andrew Bynum who is shooting like 60% ish so far for the season, mostly due to rebound putbacks. Also the CPU's shooting percentage is lower than mine because a) i LOVE playing D this year and I think I play it pretty well, and b) they usually outrebound me and get mutliple shots in one possession.

I also am not seeing heinous Points in the Paint numbers either. I think last game 47 of my 106 points where in the paint, and something like 55 of the CPU's 102 points were in the paint. That is higher than the real NBA, but its not as ridiculous as some are claiming...I'm not seeing 70% points in the paint like some are. Perhaps its lack of defense?

I also am not getting that severely outrebounded offensively. The CPU gets a few more O rebounds than me per game, and some feel a tad lame, but its not as bad as some are saying. I am usually right with the CPU in overall rebounding.

I'm also averaging in the high 90's in PPG (12 min quarters). Averaging about 12-15 turnovers, and the CPU is also turning it over around that same clip.

Free throw numbers are low, but much better than last year. Last game I had 25 free throw attempts to the CPU's 17.

Overall on Pro - Simulation I'm seeing some pretty darn good stats. And the game plays so well to me that I can deal with small departures from realism in the stat column. Yes the CPU attacks the paint, but that is basketball. If I stop them from getting inside they take jumpers. The shot charts after the game are pretty decently spread around for me.

[Vni]

Re: NBA 2k13 Impressions Thread

I've just held the 76ers to 43% shooting (35/80) on pro-sim 12 mins quarter even though i had upped the CPU mid by 2 and 3pointers by 2. I'am gona up the CPU's 3points slider by 1 more because they can't shoot.

I really don't know why people are complaining. Play some D.

[coldkevin]

Re: NBA 2k13 Impressions Thread

I also am not seeing heinous Points in the Paint numbers either. I think last game 47 of my 106 points where in the paint, and something like 55 of the CPU's 102 points were in the paint. That is higher than the real NBA, but its not as ridiculous as some are claiming...I'm not seeing 70% points in the paint like some are. Perhaps its lack of defense?

I also am not getting that severely outrebounded offensively. The CPU gets a few more O rebounds than me per game, and some feel a tad lame, but its not as bad as some are saying. I am usually right with the CPU in overall rebounding.

it's all about practise for me, now i'm beginning to understand how to defend the paint and if i focus on this i can limitate PIP, yet strange things happen btw, like my teammates who sometimes let through the opponent without moving a muscle.

I have not found a solution for offensive rebounds yet, in my association I left an average of 14/15 offReb per game, even boxing out, sometimes work, sometimes not.

[blackaceons]

I Play on hall of fame with Sim sliders.. I made user mid range 52...hall of fame with some Cpu edits is great and the best way for Sim like..I use to play on pro with perfect sliders but I still felt like something about pro just felt to easy even tho my stats would be Sim like...so I locked myself in my room all week and came up with some great hof sliders and the game plays perfectly with some competition..CPU shooting to 47..CPU was cheating because Hof but this balanced it...love this game..can't stop playing..I was just playing with the knicks..and wow...love how melo plays like himself and is sweet with his mid range..I was playing the heats last night and Lebron and wade was working it..they played like a team with plays and all...love Hof with edited sliders

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[Vni]

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Play on hall of fame with Sim sliders but make user mid range 52...hall of fame with some Cpu edits is great and the best way for Sim like..I use to play on pro with perfect sliders but I still felt like something about pro just felt to easy even tho my stats would be Sim like...so I locked myself in my room all week and came up with some great hof sliders and the game plays perfectly with some computation..CPU shooting to 47..CPU was cheating because Hof but this balanced it...love this game..can't stop playing..I was just playing with the knicks..and wow...love how melo plays like himself and is sweet with his mid range..I was playing the heats last night and Lebron and wade was working it..they played like a team with plays and all...love Hof with edited sliders

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I'll give it a try tonight. Pro Sim is too easy, especially the way the CPU defend. They give way too much space.

Are your sliders somwhere?

[cavsfan2]

Re: NBA 2k13 Impressions Thread

Now that the Christmas morning effect has worn off..... Meh. I'll give it a 7 out of 10

[youvalss]

Re: NBA 2k13 Impressions Thread

I don't know what it is, but there's something about this game that reminds me of 2K2/2K3. Those were my favorite 2K's on last gen and I still like them. 2K13 has some 2K2/2K3ish thing to it, but I can't put my finger on what exactly makes it feel this way.

[blackaceons]

I'll post a slider set for hall of fame tonight...I started with redlogic sliders last Thunderstone living these sliders...people should also realize that the slider attribute does effect the players so changing it to 0 or 100 has a big effect...gotta be gentle with these sliders

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[Dyce]

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This game is garbage first off I made a myplayer got him up to a 75overall then his vc turned into skillpoints because 2k servers were down then it wouldnt even let me change it back.So I made a new myplayer and now it keeps freezing.Quick games feel to slow and kind of like a arcade game. Now Ive been gone for a couple days and today I start the game up and it freezed on the start screen I tried deleting all of the stuff off my hardrive and restart my xbox but still does the same thing. I better get every penny back I payed for this game.Screw 2k im going back to madden.

[lockjaw333]

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it's all about practise for me, now i'm beginning to understand how to defend the paint and if i focus on this i can limitate PIP, yet strange things happen btw, like my teammates who sometimes let through the opponent without moving a muscle.

And that is real defensive basketball. Ball - you - basket, or ball-you-man. If you prioritize keeping the CPU out of the paint and give them the mid range shot, they will take it. I think people play too close to their man on-ball. You have to give yourself some space to account for taking away the drive and the paint, and if they want to take contested mid-range jumpers then you give that up. That is playing good defense.

If you're playing on-ball D and you have your defender right in Lebron's grill on the wing, he is going to blow by you every time. Try taking a few steps back, and focus more on cutting off driving lanes and going to where the ballhandler wants to get to, instead of trying to match step for step.

For me, the CPU gets most of their PIP off rebounds, or if I make a mistake in defensive anticipation. Also since bigs can't play cheese defense anymore and stay with wing ballhandlers, the CPU will kill you on mismatches.

As for CPU teammates not helping on penetration, I agree with that. You really have to switch players as soon as your on-ball defender is beat to be able to control a big down low and get him over to contest the layup or dunk. They should help out automatically, but I will admit they are late most of the time.

[sleepyshotta]

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In mycareer mode, I've witnessed a player playin with 6 fouls. Also, I don't appreciate my player putting his hands down whole I'm pressing the 'Hands Up' command. Other than that, the CPU still barely misses no matter how good you play defense( HOF Sim). Game is very good tho.

[HOLLIDAY1183]

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Maybe I'm missing something, but is there any way of getting double rubber bands/power band/single rubber band, in team colors in MyCareer? All I see is black or white options. Also, I'm on the 76ers and my player wears white socks even while on the road, while everyone else is wearing black ones and it just looks ridiculous lol. I've had to resort to purchasing black ankle wraps and equipping them for away games to get the look.

Also, it seems silly to have to exit MC, go to MyPlayer from the main screen, and edit from there to change accessories/clothes, then go back to MC mode. Why isn't this housed inside MC? I mean, a viable option might be to leave it at the main screen, but also have it inside MC.

Are these bugs or is it just the way it is (with regards to the accessory colors, not so much the MP editing)? Could they possibly, within a patch, put the edit player options inside MC as well as fix the accessory coloring, at least to default to "team" color scheme?