What made 2k11 such a great game?

[MoneyOvaHuds]

What made 2k11 such a great game?

The only thing great about 2k11 now, key word now, was the lobbies.

But lets not forget the game had exploits and you all know what they were.

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Every 2k does tho , but 2k11 gameplay is better than the rest . If it had as many animations as 2k14 it really wouldn't be a discussion.

[KobeBean8]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

There were only two exploits that was damn near unstoppable. The spin dunk and the hop step (On Crew Mode). Other than that is was super balanced and you could stop everything else. Easily the best and most balanced gameplay wise. Let's not even add the modes and features which put it over the top.

[TheRealHST]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

There were only two exploits that was damn near unstoppable. The spin dunk and the hop step (On Crew Mode). Other than that is was super balanced and you could stop everything else. Easily the best and most balanced gameplay wise. Let's not even add the modes and features which put it over the top.

And one more I'll add. The 3point cheese.

[TheRealHST]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

Every 2k does tho , but 2k11 gameplay are better than the rest . If it had as many animations as 2k14 it really wouldn't be a discussion.

Not even close but I do realize some people actually liked the exploits. I understand

[xcvgndhj]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

I would like to know why this game gets so much high praise? And why is it your favorite NBA 2k game?

[mkharsh33]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

After playing all the games, there is just something about the collision system in 2K11 that beats the other games. Also, there is something weird about the shooting animations in the other games following 2K11. Lastly, I like how the footing / planting works in 2K11 better than the other games. I recognize others will feel differently, maybe even wanting to call me out for my observations. But after trying all the other games, I keep coming back to 2K11 as my mainstay game in the 2K basketball series. I get the flaws and exploits - but like any other video game, if you CHOOSE to play a sim-like experience you'll be rewarded as you won't take advantage of them. But that is up to the individual gamer...

[morningstar777]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

Classic game, it was simple and wasn't too complicated. All it really needed imo was a better post game. If 2k kept updated the rosters till now and kept the servers up still I would still be playing 2k11.

[Po0hd1n1]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

2k11 was a great game and deserves the praise it gets....i still play it all the time

it was the first game with the legends and a improved my player which really made the mode take off

2k11's my player was the ground work to a mode that could have been truly special....i wish they could have kept adding and improving on that formula instead of making it scripted and cut scene filled

[dghkjuj]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

I would like to know why this game gets so much high praise? And why is it your favorite NBA 2k game?

[jmarcguy]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

Game really revitalized my interest because of the great gameplay & inclusion of classic teams. To finally use teams with Magic, Ewing, Wilkins etc... & they not look like stick figures was amazing!

There was something different with editing players in 11. I remember tweaking Magic Johnson's hook shot so he shot one way with the left & one way with the right. Just looked correct to me. That editing ability was lost.

[Chocolate Chip]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

the defense was really good

[RIZDRAVER]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

Personally, I feel it gets so much praise because it finally got millions of fans that never played 2K to finally buy it. My friends and I played Live all through college and they refused to buy 2K for many years thereafter until.....JORDAN.

Now they go on about 2K11 being a classic. But so much of the nostalgia is simply them encountering 2K's far superior gameplay for the first time. It's not like it was light years of a jump from 2K10.

[CaseIH]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

Personally, I feel it gets so much praise because it finally got millions of fans that never played 2K to finally buy it. My friends and I played Live all through college and they refused to buy 2K for many years thereafter until.....JORDAN.

Now they go on about 2K11 being a classic. But so much of the nostalgia is simply them encountering 2K's far superior gameplay for the first time. It's not like it was light years of a jump from 2K10.

Actually 2k11 was a huge step up from 2k10 in a lot of ways. They actually ran plays in 11 and AI players moved around the court, where as in 10 there was basically no play calling becasue it took players too long to run them because players just wouldnt move. There was a lot of sliding in 10 where as in 11 you could foot plant.

Only thing better in 10 were the Stats cause in 11 they were a mess and glitched, where as 10 had good stats in Association. I also preferred NBA2k10's presentation because they showed scores of games thruout your game in Association mode, but didnt in 11.

Like you I do think a lot of people call 11 a classic because it was the 1st time a lot of people played it and you had people coming over from NBA Live that was amazed just because of how bad Live always was, it made 2k11 seems even better.

IMO while there was things I enjoyed about 11, there is no way its a classic for me, if Association stats would have been right then yeah I would agree, but the stats were the worst they had ever been sim wise.

The Stats issue actually didnt get fixed until last yr with NBA2k14, as 14 Stats were pretty good, other than team fouls being a tad low, but Free Throw attempts were close to being right. So for me NBA2k14 was the best game 2k devs have ever delivered to us, although gameplay in 15 is the same as 14 so I would say in that regard 15 is the best to date. Last yr was the 1st time in a long time that I enjoyed basketball game throughly without having much to tick me off.

[ksuttonjr76]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

Personally, I feel it gets so much praise because it finally got millions of fans that never played 2K to finally buy it. My friends and I played Live all through college and they refused to buy 2K for many years thereafter until.....JORDAN.

Now they go on about 2K11 being a classic. But so much of the nostalgia is simply them encountering 2K's far superior gameplay for the first time. It's not like it was light years of a jump from 2K10.

Jordan was NOT the reason why 2K11 was so popular for the online gamers. 2K11 was the LAST time stick skills and knowledge of the game meant something. It was the last time defensive foot planting was on point, and defenders didn't get "bullied" by the offensive player minus the spin dunk exploit. For the record, I only played three players online who abused that exploit out of my 600+ games played.

I played more games online in 2K11 than 2K12 and 2K13 combined. Since 2K12, the gameplay took another direction and became solid in NBA 2K14. I haven't played 2K15 yet.

[RIZDRAVER]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

Jordan was NOT the reason why 2K11 was so popular for the online gamers.

You missed my point. It wasn't Jordan that made it great; it was exposure - the fact that MILLIONS of new gamers that were familiar with Live but had never seen or played 2K before finally got their wallets out and encountered the fluidity, realism and gameplay we've all been accustomed to with 2K's releases.

Look at the sales jump; 2K10 had 2.8 Mil sales which jump to 5.24 Mil for 2K11. It was eye opening for a LOT of basketball gamers that had been following Live for years.