Totally wrong. From seeing the 1st videos, to the players with the stumpy limbs on the xbox version i had, to the long arms and overly huge hands, and the cheesy videos that EA presented to us when the game was in the pre release stages, I never even gave this game a chance.
I completely wrote the game off, thinking about EA's past, and how they didnt seem to care much about what they released or left out of their bball games, I figured, a half finished game at 60 bucks is shown EA to have gone mad.
I decided to just DL the demo again one nights since 2k6 got severely stale
and played quite a few 2 half games PHX vs MIA
Im not exactly sure what it was this time around because i used to always mess with the demo, but something just clicked about the game. I dont remember at what moment the lightbulb went up, but it made me decide to get the game.
I still think it wasnt worth 60 bucks, or any unfinished game for that matter, but boy "is it worth 40 bucks" as i started a thread a couple of weeks ago.
This game has an insane amount of basketball animations that to me makes it the best game out there right now (with the edits of course)
I can recall one sequence, where i was Shaun Livingston, and couldnt blow by my defender, playing online against the Mavs, and i pump faked the defender and when he went in the air, i leaned against him for the contact and shot the ball looking for the and 1 call. Now of course the refs didnt give it to me, but it was such a smooth surpisingly realistic animation that i almost jumped out of my seat.
I mean i could really go on about them, such as the incredible amount of around the basket animations (that makes the post up game so much fun), and the fact that everyone can't do all of the same exact things the same exact way, Im loving basketball games again.
Im looking forward to this game for next years iteration, but this game is a must have if you didnt get it. I convinced my brother to buy it, and he called me a couple of days later thanking me for telling him about this game. I havent had so many ooohhh and yes moments in a long time
There was one time i was playing chicago, and Tyson Chandler was deep inside and I fouled him with Elton Brand because he was going to score it, and Marv proceded to say, "Good foul, he's not a great F shooter"
Steve Kerr then jumps in with, "it was a great foul, this guy hasnt hit a free throw since Democrats were in office" I was online playing my brother and we laughed for a good 3 minutes (or it felt like it).
Anyhow, I could really go on about alot of the things i saw, like the teams lining up in a straight line for the inbounds pass, but i wont blabber too much.
The main point is, It has a wildy insane amount of BASKETBALL THINGS that it just does so right.
Im enjoying bball again.
I completely wrote the game off, thinking about EA's past, and how they didnt seem to care much about what they released or left out of their bball games, I figured, a half finished game at 60 bucks is shown EA to have gone mad.
I decided to just DL the demo again one nights since 2k6 got severely stale
and played quite a few 2 half games PHX vs MIA
Im not exactly sure what it was this time around because i used to always mess with the demo, but something just clicked about the game. I dont remember at what moment the lightbulb went up, but it made me decide to get the game.
I still think it wasnt worth 60 bucks, or any unfinished game for that matter, but boy "is it worth 40 bucks" as i started a thread a couple of weeks ago.
This game has an insane amount of basketball animations that to me makes it the best game out there right now (with the edits of course)
I can recall one sequence, where i was Shaun Livingston, and couldnt blow by my defender, playing online against the Mavs, and i pump faked the defender and when he went in the air, i leaned against him for the contact and shot the ball looking for the and 1 call. Now of course the refs didnt give it to me, but it was such a smooth surpisingly realistic animation that i almost jumped out of my seat.
I mean i could really go on about them, such as the incredible amount of around the basket animations (that makes the post up game so much fun), and the fact that everyone can't do all of the same exact things the same exact way, Im loving basketball games again.
Im looking forward to this game for next years iteration, but this game is a must have if you didnt get it. I convinced my brother to buy it, and he called me a couple of days later thanking me for telling him about this game. I havent had so many ooohhh and yes moments in a long time
There was one time i was playing chicago, and Tyson Chandler was deep inside and I fouled him with Elton Brand because he was going to score it, and Marv proceded to say, "Good foul, he's not a great F shooter"
Steve Kerr then jumps in with, "it was a great foul, this guy hasnt hit a free throw since Democrats were in office" I was online playing my brother and we laughed for a good 3 minutes (or it felt like it).
Anyhow, I could really go on about alot of the things i saw, like the teams lining up in a straight line for the inbounds pass, but i wont blabber too much.
The main point is, It has a wildy insane amount of BASKETBALL THINGS that it just does so right.
Im enjoying bball again.
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