Automatic Aging Transformation

[troy10]

"As you progress through the 2010s and into the Modern Era, you’ll notice select players undergo an automatic aging transformation. This new feature in NBA 2K24 New Gen is present in all of the Historic Eras; watch Kobe evolve from young ‘Frobe’ in the early 2000s to the smooth-headed, cerebral Black Mamba in his later years. You’ll also observe new reactions from pundits, journalists, and fans based on the Era you’re playing in."


This was a quote from the 2K preview. I loaded up the game last night, excited to see a Steph Curry without the full beard or a LeBron with the goatee while in LeBron Era and there was no update. Both of the biggest stars of the generation looked 10 years older.

Also, in the LeBron Era, the scoreboard is horrendous (and the nailed the scoreboard for modern play) and there aren't any colour outs in the playoffs (this era was the one where colour outs became more popular).

Not sure if this is an update that will come soon or what, but I was pretty disappointed by that.

[rockman2k2]

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Yeah I was shocked when I loaded into 2002 Era and “Frobe” was not even present. Some players, like Shaq, now has a younger version in the draft class, but for some reason they don’t reflect that when you start in an era where they were already drafted.

I’m hoping it gets patched, but I was hyped for this feature as it definitely adds to the realism. I decided to start in the Bird and Magic eta and will be simulating to see the results.

[tc020791]

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Yeah I was shocked when I loaded into 2002 Era and “Frobe” was not even present. Some players, like Shaq, now has a younger version in the draft class, but for some reason they don’t reflect that when you start in an era where they were already drafted.



I’m hoping it gets patched, but I was hyped for this feature as it definitely adds to the realism. I decided to start in the Bird and Magic eta and will be simulating to see the results.

You can always import the Shaq you want into any franchise. You can also import just his appearance and keep his attributes.

[JAY_D1]

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"As you progress through the 2010s and into the Modern Era, you’ll notice select players undergo an automatic aging transformation. This new feature in NBA 2K24 New Gen is present in all of the Historic Eras; watch Kobe evolve from young ‘Frobe’ in the early 2000s to the smooth-headed, cerebral Black Mamba in his later years. You’ll also observe new reactions from pundits, journalists, and fans based on the Era you’re playing in."


This was a quote from the 2K preview. I loaded up the game last night, excited to see a Steph Curry without the full beard or a LeBron with the goatee while in LeBron Era and there was no update. Both of the biggest stars of the generation looked 10 years older.

Also, in the LeBron Era, the scoreboard is horrendous (and the nailed the scoreboard for modern play) and there aren't any colour outs in the playoffs (this era was the one where colour outs became more popular).

Not sure if this is an update that will come soon or what, but I was pretty disappointed by that.

The scoreboard is from the 2k9-2k10 era just like the Kobe Era has the 2k3/2k4 vibes from when they had the ESPN license.

[Freakywwe]

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Pretty sure they were going for the NBA 2K14 scoreboard to a T with the LeBron Era one

[Gramps91]

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I really like that scoreboard. I wish it were a bit bigger but I like the design

[troy10]

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Understood about trying to replicate NBA 2k14 or whatever, but personally, I would rather them just try and replicate ESPN or TNT style of scoreboards from that era.

Hopefully the aging thing/colour outs is something that gets patched in. Not holding my breath.

[KobeDropped81]

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"As you progress through the 2010s and into the Modern Era, you’ll notice select players undergo an automatic aging transformation. This new feature in NBA 2K24 New Gen is present in all of the Historic Eras; watch Kobe evolve from young ‘Frobe’ in the early 2000s to the smooth-headed, cerebral Black Mamba in his later years. You’ll also observe new reactions from pundits, journalists, and fans based on the Era you’re playing in."


This was a quote from the 2K preview. I loaded up the game last night, excited to see a Steph Curry without the full beard or a LeBron with the goatee while in LeBron Era and there was no update. Both of the biggest stars of the generation looked 10 years older.

Also, in the LeBron Era, the scoreboard is horrendous (and the nailed the scoreboard for modern play) and there aren't any colour outs in the playoffs (this era was the one where colour outs became more popular).

Not sure if this is an update that will come soon or what, but I was pretty disappointed by that.

We absolutely need a Steph model from 2015-16. Actually Two would be great. One with the mini fro (first MVP season) and one with the Boosie fade (73 win season)

[VDusen04]

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"As you progress through the 2010s and into the Modern Era, you’ll notice select players undergo an automatic aging transformation. This new feature in NBA 2K24 New Gen is present in all of the Historic Eras; watch Kobe evolve from young ‘Frobe’ in the early 2000s to the smooth-headed, cerebral Black Mamba in his later years. You’ll also observe new reactions from pundits, journalists, and fans based on the Era you’re playing in."


This was a quote from the 2K preview. I loaded up the game last night, excited to see a Steph Curry without the full beard or a LeBron with the goatee while in LeBron Era and there was no update. Both of the biggest stars of the generation looked 10 years older.

Also, in the LeBron Era, the scoreboard is horrendous (and the nailed the scoreboard for modern play) and there aren't any colour outs in the playoffs (this era was the one where colour outs became more popular).

Not sure if this is an update that will come soon or what, but I was pretty disappointed by that.

I think the key word from the quoted preview is "select". Some players will seemingly go through an aging process while most still will not.

For instance, in the 1980s era, guys like Moses Malone, Michael Jordan, and Larry Bird had multiple appearances available that could be manually adjusted but most players just had one single appearance available, no matter the year. From my understanding, all they did this year was automate the process. Whereas I had to go in and change Moses's appearance myself in 2K23, I imagine it'll change on its own this year, something we were hoping would be implemented.

Of course, I think it makes perfect sense that if anyone had multiple appearances available in the LeBron Era, it'd be LeBron James himself. Steph wouldn't be too far behind. If 2K keeps giving Eras TLC, I imagine they'll continue creating more and more versions of players as time goes on.

[lakers24]

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I think the key word from the quoted preview is "select". Some players will seemingly go through an aging process while most still will not.

For instance, in the 1980s era, guys like Moses Malone, Michael Jordan, and Larry Bird had multiple appearances available that could be manually adjusted but most players just had one single appearance available, no matter the year. From my understanding, all they did this year was automate the process. Whereas I had to go in and change Moses's appearance myself in 2K23, I imagine it'll change on its own this year, something we were hoping would be implemented.

Of course, I think it makes perfect sense that if anyone had multiple appearances available in the LeBron Era, it'd be LeBron James himself. Steph wouldn't be too far behind. If 2K keeps giving Eras TLC, I imagine they'll continue creating more and more versions of players as time goes on.

Exactly this and tbh, I'm shocked they even updated a few current guys with "LeBron era" looks. PG has his beard removed for a goatee and shorter hair. CP3 has a chin patch and mustache look. KG even has slightly touched facial hair.

The biggest standouts for me that they didn't touch for this era is Curry with no beard and no beard with short hair, DeAndre Jordan with short hair and goatee, Blake with no beard, rookie Dame with only the chin patch, and rookie AD with short hair and chin patch.

[highlightfactory]

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This feels shadier than usual for 2K. It was advertised as a big feature of the mode and I was looking forward to it. Come to find out it’s just slotting in the very few different models they already have…

[Freakywwe]

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This feels shadier than usual for 2K. It was advertised as a big feature of the mode and I was looking forward to it. Come to find out it’s just slotting in the very few different models they already have…

Nope, that's marketing 101. By putting up that wall of text, they made 95% of people skip over the words "Select players". They don't pay those product marketing manager's 150K+ a year for nothing.

[troy10]

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I think the key word from the quoted preview is "select". Some players will seemingly go through an aging process while most still will not.

For instance, in the 1980s era, guys like Moses Malone, Michael Jordan, and Larry Bird had multiple appearances available that could be manually adjusted but most players just had one single appearance available, no matter the year. From my understanding, all they did this year was automate the process. Whereas I had to go in and change Moses's appearance myself in 2K23, I imagine it'll change on its own this year, something we were hoping would be implemented.

Of course, I think it makes perfect sense that if anyone had multiple appearances available in the LeBron Era, it'd be LeBron James himself. Steph wouldn't be too far behind. If 2K keeps giving Eras TLC, I imagine they'll continue creating more and more versions of players as time goes on.

True, it's just bizarre to me that two of the greatest of all time, both of whom looked significantly different than their current models in a mode named after LeBron wouldn't have them.

Maybe it gets patched in, who knows, you can always replace LeBron's model with the shorter beard from the classic teams and create Curry.

[Scvllp]

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During the off-season leading into the 95-96 season Rodman ages and gets his dyed hair.

Jordan is being wonky switching back and forth from bald to hair.

[JAY_D1]

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During the off-season leading into the 95-96 season Rodman ages and gets his dyed hair.

Jordan is being wonky switching back and forth from bald to hair.

Haha that's pretty cool. And Jordan gotta get that together lol