An Early Look at NBA 2K18 Gameplay Changes

[Hustle Westbrook]

Sounds meh to be honest. Gonna have to see some gameplay footage and more in-depth blogs from the devs but from what I've read I'm pretty disappointed.

And that part about "artificial stupidity" has me really worried. Almost as if we're gonna have the CPU making the same brain-dead mistakes on defense as last year just for the sake of "realism."

[Thetruth9012]

Quote: Originally Posted by BA2929

Not necessarily. I think you're jumping to conclusions at this point. Maybe it wasn't touched. But it's far too early, and this write up wasn't extensive enough, to say definitively one way or the other. Plus, if you have headphones on whilst in a crowded room, and trying to talk to devs at the same time, listening to see if the sound improved is pretty difficult.

Let's be honest if it would be totally new or improved a lot all of this guys would say something about it because it would stand out especially when you playing on headphones.

He only mentioned it because we spammed about it in this thread NBA 2K18 Questions Thread: Hands-On Gameplay Aug 3rd.


And yea i would love to be wrong on that but i remember last year early impression and they were saying same things that crowd was great.

[Thetruth9012]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hustle Westbrook

Sounds meh to be honest. Gonna have to see some gameplay footage and more in-depth blogs from the devs but from what I've been reading I'm pretty disappointed. And that part about "artificial stupidity" has me really worried. Almost as if we're gonna have the CPU making the same brain-dead mistakes on defense as last year just for the sake of "realism."

Yea even 99 defenders in 2k17 were super stupid on defense so what it means now?

[scottyp180]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chmielu9123

No , if it would be touch he would say more about it even in 2k17 they sometimes cheer its just random. I was thinking about full new atmopshere with real chants for every team not this fake 2k chants.

I'd say let's wait for more information and details. You might be right but Mike did say "there was nothing outside of gameplay that can be shared beyond what has already been put out by the 2K team." Maybe there are certain areas that Mike couldn't talk about or had to speak vaguely about because of 2Ks reveal plans. Wishful thinking but I'm going to wait and see before I jump to conclusions about things.

[PPerfect_CJ]

Yeah, I wanna know if they've done anything about the player warping and fast break issues, as well.

[BA2929]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chmielu9123

Let's be honest if it would be totally new or improved a lot all of this guys would say something about it because it would stand out especially when you playing on headphones. He only mentioned it because we spammed about it in this thread NBA 2K18 Questions Thread: Hands-On Gameplay Aug 3rd. And yea i would love to be wrong on that but i remember last year early impression and they were saying same things that crowd was great.

Let's be honest: If you're playing 2k18 for the first time, the last thing you're going to be paying attention to is the crowd and atmosphere. You're going to be trying to figure out gameplay tweaks and the like. Plus, 2k might have said: "Don't talk about atmosphere. We're releasing a trailer and blog soon about it."

If you've ever played a video game in a crowded room, even with headphones on, the sound isn't that amazing. I doubt he was using $350 Bose noise canceling headphones in there.

Also: Last year was last year. Just because something was said about 2k17, or 2k16, or 2k15, doesn't mean that's the case with 2k18.

[isdatyt]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hustle Westbrook

Sounds meh to be honest. Gonna have to see some gameplay footage and more in-depth blogs from the devs but from what I've read I'm pretty disappointed. And that part about "artificial stupidity" has me really worried. Almost as if we're gonna have the CPU making the same brain-dead mistakes on defense as last year just for the sake of "realism."

I love that realism. You should have to pay for picking a player who sucks on defense the same way you do if your player sucks on offense.

Without this, some players have no weaknesses in game. Steph (to an extent), Dame, CJ, Harden, Kyrie, Lou Will, are all guys who are atrocious on defense. They constantly get out of position, aren't covering their guys, or just getting a "whoever" offense ran on them. 2K does a great job replicating strengths in this game, it's great to see those weaknesses finally making it in.

If you want Harden for the flashy, pot-stirring, ankle-breaking highlight plays, you should have to deal with the times where he's on defense and forgets he's in a game or gives up an easy bucket.

[Thetruth9012]

Quote: Originally Posted by isdatyt

I love that realism. You should have to pay for picking a player who sucks on defense the same way you do if your player sucks on offense. Without this, some players have no weaknesses in game. Steph (to an extent), Dame, CJ, Harden, Kyrie, Lou Will, are all guys who are atrocious on defense. They constantly get out of position, aren't covering their guys, or just getting a "whoever" offense ran on them. 2K does a great job replicating strengths in this game, it's great to see those weaknesses finally making it in. If you want Harden for the flashy, pot-stirring, ankle-breaking highlight plays, you should have to deal with the times where he's on defense and forgets he's in a game or gives up an easy bucket.

You realise that 99 defender in 2k17 were worst than real life harden on D ??


So yea what you are saying is true but only when they put real help defense logic behind it.