Yup don't touch halftime!!! The last time they botched halftime it made the presentation seem bland.Even the people that wanted it gone started to scream about "the game is lacking immersion now!!!"
If anything they need to add more to it. More individual player highlights and either reference, or at least show, other stats and stories from around the league. I like it. But it feels like everything is happening in a vacuum. I'd like t see more elements from 2K14 halftime show incorporated.
If anything they need to add more to it. More individual player highlights and either reference, or at least show, other stats and stories from around the league. I like it. But it feels like everything is happening in a vacuum. I'd like t see more elements from 2K14 halftime show incorporated.
I don't have a problem with the Cutscenes & Half time show being in the game...
But let us skip things right away. I didn't get last year's game, but in 2K16 (heard last years had this issue as well), I felt like I had to hit the A Button 30 times before I could skip a Time Out or Half time show. I don't like to waste 5+ mintues a game watching those pointless things. I just want to play the game.
Please say this is fixed in this year's game. (@Ronnie2K or @Da_Czar)
It was one of the things that made me not want to play the most.
If anything they need to add more to it. More individual player highlights and either reference, or at least show, other stats and stories from around the league. I like it. But it feels like everything is happening in a vacuum. I'd like t see more elements from 2K14 halftime show incorporated.
Absolutely. Imagine having the current Shaq, Ernie, Kenny halftime show where they talk about the overall team play and team highlights, then one of them (or bring Damon Bruce back) that talks about the individual players or something. More immersion. Up the halftime experience.
Watch til the end of the halftime show for the nugget of him talking about the player of the week. Scores from around the league, upcoming scheduled games. But I do want a little bit more pulled back camera angle for the individual highlights, can't exactly tell how the play developed.
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I know I already addressed both of these comments that were in response to my earlier post, but I wanted to address them one more time with good reason.
I decided to reinstall NBA2k14 (PS4) yesterday and give it a test run strictly because of the "2k17 substitution thread." I wanted to see a previous 2k timeout substitution menus. Decided what the heck, let's put on a game and honestly I was amazed by what I encountered. It actually killed several birds with one stone so to speak.
(1) Cheating, help, anticipatory defense was absolutely fantastic. This is probably why this was probably the most difficult challenge I've ever had in a 2k basketball game. And why 2k17 was the easiest ever on HOF.
(2) Layup rim physics was fantastic. Yes, the ball actually hits the rim on plenty of made and miss layups, lots of layups rim physic variety.
(3) The ability to blow by the defender without being "stuck" was fantastic. Even someone like me that wasn't skilled on the stick could blow by the defender without being stuck was fantastic.
(4) Ball physics, loose ball physics.
(5) The halftime show was fantastic, in game studio updates was fantastic. I still love the current halftime show in 2k17, but a lot of the 2k14 element needs to be brought back.
(6) Lighting was pretty phenomenal.
Most Important Part of this post: Cheating, Help, Anticipatory Defense
Look at the below NBA2k14 footage. Check out some of the animations, contextual animations, player awareness, floor awareness, anticipatory awareness. You don't have to "hug" your assigned man near the perimeter like they're doing in 2k17 (and possibly 2k18). You can still keep an arms reach with your man in 2k14, provide anticipatory help defense when it calls for it. Clamping down the paint.
Spoiler tag includes several video footage from NBA2k14.
Yes, all the videos are different videos. The still screen picture looks like it's same, but all the videos are of different sequences. I double checked already.
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Warriors vs Mavericks.
First sequence: Look at how Curry is defending the 3 point shooter in the first sequence. Look at how Iggy is also defending the 3 point shooter in the first sequence. Both Curry and Iggy are also anticipating the post paint game.
Second sequence: Look at Curry and Klay cheating towards the post. Look at Iggy defending the perimeter shooter, and potentially anticipating the paint.
Then there's some more sequence down below Bulls vs Pacers. Just check out the defenders on each sequence giving anticipatory cheat help defense, clamping down the paint. Protecting the paint, but still within arms reach of the perimeter. Still able to recover and guard the perimeter without having to "hug" the assignments. There's an isolation play where the defender still shrink the floor and anticipate clamping down the paint but still protecting the perimeter, there's a couple plays specific to the post (post play). Everything just feels and looks appropriate. It just looks so much more like what I would expect to see on TV.