NBA 2k18 Impressions Thread

[J-Clutch1]

I'm really liking the game so far. I played a couple games against a roommate on Pro that were pretty smooth.

Then I had the PS4 to myself and played against HoF - so fun, yet pretty challenging too. I'm probably gonna hold off on starting MyGM until the patched CAP version comes out or maybe I'll see if the draft classes from the best creators on here turn out ok.

Maybe one thing I noticed is that the first steps after triple threat moves are really quick, almost too quick since they usually allow you to easily blow by the defender. Not sure how they'd adjust that since they obviously tried to take out defender warping.

I'm also not a fan of some of the court colors (like Boston's and my Nets') - they seem off.

[SuperNova854]

Another minor thing is that it seems theyve moved the MPG stat to after FT%. Weird placement

[SuperNova854]

Do we not have the option to call 20 second time outs anymore??

[ksuttonjr76]

I'm kinda liking the vibration in the jump shots.

[J-Clutch1]

Quote: Originally Posted by SuperNova854

Do we not have the option to call 20 second time outs anymore??

NBA took out 20 second timeouts this summer.

[NewBreed1]

Quote: Originally Posted by extremeskins04

I wonder why the courts don't look as good this year. They don't have that shine like they used to.

Looks like we're back to 2K16 in the dull courts/lighting dept. It looked better last year. I don't get it at all.

Warriors and Lakers' courts at least look brighter than all the others. But still, lack of reflection is quite an eye sore.

[Barncore]

Very first gameplay impressions (playing on superstar, day 1 patch not installed yet cos still downloading. I’m playing as Blazers vs Lakers):

-Lots of players walking through eachother in the introduction scenes lol. Looks silly.
-Defense is SOOO much better. On so many levels.
-Pretty cool how defenders can’t see the pass coming if their back/head is turned.
-Loving the “live ball” feel.
-Maybe i’m sleep deprived, but the game feels chaotic and intense. I like that! You gotta be in the moment to keep up.
-Loving the cpu fastbreak AI in regards to passing.
-I really like that players with bad defensive awareness don’t choose proper positioning with team defense. That’s great. It’s such an important and impactful distinction to have. Remains to be seen how frequent that is yet though. Who knows if it’s overdone or underdone or just right.
-Contesting shots has a big impact. I like that.
-It’s really hard to skip through the quarter time and half time breaks. Takes a while for the button to do anything.
-Lots of missed shots. I gotta learn how to score.
-Where’s player of the game package??

This game is great. It's real basketball. If you take a step back it’s actually amazing how far this game has come in the past 5 years. Lets hope the gameplay balances don’t get patched into trash again.

[Hengist]

This game is so much insanely better than 2k17 it's ridiculous. This a 2k11 like jump