Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

[hoopheid]

From all the videos I’ve seen online, it looks like Ernie, Shaq and Kenny are now at halftime only in 2K20? Anyone know or seen otherwise? Would be a shame to lose the pre-game show I think, since they also got rid of the post-game one too.

[Klocker]

Re: Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

Good riddance

I akipped it every time.

Just wish they would let us skip the sorry *** half time show as well. Ernie and that nonsense suck

Now if Charles was there thats different.

But so tired of the TBS bull****

[hoopheid]

Re: Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

I get that it’s not for everyone sure. I’m a big presentation guy when it comes to sports games though and having it in really added to the immersion I felt.

[Goffs]

Re: Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

I get that it’s not for everyone sure. I’m a big presentation guy when it comes to sports games though and having it in really added to the immersion I felt.

It should be still there...

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[Gramps91]

Re: Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

I'm a pretty big presentation guy myself, especially when it comes to playoff time. If anything, I hope they advance on to it. It doesn't need to be longer just needs more variety in terms of different stats and things being shown more often.

[scottyp180]

Re: Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

Good riddance

I akipped it every time.

Just wish they would let us skip the sorry *** half time show as well. Ernie and that nonsense suck

Now if Charles was there thats different.

But so tired of the TBS bull****

I typically skip it too, especially since it's pretty generic and repetitive, but even if they took it out there would be some type of load screen there whether it's a pregame show or 2KTV. In that case I'd rather have a pregame show than to have 2ktv or a generic load screen before the game.

Question for some of the older 2K fans. I remember loving the presentation for NFL 2K5 with the Chris Berman pregame, halftime, and post game show and I was fine with watching it. Now is it nostalgia that has me remembering it so foundly or was it actually better than what we have now? I feel like NBA 2k's presentation is a little more generic and basic, at least in terms of dialogue, whereas NFL 2k5's felt a little bit more representative of a real broadcast and not just because of the ESPN license at the time, though it did help.

[jkd32332]

Re: Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

From all the videos I’ve seen online, it looks like Ernie, Shaq and Kenny are now at halftime only in 2K20? Anyone know or seen otherwise? Would be a shame to lose the pre-game show I think, since they also got rid of the post-game one too.

Every video that I have seen has started after the Ernie, Shaq and Kenny segment.

[VDusen04]

Re: Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

Question for some of the older 2K fans. I remember loving the presentation for NFL 2K5 with the Chris Berman pregame, halftime, and post game show and I was fine with watching it. Now is it nostalgia that has me remembering it so foundly or was it actually better than what we have now? I feel like NBA 2k's presentation is a little more generic and basic, at least in terms of dialogue, whereas NFL 2k5's felt a little bit more representative of a real broadcast and not just because of the ESPN license at the time, though it did help.

I think NBA 2K has caught up in a lot of regards but not all regards.

For one, NFL 2K5 had weekly episodes of SportsCenter with highlights from games across the league. Now, this worked because there's only 14 or so NFL games in any given week and the highlights were obviously just randomly generated but a highlights-driven weekly NBA episode could have still been pretty legit. In 2K5, it went a long ways toward breathing life into your league. Things looked and felt tangible outside of your own team.

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NFL 2K5 also had special draft preview and free agency episodes, injury reports from around the league, pre-game and post-game interviews (as NBA 2K has), and a smorgasbord of sensible, immersive cut scenes (ex: if a player suffered an injury mid-game, you might see a cut to them riding a stationary bike later in the game just prior to a kickoff).

I tip my cap to all the nuts and bolts NBA 2K and its franchise mode have provided over the years but there's still so much more room for real deal immersion. Right now, the extent of our franchise mode world immersion comes in the form of random tweets on a home screen.

Even starting with something like an NBA Game of the Week, where Kenny, Shaq, and Ernie show highlights of a pre-chosen game while discussing the outcome and stats would be cool. Or anything to make the pre-game discussions to feel more immediate, customized, and real.

[CaseIH]

Re: Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

Personally, I like the pre-game show, I want them to add to it, not take it away. I do think players should be able to skip thru it, and the halftime show, if they want too. For me, I dont skip thru anything, on any sports games, I let it al play out.

Still to this day my favorite video game is CH2k8, I miss that game, it may not have had graphics we have today in sports games, although it was top notch back in the day from others, nor was the movement of players very good, but just how the games presentation was, with Midnight Madness, the weekly CHoops show, and the March Madness Bracket show, was and is still the coolest thing in video games, even if the graphics arent anywhere near what they are intodays game.

[Gramps91]

Re: Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

Personally, I like the pre-game show, I want them to add to it, not take it away. I do think players should be able to skip thru it, and the halftime show, if they want too. For me, I dont skip thru anything, on any sports games, I let it al play out.

Still to this day my favorite video game is CH2k8, I miss that game, it may not have had graphics we have today in sports games, although it was top notch back in the day from others, nor was the movement of players very good, but just how the games presentation was, with Midnight Madness, the weekly CHoops show, and the March Madness Bracket show, was and is still the coolest thing in video games, even if the graphics arent anywhere near what they are intodays game.

Yea, I still start it up from time to time and run a program (simulate everything) for a while just to see the March Madness show.

[malky]

Re: Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

Like most have said it should be expanded on, not taken away like they did with scores from around the league during halftime. To me that's the worst thing about the NBA2k presentation in these later versions, while the presentation looks pretty, there is no substance to your league like it use to be back in NFL2K5, Collegehoops, even NBA2K14, that seemed to be the last one, where you could play for a few years and actually hear stuff about what's going on in your league from other teams and stuff. So hopefully if they did get rid of it, it was for a weekly show or something with substance.

[Klocker]

Re: Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

I typically skip it too, especially since it's pretty generic and repetitive, but even if they took it out there would be some type of load screen there whether it's a pregame show or 2KTV. In that case I'd rather have a pregame show than to have 2ktv or a generic load screen before the game.

Question for some of the older 2K fans. I remember loving the presentation for NFL 2K5 with the Chris Berman pregame, halftime, and post game show and I was fine with watching it. Now is it nostalgia that has me remembering it so foundly or was it actually better than what we have now? I feel like NBA 2k's presentation is a little more generic and basic, at least in terms of dialogue, whereas NFL 2k5's felt a little bit more representative of a real broadcast and not just because of the ESPN license at the time, though it did help.

I have no problem leaving it in... just let me skip it with one button press and then load the 3rd quarter, even if it is generic 2K logo... same goes for Pre game and the 1st Qrtr cut scene interview, allow an extra option to keep commentary on and "TV" presentation of all kinds OFF

Options are good for everybody

[jmarcguy]

Re: Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

I enjoy the pregame. I skip it every so often but I like it, especially when it’s really goofy. I need the halftime to rest. I couldn’t play the game nonstop. Maybe back in my Live 95 days but I like a breather.


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[kolanji]

Re: Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

I skip it as soon as the button prompt us to do so after being loaded..

my suggestion would be to replace it with basketball NBA trivia question for VC points at loading, and let the pregame happen while it gives users the ability to set lineups and game strategies like defensive schemes as part of pregame before tipoff

[ZoneBlitz]

Re: Is the pre-game show gone in 2K20?

I like the pre-game and half-time shows. I just want the option to skip them. Next gen consoles are rumored to have instant loading so there is more likely to be the option to skip these shows since they cover up loading.

Now, I watch the halftime show only if I am winning. [emoji23][emoji23]


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