NBA 2K22 Gameplay Improvements Revealed - Defense, Dribbling, Post Play, Shooting, Finishing, Badges & More

[Steve_OS]

After showing the NBA 2K22 gameplay trailer yesterday, 2K has followed it up with details on...

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[TarHeelPhenom]

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Like I was saying the other day...Day 1 purchase for your boy.

[mb625]

Am I just missing it or was there no word on whether or not the Y/Triangle cut mechanic is returning to next gen?

[michaelhawj]

wow that great article to read. i hope defense play great even offense. i hope ai cpu play smarter on defense. they didn't mention about improve pick and roll defense 

[Mintsa]

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It all sounds good.

I like what I’m reading about the new shot meter and getting an open shot is the best way to shoot, but we will see how true that holds…….


But the big question is, how long will 2k stick to these changes ? After a few weeks when YouTubers start to complain and other people keep tweeting how they should green every
Shot no matter how many defenders are around them. Will 2k cave in and start changing everything around
Or will they stick to their guns and see it thru….?

That’s the real question…….

[DevSwerve]

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The Chef badge is going to be a problem, I can already tell lol


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[noshun]

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Nice read, hopefully there's a demo this year..

[2_headedmonster]

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If the had people come in and test gameplay has the embargo been lifted? Hmmm

[TarHeelPhenom]

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wow that great article to read. i hope defense play great even offense. i hope ai cpu play smarter on defense. they didn't mention about improve pick and roll defense*

They did touch on it some though...

"Brand new hedge defender logic and behaviors give the catch hedge defender a specific focus for how they react to the ball handler. In the past, the hedge defender’s primary focus was their man which led to the AI actively abandoning the ball handler. This cascaded into several issues. The ball handler would have an open lane, which in turn would force help to come from the strong side, leaving easy, open jumpers in pick and roll situations. This year, our hedge defender can focus on the ball and play two offensive players intelligently covering the deepest threat."

I would also think this would help as well...

"We also increased help defender logic, controlling movement speeds requested in help situations"

Movement speed was a big issue in the 2k21 when it came to defense.

[Yallasama]

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I'm intrigued by the more control over dribbling sequences and the shot IQ, since you see in real life that when a player gets out of control and shoots crazy shots, or they miss a few, everyone starts missing and they get tighter, start to pass up open shots etc. Could see this being hella fun, IF they actually make sure also for classic teams that shooters like Abdul-Rauf, Dell Curry etc. actually are accurately rated and reflects their real life shooting abilities. Blocking sounds cool, but with a lot of these blogs it all sounds amazing yet in game these 'building from scratch / ground up' mechanics are not as groundbreaking as claimed. If shooting is indeed the best it's ever felt, then it could be a game changer.

I am however disappointed that yet again passing gets passed over...so infuriating! As if it's not part of the game and fine as it is when it is now. It's so basic and with all the expanded abilities for dribbling, the post, size ups, that passing never gets an upgrade shows just a lack of care and making it the best it can be. Passing is key for me when fast breaks and a proper pass can be the difference between a wide open lay-up or reaching a player in time, but the CPU AI so often just 'reads' and reacts to the push of a button that it gets intercepted or inexplicably thrown to the player closest or out of bounds. I know there is icon passing, but for a fast break you need passing AI to be upgraded so they read the situation and when one or even two players are ahead, pressing pass button should always be automatic to the furthest player our or the second.

[michaelhawj]

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They did touch on it some though...

"Brand new hedge defender logic and behaviors give the catch hedge defender a specific focus for how they react to the ball handler. In the past, the hedge defender’s primary focus was their man which led to the AI actively abandoning the ball handler. This cascaded into several issues. The ball handler would have an open lane, which in turn would force help to come from the strong side, leaving easy, open jumpers in pick and roll situations. This year, our hedge defender can focus on the ball and play two offensive players intelligently covering the deepest threat."

I would also think this would help as well...

"We also increased help defender logic, controlling movement speeds requested in help situations"

Movement speed was a big issue in the 2k21 when it came to defense.

i am glad that they tune it better.. pick and roll defense was major disappointed in 2k21

[DevSwerve]

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Nice read, hopefully there's a demo this year..

Somebody can correct if I’m wrong, but I think 2k confirmed no demo this year?


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[tru11]

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Dammm post game got me excited as fk.

Just need to know if there a bots in rec and how the matchmaking works lol


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[Hustle Westbrook]

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I’m shocked. They actually rebuilt the defense from scratch. They even brought back defensive stopper! And now shooting is going have more of an emphasis on shot IQ than just timing a button. If the gameplay pans out then I won’t even mind the game looking the exact same.

[michaelhawj]

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Somebody can correct if I’m wrong, but I think 2k confirmed no demo this year?


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yes 2k already confirmed there is no demo this year