this game can go straight h*ll!

[OhMrHanky]

Quote: Originally Posted by dwayne12345

Not gonna lie I laughed out loud when I read this part. But if you're playing vs CPU adjusting the sliders to your preference is a must. This game is fun in that it's real easy if your team is better than the other team but a nightmare if they are not. As a Nets fan I can tell you this game is too easy with a fully healthy Nets vs the CPU even on the hardest difficulty with CPU awareness sliders bumped up. That said when I play summer league with my benchwarmers and free agent scrubs I get humbled fast. 3 slider realism tips I'll give to you is to take foul sliders for you and CPU and bump them all up to 100, lower block shots ability down to like 30 for you and cpu, and keep the CPU's offensive and defensive awareness as high as you can stomach to keep things challenging once you figure out how to win.

u know what’s funny, too, now - i lowered difficulty to all-star and have won more games than lost now. but, specifically, i played as my Hawks vs Thunder. holy cow, does that team STINK! lol. i was up 78 to 29 in the first half. i play full 12 min qtrs. i ended up crushing them like 148 to 80 or something ridiculous. so, NOW, i can beat a team by 60. and, in an amazing coincidence, the hawks just KILLED the Thunder last night by similar scores. or, at least, the first half was ridiculous and then scrubs kick in. but, that similarity to real life is interesting and shows how the game is actually doing a good job mimicking bad vs good players/teams. i thought this meant i was going to whoop everyone in all-star, but i just lost to a good team and specifically had issue with their PG who was locking Trae up pretty good.

honestly, now that i’ve played a few more games on all-star, i’m really liking this game, and consider it to be the most realistic game to date. u just have to adjust to those nuances of understanding when u get that ‘shoulder rub’ from a defender and whether or not u have the angle to just shoot and get a layup or possibly fouled and just overall understanding the animations that will trigger. the D is so much more realistic and u have to read where the double is coming from on simple kick outs for 3 ball shots from your perimeter players.

overall, i def like the speed of the players and animations. as much as i love 2k games, in general (including nfl 2k5 back in the day), the nba 2k series has always played just a little slow as it seems like u have to wait on animations to trigger fully. but, 2k22 has much more of an instant twitchy response that is just more responsive and instantaneous, in general, that i’m enjoying that more than 21 while maintaining pretty good animations overall.

i still can’t steal well without fouling, but i’m blocking shots all the time! lol. which is crazy, because, in 21, those were all fouls as well.


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[RedmanR]

I feel that all-star with tweaked sliders and player tendencies work for me too. . .

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[jersez]

Quote: Originally Posted by OhMrHanky

u know what’s funny, too, now - i lowered difficulty to all-star and have won more games than lost now. but, specifically, i played as my Hawks vs Thunder. holy cow, does that team STINK! lol. i was up 78 to 29 in the first half. i play full 12 min qtrs. i ended up crushing them like 148 to 80 or something ridiculous. so, NOW, i can beat a team by 60. and, in an amazing coincidence, the hawks just KILLED the Thunder last night by similar scores. or, at least, the first half was ridiculous and then scrubs kick in. but, that similarity to real life is interesting and shows how the game is actually doing a good job mimicking bad vs good players/teams. i thought this meant i was going to whoop everyone in all-star, but i just lost to a good team and specifically had issue with their PG who was locking Trae up pretty good. honestly, now that i’ve played a few more games on all-star, i’m really liking this game, and consider it to be the most realistic game to date. u just have to adjust to those nuances of understanding when u get that ‘shoulder rub’ from a defender and whether or not u have the angle to just shoot and get a layup or possibly fouled and just overall understanding the animations that will trigger. the D is so much more realistic and u have to read where the double is coming from on simple kick outs for 3 ball shots from your perimeter players. overall, i def like the speed of the players and animations. as much as i love 2k games, in general (including nfl 2k5 back in the day), the nba 2k series has always played just a little slow as it seems like u have to wait on animations to trigger fully. but, 2k22 has much more of an instant twitchy response that is just more responsive and instantaneous, in general, that i’m enjoying that more than 21 while maintaining pretty good animations overall. i still can’t steal well without fouling, but i’m blocking shots all the time! lol. which is crazy, because, in 21, those were all fouls as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Tbh I appreciate this post because a lot of guys come to the forums and make statements that’s not very true for everyone or the game, struggling with areas of gameplay is something people should be self aware of. Another thing is guys simply can’t let go of not playing at the highest difficulty but seeing how you lowered the difficulty and you’re now enjoying the game. I feel like this could be the experience for many others on here but they’ll never play on a realistic difficulty. Hall of fame and superstar they’re meant to be difficult and they’re not settings to truly judge where the game is, all star has always been the difficulty that the game is meant to be played on but people don’t use it. So I just thought it was cool, that you’re super honest and humble about ya experience and your opinion changed as you got better, again something I feel a lot of posters on here could see as an example

[zten11]

Quote: Originally Posted by RedmanR

I feel that all-star with tweaked sliders and player tendencies work for me too. . . Sent from my using Tapatalk

Agree. All-Star has always been pretty consistent.

[simbayless]

The title of this thread got me lmao 🤣
But on the serous note I hope 2k make the CPU more challenging for 2k23

[jairusmonillas]

no offense but playing against cpu is so easy.. learn to call out plays. cpus are dumb ai who gets exposed from plays like punch loop 25. or even go 5 out plays then aim your left stick for the player who you think can easily blow by their cpu opponent just cheese spam hold triangle (playstation) hold y (xbox) to command your teammate to run toward the post.

[GSW3011239]

Quote: Originally Posted by MoreThanAGamer

Thanks. I didn't know they said MyCareer is supposed to be cheesy. Now I definitely will be staying away from future 2K "Simulation" products.

Yep, I won't name names, but the fact that he basically put up the white flag for simulation "because it's mycareer" is proof 2K isn't even trying to make it realistic. 100% disagree with that premise too that because it's mycareer, it's "supposed" to not be sim.

[zten11]

If you are on Xbox and have purchased this game but are not a fan, please feel free to try my roster (in the works) before you officially give up haha...