Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

[rockchisler]

But im looking for the mlb the show type basketball game.. there are just to many issues that are repeat offenders since dreamcast, sliding, poor defense..( The long time it takes from button input to them raising their hands or double team or hard fouls ) Dont get me wrong it is a very good game but quality wise it lags behind fifa, nhl, mlb. Now when I mean poor defense I mean how if dwight howard has the ball in the paint players should be trying to yank his shoulder out of socket to prevent him from going up, Too many times the double team is too slow and they watch and admire him as he puts it back. there are other issues but I dont feel like typing anymore, but the main thing is there will not be a new console for at least 4 more years. I dont know if I can handle 4 more years of ps2 tech.

[Goffs]

Re: Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

Eh...i dont think creating a new tech is a good idea at this point considering 2k basketball is pretty much on top of it all..

Why not just wait for nba elite/live to come back next year? Kind of over dramatizing a bit with the 4 more years of ps2 tech when there's an alternative next year *shrug*

[youvalss]

Re: Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

I think 2K needs to step up and use a new engine. It's been nice, 2K11 is a hell of a game - but that's where it ends. Personally, I'm not going to pay money for tweaked gameplay and updated rosters. But that's me.

It's time to get back to the time when new games meant more than tweaked gameplay and better lighting.

[BATMON]

Re: Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

How long has this been the "Engine"? Im new to this series.

[Pared]

Re: Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

Rock... seriously... don't buy into choice words like this.

'PS2 tech?'

Seriously, I'm disappointed. You're better than that.

This thread is going to be nothing but a big whopping fail and will eventually have to be closed.

[Phixius]

Re: Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

How long has this been the "Engine"? Im new to this series.

I first started playing 2K basketball with 2K5. I must say the gameplay engine from 2K11 isn't too far off from 2K5. The gameplay has vastly improved but still has that slow button input rockchisler mentioned in the OP. 2K11 doesn't feel as stiff as 2K5 did.

[fearwhatnow]

Re: Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

This must be a joke."ps2 tech"?Are you even comparing the mediocre and stall fifa games with 2k11?Fifa lacks in all areas compared to 2k11.What "engine" are you talking about too?X360 and PS3 are almost 5 years old now..Or do you expect 2k to pay millions for Euphoria engine?

[greenieblue]

Re: Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

I don't know that removing 3/4 of the statistics, making the players look like cartoon men, bombing half the franchise, making the interface convoluted, designing the gameplay around a casual fan's idea of the sport and making it about "stick skills" would be advancement.

But, that's just me, I guess.

I say, all hail the King. And, I don't mean Lebron.

[threes_co]

Re: Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

When you stop paying for it.

[rockchisler]

Re: Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

Rock... seriously... don't buy into choice words like this.

'PS2 tech?'

Seriously, I'm disappointed. You're better than that.

This thread is going to be nothing but a big whopping fail and will eventually have to be closed.

Look the things that bother me about this game are the same that bothered me during last era. I just played a game in the league and the whole "Miss everything for 3 and a half qrts then shoot 90% in the last 3 min of the game" scripted moment came in and I called it before it happened in the the chat room and he was like u right. Don't get me wrong its the best bball title ever imo but it still behind The Show, Fifa and Nhl. I don't believe I'm wrong in saying it but when the same issues from way back are still prevalent you have to call it out.. I wont call it ps2 tech anymore..how bout "old tech or last gen software".

[rockchisler]

Re: Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

How long has this been the "Engine"? Im new to this series.

The best way to say it is like when God of war 1 and 2 got the HD treatment and re-released for PS3, its the same game but shined up with HD graphics. But in the case of 2k more things have been added over the years but its still previous "unmentionable" tech. Granted its more complicated but that is how it is in a nut shell.

[rockchisler]

Re: Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

When you stop paying for it.

me by myself or everybody? Because that statement makes no sense.

[greenieblue]

Re: Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

I feel ya. But I think your criticism applies more to technology in general, than this game specifically. AI's advancement has not been what I expected when i first played a real-- I mean, I'm not counting Atari-- sports video game 25 years ago or whenever it was. But that's about money, isn't it? Making it/not making it/squandering it/hoarding it/etc.

I just disagree with the idea that the three "standards" you've set are what 2k should work toward. I think they surpassed them years ago.

Has 2k always had a herky-jerky animation system? Yes, and I was not a fan of the football series because of that. But recreating human movement and attempting to make every aspect controllable is a monumental task. I have come to appreciate 2k's movement as more lifelike than the others.

I was (and slightly am still) an EA shill, but there comes a point when denying authenticity, depth, immersion and relative greatness is denying yourself a nice way to pass your time.

Is it the greatest possible? No way. But, IMO it's the best combination of graphics and simulation that has ever been produced.

I have a really insane spreadsheet to prove it. And who can deny the graphics?

[Jesus]

Re: Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

you clearly haven't played 2k5 in a while....

And i cant believe that you are basically saying " yea you just made the best basketball game ever, but scrap it and give me something different"

If they have built upon their style of basketball to the point that they have perfectly recreated the game of basketball scrapping what they have would be idiotic.

[threes_co]

Re: Sooo when will 2k stop using ps2 tech?

Why would the devs change anything if their sales are through the roof?