After the success of the thread created last year for NBA 2K12, I figured it would be great to get started for NBA 2K13.
The Rules
The thread focuses on the following:
Arenas
Player Faces
Player Looks
Player Accessories
Jersey Mistakes
The point of this is to make it as easy as possible to get these updates into the game; pictures help provide that immensely. Try to stay as specific as possible. This isn't a wishlist thread, but more a correction thread.
I'll start with one of my favorite categories:
Shoes:
One of the great addition's in NBA 2K12 was the ability to unlock new shoes as you played the game. Now, this would be a more complete experience if shoes were in fact in high-resolution.
It adds to the immersion when a shoe actually looks like this:
Spoiler
Only ideas with pictures will be added to the list on this post, so let's get it going!
Player Faces
Current:
Dwight Howard, Dirk Nowitzki, Lebron James, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Stephen Jackson, Amar'e Stoudemire , Andre Iguodala, Jerry Stackhouse, Grant Hill, Gerald Wallace, Brook Lopez, Nick Young, Vince Carter, David Lee, Kevin Love, Brandon Jennings
Dream Team: Players look too old compared to their 1992 conterparts and Bird has his 1984 look.
Scottie Pippen - Ingame vs Real Life, Larry Bird - Ingame vs Real Life, Karl Malone - Ingame vs Real Life, John Stockton - Ingame vs Real Life, David Robinson - Ingame vs Real Life Patrick Ewing - Ingame vs Real Life, Magic Johnson - Ingame vs Real Life
Classic:
Scott Williams, Allen Iverson
New players/faces:
Nando de Colo, Joel Freeland, Jerome Jordan, Jeremy Pargo, Greg Steismsa, Ivan Johnson, Gustavo Ayon, Terrell Harris, Morris Almond, Xavier Silas, Jamaal Tinsely, Walker Russell Jr, Blake Ahearn, Jerry Smith, Darryl Watkins, Greg Smith, Andre Emmett, Donald Sloan, Malcolm Thomas, Jeff Pendergraph, Gerald Green, Sean Williams, Marcus Cousins, Lance Thomas, James Singleton, Carldell Johnson, Mike James, Cory Higgins, Courtney Fortson, Mikki Moore, Larry Hughes, Eric Dawson, Justin Dentmon, Jerome Dyson
Player Looks
-Please address the player models. We don't want that live 09/live 13 look and we don't want these Football player models anymore. Players aren't that muscular, tone it down. Models should be divided into four types of category:
Wiry - Skinny and long - Tayshaun Prince, Kevin Durant, George Hill
Normal - Undefined muscles - Tim Duncan, Paul Pierce, Anderson Varejao, Samuel Dalembert
Muscular - Very defined - Dwight Howard
Hefty - Big and bulky, a little "chunky" - Glenn Davis, DeJuan Blair
-Add this kind of CAP mode. Especially in regards to player physique - Ref. 1
-In edit-player you should decide what accessories to wear. At the select jersey screen, you could press Y and it would show headband, sleeves, arm bands, leg accessories, socks, and home/away shoe.
-3D hair like in 2K7, white guys with long hair have hair that moves, they don't stuff it with gel - Ref. 1, Ref. 2
-Add sweat - Ingame vs Real Life
-More hairstyles and facial hair styles that look real - Ref. 1
-Realistic tattoos, make current tattoos on players accessible and you could be able to layer them - Ref. 1
-Make current players editable. We could give Dirk his long or short hair, Kobe a thick beard, or whatever we want to do. Or over time in our Association, maybe we want someone like Kevin Durant or Anthony Davis to put on some muscle. That way, we can have players age and their look will change over time, as opposed to having a 36 year old Durant look exactly like his 24 year old self. - Ref. 1, Ref. 2
-Add leg tattoos - J.R. Smith
-Add body hair (chest, armpits, arms, legs, etc) - Steve Nash
-There's a weird geometry glitch in Durant's armpit/pectoral area that shows up when arms are raised. Ref. 1
-2K12-13 seems to render players with a mild layer of sweat wax at all times, without either the subtle reflections of dry skin or the realistic gleam of wet skin as opposed to 2K11: Non sweaty vs Sweaty
-Player eyes new lighting in 2K12 have a cartoony look where everyone looks like they're wearing stage makeup eye shadow. You can see how realistic 2K11 looks (with the faces are done right).
Tattoos:
Jeff Teague Ref. 1/Ref. 2 Mario Chalmers Ref. 1 Tyson Chandler Ref. 1 Shawn Marion Ref. 1 Kawhi Leonard Ref. 1
Classic: Anthony Mason ('95 Knicks) should have no tattoos - Ref.1
Accessories
-Have home and away accessory colors. Include an option where we can set it and mix headband/accessories/shoes colors for home and away - Ref 1. Boston Celtics Home / Boston Celtics Away
-The extended finger tape must not cover the whole finger, we should be able to add numbers to it - Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett
-Also allow us to double up on the finger tape - Delonte West
-Player accessories often do not look 'white', instead they look grey, especially in arm sleeves and head bands.
-Allow us to put letters and numbers on elbow and forearm bands - Jason Kidd, Kenyon Martin, Allen Iverson
-Add high arm bands like this
-Allow us to assign goggles to players as an accessory. Let us choose from different types and let us edit the color of the frames (allow clear frames too), the glass, the mask and the strap. Amar'e Soudemire, C. Douglas-Roberts, Horace Grant, Ben Wallace, James Worthy, Kurt Rambis
-Allow us to assign masks as an accessory. Include these masks: K. Bryant 1, K. Bryant 2, R. Hamilton
-Allow us to edit sock color
-Make full calf sleeve combine with socks Carmelo Anthony 1, Carmelo Anthony 2, Chris Andersen
-Improve elbow bands. Whether that's the geometry/texture or both because it looks painted on their arms - Ref. 1, Ref. 2
-Make short arm sleeve have padding
-Make adidas sleeves look like this
-Add large knee brace - Andrew Bynum, Tim Duncan
-Add colored knee braces
-Make socks show for leg sleeves- Player behind Monta Ellis
-Adidas knee/calf sleeve + adidas ankle braces (that can go over socks) - Derrick Rose
-Adidas tech-fit calf sleeve
-Wristband combined with rubberband like this
-Add new hand and thumb wraps - Chris Paul, Carlos Boozer, Luol Deng
-We should be able to put accessories over one another - Durant's knee brace , R.Brewer
-Add mouthguards. Many NBA players wear them and chew on them while they are on the court - Ref. 1
-100% of NBA players who use compression shorts have hex pads
-Add the Adidas compression shorts - Ref. 1
-Fix the undershirt problem: you can't see undershirt when player is still, you can when the player is in motion
-Add Navy Blue as a Team Color Option for the Nuggets - Ref. 1
-Add kneepads(the small ones) w/o holes in the back for current players - Caron Butler
-Ankle/Foot wrap under sock - Ref. 1
-Move Shoulder Sleeve & Full Arm Sleeve to Undershirt category and add an option for left, right or both. That way you can do this: Ref. 1, Ref. 2, Ref. 3
-Double/triple size headbands - Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony
-Add Medium Double socks b/c the so called "Medium Double socks" in 2K are actually Long Double socks - Ref.1
-Make it so you can have ankle wrap/brace over sock - Ref. 1
-Add the "adidas adiZero Speedwrap Ankle Brace" and make it so you can layer over the socks. - Ref.1
-Add "no NBA logo" socks and an option to make them look rolled down - Chris Paul
Arena Specific
-Correct seat types for Target Center - Real Life vs Ingame
-Include all nba team mascosts - Ref. 1
-Classic Chicago Stadium: Center court logo should not be cut up by lines.
-NBA Playoffs and NBA finals logos need to be different for each era.
-Make the surroundings/seating/roof & shotclocks of classic arenas to reflect their past real life counterparts and not generic.
-Greatest mode arena sounds & music should be available in other game modes too.
-Make that grainy gray film & old school presentation available for other modes: quickplay, season, franchise mode.
-Remove no-charge zone half circle from classic arenas in all game modes.
-Add Boston Garden for old Cletics teams
Jerseys
-Make the jersey's tighter and more fitted Ref. 1, Ref. 2, Side of jersey Real Life vs Ingame
-Jerseys have no thickness AT ALL, still looks super paper thin.
-Make shorts shorter, they are way too long - Real life vs Ingame
-The Warriors away jerseys should be a more deep/true royal blue color - Ref. 1, Ref. 2. On the back of the away jersey at the top, the basketball should be yellow - Ref. 1
-Include special jersey patches through jersey art updates - Ref. 1, Ref. 2, Ref. 3
-Include the retro jerseys to be worn in the 2012-13 Season - Ref.1, Ref. 2
-Include the new Winter Court jerseys for all these teams
-The back of the Raptors away & home jerseys have a red maple leaf instead of the silver claw - Ref. 1, Ref. 2
-Retro 92 Blazers need that red waistband removed from the jerseys.
-Include alternate jerseys for classic teams too. Ref. 1, Ref. 2, Ref. 3
-Era specific NBA Finals logo on jerseys - Ref. 1, Ref. 2, Ref. 3
-Make jersey fit editable. Some players wear tight jerseys, some wear them looser. Some guys wear shorter shorts, some guys prefer the long fit - Ref. 1
Shoes
-High resolution shoes, please! - like this
-Right colorway: be able to perfectly recreate ANY colorway that actually exists for every shoe in the game - Air Jordan VI, Air Jordan XI, Air Jordan XIII
Other
-The ball should be inbounded to Scottie Pippen ala Lebron James, he should initiate the offense like a PG.
-When Kobe is on fire and hits a three he puts his arms out like this
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