NBA 2K14 Feature List Revealed

[poloelite]

I really hope they include the legend teams and please bring back the era filters from 2k12. It can't be that hard to include the era filters.

[miller31time]

Quote: Originally Posted by VDusen04

I admit to being in the same boat right now, while also fully and entirely admitting just as well that my mindset could make a 180 degree turn as more information is revealed. It's just at this very point, there hasn't been much revealed that's had me getting dangerously and preemptively amped. I think in the past few iterations, there's been some big-time NBA-related attention grabbers that directly appealed to my interests (my interests being, you know, the NBA). 2K11 dropped the Jordan Mode bomb. 2K12 dropped the mega-classic Greatest Mode (way more classics, way more legends, way more NBA courts, era filters, etc.) and even 2K13 had already revealed a proper NBA Dunk Contest, 3pt. Shootout and the official USA Olympic team (and original Dream Team) at this point. While I found 2K13's big guns to ultimately reveal themselves to be flops (Dunk Contest controls were absolutely dumbfounding, 3pt. Shootout unresponsive, and Olympic teams without actual opponents) they were still big time attention grabbers at the start. This year, thus far, for the folks who do not find as much joy in the super fantasy side of NBA simulation (Crew, MyPlayer, MyTeam), there hasn't been much thrown out there yet. It's still super early, so I think a lot of us are still open and hoping, but the generalized back-of-the-box features haven't really done much for me up to this point.

You hit the nail on the head with this post. Well-said.

For those who are saying "You're not being patient", you were probably the same people that told me to be patient last year. And the year before. And the year before that.

If 2K spent time on Association Mode, they're going to market it to death. The fact that it's not mentioned in a detailed list of improvements in the game, to me, signifies they didn't pay the mode the attention it desperately needs.

And excuse me for going by 2K precedent rather than hope regarding my disdain for the lack of Association improvement. I've been fooled by that argument a few too many times and am straying on the side of caution if not pessimism from now on. 2K has earned it.

[Melbournelad]

Quote: Originally Posted by miller31time

You hit the nail on the head with this post. Well-said. For those who are saying "You're not being patient", you were probably the same people that told me to be patient last year. And the year before. And the year before that. If 2K spent time on Association Mode, they're going to market it to death. The fact that it's not mentioned in a detailed list of improvements in the game, to me, signifies they didn't pay the mode the attention it desperately needs. And excuse me for going by 2K precedent rather than hope regarding my disdain for the lack of Association improvement. I've been fooled by that argument a few too many times and am straying on the side of caution if not pessimism from now on. 2K has earned it.

Possibly the most accurate post I have ever seen on OS. I agree completely.

[si3po]

Pretty disappointed at the fact that there's no word on utilization of Kinect for importing faces into CAP mode. I wish they would take a step forward in CAP, it's been the same damn thing year after year after year....

[BQ32]

Every year they release a list of improvements that get me excited, then starting last year they let their teamup crew spew how great the game will be and I get amped. Then the game drops, it appears awesome at first as I am learning to master the control scheme and new features as well as my naivety in thinking the cheese has been fixed. I start thinking that finally this is the game that will play like real basketball on a competitive level. But then once I get over the new moves, animations, and the cool "LOOK" of the game it hits me like a sac ton of bricks. The gameplay is just garbage. The teamate AI and spacing is horrid, There sometimes is massive delay in user imput vs onscreen execution, especially with dribble moves. Canned animations that make no sense in the context, and the CHEESE smells worse then 30 year old molded cottage. So maybe I'm alone in this but count me not overly excited this year, especially after watching that short crew video. Graphics looked identical to 13, The dribbling still seemed wonky and the passing which has always been atrocious also look exactly the same.

I hope the game is awesome, if it is I will gladly eat crow, but I don't buy into the hype, basketball is my life, I just want a good game. So far I am actually looking towards Live for my fix.

[TalenT]

I gotta be honest, I was very vocal in my dislikes when it came to 2K13 but looking at this list there's nothing I can say bad. They actually touched on all my issues and then some. I'm so glad they focused on a lot of gameplay improvements! Especially DEFENSE!

[RocketTMac1]

Seeing all of this awesomeness on the current gen while makes me anticipate the next gen version so much more.

[Eman5805]

Unless I'm missing my guess, the Pro Stick will be adding even more passing options to the same right analog? Because, I'm quite sure they already allowed you to directional pass with the right analog, or they did. Or maybe not. But if they've upgraded it, I could really like seeing a game where you can perform the bulk of actions by holding down triggers and flicking the analog.

I mean four triggers, three things to toggle through. Passing, shooting, and dribbling. And turbo.

Watch Turbo become something else that goes the way of the dinosaur once they can figure out how to swing it.


Not to mention that if people don't like the new control scheme, I'm sure an option will exist to use an older one.