NBA 2K14 Video - New York Knicks vs. Los Angeles Lakers

[Taer]

It was really hard for me to draw any further conclusions from this video. Ronnie2k's and LD2K's playstyle is a lot different from mine, and they seemed to actually emphasis the flashy gimmicky offensive orientated aspects of 2k14, instead of the basic fundamental goodness a lot of us here enjoy.

The "flashy" passes they highlighted were nothing I've not done in 2k13 before, so my worry that these might be too emphasized in 2k14 is a little alleviated.

On the other hand, the number of "peripheral" animations (ie. Steve Nash arguing referee calls) seemed to be a bit much for my liking so I have a new concern. In 2k13, these were borderline game-breaking when I'd be dinged for "leaving my assignment" as the unbreakable animation was playing out on the other side of the court of my player gyrating his disappointment.

I play a lot of Lakers, so I really hoped I'd get a feel for 2k14 differences over 2k13 but unfortunately all I got a sense was that Kobe seems to have the high ratings he has had the last few years and he will be used a lot by people who do not know how to use the rest of the team.

The presentation snippets shown were too few and too little for me to get a good feel on them but at least we saw a few more aspects then in any prior video.

I guess it has reached the point where I am going to need to play the release version before I can get any other solid conclusions drawn.

[wxn8822]

I am sure there are a lot of things reserved for the next gen. As for what I saw above, it is a good game, but doesn't really warrant $60.

[JerseySuave4]

I'm assuming the game appears so similar because the focus for this year was the 1st next gen release. I won't be buying the current gen but hopefully the next gen version is amazing.

[JerseySuave4]

and hopefully on Next Gen the colors are a lot better. Tired of seeing the Knicks blue or Bulls red be light blue & pink.

[Xxstr8xRecklessxX]

gameplay looks decent has few flaws and more to come when i buy the game for sure i see but just curious.......has anyone notice that on every 2k that whenever you go against a team they show highlight reels for both teams as a intro but, its just only the team your going up against right now than other teams for example on the video from where it starts 0:00 to 0:13....just lakers and knicks highlights not lakers and knicks hightlights of going against other teams like heat, bulls, celtics, etc..... just wondering if anybody notice that and maybe their was less complaints about tht.

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by Xxstr8xRecklessxX

gameplay looks decent has few flaws and more to come when i buy the game for sure i see but just curious.......has anyone notice that on every 2k that whenever you go against a team they show highlight reels for both teams as a intro but, its just only the team your going up against right now than other teams for example on the video from where it starts 0:00 to 0:13....just lakers and knicks highlights not lakers and knicks hightlights of going against other teams like heat, bulls, celtics, etc..... just wondering if anybody notice that and maybe their was less complaints about tht.

Yeah, small thing, but definitely noticeable. It popped out to me right away last year because I used the Rockets in an Association initially and every single game, Jeremy Lin would be dominating the pre-game intro in a Rockets uniform facing that evening's opponent... even though he'd never played that team as a member of the Rockets in his life.

It kind of felt like creepy fast forward. And it's weird because I feel like 2K used to do them right (with the pre-game highlights being against different opponents, home and away). Not sure what happened there.

[Sinner]

Quote: Originally Posted by Eddie1967

We can only hope and as I said before the crowd noise has always been an issue in 2k games. Baseball, hockey and basketball. It was good in NFL 2K5 and APF2K8 but i'm not sure why they can't seem to get it right on the current games. Having a smart crowd would sure add to the atmosphere of the game. It would nice to have it so loud in opposing arenas that it affects how you play. Maybe one day.

Crowd atmosphere would make the game so much better, they should take a note from their College 2k8 game and maybe use that as a starting point. Had that 6th man crowd effect going, something similar would be a good start except on a NBA level.

Quote: Originally Posted by Xxstr8xRecklessxX

gameplay looks decent has few flaws and more to come when i buy the game for sure i see but just curious.......has anyone notice that on every 2k that whenever you go against a team they show highlight reels for both teams as a intro but, its just only the team your going up against right now than other teams for example on the video from where it starts 0:00 to 0:13....just lakers and knicks highlights not lakers and knicks hightlights of going against other teams like heat, bulls, celtics, etc..... just wondering if anybody notice that and maybe their was less complaints about tht.

I've always hated that, little thing but still a little annoying. I just put in my mind that its from a previous game last year when the two teams played. They could actually get rid of it and do some player intro's, show more players warming up, show the crowd..whatever.

[Red Kafe]

And a lol thing to notice about the Kobe GW , the refs reviewed the play and the score didn't even change . So that's prob the resason why the fans did react because it was triggered . Just an idea