NBA 2K14 Screenshot Comparison - Durant, Ray Allen & Kobe Current-Gen vs. Next-Gen

[RangersCruz]

wow KD looks great

[hawley088]

Still not seeing a difference really

[xman2k]

Quote: Originally Posted by hawley088

Still not seeing a difference really

not seeing a difference? get outta here! that Durant looks like a photo, amazing that this is the very first game!

[magicman32]

These Graphics are serious!!!

[Dr. Banner]

Current gen faces have gotten worse.

[Sundown]

Quote: Originally Posted by VDusen04

What happened to current gen's lighting over the years? I feel like there were much sharper lighting effects (and sweat) early in the system's life than later. I'm looking at some 360 2K6 screenshots and they actually look closer to PS4 in terms of lighting than 2K14 current gen in some regards.

I've been saying this since 2K11.

It's really weird how 2K6 looks almost like real life from certain angles due to its lighting with exception to the bad models and rough animations.

2K11 had probably the best balance of lighting, detail, and likenesses. Then they redid everything in 2K12 and the lighting and skin shaders have looked underwhelming since.

Conspiracy theory-- they made 2K12-14 look worse so next-gen would be a bigger leap. I don't really believe that. But it's weird how the games got less realistic over time.

Anyway, I still think they need to play up the oily reflections on the players. They could afford to be brighter. Sometimes players have skin reflections that are quite bright under arena lights. I don't see that in 2K14 next-gen.

I also thought Durant's next-gen screenshot was a photo at first.

[starks1903]

the interesting thing is i was competely satisifed with current gen graphics. i think ill lose my mind after seeing next gen.

[Jakeness23]

Besides the blue looking a bit faded on next-gen (maybe due to angle and lighting), I can't find anything wrong with either picture. It simply looks amazing.