So I can't overstate how much I'm enjoying MyEra mode in NBA 2K23. I find it to be such a novel and well-executed feature, in fact, that my hope is that the development team continues refining this mode from year to year rather than let it rest stagnant.
With that in mind, I thought it could be beneficial to compose a list of ways MyEras could be even better moving forth.
Of course, I imagine we could say things like, "Sign Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller, and every other missing player", but we might be better served making recommendations the developers themselves may have more control over.
So with that said, here's a few things off the top of my head:
1. A continuation of era-specific court art inclusion: All the courts provided this year are amazing, so I'd love to see that work continue. Some of the more noticeable missing rebrands falling within Eras:
- Original teal Pistons court (1997)
- Rockets blast off
- Mid-90's Hawks
- 1993 Sunblast court
- Seattle's late 80's, early 90's Coliseum floor
2. A generic dome option for create-an-arena: An overly spacious dome setting would allow for more realistic creations of the likes of the Kingdome (mid-80's Sonics), Silverdome (80's Pistons), Georgia Dome (Hawks at one point), and maybe even the Tacoma Dome.
3. The ability to select a classic basket stanchion in create-an-arena: As it stands, editing an area results in the basket stanchion options defaulting to either modern or super-modern. It'd be nice to select our own classic stanchion and subsequent color.
4. Create-a-Coach (or full coach editing abilities, appearance included): It's been awesome seeing Phil Jackson on the sidelines, and Kevin Loughery, and Mike Fratello, and more. But for those who'll never make it to the game (licensing limitations being what they are), it'd be nice to be able to create our own rough interpretation of, say, Chuck Daly.
5. Era-specific NBA Playoff decals & dornas: The Jordan Challenge is teeming with life on account of small details like this. It's presumed that it takes a bit more work to carry the Jordan Challenge playoff art into other modes and courts, but I'd find to be a worthy venture.
6. Fixing up the shadow bug in create-an-arena: Right now it seems that editing an arena itself results in lighting developing a shadow effect, with players and jerseys becoming noticeable darker.
7. Continued improvement and refinement of era-specific rules: I'm loving the era-specific playstyle changes but I think it'd be fun to push things even further. Some niche era-specific rule changes I'd enjoy seeing:
-Only two free throws for fouling a 3-point shooter in the 80's and early 90's (right now it's three free throws for every era in 2K23).
-No flagrant foul calls in the 80's. The flagrant may have technically been on the books then but it was virtually never utilized because it came with a mandatory ejection and nobody wanted that. So, it was generally going to be a common foul or a tech back then. As it stands, the 80's era still has flagrants in 2K23, which come with two free throws and possession. The modern flagrant rule didn't kick in until the 1990-91 season.
-Shortened 3-point-line for a multi-year span beginning in 1994-95.
8. Authentic All-Star courts and jerseys: The way I figure, there's a few ways to achieve this goal without 2K themselves creating 40 separate all-star courts:
-Allow gamers to upload created all-star courts and/or jerseys to their Era each year.
-If nothing else, selecting a couple authentic representative all-star courts and jerseys for a given era would be better than nothing. For instance, bringing the 1988 all-star jerseys and court over from the Jordan Challenge for use during the 80's MyEra would be better than nothing.
9. Improved All-Star Weekend, with Old-Timers Game rather than Rookie Game until 1993, era-specific Shootout rules, era-specific dunk contest dunks, and the ability to practice these events outside of MyEras: With the rights to so many legends, this seems like something that could be at least somewhat half-stepped. It was a grey, pudgy Oscar Robertson running out there in real life, but I wouldn't mind a legends game with a prime-looking Oscar with some depleted attributes.
It's somewhat anachronistic to run a 3-point shootout in '86 with a Mountain Dew money ball rack. Not to mention, the controller delays to that mode drive me nuts.
I think a dunk contest has so much potential, especially if it was era- and player-specific. First, the new controls beat the heck out of the Guitar Hero thing 2K had going for years but I still think there's room to improve (and normalize the scoring system). Moreover, imagine how fun it'd be if certain era-specific participants had their actual dunks in their arsenals (Larry Nance's Go-Go Gadget dunks, J.R. Rider's Eastbay, MJ's signature FT line, etc.) It could be such an awesome mode, I swear.
10. More era-specific warmups: The Bulls' warmups are amazing. More of that would be radical.
Bonus: The ability to shatter or break backboards with specific players 1993 and prior.
With that in mind, I thought it could be beneficial to compose a list of ways MyEras could be even better moving forth.
Of course, I imagine we could say things like, "Sign Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller, and every other missing player", but we might be better served making recommendations the developers themselves may have more control over.
So with that said, here's a few things off the top of my head:
1. A continuation of era-specific court art inclusion: All the courts provided this year are amazing, so I'd love to see that work continue. Some of the more noticeable missing rebrands falling within Eras:
- Original teal Pistons court (1997)
- Rockets blast off
- Mid-90's Hawks
- 1993 Sunblast court
- Seattle's late 80's, early 90's Coliseum floor
2. A generic dome option for create-an-arena: An overly spacious dome setting would allow for more realistic creations of the likes of the Kingdome (mid-80's Sonics), Silverdome (80's Pistons), Georgia Dome (Hawks at one point), and maybe even the Tacoma Dome.
3. The ability to select a classic basket stanchion in create-an-arena: As it stands, editing an area results in the basket stanchion options defaulting to either modern or super-modern. It'd be nice to select our own classic stanchion and subsequent color.
4. Create-a-Coach (or full coach editing abilities, appearance included): It's been awesome seeing Phil Jackson on the sidelines, and Kevin Loughery, and Mike Fratello, and more. But for those who'll never make it to the game (licensing limitations being what they are), it'd be nice to be able to create our own rough interpretation of, say, Chuck Daly.
5. Era-specific NBA Playoff decals & dornas: The Jordan Challenge is teeming with life on account of small details like this. It's presumed that it takes a bit more work to carry the Jordan Challenge playoff art into other modes and courts, but I'd find to be a worthy venture.
6. Fixing up the shadow bug in create-an-arena: Right now it seems that editing an arena itself results in lighting developing a shadow effect, with players and jerseys becoming noticeable darker.
7. Continued improvement and refinement of era-specific rules: I'm loving the era-specific playstyle changes but I think it'd be fun to push things even further. Some niche era-specific rule changes I'd enjoy seeing:
-Only two free throws for fouling a 3-point shooter in the 80's and early 90's (right now it's three free throws for every era in 2K23).
-No flagrant foul calls in the 80's. The flagrant may have technically been on the books then but it was virtually never utilized because it came with a mandatory ejection and nobody wanted that. So, it was generally going to be a common foul or a tech back then. As it stands, the 80's era still has flagrants in 2K23, which come with two free throws and possession. The modern flagrant rule didn't kick in until the 1990-91 season.
-Shortened 3-point-line for a multi-year span beginning in 1994-95.
8. Authentic All-Star courts and jerseys: The way I figure, there's a few ways to achieve this goal without 2K themselves creating 40 separate all-star courts:
-Allow gamers to upload created all-star courts and/or jerseys to their Era each year.
-If nothing else, selecting a couple authentic representative all-star courts and jerseys for a given era would be better than nothing. For instance, bringing the 1988 all-star jerseys and court over from the Jordan Challenge for use during the 80's MyEra would be better than nothing.
9. Improved All-Star Weekend, with Old-Timers Game rather than Rookie Game until 1993, era-specific Shootout rules, era-specific dunk contest dunks, and the ability to practice these events outside of MyEras: With the rights to so many legends, this seems like something that could be at least somewhat half-stepped. It was a grey, pudgy Oscar Robertson running out there in real life, but I wouldn't mind a legends game with a prime-looking Oscar with some depleted attributes.
It's somewhat anachronistic to run a 3-point shootout in '86 with a Mountain Dew money ball rack. Not to mention, the controller delays to that mode drive me nuts.
I think a dunk contest has so much potential, especially if it was era- and player-specific. First, the new controls beat the heck out of the Guitar Hero thing 2K had going for years but I still think there's room to improve (and normalize the scoring system). Moreover, imagine how fun it'd be if certain era-specific participants had their actual dunks in their arsenals (Larry Nance's Go-Go Gadget dunks, J.R. Rider's Eastbay, MJ's signature FT line, etc.) It could be such an awesome mode, I swear.
10. More era-specific warmups: The Bulls' warmups are amazing. More of that would be radical.
Bonus: The ability to shatter or break backboards with specific players 1993 and prior.
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