OS Fact or Fiction: NBA 2K13 Edition

[RaychelSnr]

We're a couple weeks since the release of this year's only NBA game, so what better time to ask two of our basketball gurus to sit in the OS Hot Seat and answer fact or fiction to a few questions/statements. Bishop and Aaron, welcome to OS Fact or Fiction.

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[bxphenom7]

A FIBA mode (maybe even integrated into Association and MyCAREER) is overdue.

[Gramps91]

Not Sure: As far as online I don't play online a lot but I played the demo online a lot and it seemed pretty smooth.

Fact: Yes the gameplay is the better than it's ever been. Shooting and defense are top-notch this year.

Fiction: Historical modes don't matter a lot to me either. I actually like how we got all the historical teams this year right out of the gate. I just wish their weren't so many missing players.

Fiction: It's cool that the dream team is on the game. Especially the appearance of Charles Barkley but the Dream team will be rarely used by me as I'll be playing My Career and Association (with today's players) more than anything.

[Gosens6]

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Takes me to a screenshots page when I click the link

[tsbmolina]

The greatest compliment I can give NBA 2K13 is it's gotten me back into gaming. The instant I played my first game I was hooked. The realism and fun factor is through the rough and this is coming from a harsh critic who bought 2K12 and played all but a handful of games and thought the gameplay was lacking something. I haven't felt this instant gratification since NFL 2K5! NBA 2K13 is truly a masterpiece and should be enjoyed by all. This game will be the one that truly etches the series in the upper echelon of not just sports games but videogames period!

[Vni]

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Takes me to a screenshots page when I click the link

Yeah, me too.

[Taer]

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I enjoyed and now miss the historical modes. This mode provided a glimpse into what the game of basketball was like in prior times... it gave me a sense of perspective you can't get in quickmode...

The basketball gurus seem heavily biased towards the online experience. Too bad the desired "fixes" for online play usually interfere with offline play and in years past even makes things worse...

Let's hope that this year, 2K can deal with the online concerns without harming offline gameplay as well. Something they have not done well in past versions.

[eko718]

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I thoroughly enjoyed the historical modes in the last two games and missed them in this iteration. By rule, it doesn't seem like a good idea for a franchise to move backwards. There seemed to be reduced attention on historical teams and obviously there were no modes, unless you consider the Dream team vs Team USA to be a mode. Those historical modes are really what propelled 2K to the level it is now. They can still build on it and hopefully they do.

[tril]

Gameplay is realistic but the speed of game is questionable. Too many games are played where 100 shots are taken.
I dont miss the historical modes because You can an association mode withh all historical teams.
With that said everything about 2k13 is awesome.

[jeremym480]

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Takes me to a screenshots page when I click the link

Try this link

http://www.operationsports.com/featu...-2k13-edition/

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I don't agree that the legends need to go and all of that.

They werent even given any attention this year

More creative modes with yesterday's and todays stars are always a selling point.. Case in point it would've been great to market a dream team fiba mode or the screenshot we saw where they had current players greatest games or something of that degree

Online is and always will be secondary to the SP experience. You can't add all of that stuff without the foundation

[wallofhate]

Im all for the legends being removed. Im 30 and its cool for nastalgia but i think its ran its course. Especially with them being just play now teams. Im ignorant to exactly how these games get made but no legends would open up a new money stream and more focus on the players likeness and movement to make an even greater game.

[houston 1988 tx]

Historic modes is a big deal not so much adding teams from 50's 60's and 70's because no one really playes with elgin baylor and the 60-61 lakers but playing with teams from 80's through 00's against today's teams brings generation of gamers together and adds replay ability before and after the NBA season.

I can play with my favorite team growing up against my16 year old little cousin fav team right now instead of arguing if Allen Iverson sixers from 2001 would beat derrick rose bulls in a 7 game series or jordon and scottie vs lebron's and d-wade at Thanksgiving dinner we just set it up on 2k thats the appeal of video games to me anyways making the impossible possible bringing your fantasies to real life. (Myplayer?)

I also agree with dream team being over sold. Only being able to play a quick match vs team USA gets old instantly but I think if they would have expanded or scratched that and brought in two more recent historic teams to go along with the 2001 sixers with players that they could aqquire rights to ( so no Barkley or Reggie) but maybe........... Vince carter and t-mac raptors, k.g spreewell and Sam Cassel t-wolves, ray Allen and Sam Cassel bucks, Larry Johnson and Marcus camby knicks, Tim hardaway and Alonzo heat, 1999-2000 lakers I could go on and on but you get the point all those players except spreewell are already in the game then historic mode would not feel like a dying mode that should be scrapt but instead a mode with teams that this generation of gamers could relate to and would want to play with trading those players to their teams for offline association, compete in ranked classic quick match, recent matchups for current players greatest games etc.

So yea imo definitely not time to scratch that mode. In fact I believe the opposite add a team or two every year and keep the mode going. Small percentage or not. It was the late 90's early 00's gamers that got this franchise going show us some love don't throw us to the curb 2k just saying

[bigdoc85]

I think it's an over-generalization and a false assumption to downplay the importance of the historical modes and teams to gamers, especially those 30 and older. And don't go dissin' Elgin Baylor and Jerry West! I love playing with those guys.

[houston 1988 tx]

No disrespect I may have played with the 70's version of the Lakers with elgin, jerry, and wilt a few times but elgin and jerry lakers w/o wilt is tough to win with. Imo