Your opinions on stories in MyCareer.

[blueeon03]

From what I can tell, most people hated the Spike Lee stuff from last year because it was corny and it made you feel like you were playing the character 2k wanted you to play, not the one you wanted.

So, this year's doesn't seem as bad, but it still feels like 2k has a specific character they want you to be like. Whether it's your nickname or even your voice, it seems you're given such little agency over what you can do with your career, at least up until a certain point. I'm not saying there shouldn't be any type of story, but this stuff just isn't doing it for me. I thought 2k15 had a good balance for that. I get they want to create the feeling of you getting drafted and being a big time star, but the presentation of it feels so hokey and none of feels suited to the individual player's personalities.

What do you guys think?

[Cardinalsboy21]

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From what I can tell, most people hated the Spike Lee stuff from last year because it was corny and it made you feel like you were playing the character 2k wanted you to play, not the one you wanted.

So, this year's doesn't seem as bad, but it still feels like 2k has a specific character they want you to be like. Whether it's your nickname or even your voice, it seems you're given such little agency over what you can do with your career, at least up until a certain point. I'm not saying there shouldn't be any type of story, but this stuff just isn't doing it for me. I thought 2k15 had a good balance for that. I get they want to create the feeling of you getting drafted and being a big time star, but the presentation of it feels so hokey and none of feels suited to the individual player's personalities.

What do you guys think?

As long as we get to actually play our rookie year, It doesn't matter to me.

[iam31yearsold]

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Absolulty hate it.

To me, pointless and boring. Does nothing ti immerse me into basketball whatsoever.

[extremeskins04]

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I can't say one way or the other because I haven't played the full game yet. So for me to judge MyCareer before I've played it doesn't make much sense.

[CaseIH]

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I hadnt tried MyPlayer since NBA2k10 until trying the Prelude, so I cant speak for how it was before now. I do think what I have seen so far has been pretty cool, as I decided to go to Kansas. Being a farmer IRL if I had gone to college to play basketball it would have been at a school with a good Ag program, so thats why I choose Kansas since Purdue wasnt available. Although IRL if Bobby Knight would have called me at IU it would have been hard to turn that down, as he is my favorite all time coach.

I suppose they only have so much space to work with, so probably kind of hard for them to not make it feel atleast somewhat forced. Yeah it would be nice if they called you by name and not some lame nickname, especially Prez, if anything why not call you Mr Basketball since your a top recruit, but whatever.

It would be nice if they had a few different story lines, like you a kid from small town like Larry Bird, or a farmkid, which I would prefer being thats my life. Or you coul dbe that inner city kid that made it to college, even though you had a rough upbringing. Another one could be that the kid came from wealthy family, and was born with a silverspoon in his mouth and is a spoiled brat. Also you could be offspring of a former pro athlete whether it be basketball or your day played in the MLB or NFL.

Not complaining really, as I have to say the Prelud is pretty cool other than only 6 mintue halves, thats lame, but a few different story lines would be nice to choose from.

[SoxFan01605]

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I like the idea of a story, even a slightly linear one if I can control the key decisions and most of the background and personality of my player. I also like the idea for this year of having significant interactions with a teammate and a sense of coming up with another rookie.

My hope is that the 100% linear, forced story presented in The Prelude is more a product of resource priority (i.e. putting more into the pro side than an intro/background) than an indicator of how the mode is going to play out, because it really didn't feel all that different from the way they handled MyCareer last year with Spike Lee which I hated for career mode.

[Inzombniac]

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Truthfully, I don't really mind the whole story aspect and can easily enjoy it the first go around. Despite what people said about last year, I liked that once you beat it once, you could go ahead and skip all of the cut scenes so you didn't have to redo everything again.

The only annoying part was that you couldn't skip high school and college so had to play those for no VC. At least this year, you get VC from the college games if The Prelude is the same as the actual MyCareer when you start over so that's nice.

[Tha.Pink.Pantha]

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This is so much more well done than last year...nothing over the top as far as storylines.

At worst, its forgettable, which is better than cringe worthy and offensively offensive like last year. I feel like I can more easily ignore the fact that I'm "Prez" where they'd never let you forget that you are Freq. But we still have to see the full game, but still.

[RLebron12]

Your opinions on stories in MyCareer.

I like this one so far I just wish at the beginning you can have some choices...like different voices..maybe pick your ethnicity and your family members will then be the same ethnicity. It kind ruins the immersion just having it one way regardless of your myPlayer.

The way it is now I make my player a certain way for the story so he fits in then after that I change him more to resemble myself. I just think different options would be better for everyone


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[dbak1111]

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The only real frustrating thing for me as a person who isn't an American is that we're forced into being an American. It completely killed my excitement for the mode right out the gate. It's not really MyCareer, it's 2kCareer.

I was super excited when international teams were announced as I thought there might be a chance to represent Australia in some way in the mode.

[stevencad123]

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I like the story behind it all. Adds that extra touch to the game

[CaCHooKa Man]

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I don't really care about the story. It's just something that I have to go through since you're forced to if you want to play MyPark.

[Black Bruce Wayne]

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If they made the story text based it probably wouldnt be so linear, but because people want voice acting there is only so much they can do.

I would like a text based story where it isnt linear at all. Give me hundreds of choices

[SonicMage]

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I think where the marketing for the MyCareer game mode fails is trying to sell it on a mode where you inject "yourself" into the NBA. MyCareer plays more like a traditional RPG, where the main character is some kind of hero who has their own backstory but you happen to be guiding their interactions. Like I've said before, the description for how MyCareer works this year draws many similarities with the Persona RPG series, which is fantastic.

Focus less on trying to make a model of yourself in the game, and instead work on making a fun, fictional character of which you are playing the lead role. I promise you'll have a much more fun time with the mode and not be sidetracked by breakage of immersion.

[extremeskins04]

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I personally love the storylines because it makes it more immersive and real on what a rookie probably goes through. I would much rather have the story, the options, the decisions, getting traded, being released to FA, signing new shoe deals and endorsements over...

Just getting selected to a team and just playing game..after game...after game...with no depth to the mode.

Sure the cutscenes can be cheesy but I can deal with it for the depth of this mode.

A+ in my book.