Why I'm Done With NBA Basketball This Year: NBA 2K9

[GSW]

Re: Why I'm Done With NBA Basketball This Year: NBA 2K9

You said it was a fact, not me.....I didn't put any words in your mouth.....I offer up options all the time on these forums.......Of course you don't see the positive posts about this game because they're drowned in all the belly aching........You don't read my posts much if you think I dont' complain about the defense........But it really aint that bad and I'll say it as long as I'm on this forum, there's a difference between constructive criticism and and just being ridiculous and nitpicking like the way some of you do..

People like me are the problem? I complain about 2K's shortcomings every year but I never have an overwhelming negative view of the game........So let me get this straight, somebody who thinks 2K did a great job and is actually supportive of them is bad for business?

How about you guys nitpicking about stuff and complaining about every little thing thats wrong with the game, even complaining about **** thats not that serious, then 2K overdoes it the next year or mess something else up. They try to pack as much stuff in the game as possible and people still aren't happy......Thats good for business right? They pack all that crap in the game.

I love 2K9 and if they go flipping the game upside down, a lot of people will be hot....

i didnt realize defensive flaws in a basketball game was nitpicking.

but ok man.

[timid]

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i didnt realize defensive flaws in a basketball game was nitpicking.

but ok man.

You and I both know that I'm talking about more than just the defense.....This game gets nitpicked to death on this forum from hairstyles to dumb **** like kneepads.....

[Stumbleweed]

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Hah, DC and I played today and I won because the sub screen froze and wouldn't leave.. I was able to see a small corner of the court around the graphic and managed to nail a three with Westbrook to win the game by 1. After the game ended, the sub graphic finally left the screen. So weird. Wilcox was there to challenge it, but he drained it anyway.

[Goffs]

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hmm im still playing the PC version even with all its flaws...well ive been mostly modding the hell out of 2k9...shoes, dornas, faces, tatoos, courts....im hoping they get the sounds modded soon...

one thing ive always hated from 2k games is that the animations seem to take over the movements of the players and i end up doing something that i dont want the player to do...

[IGOTU23]

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Well said to the thread starter, I definitely agree with everything u said, especially the defense aspect of the game which is really sad. I hopefully we can expect MUCH more from 2K10 and not a repeat performance.

[Bornindamecca]

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So many people have been "done" with this game since it came out, yet they are still playing.

[ex carrabba fan]

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Shockingly enough I actually put my foot down this year.

Played it at my friend's.. and I just didn't fall in love.

I never thought I'd put my foot down to video games, but it started with NCAA football last year.

NCAA had a lower chance of being shunned than 2K too.

[Eddie1967]

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Nothing but a bunch of noise. It's the same thing every year especially with this holding 2k games to a higher standard crap. Every year someone makes this same almighty revelation about 2k basketball yet they come back year after year. I know the game isn't perfect but it's the best simulation of the sport of basketball to date. I say stop crying and be glad that NBA live isn't the only game on the market.

[oldskoolmaddenfanz27]

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still the best 2k basketball game out there

[mattzane23]

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I still play 2k8 almost daily. I love that game. Tried to like 2k9 numerous times, just can't.

"When I want to pass the ball quickly up the court to a teammate streaking down the wing –- oops, he has to come to a complete stop to catch the pass, losing all his forward momentum in the process, which allows the defense to get back and cut him off."

That is mainly what kills 2k9 for me. Like when you get doubled, you can't hit anybody on the run. When they cut they have to stop and stand there for 5 seconds to receive the pass. Then one day i'm playing my friend, I hit a guy 5 feet from the basket with the pass. The other team has no one close to him. It takes my guy so long to set up for the layup that a guy from the other team runs from half court and blocks the idiot.

So I've updated my 2k8 roster and play it constantly. Hopefully 2k10 is good b/c I'm not creating all the new rookies for 2k8.

[Pared]

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The next time I see David Lee stand there with his hands down by his side and a watch a rebound through it's WHOLE flight and the ball HIT HIM IN HIS HEAD and never make an attempt to rebound please remind me how sim this game is. In otherwords someone should have been reminding me about 6 times today, 7 times yesterday, 5 times the day before.....

The next time I see Chandler go in for a CLEAR uncontested dunk and at the last second switch up for a stupid layup someone please remind me how sim this game is.

You know whats sad though, things happen in this game that if the game was playing realistic all the way through they wouldn't boil your blood. Just played some dude and Brandon Roy collected 5 quick fouls and the CPU would not for the life of it call that 6th foul on him even though the guy controlling him CLEARLY did not care. He drove to the hole 5 times afterwards and CLEARLY they were all charges and the CPU never called it or called blocking. Then, this is where I just couldn't take anymore. I'm bringing the ball up and he's trying to get a cheap foul on me collision animation occurs where Roy hits the ground, Duhon goes flying to the left still controlling his dribble, mind you NO CALL YET, and when Duhon goes flying he's in SLOOOOOOOOOOOW MOOOOOOOOOOOTION, so I go to pass and he LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFTS HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRM INNNNNNNNNNNN SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW MOOOOOOOOOOOTION ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND TRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIES TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSS and gets called for eight seconds. That was it for me. Besides the other BS that was going on like me running great offenses on this guy and shooting not ONE contested shot and only shooting 17%. Strike that. I did shoot a few contested shots. ALL of those I made.

You're using highly modified sliders and highly altered rosters, correct? The numbers look good I bet... LeBron is rated slightly higher than Kobe, etc... but the game plays strange, does it not?

Why can't you put 2 and 2 together?

So many people have been "done" with this game since it came out, yet they are still playing.

I've said this before... as well as...

I just have a problem with the cpu in this game. Playing against my boy we have great games. I just think the cpu offensive logic is quite flawed, and it brings out the other flaws that exist in the "engine".

This. This I completely agree with it. It's not 100% flawed... it just doesn't play out how I would expect. Those CPU only players are the ones "suffering" this year. Between the stale playbooks and play running to the bi-polar defense, against the CPU you will see oddities, especially on the higher difficulty levels.

I'm sure this is something of utmost importance next year, especially with Live 365 being such a hit this year.

[DC]

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Hah, DC and I played today and I won because the sub screen froze and wouldn't leave.. I was able to see a small corner of the court around the graphic and managed to nail a three with Westbrook to win the game by 1. After the game ended, the sub graphic finally left the screen. So weird. Wilcox was there to challenge it, but he drained it anyway.

That was sad forreal man.

[totalownership]

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You're using highly modified sliders and highly altered rosters, correct? The numbers look good I bet... LeBron is rated slightly higher than Kobe, etc... but the game plays strange, does it not?

Why can't you put 2 and 2 together?

2 I'm talking about playing the game online
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2 Alternating between Custom NBA rules and default but ALWAYS with default sliders'
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4 as the game plays 4 times better with the "highly altered rosters and modified sliders" provided by Neon
So when I put all of that "together" it comes out to this game is trash out the box. Anymore math you'd like to do?

I'm done here. Those who see know what's going on so no need for me to even carry on in this thread. Catch ya'll later.

[Pared]

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So, Chandler goes for a clear uncontested dunk, changes up to a layup because you held the shot stick too long initiating the controllable up and under move, and someone needs to remind you how sim the game is?

People have legitimate beefs about the game; Others, however, complain for the sake of complaining.

When you have a "complaint" that results from user error, no programming in the world is going to save you from that. Everyone is asking for more control b/c of the animations and you're arguing about something completely in your control. Completely contradicting what others want.

Let go of the shot stick. Problem solved.

[DC]

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Haven't heard the term, "user error" in a while. I remember Born started saying it last year and eveyrone was calling everything user error.