Re: NBA 2K10 Patch Available, Post Impressions Here (360)
Agreed. I can understand some resisting taking a new/fresh approach because they've invested a lot of time in modifying rosters or Associations, but it would need to be understood if you don't you likely won't get all that the patch has to offer in terms of improvements. As well as improvements to the ratings via roster updates. I liked the game pre-patch w/sliders but decided to take a completely fresh approach myself, and deleted everything except my saved replays. I've been playing everything on default All-Pro with all the sliders at base, and only made changes to the quarter length, real free throw %, and turned the controller defensive assist down to 5. While the shooting percentages at times has been a little on the high side, it's never been more than 5% more than what I'd expect, which is more than reasonable with no slider tweaks.
Overall I really love the improvements the patch has brought. For the most part I've been getting extremely enjoyable and competitive games, with enough variety to make me feel things won't always play out as expected. The player contact is beautiful and they've done a great job of individualizing teams and players. You can really see a difference when good defensive players like Kobe play off-ball defense. The overall flow of the game is just so much more improved.
Also wanted to give kudos to the Insider rosters. Although some despise them, I think they've done a more than capable job. Granted I'm not the perfectionist some are, but I think they've done a relatively good job. Last year before the first patch I could only play the game using Nogster/Portland's rosters, but thought the Insider rosters improved as the year went on. This year the differences in the roster changes were made more aware to me when I wasn't able to connect to the network Sunday morning, and had to use an old roster save from memory card. It wasn't a night and day difference, but the difference was definitely noticeable - the game played much better when I was able to connect and get the updated roster. And was nice to see them improving on updating accessories. Again not perfect, but think overall they're doing a good job.
Still a little early since the patch just released and the PS3 patch hasn't released yet, but given how well-rounded the game has become I don't see why it can't be in the discussion to sports game of the year. I would think most would score it high in the general attributes like Gameplay, Graphics, Presentation, Online, Franchise, Customization options, & extra features. Not many sports games (if any) that match the game as a complete package - imo of course
Agreed. I can understand some resisting taking a new/fresh approach because they've invested a lot of time in modifying rosters or Associations, but it would need to be understood if you don't you likely won't get all that the patch has to offer in terms of improvements. As well as improvements to the ratings via roster updates. I liked the game pre-patch w/sliders but decided to take a completely fresh approach myself, and deleted everything except my saved replays. I've been playing everything on default All-Pro with all the sliders at base, and only made changes to the quarter length, real free throw %, and turned the controller defensive assist down to 5. While the shooting percentages at times has been a little on the high side, it's never been more than 5% more than what I'd expect, which is more than reasonable with no slider tweaks.
Overall I really love the improvements the patch has brought. For the most part I've been getting extremely enjoyable and competitive games, with enough variety to make me feel things won't always play out as expected. The player contact is beautiful and they've done a great job of individualizing teams and players. You can really see a difference when good defensive players like Kobe play off-ball defense. The overall flow of the game is just so much more improved.
Also wanted to give kudos to the Insider rosters. Although some despise them, I think they've done a more than capable job. Granted I'm not the perfectionist some are, but I think they've done a relatively good job. Last year before the first patch I could only play the game using Nogster/Portland's rosters, but thought the Insider rosters improved as the year went on. This year the differences in the roster changes were made more aware to me when I wasn't able to connect to the network Sunday morning, and had to use an old roster save from memory card. It wasn't a night and day difference, but the difference was definitely noticeable - the game played much better when I was able to connect and get the updated roster. And was nice to see them improving on updating accessories. Again not perfect, but think overall they're doing a good job.
Still a little early since the patch just released and the PS3 patch hasn't released yet, but given how well-rounded the game has become I don't see why it can't be in the discussion to sports game of the year. I would think most would score it high in the general attributes like Gameplay, Graphics, Presentation, Online, Franchise, Customization options, & extra features. Not many sports games (if any) that match the game as a complete package - imo of course
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