NBA 2K11 Video: From the Demo at Gamescom

[Greene_Flash03]

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why is Caron Butler lookin as dark as Luol Deng? I don't get that.. he's way lighter than that in real life.

Because it's a crappy video.. everybody looks darker. Wait for a better one..

[Kaanyr Vhok]

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why is Caron Butler lookin as dark as Luol Deng? I don't get that.. he's way lighter than that in real life.

Butler was too dark in 2k10 too. Like I said in another thread Caron Butler and CJ Miles should switch skin.

[Dazraz]

Looks awesome. Any gameplay issues can normally be resolved with slider adjustment so no have no worries there. This game will be special.

[SeerMagicX]

I'm confused as to why 2k would have nba 2k8 on the floor playable. atleast they updated the rosters it seems.

[Dalsanto0026]

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Impressive vid imo. I love the new presentation and fluid animations. I like the camera angle as well.

There's too many nitpickers in this thread, the game looks great.

[T3AMGEIST]

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Will this game be playable for the public at gamescom? Got the chance to visit the gc but thought that 2k sport wont show nba 2k there!

[Goffs]

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Will this game be playable for the public at gamescom? Got the chance to visit the gc but thought that 2k sport wont show nba 2k there!

i believe so....unless DaWolf works for some gaming website...better head back there T3AM and get some 10 minute vids!!

[Tha_Kid]

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Honestly, my thought on the video was that it looked great. The pause menu was intriguing and i'd like to see what the rest of the menu interface looks like. Asterisks about slider & difficulty aside, it looked really slick. That said, the things that made me dump 2k10 after a couple of days (control, shooting, general feel) can't be judged from a video. Looking forward to a non-bare-bones demo from 2k next month.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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Looks like Sherill Miller is gone.

[Da-Man]

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The game looks like crap and so does live 11.
Looks like im stuck with going outside and playing real basketball till 2k12.

[oOausarOo]

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That Brendon Haywood reach on Wade was terrible. You've got a 7'0" center running side by side with Wade, reaching across his body and knocking the ball away. That's not acceptable gameplay to me so I hope the 'sim' sliders address plays like that. I don't understand why the program the game to make attempting steals the foundation of defense.

That looks exactly like 2k10 when someone knocks the ball out of your hand it almost always goes back to the defense for some unknown reason. They've got to make that more of a 50/50 type of thing if they can't get it right visually.

On top of all that irregardless of casual or sim sliders steals look to be still cannimated. Brendon Haywood's steal attempt gives him a magical speed boost allowing him to catch up to Wade, even to the point of almost getting in front of him.

2k/VC has got to completely get rid of these cannimations because it's hurting the gameplay.

[bearschicago]

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That Brendon Haywood reach on Wade was terrible. You've got a 7'0" center running side by side with Wade, reaching across his body and knocking the ball away. That's not acceptable gameplay to me so I hope the 'sim' sliders address plays like that. I don't understand why the program the game to make attempting steals the foundation of defense.

That looks exactly like 2k10 when someone knocks the ball out of your hand it almost always goes back to the defense for some unknown reason. They've got to make that more of a 50/50 type of thing if they can't get it right visually.

On top of all that irregardless of casual or sim sliders steals look to be still cannimated. Brendon Haywood's steal attempt gives him a magical speed boost allowing him to catch up to Wade, even to the point of almost getting in front of him.

2k/VC has got to completely get rid of these cannimations because it's hurting the gameplay.

This was in my ultimate sim wishlist as well:

-Get rid of all steal animations that make you lose control of your player. Steal button should simply be trying to swipe/deflect the ball. All these crazy animations are effective because they slow down the offensive player and fouls aren’t called enough.

Another thing someone mentioned at the 2K forums is bigs trying to reach in the post instead of contesting the shot. Dirk at 1:23. In real life they would put both arms straight up.

Again this is in default mode so we don't know what happens in Simulation mode.

[DaveDQ]

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Just last year at this time most were viewing the interruptible commentary as revolutionary in terms of how it flowed with the action occurring in the game. I think it doesn't get the credit it deserves and adds immensely to the liveliness of feeling like it's a real telecast. Perhaps they could tweak it/tone down the reactions some at times, but I feel it's extremely well done and something to marvel at from a technology standpoint

I think it's the best commentary you'll find in a game. It could use some balance. Where you have the female reporter giving her information, I don't see them interrupting her for a big play. That big play interruption can get too familiar. The commentary can be chatty, but it's still very well done.

[oOausarOo]

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The game mode has nothing to do with the cannimation. The only thing I can hope for there is that the Haywood reach is called a foul 99% of the time.

The commentary in 2k is great. That's the last thing I'm concerned about. The big play interruption only happens too often when you are playing on arcade style sliders.

[youvalss]

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The game looks like crap and so does live 11.
Looks like im stuck with going outside and playing real basketball till 2k12.

That's a good thing to do, regardless the quality of video games.