NBA 2K11 Demo Available Now, Impressions and Discussion Here (360,PS3)

[randombrother]

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Demo feels very smooth. I like that. Players moving around seem very good. BBall fundamentals seem there for the most part. However, there was a bad omen for me. The VERY first 3 plays went like this. I inbound ball and forgot about shot stick so half way between half court line and 3 pt line I had picked up my dribble. Basically in trouble so I said F it and chucked up the 3 with Fisher, swoosh. Next play Celtics miss and I come down to feed the post and Garnett gets it and passes it ,from directly under the basket, the FULL length of the court to the corner where I had a man directly in the face of the CPU's man. No way that should have went down. Garnett looked better than Tom Brady to fit that pass in there. 3rd issue I've seen players running past loose balls. The head to it but seem to keep running past it.

I was left scratching my head that those would be the very first plays I see in the game. Otherwise loving it but those issues gave me great pause.

[oOausarOo]

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The animations are amazing. I don't know what they did, but the animations are smooth, fluid and amazingly life like. You feel like you're controlling human beings and not robots. I've never gotten a robotic feel from past 2k games, but this one is at another level.

LOL @ whoever said they got Kobe's shot wrong. It looks exactly like him.

[Saijahn]

looks good, plays good, but the demo sucks because you can't run plays not even limited plays, and you can't choose the celtics, no on the fly adjustments. guess we'll just have to wait until the 5th, but in my case around the 16th.

[Boilerbuzz]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJlEcIODnzE Notice what allen does to Garnett at 4:16. Finally the players can collide with each other. Also at 2:06 Rondo gets bumped a lil by Perkins and he does a lil stumble lol

Good eye man. This is the sort of thing I saw in the Kobe spin video I noted earlier. I'm seeing all of these videos and I have to say that I'm surprised at how polished everything is looking so far. Normally, when a game first hits and THOUSANDS of people get at it, some huge issue will pop up all over the net immediately. I'm sure there will be some issue - every game has them - but I'm just surprised how ever video looks clean.

[whatitisinsports]

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WOW, other than the minor gripes--no co-op, only play lakers, etc...you can see so many instant improvements, no play calling, but you can see plays being ran, broken, re-ran. spacing is awesome, movement,....sick, sick, sick, on 7th play now.

[Johnny Kelevra]

Positives: Definitely moves smoother than 2k10. Graphics look better, players seem to be built more accurately (size wise), and the player textures are nice. Controls are more accurate. It's easier to go where you want with your dribbling. Collision detection is much better, blocking and rebounding also seem pretty good at this point. A lot of the new dunk and layup animations look great. Turbo cheesing isn't as effective. Turbo works much more like how it should, get your man leaning one way and explode quickly the other way, running around like a moron doesn't cut it.

Negative: Too many easy passes tipped/stolen. I think they may have overdone this a bit.

[Jano]

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Quick breakdown on how to run a play(in the demo atleast):

Once most of your players are past half court tap LB/L1 and then quickly follow that up by pressing the icon of the player you want to run the play for. For example, Kobe Bryant would be B or O. So initially, tap LB/L1 and then quickly tap B/O. A red circle will be under the player of choice, Kobe in this case. You will now need to press another face button (A,B,X,Y/X,O,Triangle,Square) to initiate a play. If done correctly, play art will show up on the court.

It'll take a few times to be able to perform it constantly, and i'm sure that in the released version of 2k11 it will be much easier to do judging by Da Czar's videos. If you have any questions, just ask them in here.

Thanks for the tip man, works well when the player doesn't pick up the ball.

[RubenDouglas]

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CPU teammate Pay Gasol with a chase down block against Paul Pierce.

These deflections are great to see. The more I play, the more I see. crazy

[FearlessKaz]

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Seeing Pierces mid range and 3 point set shot puts a smile on my face. Just sick.

[eko718]

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Positives: Definitely moves smoother than 2k10. Graphics look better, players seem to be built more accurately (size wise), and the player textures are nice. Controls are more accurate. It's easier to go where you want with your dribbling. Collision detection is much better, blocking and rebounding also seem pretty good at this point. A lot of the new dunk and layup animations look great. Turbo cheesing isn't as effective. Turbo works much more like how it should, get your man leaning one way and explode quickly the other way, running around like a moron doesn't cut it.

Negative: Too many easy passes tipped/stolen. I think they may have overdone this a bit.

You need to make good passes. I don't think its overdone at all. Balls don't fly through hands, and if a defender is within reach of a ball he will reach for it. This is a good thing. If you slow down the offense and wait for openings/create openings for passes, you may find that the balance is quite solid. This game, even on pro, forces good decision making. That can't be bad for a sim player.

[iLLosophy]

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After playing the demo, I was really about to cancel my pre-order until I saw this:

• LT+RT to post up

Thank you for bringing back post up button....err buttons

[convince]

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The worst part about this one player thing. Is that we can't really see if there are any exploits. Your only going to find them in user vs user games.

But keep the impressions coming guys. It sounds so up lifting.

If this is your issue, you might want to cancel your preorder. Every game is going to have some exploits when dealing with user vs user. That's just common sense. If you don't think people will find a way to "cheese" with the game then you are kidding yourself.

[Boilerbuzz]

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I think it has to do with the floor spacing. But thats what it seems to me from the videos I've seen.

Nah. The camera is closer than 2K10.

[Boilerbuzz]

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Well, the one thing I did like about 2K10 in regards to pump fakes that the CPU would not only NOT BITE on the pump face but make you pay by swiping ans stealing the ball from you. Now given that you had it on a higher difficulty setting and the right sliders. Just hope this is the case in 2K11.

I don't see why that would not be the case.

[dwanestar]

come on psn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am waiting man ...first comments on the video
it looks more fluid cpu a.i is improved a lot! Defense is way better
what i want to feel is the player movement cause last year it was bad!
COME ON PSN COME ON NBA 2K LETS GET IT IN MAIN ....I WILL BE BACK WITH MY VIDEO ON YOUTUBE