Official NBA 2K11 Impressions Thread (PC)

[hlhbk]

I know we have an impressions thread but the PC version is another monster. When people get the PC version can you please post your specs, how it runs, any config changes needed to get it to run good?

Most importantly can you confirm that the game is as good on the PC as everyone says the console version is?

Please put all PC impressions here.

[Boge]

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AMD Phenom II 720x4 @ 2.8ghz
ATI Radeon 4890 1GB HDMI
4GB DDR2 1066 RAM
Windows 7x64 Ultimate
360 Wireless gamepad with PC adapter

After about 15 minutes installation time and 6.17GB of Hard drive space, I was ready to run the game. First thing it does is ask you if you want to change your video settings, which I did. I turned everything up to max at 1920x1080.

The game runs just fine. I did a benchmark and was sitting on 74fps. It looks just fine too, what you'd expect for the PC version. The floor reflections were questionable for me though. At first it seemed there were none, just shadows, but then I could see the lights from the ceiling. I'm thinking it's fine, but I have nothing to compare that to.

I'm happy to say that the controls for the 360 wireless pad work perfectly. They are set right this year and both triggers function at the same time. There are also the default 360 icons for the buttons, LT, RT, A, X, Y, B, you get the gist.

I'm going to dip into some creating players/team and My player mode. So far so good, nothing abnormal to report yet.

NOTE: Be sure to turn your controller on before running the game or it will not work.

[ConfigSys]

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AMD Phenom II 720x4 @ 2.8ghz
ATI Radeon 4890 1GB HDMI
4GB DDR2 1066 RAM
Windows 7x64 Ultimate
360 Wireless gamepad with PC adapter

After about 15 minutes installation time and 6.17GB of Hard drive space, I was ready to run the game. First thing it does is ask you if you want to change your video settings, which I did. I turned everything up to max at 1920x1080.

The game runs just fine. I did a benchmark and was sitting on 74fps. It looks just fine too, what you'd expect for the PC version. The floor reflections were questionable for me though. At first it seemed there were none, just shadows, but then I could see the lights from the ceiling. I'm thinking it's fine, but I have nothing to compare that to.

I'm happy to say that the controls for the 360 wireless pad work perfectly. They are set right this year and both triggers function at the same time. There are also the default 360 icons for the buttons, LT, RT, A, X, Y, B, you get the gist.

I'm going to dip into some creating players/team and My player mode. So far so good, nothing abnormal to report yet.

NOTE: Be sure to turn your controller on before running the game or it will not work.

What about Custom Arena Music ?

[domidomdomz]

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@Boge

Where'd you get your copy, man? And from what country are you?

Do the DVD version come with a serial key or some kind of anti-piracy protection?

Have you tried to play online already?

[Cripterion]

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Yeah could you please check if there is custom audio in it...

[DayZ]

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Could you please post the recommended settings

For us people who's graphics cards are great on some games but not good enough on others.

[kjjnesb]

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I played the 30 min demo on the Onlive thing and I didn't see custom soundtrack support...

[10k]

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I played the 30 min demo on the Onlive thing and I didn't see custom soundtrack support...

Figures. Took 2K 2 years before we got native 360 icons on the PC version, probably a few more before we get custom tracks.

[Boge]

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I see nothing for custom audio.

I bought the game at Gamestop in American Fork, Utah in the USA.

Required specs:
P4 2.4ghz or equivalent (2.8ghz for Windows Vista)
512MB Ram
128MB Vid card, ATI x1300+ or Nvidia 6600+ DX9.0 with Shader model 3.0

Recommended:
3ghz dual core or equivalent
2GB ram
512MB vid card, Geforce 7900GT or better

It also says 10.5 GB hard drive space, but it's only taking up 6.17 for me, probably need some extra for saves I guess.

I might have bumped into a bug. I created My Player, and he's got huge arms even though I tried to make him as skinny as possible. It's bothering me.

[Cripterion]

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Should have known, how hard is it to include this feature for pc. I mean it should have been on pc first and consoles later, this feature is made for pc.

Disappointing, really...

EDIT : wasn't there a post by ChaseB saying they had extra time with the pc version and that it was the definitive version? So why are we still missing features from the console versions?? No doubt they're not advertising the pc version too much and didn't mention it once in the insights...

[Dalifeblives]

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Played both PS3 and PC version. PS3 version looks great but the damn crowd on the sidelines looks bad. PC version works but I noticed the game menu is old style. Ps3 has a great looking new menu. No custom arena music in PC version. Online on the PS3 worked great. Not sure which version I am going to hold on to and keep playing.

[samfromaus]

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hope this is in the right thread.

probably get flamed but anyway, can anyone comment on weather any of the following have in address particularly in My Player.

• Point Guard going into back court
• Team members stepping out of bounds (seem to always happen to Kobe)
• Big men going up for the dunk then kicking it out for a stupid shot
• Big men with an open basket going into some stupid lay-up animation and missing
• CPU players hit everything
• Players on my team seem to miss wide open shots
• Superstars on my team arent productive
• CPU seems impossible to guard when they get into a lay-up animation
• I getting the feeling when I am given a task such as make 2 3 pointers all my 3 point shots miss even though I have a rating of 80
• Sometimes I feel like the computer takes over control of my player for a split second
• CPU team members wont switch on defence making it impossible to guard the pick and roll
• CPU team members go the wrong way around screens
• Point guard often wont pass the ball to the free man
• A lot of times I feel like my pass gets redirected instead of passing to the open player

[Lubey]

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hope this is in the right thread.

probably get flamed but anyway, can anyone comment on weather any of the following have in address particularly in My Player.

• Point Guard going into back court
• Team members stepping out of bounds (seem to always happen to Kobe)
• Big men going up for the dunk then kicking it out for a stupid shot
• Big men with an open basket going into some stupid lay-up animation and missing
• CPU players hit everything
• Players on my team seem to miss wide open shots
• Superstars on my team arent productive
• CPU seems impossible to guard when they get into a lay-up animation
• I getting the feeling when I am given a task such as make 2 3 pointers all my 3 point shots miss even though I have a rating of 80
• Sometimes I feel like the computer takes over control of my player for a split second
• CPU team members wont switch on defence making it impossible to guard the pick and roll
• CPU team members go the wrong way around screens
• Point guard often wont pass the ball to the free man
• A lot of times I feel like my pass gets redirected instead of passing to the open player

I think this thread was designed more for things specific to the PC, like system performance, and difference between the PC and console versions. Seems like these are just about the game in general, so you might want to post them in the stickied Q&A thread or Impressions thread. Just a suggestion, and thanks for the impressions.

[Cripterion]

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Played both PS3 and PC version. PS3 version looks great but the damn crowd on the sidelines looks bad. PC version works but I noticed the game menu is old style. Ps3 has a great looking new menu. No custom arena music in PC version. Online on the PS3 worked great. Not sure which version I am going to hold on to and keep playing.

Old menu? As in we have to hold the joystick in the direction we want to navigate through the settings?

It's like they stole a page from EA sports (Fifa11) and decided to gimp the pc version.

What about the on court sounds? Can you hear the shoes screeching on the floor and the ball bouncing sounds?

Can you assign a name from a list of names in myplayer mode?

Disappointed but appreciate the impressions from you guys nonetheless.

[domidomdomz]

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So the PC version still has that old menu? Even in-game (i.e. quick play)?


*I don't have the game yet, just got this screenshot from someone who has it.