NBA 2K12 - Let's Talk About NBA Authenticity, Artistic Improvements

[mr.trojan]

Re: NBA 2K12 - Let's Talk About NBA Authenticity, Artistic Improvements

they need to fix the net .like make it look like a real net.. fix the rims and everything and then they should make courts way bigger than they are

[tha2one]

Re: NBA 2K12 - Let's Talk About NBA Authenticity, Artistic Improvements

My own thoughts for specific ARENA Improvements. Qouting and Adding on from the 1st page from PARED.

Arena Specific

"-Camera Angles! Create a camera angle setting called "Arena" and make it specific to that arena. Don't think your customers can't handle a slight change in angle - we can!

-New Orleans - Benches are reversed; Home is on the left, Visiting on the right (if you are facing the scorer's table)

-Verizon Center: Please fix the arena lighting. You guys have them playing in lights out lighting, and it's not the correct lighting used when watching their games on TV. The crowd should be very visible and the court lighting should be much brighter. The lighting you had in 2k10 was correct.

EDIT: Also the Overhead Jumbotron should be lower and Bigger! And please Add the Banners.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Verizon_Center_12-05-2007.JPG

-Staples Center (Lakers) - Not dark enough on the crowd.

-Staples Center (Clippers) - Red needs to be more red. Looks more pinkish than red.

** WE WANT TO SEE A DIFFERENCE playing @ Clippers(LIGHTS ON) and Lakers(LIGHTS OFF)

-MSG was very well done!

-Oracle Arena (Warriors) - Colors are off, especially the blue. Real life vs. In game.

-America Airlines Arena (Heat)

-Taget Center (TWolves) - Fix Lighting

- Please add the REAL Amway Center in Orlando.

http://www.e-techasia.com/uploads/e4/e7/e4e742822c93d6f6878e9011e304efb2/amway_center_017.jpg

-United Center(Bulls) There Arena is fine. But where are the REAL Championship banners? And Retirement Banners??? I dont see why not? They included the Sixers, Heat, and Celtics banners.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3061/2883624533_8887eab410_z.jpg

- Finally ADD and AUTHENTICATE Houston's Toyota Center http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2384/...da0cc96c59.jpg

I am just saying and suggesting the "small things" to have aunthenticity in NBA2K also starts with these Arena's atmosphere's. It's where we play! Aside from presentation and Gameplay/Graphics, I believe this somewhat plays a role on making the game fun. Like Madden "Its what you see on Sundays" or MLB 11 The Show "the little things" I feel that 2k should be able to do these things too.

It is kinda like a blower when you see the LAZINESS or (maybe not that they probably dont think it is a big deal) when it comes to the arena's seeing PLAIN BANNERS with just the teams name instead of the actual championships. The "Small things" ya know.

Also I would like to see them atleast aunthenticate some real DLEAGUE Arena's so the atomosphere wont be dry. Or atleast have certain types of default arena's where you can also use it for creating a team.

Thats all I have for now!

[NikeBlitz]

Re: NBA 2K12 - Let's Talk About NBA Authenticity, Artistic Improvements

Something i loved in NBA 2K9 : Real NBA footage before games.


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[Knicks101]

make it like madden, let us choose the colour of socks that we want and let us choose the colour of the team sleeves all at once and individualy

[Knicks101]

b4 each game ^

[ifriedrice]

Re: NBA 2K12 - Let's Talk About NBA Authenticity, Artistic Improvements

I'm at work and can't contribute myself, but with the recent news of era specific presentation, can anyone start posting pictures for reference to different era broadcasts?

[Ricky Rowe Zay]

Re: NBA 2K12 - Let's Talk About NBA Authenticity, Artistic Improvements

Also Michael Beasley & Udonis Haslem have each cut their braids.

[highlightfactory]

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, but the op included a request for variation in buzzer-beater reactions, so I guess I'll throw this out there since it's along the same lines:

I'd like to see the bench react more logically to what's going on. I don't know how many times I've gone down the lane and just posterized one of the premier stars in the NBA, just to have one guy get off the bench and hold his fist in the air-- the type of reaction we normally see when somebody hits a three. That really breaks the realism for me. When Lebron dunks on KG, I want to see guys exploding off the bench, trying to hold one another back. If Kobe scores five baskets in a row, I want to see the Laker bench recognize that something special is happening and react accordingly.

It would also be nice to see players jaw at the opposing bench after dunking or hitting a three near the opposing bench, and also to see players nod at or get pumped up with their own bench when something elite happens on that end.

[Goffs]

Re: NBA 2K12 - Let's Talk About NBA Authenticity, Artistic Improvements

Also Michael Beasley & Udonis Haslem have each cut their braids.

heres a pic for reference

[ifriedrice]

Re: NBA 2K12 - Let's Talk About NBA Authenticity, Artistic Improvements

Probably late for faces, but I'm hoping the art team went for a return to the 2K9 style of not animating the facial emotions so much. 2K10 and 11 has way better detail and lighting, but any time someone made a face like yelling or lifting their eyebrows, it looked terrible (with the exception of the sig Kobe scowl and MJ tongue).

[RubenDouglas]

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How did I miss this thread?

For me, it all goes back to court colors..

How the LA CLIPPERS get pink instead of red and the GS Warriors get a bright yellow shade that never existed, is beyond me. I notice this stuff within half a second. And in CH2k8, it was all editable. The immersion factor was not there for me in NBA 2k11. It's that last missing piece.. When it all goes together nicely, and your HDTV presents the colors all in one uniform correct way, i'm happy. It becomes a smooth polished product that many would've even notice.

Either fix the courts or provide some type of editor so we can do it ourselves..

This sort of petty stuff that is fixable on a computer in 5 minutes is irritating to continue to bring up. But it's a part of the game that is essential.


This is what we get in the final version



This is what is modded into the game usually the same day the game drops



And GSW:

What we get:



What we need:


I know the NBA gives out a pamphlet with "team colors" to use and all this other stuff. And I suppose they are supposed to abide by that no matter what. But PLEASE USE COMMON SENSE and change things Colors are the least of one teams worries when it comes to crunch time, so if they follow what's on the pamphlet, it's quickly marked off the to do list and seemingly forgotten about.

Maybe this has been talked about but I didnt see any photos

[J_Posse]

How did I miss this thread?

For me, it all goes back to court colors..

How the LA CLIPPERS get pink instead of red and the GS Warriors get a bright yellow shade that never existed, is beyond me. I notice this stuff within half a second. And in CH2k8, it was all editable. The immersion factor was not there for me in NBA 2k11. It's that last missing piece.. When it all goes together nicely, and your HDTV presents the colors all in one uniform correct way, i'm happy. It becomes a smooth polished product that many would've even notice.

Either fix the courts or provide some type of editor so we can do it ourselves..

This sort of petty stuff that is fixable on a computer in 5 minutes is irritating to continue to bring up. But it's a part of the game that is essential.


This is what we get in the final version



This is what is modded into the game usually the same day the game drops



And GSW:

What we get:



What we need:


I know the NBA gives out a pamphlet with "team colors" to use and all this other stuff. And I suppose they are supposed to abide by that no matter what. But PLEASE USE COMMON SENSE and change things Colors are the least of one teams worries when it comes to crunch time, so if they follow what's on the pamphlet, it's quickly marked off the to do list and seemingly forgotten about.

Maybe this has been talked about but I didnt see any photos

Nice to see you back around, Ruben. People with your eye for detail are always a great thing to see. Hopefully, posters like you will be around all season with 2K's announcement about year-round updates.

Note: Your screenshot of the G-State (PC) court isn't showing.

Sent from Spurs Nation HQ

[VDusen04]

Re: NBA 2K12 - Let's Talk About NBA Authenticity, Artistic Improvements

heres a pic for reference

I am hopeful they add that to his signature package.

[Knicks101]

wen their is a big dunk or bloc, some type of momentum causing the other team to take a timeout have that replay show during the timeout and hav our options on the corner so we can still make our adjustments.......also let us call plays during the timeout so wen the timeout is over we can go directly into a play

[aloncho11]

Re: NBA 2K12 - Let's Talk About NBA Authenticity, Artistic Improvements

Make sure MJ and Pip are given the same respect regarding their faces. In 2K11 Magic Johnson was darker than MJ ...

From the 2k12 video one can see that MJ is a tad darker and his face looks to be revamped. That is good. 2K should make sure to give Pippen the same amount of attention to detail as his face in 2K11 looked kind of generic if compared to Bill Cartwright or Stacey King.