NBA 2K12 Demo Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[Jukeman]

Re: NBA 2k12 Demo Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360) Later Today For PS3

OMG I was given a free day today (Boss call me and told me to stay home)



Gears and 2k here I come!

[Da_Czar]

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If I do have a concern it's that it seems LeBron could do it everytime if he chose to. For the most part if you play off he'll shoot the jumper but, sometimes even when playing off he'll decide to go and so far it seems really hard to do anything about it. With the devs stating that playing on ball D is more advantageous to playing off it's gonna be tough trying to stay in front of guys.

I'm sure I'll get it down but, it seems the defensive movements are more elongated than the offensive movements making it difficult to change direction quickly enough to keep up with the quicker offensive movements.

Looks like I'll be playing a lot of zone vs the Heat haha.

The game is beautiful by the way. Can't wait til Oct. 4th.

Boot Dallas doesn't have any quick defenders on the floor. It feels different with quicker defenders. But in reality who can really stay in front of lebron ? LOL. Also done forget hold both trigger to enter your quick defensive shuffle.

When they turn the corner on you on defense be sure to adjust your angle to cut them off. It is not like last year where you move diagonal and the animation saves you. Think of retreating to protect the angle to the basket. Your going to have to give up something with slow footed defenders.

[Nokstar]

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It's huge because there's only so much of an improvement you can make,

and that "so much" has been made

The player models are great, the game play has been upgraded in almost every single aspect of the game


What else could you ask for?

I could careless what the video looks like, I don't play video games to watch videos.

completely disagree..i like it..but in my head these statements are just false. Huge means huge..wether its gameplay..graphics..flow..whatever..nothing is a huge upgrade going by the demo.

The only real difference in control this year are the new post controls and jumpshots..this is just going by the demo tho. Other than that..differences im seeing are just moreso the WAY u perform moves..the moves either being the same or different animations for them. The locomotion is not that much different at all to me. Post defense still feels the same outside of having a bigger window to strip. I do notice when somebody is backing you down u can move back quicker..a la "pulling the chair out"...thats nice.

I cant see how you can sit there and say "not much else can be done"...there will always be alot that can be done..i could go on a rant but the only thing that would do is paint a picture as if i think the game is bad..its not at all..i just dont think its a huge improvement like alot of people in here are portraying..i dont want to mislead people who havnt played yet..im just trying to be honest as possible. Some of you guys are literrally making posts as if the game is completely different than 2k11..its just not..its a improvment yet..but dont say huge man lol.

[Mike Smoove]

Re: NBA 2k12 Demo Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360) Later Today For PS3

The flick flick moves for the step through is great, cant wait to master it, dribbling is more responsive, loving how I can go in what ever direction I want instead of watching a animation play. Game feels ALOT more smoother. Crowd atmosphere was great, just a little too early to beef it up. Gonna test it on the surround sound later.

[spankdatazz22]

Re: NBA 2k12 Demo Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360) Later Today For PS3

Quick impressions:

+ Love the new collision detection/physics/changes to the animation system
+ Variable intros are great; won't be getting old anytime soon
+ improved cpu play: uses special moves more, plays smart, more aggressive
+ Love the little TNT-like advertisement - brilliant
+ Y button for initiating post very intuitive

- Short demo, although can jump right straight into another game
- missing the replay button!

Plays like an infinitely more refined 2K11; having fun learning new controls

[Goffs]

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+ Love the little TNT-like advertisement - brilliant

They can push this further advertising other 2k games like Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands 2 etc etc....

[elprez98]

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.i dont want to mislead people who havnt played yet..im just trying to be honest as possible. Some of you guys are literrally making posts as if the game is completely different than 2k11..its just not..its a improvment yet..but dont say huge man lol.

Again, to each their own. Just because you don't believe its a huge difference doesn't make it true for someone else.

Personally, it feels a lot lot different than 2k11. But then again, 2k has consistently stayed in my console for the entire year. To me, the player movement is better, the jumpers are smoother, there are consistent reach-in calls, the AI makes you pay with great offensive play and Dirk is a beast........wait that is the same as 2k11.

[tehova]

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As someone that likes to call some sort of play everytime down the court this is the most frustrating experience you can imagine


One team to play with October cant get here fast enough

[Xx Qontrolz xX]

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RiDirkulously cheesy 1


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[Steve_OS]

Re: NBA 2k12 Demo Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360) Later Today For PS3

For those worrying...

In my time w/ the game (not the demo) I saw 3 second calls and the game didn't freeze.

Just FYI.

[2slik]

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I'm liking how you can post someone up from the 3 point line. There isn't any force-fields anymore.

Wade is nasty, he's constantly keeping fernandez off balance. There was one play where he did a couple of isomotion moves that really sold to me that he was driving, so I backed off and he stepped back and hit an uncontested three. Don't like that the CPU is over-hesistant though. They should take their chances more instead of jumping to shoot and then passing off at the last minute.

It seems though that you can do layups as if you were in a layup line, when there is a lot of bodies in the paint.

Steals work much better. I saw that Joel Anthony was dribbling towards the paint, which he has no business of doing, so i yanked the ball from him with kidd.

[Bootzilla]

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Well...there's not a lot you can do to stop Lebron in real life either. If his jumper is on...man, with the way the CPU plays he could easily torch you for 30+.

Wasn't talking about stopping him. Umm yeah he's tough to stop but, his movements aren't so quick and compact that it's hard to stay in front of him.........

[DurtySoufReppin]

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completely disagree..i like it..but in my head these statements are just false. Huge means huge..wether its gameplay..graphics..flow..whatever..nothing is a huge upgrade going by the demo.

The only real difference in control this year are the new post controls and jumpshots..this is just going by the demo tho. Other than that..differences im seeing are just moreso the WAY u perform moves..the moves either being the same or different animations for them. The locomotion is not that much different at all to me. Post defense still feels the same outside of having a bigger window to strip. I do notice when somebody is backing you down u can move back quicker..a la "pulling the chair out"...thats nice.

I cant see how you can sit there and say "not much else can be done"...there will always be alot that can be done..i could go on a rant but the only thing that would do is paint a picture as if i think the game is bad..its not at all..i just dont think its a huge improvement like alot of people in here are portraying..i dont want to mislead people who havnt played yet..im just trying to be honest as possible. Some of you guys are literrally making posts as if the game is completely different than 2k11..its just not..its a improvment yet..but dont say huge man lol.

Well as a true NBA/2k/and Basketball fan I must say the improvements are HUMONGOUS!!!!!!


They might not be to you, but they are to me and anyone who takes a true NBA/Basketball simulation seriously.The things that you might consider small are a huge improvement to me because I look at the bigger picture.

The way they changed the post game really separates the finesse players from the power players and the face-up players from the back to the basket players.

When you play with Dirk you're force to shoot mid range jumpers and keep your defender off balance because he doesn't have the strength to get deep in the post, not to mention CPU (and probably users) can actually block your post shots this year if you don't keep them guessing.

In 2k11, you could get deep in the post anytime you wanted to with any player.

The way they they fix the contact really makes strength an important attribute offensively and defensively.

That's a HUGE improvement to me. You're force to simulate the player in order for him to be effective.

[Goffs]

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RiDirkulously cheesy 1


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ok...i need to learn the post up game...

[Gramps91]

Anybody know what time demo is released for ps3