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

[mf756193]

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

It could be worse. It could be a madden demo where you get a full game but the gameplay just isn't a big improvement over the previous year lol. IMO the 2k11 jump to 2k12 is bigger than the madden 10 jump to madden 12 (the most recent 2 maddens i played). Gives you an idea about which company cares about their product and actually has passion in making a better game.

LOL buddy... I'd like to know what your smoking!

[iLLosophy]

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

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Impressions:

-Boxing out actually works!
-Post up/Shots take some getting use to. But it feels like it's the way it should've been all along. I spent all year mastering the wrong way and now I have to unlearn it But it's hard to explain - but it goes back to Rob's point about getting rid of the Canned animations.
-Presentation is pretty nice
-Demo is featureless
-There's a lot more pump faking and defenders jumping. Hoping this doesn't translate in PvP
-Maybe I need to play more, but when folks dunk, I don't hear the typical dunk sound. It sounds like a regular jumper going in.
-Lebron is fast!
-At around @1:45 I shot a 20 foot hookshot with dirk ????

[NINJAK2]

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

After playing this demo 3 times I have to say this is the smoothest this game has felt since 2k8 in regards to control. I love the post mechanic as it is now very simple to turn your back compared to 2k11. The A.I. from an offensive standpoint is far better than years past as wade and lebron used everything in their arsenal to create space and get to where they wanted. People will be calling Dallas the cheese team this year with the tools available to Dirk in 2k12 lol. His fade away is nearly unstoppable and my best friend who is a Mavs fan will be in love with this game.

Like playing defense a lot and look forward to playing it against a human come October 4th. 2k failed though in regards to depth of the demo. Maybe they can argue the fact that they didn't have time to put in the playcalling but the lack of even a versus option is pretty pathetic (unless I'm missing some way to activate it). I expected the bare minimum so I'm not too heart broken. Despite all that I liked what I played.

[WhiteCollarTix]

I don't know if anyone else posted this but I committed a flagrant on Wade on a fast break. I used the intentional foul button. He got 2 free throws by himself then the ball on the side.

[Boilerbuzz]

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

too bad they looked like they could care less.....

? They celebrated after the shot. Celebrated after the review. What more do you want for the end of the FIRST QUARTER?

The video quality was horrible though. I'm still dizzy after seeing that.

[CX1329]

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

My only complaint is that the demo is too easy. It's hard to lose, especially considering how ridiculously hard 2K11 can be. Then again, like I said before, the demo is probably on Pro, like last year.

[fatleg3]

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

I think people forget this. They have to take time out of the schedule and make a special demo version. That's not necessarily an easy thing to do. Nor is it totally free to the developer. But for YOU, it's free. I've never been on to look a gift horse in the mouth (I wonder where that saying comes from) so I'll never complain about the amount of content of a demo. It's a demo. I WILL complain about issues - such as the FT glitch. I'd rather they take a day and fix that for the final instead of adding another quarter on the demo.

Im not disagreeing or agreeing with what you are saying because I have mixed feelings on this subject, but isnt the demo release part of the development schedule? And dont they just pick what build they want the demo to be and just code out the stuff they dont want in

[achieveduser]

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

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My quick thoughts:

Presentation
I'm liking the new presentation... some new sounds coming from crowd when players are taking free throws.

Intro looks good. Erik Spoelstra looks much better. Yeah I love going up on that stands just for fun... (what do you call that where broadcasters sit with rotating ad board? is it just called a table?)

Game play
I'm not sure about Y button for post up. It will take some time getting used to. (What does LT+RT do now if anyone know? )

Also did they get rid of hop step... sorry I haven't been following OS threads on this.

I noticed players doing half spins and etc when I didn't ask for it. There are some little animations I don't know why it's happening. Weird.

Smoother game play for sure but hard for me to notice marginal improvement from last year in this area... though. (don't think it really need one... didn't expect much in this department really... smoother game play improvement is where it's at.)

[elprez98]

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

I think people forget this. They have to take time out of the schedule and make a special demo version. That's not necessarily an easy thing to do. Nor is it totally free to the developer. But for YOU, it's free. I've never been on to look a gift horse in the mouth (I wonder where that saying comes from) so I'll never complain about the amount of content of a demo. It's a demo. I WILL complain about issues - such as the FT glitch. I'd rather they take a day and fix that for the final instead of adding another quarter on the demo.

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[elprez98]

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

Has anyone had a Terry or Marion sighting yet?

I've seen Marion. He's come in in the games where Butler got hurt. I'm guessing you could probably foul Kidd out to play with JET.

[CX1329]

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

Game play
Also did they get rid of hop step... sorry I haven't been following OS threads on this.

I noticed players doing half spins and etc when I didn't ask for it. There are some little animations I don't know why it's happening. Weird.

1. Yes, there's no more hop step button. Instead, you use the shot stick to perform step backs and hop steps.

2. If you tap RT, you'll do a half spin.

[achieveduser]

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

1. Yes, there's no more hop step button. Instead, you use the shot stick to perform step backs and hop steps.

2. If you tap RT, you'll do a half spin.

Thanks my man! You solved my puzzle. I gotta go practice more now.

[green225]

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

Nope its new this year...you can see Lebron or Chalmers ask for the ball after a rebound. There's variants on it to as I've seen Kidd raise one hand up across the court asking for the ball.

i don't think it's new, my player does that.

[adwin7]

Not for me, I could pretty much use it on cue. But I guess it's good that they made it more accessible for others. Just shouldn't be touted as 'new' since like I said, it was there last year, just maybe a bit harder to use.

For those that don't thoroughly read insights the wrap up is new, and intentional fouls are the same as last year.

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[Boilerbuzz]

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

Im not disagreeing or agreeing with what you are saying because I have mixed feelings on this subject, but isnt the demo release part of the development schedule? And dont they just pick what build they want the demo to be and just code out the stuff they dont want in

It's not that simple. You have to turn off menus and other elements of the game and make sure that the game doesn't crash or break because it's expecting that stuff to be there. It's not a snapshot. Then you have the fact that you have a lot of new code added to the game and you need to make sure it was done right to not break in a demo build. And, sure, this stuff gets put into the schedule. That's not the issue. The issue is that the total time is constant. Any time they add refining or expanding a demo is time away from refining the final game - which is likely the #1 priority of the company.