NBA 2K13: Pros and Cons Thus Far

[youALREADYknow]

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Signature skills are still a Con to me. There's no upside to binary skills when they replace more comprehensive tendencies or ratings. A handful of the skills are indeed Pros, but that doesn't outweigh the negative impact of the other 15-20 skills. The real impact will be felt using default rosters, which I'm assuming will be the standard for Online play.

[jersez]

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He was wrong. I asked devs after seeing this tweet and they said no, czar said it must have been placebo and that it was discussed last year so he thought it was in.

I never saw that tweet or post, I apologize to Da_Czar didn't mean to put that misleading information out there.

[kevin23]

2K people are a bunch of scam artists.

[Joobieo]

Its been said that Scottie was asking for way too much money this year around.

Never thought Scottie out of all people would want a large amount of money .

[BezO]

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All-Star Weekend dunk contest controls – The Guitar-Hero-esque control scheme of the dunk contest confused me a bit when it was first revealed. If that is the only control option, I’m not sure I see myself playing that mode much.

This is the most confusing. 2K clearly aims to improve gameplay. They address way more gameplay issues then not. When something is not addressed, I lean towards everything couldn't make the cut.

But the dunk contest controls? WTF? How does that fit along side such a simulated gameplay experience? Or is that their way of satisfying the casual fan? Or am I just getting old?

[Joobieo]

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I ioved the introductions in the old 2k. Like 2k1. When the game would start you would see the players being introduced. They need to bring that back. Now when you join the game the announcements have already happened.

I agree . I would love to have this , I know us the sim players would love it back , but it's the casual players who generally skip over it .

[kmiree16]

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That sucks to hear about the rebounding. Was a major issue with 2k12.

Yeah, a big issue. That along with the magnetic, impossible-to-escape box outs that every CPU player employs

[magicman32]

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This is the most confusing. 2K clearly aims to improve gameplay. They address way more gameplay issues then not. When something is not addressed, I lean towards everything couldn't make the cut.

But the dunk contest controls? WTF? How does that fit along side such a simulated gameplay experience? Or is that their way of satisfying the casual fan? Or am I just getting old?

They have already admitted they wanted the mode to be "casual" and easy to just pick up and play.

[coolcras7]

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I think this article should be titled pros and cons I found in a old build on NBA 2k13 and have no idea if they have been fixed, as for the dunk contest they said they were still working out how it would work the guitar hero type control was one they were experimenting with, and they claim that it is a lot of fun so I guess this con should be in titled we should wait and see. As for cross overs I believe you can control the speed, in the video they showed Beasley coming down with a down cross in order to sike the defensive player.

[xirdneh132]

I really hope they fix rebounding because that has driven me crazy more than anything. Also, I hope they add certain features they removed last year such as editing ages and allowing legends (or whatever they're using) in franchise mode like 2011. Last year lots of legends yet you couldn't use them like 2K11, also drove me insane.

[Jakeness23]

I miss that too! If you don't want to watch it x thru it. This used to get me and my bro all fired up!!! I'd love to see that come back!

I second that, I used to LOVE seeing the introductions...

Another con is some of the aesthetics, art doesn't look like it was much of a focus. Which is okay I guess, just wish some things would have been tweaked/fixed.

[TheBrooklynBaller]

Pros? Cons? Really, we all know that 2K will be amazing in its own part... The most important thing is fixing the online issues. That would make 2K complete... That's my opinion.

[Philly215]

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the player accessories are never updated thats a con

[1WEiRDguy]

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They did, there are manual bounce passes this year.

oh ok...thanks for clearing that up...i must have misunderstood what that dev diary was saying b/c i thought they said that its still AI dependent but it was tweaked to allow for more types of passes in certain situations e.g. passing to the post or on the fast break...

i still dont like that "loft" pass that the players make around the perimeter with one arm...its all in the demo

[coolcras7]

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oh ok...thanks for clearing that up...i must have misunderstood what that dev diary was saying b/c i thought they said that its still AI dependent but it was tweaked to allow for more types of passes in certain situations e.g. passing to the post or on the fast break...

i still dont like that "loft" pass that the players make around the perimeter with one arm...its all in the demo

if you do a typical pass the cpu will choose the best option, but you have the ability now if you choice to use a bounce pass on command.