NBA 2K13: Top Five New Controls

[piccolomair]

im not a fan of the new alleyoop config, but i think its more subjective to how i play. I sometimes pull up for a shot just to see at that exact moment a wide open guy under the rim or a cutter, or i realize im way to well defended for the shot to work. So i pass out of the shot, but i tend to hold X as i press the pass button. IN my rookie showcase game i ended up throwing the ball away twice because instead of throwing a simple pass, i hurled a bullet that anthony davis wasnt read for....it happened twice....it bummed me out

[TreyIM2]

GREATEST sports game of all time, period, imo. I can't say it enough of how 2K13 has me addicted like crack. NEVER felt that way about ANY of the previous NBA2K's, point blank and numbers 1-4, especially, 1, help me feel this way.

That being said, only minor probs I have with one and two is that #1, the right stick dribble control is not the only way to control your dribble which makes for some wonky dribbles and dribbling not going exactly as planned. I spoke on this before in the Advanced Controls forum that Mike Wang posted. I hope he read it and REMOVES dribble control from the left stick. That should be for moving your feet ONLY.

The prob with #2 is that the CPU will randomly select bounce pass when you DON'T want a bounce pass. Again, the bounce pass should be ONLY when you call for it and NOT when choosing to do a regular pass. No bueno.

At any rate, I've gotten used to these niggling things, and like I keep telling my boyz, I think 2K sprinkled a little crack on this game because I CAN'T STOP PLAYING THIS GAME. It's messing up my life. Heh...

[al2k4]

2k having NBA live's freestyle dribble controls is a dream come true for me also the alley-oop pass can double as a lob pass if you pass in right situations. The game is simply great!

[TreyIM2]

Manual bounce pass is definitely the biggest for me. Makes it possible to take advantage of fast break situations now.

YEZZIR! Fastbreaks are too damn fun, now, especially since they go the speed and flow of it correct. That bounce pass during those breaks are a thing of beauty.

[statum71]

Maaaaaaannnnnn. ALL of it!

I didn't think they could top 2K11. But they did.

This one......is basketball. Period.

[VUUAASSHHH!]

I give 2K13 a 7/10.
I dropped 0.75 points because there's way too much jay-zee on the set list and another 0.75 because I saw bieber in the game. Other than that, game is playable with new controls.

[xirdneh132]

I enjoy the new dribbling controls as well and part of the fun (and frustration) was getting ready to go for a dunk or a shot and being so conditioned to using the right stick that when I went for a power jam I ended up making some dribble move instead and screwed everything up. I was both mad and laughed. I'm almost at the point of being able to play without having to think so much about what controls to use. It's made the game better and more fun.

[xirdneh132]

Correction, when I went up for a shot or layup I screwed it up.

[deezy24]

I still don't believe this game is better than 2K11. Sorry. It's ok but overall there is just something in 2K11 that feels more fun to play. The right analog controls to shot transition seem a tad bit to long and out of control. It's like you have to wait to gain control of the player while they do there juke move. Perhaps in 2K11 it was the Jordan factor of it? I skipped 2K12 so I can't compare but I believe people when they say it's very similar to 2k12 (2K13). Good game but not the best. Plays A LOT like EA Live.

[NINJAK2]

Disagree a little with Hop-step button. Very rarely do you see players perform a hop-step without immediately going into a shot. Players aren't just hopping around to create space. This was a move that was abused in previous 2k's which is why they tied it to shots before.

[WaddupCouzin]

How quickly this becomes a whining session! Good article, Good read. I'm really enjoying the control this year.

[ccoaxum]

smh this game does not give you full control of your player never have, don't know what they playing..yes they gave u the dribble stick (which still does not allow you to control everything the player does base on the type of input methods), still have animations in the game the sucks you inot things you dont want your playing doing. The game itself needs a patch quick cause i have seeing so many bugs..mostly during the online play. I'm not feeling the hop step either doesnt feel the same as 2k11(which was nice) this one its seem like the players do what they want sometimes when your trying to do the hop step in the rim or euro step. the passing in the alley oops are off sometimes compared to the last two games as well. smh..if it wasn't for the dribble stick and some of the new animations that was placed in this game it would be 2k 12.5

[Jaybird10000]

I still don't believe this game is better than 2K11. Sorry. It's ok but overall there is just something in 2K11 that feels more fun to play. The right analog controls to shot transition seem a tad bit to long and out of control. It's like you have to wait to gain control of the player while they do there juke move. Perhaps in 2K11 it was the Jordan factor of it? I skipped 2K12 so I can't compare but I believe people when they say it's very similar to 2k12 (2K13). Good game but not the best. Plays A LOT like EA Live.

I thought 2k10 was the best simulation ever, it was just missing the wide array of legends.

[xAwakening]

I was very glad they brought back the hop-step button. One thing I do miss is the signature gathers that were in 2K11. Anyone know why they never expanded on that and just removed it all together?

Manual bounce passing is very clutch and while the old alley-oop controls weren't hard, I like the change to the shoot+pass combo this year.

They still have the signature gathers just press "B" (Xbox) "O" (PS3)

[bakesalee]

Re: NBA 2K13: Top Five New Controls

While it's nice they added some controls this year (bounce pass), did they remove the jab-step for 2k13?