What made 2k11 such a great game?

[cj2008nw]

I would like to know why this game gets so much high praise? And why is it your favorite NBA 2k game?

[supermati]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

It was a combination of great things happening at once:

The game finally had tighter controls. Shooting felt smoother, dribbling was actually controllable, the game overall felt fun and challenging.
My player got the first improvements.
Jordan returned along with a unique game mode.
Classic teams for the first time ever.

[cthurt]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

i think Jordan being on the cover and having the Jordan challange and classic teams in the game made it great. But after you got pass that the actual gameplay was smooth and responsive from what I can remember. It was also a challanging game which I loved. It was the first 2k game I didnt really want to stop playing once the new version came out.

[ksuttonjr76]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

One word... Defense!

[Norris_Cole]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

i think Jordan being on the cover and having the Jordan challange and classic teams in the game made it great. But after you got pass that the actual gameplay was smooth and responsive from what I can remember. It was also a challanging game which I loved. It was the first 2k game I didnt really want to stop playing once the new version came out.

No offense but I'd find stupid if someone tells me that a game is great because of a cover. To me its just a piece of paper.

[starks1903]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

2k11 was not a better game than 2k13. people just keep saying it was better because it was a big jump after 2k10.

[Red Kafe]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

No offense but I'd find stupid if someone tells me that a game is great because of a cover. To me its just a piece of paper.

Naw part that year was the cover , it's freaking MJ . How many NBA games can you name with the GOAT on the cover and in the game ? It's a classic

[Red Kafe]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

2k11 was not a better game than 2k13. people just keep saying it was better because it was a big jump after 2k10.

2k11 is a better game than 2k13 , 2k13 just had more animations.

[Norris_Cole]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

Naw part that year was the cover , it's freaking MJ . How many NBA games can you name with the GOAT on the cover and in the game ? It's a classic

I know but the game would have been exactly the same with david stern in the cover. It has 0 effect in the game. Maybe it can give you a few more sales, but what makes a game great is the game itself, not the cover or the number of sales

[cthurt]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

No offense but I'd find stupid if someone tells me that a game is great because of a cover. To me its just a piece of paper.

Non taken and I understand what your saying BUT it def played a role in the sales no matter how u slice it, I knew guys that bought two copies thinking it might be worth money once MJ passes away. smh but the actual Jordan challenge was what excited me the most though.

[Slava Medvadenko]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

I've re-installed it on my computer a few months ago and have been playing it so I'm very familiar with it. Four things about it stand out to me: the controls, the spacing, the passing, and the balanced gameplay. The controls are still the tightest 2k has ever been. They were very responsive; stuff usually happened when you wanted it to and they didn't initialize a second later. The game felt appropriately quick; 12 and 13 feel like they're in slow motion in too many situations. Spacing contributed to the good controls because there wasn't unnecessary crowding. Passing had good speed with good pass-type logic; 12 and 13 really, really lack those things. Defense vs. offense was very balanced. The new ones have better AI and some new moves that 2k11 is lacking in. The good news to me about 14 is that those four things have been given a good amount of attention in the gameplay features list. My hope is it will be a combination of the best things about 11 and 13.

[cthurt]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

I know but the game would have been exactly the same with david stern in the cover. It has 0 effect in the game.

So with David Stern on the cover we still wouldve had classic teams and the jordan challange??? No idk if you have noticed this or not but 2k has had a recent theme of the cover boys having some kind of effect on the game with either a game mode or more teams being added to the game. Besides for the cover last year, but this year they continued that theme with the Lebron Path to greatness mode.

[Red Kafe]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

I know but the game would have been exactly the same with david stern in the cover. It has 0 effect in the game. Maybe it can give you a few more sales, but what makes a game great is the game itself, not the cover or the number of sales

Ok but you said it didn't have an effect , like it or not Jordan was the major appeal to 2k11 nobody is downplaying the gameplay

[Norris_Cole]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

So with David Stern on the cover we still wouldve had classic teams and the jordan challange??? No idk if you have noticed this or not but 2k has had a recent theme of the cover boys having some kind of effect on the game with either a game mode or more teams being added to the game. Besides for the cover last year, but this year they continued that theme with the Lebron Path to greatness mode.

It was just an example of saying that a piece of paper has 0 effect if a game is great or good. Do you really think that if 2k13 had Mj in the cover forthe 1st time the game woud have been great and the best 2k ever?

Id still think that 2k13 is the worst 2k ever as Im smart enough to judge a game because of the game and not a piece of paper. But to each his own I guess

[cthurt]

Re: What made 2k11 such a great game?

It was just an example of saying that a piece of paper has 0 effect if a game is great or good. Do you really think that if 2k13 had Mj in the cover forthe 1st time the game woud have been great and the best 2k ever?

Id still think that 2k13 is the worst 2k ever as Im smart enough to judge a game because of the game and not a piece of paper. But to each his own I guess

Im not saying Jordan on the cover was the end all and thats all it needed but Im saying the ideas and games modes brought to the game from Jordan being part of it made it a good game. Everyone knows that the actual piece of paper doesnt do anything thats obvious.