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not to call you out - but really?
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...otes-2k-2.html
In your defense, perhaps you were only referring to launch games. But you've been complaining dating back to your issues with 2K's perceived direction with the current gen game, now seemingly you have issues about their efforts next gen given your inferring your preference to [whoever makes Sony's baseball game]'s "professional" approach versus what you don't like about 2K's approach.
And again, it's your prerogative, right, etc. to feel that way. I was merely contrasting your opinion versus the reality of the situation. You may prefer to look at things in a bubble or a vacuum and only look at a couple games; imo a more fair way of judging what expectations should be is to gauge these games against their peers - not some arbitrary "this is what the game should be" view that you seems to subscribe to. I'm not saying you can't/shouldn't look at it that way, I was only saying what I thought was fair. Because maybe I'm misinterpreting, but you had no problems commenting/comparing efforts in the thread I noted above.
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The comment in the linked thread...:
...was entirely in relation to marketing. Thanks to that thread being made on the NBA 2K forum, I took a look at that particular The Show post and really liked its format. 2K has since released some informative blogs themselves, detailing a few of their modes. I liked that as well. However, at the time, that The Show blog was in sharp contrast to a lot of the hashtagging, OMG-ing and heavy-on-the-flash-and-bravado-very-limited-on-the-substance approach 2K had been taking up to that point. Those comments on that particular page had nothing to do with the game creation itself. They were marketing references and preferences.
To go back to my expectations - I still see very little sense in shaping those expectations only through the scope of game-to-game comparisons. Only hypothetically speaking because I haven't really seen any confirmation, but if NHL 14 doesn't have create-a-player, and NBA 2K14 doesn't have create-a-player, how would that make me feel any better about NBA 2K14 not having create-a-player?
I think the disconnect here might be that I'm not very interested at this point in trying to label where NBA 2K14 fits in the realm of rankings and reputation in comparison to other video games. Instead, like every other person here, I just have things I wish to see in the game and at times, I voice those requests.
Now, if they fulfilled my random requests, does that make my expectations realistic? And if they didn't fulfill some of those requests, does that suddenly make my expectations unrealistic? It seems a little arbitrary. Was it realistic to expect Association improvements? Was it unrealistic to expect to retain the ability to fill in classic rosters with created versions of missing players?
Moreover, if information is released that I really like (say, 2K11's classic team reveal), do you not agree I should be able to laud such an addition? In contrast, if information is released I do not particularly care for (MyCareer cut scene movies with NBA mimes), does my critical feedback and personal suggestion for improvement also not have a place on this forum?