NBA 2K15 to Feature Voice Acting From Many NBA Players in MyCAREER Mode

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I honestly don't even play this feature and this likely won't make me want to touch it either.

[PicknRoll]

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*Sigh*

So will the livestream today have actual gameplay of 2K15?

[sactown_13]

Do I have to spend VC to hear these?

[VDusen04]

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I actually found the first part of that video pretty fascinating. I've always known the core basics of motion capture but it was interesting to hear some light details, such as the difficulty many players have adjusting to the suit they're wearing, sometimes affecting their shot animations. It looks like that'd be a pretty fun experience.

Regarding the voices, I feel as though it could help the authenticity. I did not own 2K14 for next generation, but I do recall seeing clips of MyPlayer teammates "miming" their interactions with you and it looked absolutely ridiculous. I'd wonder if 2K would be able to get enough dialogue from enough players to cure that ailment though.

My bigger problem (or question) is with the scripting and dialogue itself. From the clips I've seen, many of the interactions are embarrassing and cringe-inducing. Sometimes I feel it may be more realistic to allow gamers to assume certain interactions are occurring instead of introducing a forced, awful, and apparently non-skippable moment like this:

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So with that in mind, I think it'll depend upon how the new voices are used. When done with authenticity at the forefront, I think they could be great. I believe there's a clear difference from the 4th grade Power Ranger script above and something like this:

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[Glenn33]

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This sounds awesome, I love the story aspect of MyCareer (even if the lack of skipping sucks) and the lack of voices for the players and coaches always felt wrong.

My sentiments exactly. I think this is good stuff.

[WTF]

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I honestly don't even play this feature and this likely won't make me want to touch it either.

Likewise. I thought that some of the tweets mentioned something about Sim-nation, etc. This does nothing for me.

Voices in a mode? But apparently there is a market for it.

[Semipro91]

...it's like theres nothing else to fix...so they add Euro teams and voices and leave the modes as they are...

Whats wrong with you? This is the first bit of info 2K has given, so I guess that means its the last and next year is just a re-skin. SMH. Go away.

[victorkingchamp]

i honesty was hoping they would go in a different direction and get rid of the cheesy myplayer cutscenes. I would rather they just take out the corny voice acting, make the whole thing text based and use the resources elsewhere. The voice acting is so bad that it actually made the experience worse for me.

If it's used for halftime interviews that would be a plus though.

[The 24th Letter]

NBA 2K15 to Feature Voice Acting From Many NBA Players in MyCAREER Mode

You know it's bad when Steve has to say that, lol

This really does nothing for me personality though, not my mode of choice. I would love it if players recorded quips for in game use though....calling for picks, yelling...imagine hearing Dwight Howard's "ayyyyyyye" after contact...

Would add so much immersion.

[VDusen04]

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This really does nothing for me personality though, not my mode of choice. I would love it if players recorded quips for in game use though....calling for picks, yelling...imagine hearing Dwight Howard's "ayyyyyyye" after contact...

Would add so much immersion.

Agreed. I struggle to believe it is possible to yield enough dialogue from each player to make it sound realistic in MyPlayer mode (especially with the aforementioned corny scripts). It seems like a losing battle.

However, if they used voice capture for the little things, like what you mentioned, I think that'd be a wonderful "Little Things" touch.

Hearing Chris Paul's voice settling the offense by yelling, "Hey! Hey! Hey! Two!" = Realistic & welcomed addition.

Seeing Dante Exum alone on a basketball court with my player saying something like, "Hey man, I see you trending on the internet Twitter feed lately. That's pretty neat. Now I want to show you how we play ball Aussie style. After you watch me make a dunk shot, maybe you can have my signature skill" = Kinda embarrassing.

Hopefully they're aiming for a happy medium there.

[El_Poopador]

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Agreed. I struggle to believe it is possible to yield enough dialogue from each player to make it sound realistic in MyPlayer mode (especially with the aforementioned corny scripts). It seems like a losing battle.

However, if they used voice capture for the little things, like what you mentioned, I think that'd be a wonderful "Little Things" touch.

Hearing Chris Paul's voice settling the offense by yelling, "Hey! Hey! Hey! Two!" = Realistic & welcomed addition.

Seeing Dante Exum alone on a basketball court with my player saying something like, "Hey man, I see you trending on the internet Twitter feed lately. That's pretty neat. Now I want to show you how we play ball Aussie style. After you watch me make a dunk shot, maybe you can have my signature skill" = Kinda embarrassing.

Hopefully they're aiming for a happy medium there.

I think the line would be more like, "Hey man, I see you trending on the Social Media feed lately." They never used specific names like Twitter or Facebook, which really made it sound even worse.

Personally, I'm not too big on the cutscenes the way they were implemented in 2k14. There is potential, but they need to make it more realistic. The ones where your teammate asks you to go to the practice gym, or watch game film, were fine. In fact, I would like to see that happen more often, and be the primary way of increasing attributes over VC. But telling me to wear a clown nose or carry his bags? No thanks. Especially when the guy telling me to do that is a bench warmer who gets less than 5 minutes per game.

[Phreezy P]

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If they fix player voices, they better fix those rim sounds. 90% of them are horrible.

[AshamanCarnage]

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Some real Negative Nancies in here.

I like the idea of real player voices and hope they are able to implement them in a non cringe-worthy manner. I liked the concept of MyCareer and hope they can raise the bar with it.

I sincerely doubt that they all had a meeting and decided the only thing they wanted to do to improve 2K was add player voices

[cake612]

Ugh, the unskippable "conversations" were the worst part of the game and I stopped playing my player since it was driving me crazy.

[kadzier]

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I'm all for voice acting, but please have it attached to a somewhat realistic, believable story that doesn't try too hard and go all B-movie fantasy basketball on us. I don't wanna be making bets with Thaddeus Young (or anyone else) before a game at halfcourt.