NBA 2K15 Review: A Great Game on the Court Marred by Missteps Off Of It (PS4)

[VDusen04]

Re: NBA 2K15 Review: A Great Game on the Court Marred by Missteps Off Of It (PS4)

Man this forum has a lot of "I only play offline "people..there is no need to type his to respond to a game review. All games are graded on the total product so NO there shouldnt be 2 separate grades Lol. If half the game is in shambles then the scored should be lowered bottom line. Its like eveyone here don't subscribe to Xbox live or psn. But if offline modes need a major patch you would quickly be dependent on 2k servers like the majority of people that play the game and be in a uproar like the millions of people that enjoy human online interaction

I do not believe offline gamers are attempting to suggest online does not matter - they just seem to be saying their playing tendencies haven't been as negatively affected as those who play online, thus the game is likely playing much higher than a 7 to them at this point.

I do not play online, but I like online availability for such things as 2KShare and patch updates. Moreover, even if the offline aspect were perfect, I maintain that it would only make sense that a game be judged in its entirety during a broad review (online and offline), as opposed to offering separate scores. The rating makes sense to me, particularly if one reads the actual written review.

I believe you were mistaking offline folks saying, "The offline product is good" for them saying "Who cares about online?"

[BMDinTDOT]

Good review...But I don't like the game play that much I would give this game a 5/10

[GisherJohn24]

Re: NBA 2K15 Review: A Great Game on the Court Marred by Missteps Off Of It (PS4)

Good review...But I don't like the game play that much I would give this game a 5/10

No way. Game on the court is nearly perfect

[onyx030]

#breaktheinternet

[GisherJohn24]

Re: NBA 2K15 Review: A Great Game on the Court Marred by Missteps Off Of It (PS4)

So did 2k lie about getting experts to fix the server issues?

[onyx030]

So did 2k lie about getting experts to fix the server issues?

No, Companies always look out for your best and never put the truth in a deceiving manner Especially if it's only a matter of a couple dozen millions of profit.

[Pizarro24]

Re: NBA 2K15 Review: A Great Game on the Court Marred by Missteps Off Of It (PS4)

I´m one of those who thinks 7.0 is way too low.
I never play online, so I don´t care for servers (except of downloading rosters, which works fine). But I do understand that others are dissapointed.

But 7.0 is still too law.
In the end, this is a basketball game and the most important thing is on-court. And 2K15 is by far the best basketball ever made and it´s not even close.
And beside that, we have one of the best modes ever in a sports game with MyLeague and one of the best features ever with Injury 2.0.
So even with the online problems I give this game a 8.0 at the lowest.

But that´s just my opinion.

[Introvese]

so if im a new gamer wanting a bball game. based on OS reviews i should buy 2k14. GTFOH with that. i really believe the way reviews are handled have to change. with all the online features in games today. a 2 week window for reviewing online features should be enough. now if stuff still aint right tee off on how bad online part of a game is. but to see 2k14 is rated higher than 15 is a joke. i dont care how bad the servers are. no way 14 should be rated higher. 15 is better than 14 at everything

[RipCityAndy]

"When I was in college, I had a friend with whom I had a lot of fun, memorable times. But he had a terrible flaw — he did a notoriously awful job answering and returning text messages and phone calls. When we hung out, it was great. But I often felt a lot of disappointment and frustration when we were apart because he made it so hard to get together. In the end, I could either just enjoy it when we did hang out, or drop the friendship."

Wow... you hit the nail right on the head. That was a perfect metaphor.


The only thing that bugs me about this review is that I feel like reviewers have just accepted as fact that NBA 2k15 has great gameplay. The plays and freelance offense notwithstanding, It really doesn't. I wish there would be some honest, objective critiques of things like floaty and slow passing, awkward player movement, broken screens, shallow post play, lame pick and roll minigame, unrealistic animations, etc. I feel like there are some serious flaws in these areas that aren't being addressed OR EVEN MENTIONED. Other than saying the offensive rebounding is a little favored (severe understatement - I'm averaging 8 per game in MyCareer with a level 2 rebounding skill) there was no critique of flawed gameplay.

Also, please enlighten me as I didn't play 2k14 - how exactly is the VC different this year? It sure feels like 2k13 to me...

[jeebs9]

Re: NBA 2K15 Review: A Great Game on the Court Marred by Missteps Off Of It (PS4)

I think this is a great review! Too many times I've seen reviews that go the other way. And say they won't rate the online use because it's not working. That's should never be the case. Could you imagine having a restaurant and telling a food reviewer that "we actually don't have that and that and this" on the menu for tonight haha...

[labelmeoriginal]

Spot on.

I'm mainly an online gamer and this game has been absolutely abysmal during the first week of release. You CAN play online right now, but the input lag is so bad it makes the game flat out frustrating. Even the announcers are delayed a few seconds. 2K14's server issues were never this horrendous. I don't get it. How did they take a step back from last year? It's like they decided online play wasn't going to be a priority this year. The lack of a decent online league option was one thing... but now MyTeam, Quick Match Online, Online Team Up and MyPark are all unplayable due to server stability and, as mentioned before, input lag.

I'm a sucker for 2K's basketball game, but if Live shows any signs of promise, I'm jumping ship.

[xman2k]

If only 2K was half as good at making a solid online experience as they are at promoting their game they'd be getting 10's all over the place. The game literally has the same problems two years in a row with no solution in sight. Wish I could say I'm not falling for it next year but I probably will. There's an opportunity her for EA, hopefully they won't screw it up. Again.

All this EA nonsense. They have football/hockey to themselves and can't even get that right. Why would anyone anticipate anything revolutionary from them, just dont get it.

[Bowinkle08]

im experiencing that input button lag and with all the animations it feels like i have no control of my player

[GisherJohn24]

Re: NBA 2K15 Review: A Great Game on the Court Marred by Missteps Off Of It (PS4)

Some tvs will let you choose settings like GAME, movie and standard. Sometimes if you change those that can affect your lag too. FOR sure it did mine. Some tvs depending on your screen display settings have more lag than other tvs. For months I noticed this on other games and I went deep into picture settings and it fixed my problem of lag. Had to do with something call motion. It makes movies in motion look better and looked like recordings from a cam corder. Samsung tv fyi

[KingStian]

MyPlayer is kind of frustrating this year. There's a lot of mindbogglingly choices the developers/directors have done. Here are a couple of my biggest annoyances so far, and I haven't gotten that deep into the story yet either.

- Your character is just a good old fashion *******. I don't know how else to explain him. From chasing the agent around the apartment when you didn't get drafted, scolding him when a comes to you with offer sheets for try outs and kind of picking fights with his other clients. My dream of playing in the NBA doesn't include being a jackass.

- When your guy doesn't act like a total dick, he acts like an overeager 12-yearold. "I won't disappoint you, I will make you sooooooooooooo proud of me!". Seriously 2K/Visual Concepts? Who talks like this guy? His level of emotion is all over the place in general. Like before the first game where he says he's fired up with a level of emotion that could make most people fall asleep. There seems to be no balance.

- I'm a white guy. I don't talk like a black guy. Why don't include at least a couple of speaking patterns? It's feeling very contrived when you're supposed to make a version of yourself and it sounds nothing at all like anything you would say.