I play all of my games on Hall of Fame/Default 6 min, so as everyone should expect some BS things are going to happen, but the amount I've seen in this years game blows anything I've ever seen out of the water.
I play about half and half on ball/off ball defense. The movement this year is terrible for human controlled players, which has caused me to play a lot more off ball than I wanted to. I try to make sure I do all of the closing outs and shot contests, if I don't my teammates stand and watch. I tried to play some passing lanes, but all it ever does is get you out of position because your player reacts so slow. The CPU doesn't seem to have the same momentum effect we do. They can be out of position and have unreal recovery time even against players as fast as Westbrook and Rose. I used to force more TO's than anyone I know. Now I'm lucky to force 5 a game.
The CPU offense is almost unstoppable, anytime I can get them to shoot below 55% I feel like I've won the lottery. Any time a CPU player posts up, it's almost an automatic make if they shoot it. Dwight hitting step back jumpers out of the post, Westbrook drilling hooks like Kareem. Bumping them or collision shots almost have no effect on their outcome. I could have Blake Griffin mismatched with a PG on him and he will hardly ever make a post shot, defintely not when he gets bumped by the much smaller defender. I have to give him a clear path so he can just dunk, which he will occasionally miss in the worst possible times.
I can't stand some of the passes my players make. I was just playing and seen a double team coming and instead of throwing over top of it to the open man, my PG tries a straight pass between them and it just goes off of their chest. This happens all the time on post entries and pick and rolls as well. There will be an open man and the play will be broken because they aren't smart enough to make the correct type of pass.
Now I want to talk about rebounding. No matter who I play with I'm getting out rebounded every game, mainly because of the amount of offensive rebounds my team gives up. I played a test game against the Knicks, and I put Dwight, Griffin, and K Love on the same team and started them at the 3-5. My defensive POE was protect paint, play physical, and crash defensive glass. I got out rebounded 31-23, 9 of their rebounds coming off the offensive glass. Second chance points was 14 to 4. I just don't see how all that can happen. I remember twice I missed a shot and had Dwight in position for the offense rebound, but Melo would come out of nowhere and not even get up as high as Howard and yet he would come down with the ball. I think a big problem is that the CPU players react 10 times faster to any loose ball there is. Most of the time that I get a deflection or block it just ends up back in the same players hand and they get an open shot.
I finally had a few games where I shot more FTs than the CPU, but I still don't get the same foul calls that they get.
I'm still not fond of the shooting but it's something I'm getting used to. My offense used to consist of just some regular pick and rolls and isolations, but this year I run plays about 70% of the time. I don't like the amount of open shots I miss though. I understand no one can make everything, but I feel like good ball movement to open shots should be more rewarding than it is on the game.
The gameplay feels scripted more this year than ever. If I have a lead in the 4th, it's automatic that the CPU is going to make a big run. I was up 11 one game with 2 minutes to go and had Josh Smith hit 3 3s in a row to bring them back, while Danny Green missed to open corners 3s for me. I ended up losing in OT.
I've broken one controller in my life playing a game, my controller has already hit the wall 3 times this year but is still together lol. This game just frustrates me so bad sometimes. It's like I know what I want to do and I know what I want my teammates to do, but they just can't comprehend it.
Now that I'm done with all this complaining, I wonder if anyone else is seeing any of these problems or if anyone has any solutions to help. I don't mind the losing. If I play 10 times against the CPU I'll win 6 or 7 of the times and I like the challenge. But I can't stand losing when it comes from unrealistic things happening on the game.
I've got a lot of help from watching Sam Phams videos on this years game, but it can only help so much when the CPU plays perfect basically the entire game.
I play about half and half on ball/off ball defense. The movement this year is terrible for human controlled players, which has caused me to play a lot more off ball than I wanted to. I try to make sure I do all of the closing outs and shot contests, if I don't my teammates stand and watch. I tried to play some passing lanes, but all it ever does is get you out of position because your player reacts so slow. The CPU doesn't seem to have the same momentum effect we do. They can be out of position and have unreal recovery time even against players as fast as Westbrook and Rose. I used to force more TO's than anyone I know. Now I'm lucky to force 5 a game.
The CPU offense is almost unstoppable, anytime I can get them to shoot below 55% I feel like I've won the lottery. Any time a CPU player posts up, it's almost an automatic make if they shoot it. Dwight hitting step back jumpers out of the post, Westbrook drilling hooks like Kareem. Bumping them or collision shots almost have no effect on their outcome. I could have Blake Griffin mismatched with a PG on him and he will hardly ever make a post shot, defintely not when he gets bumped by the much smaller defender. I have to give him a clear path so he can just dunk, which he will occasionally miss in the worst possible times.
I can't stand some of the passes my players make. I was just playing and seen a double team coming and instead of throwing over top of it to the open man, my PG tries a straight pass between them and it just goes off of their chest. This happens all the time on post entries and pick and rolls as well. There will be an open man and the play will be broken because they aren't smart enough to make the correct type of pass.
Now I want to talk about rebounding. No matter who I play with I'm getting out rebounded every game, mainly because of the amount of offensive rebounds my team gives up. I played a test game against the Knicks, and I put Dwight, Griffin, and K Love on the same team and started them at the 3-5. My defensive POE was protect paint, play physical, and crash defensive glass. I got out rebounded 31-23, 9 of their rebounds coming off the offensive glass. Second chance points was 14 to 4. I just don't see how all that can happen. I remember twice I missed a shot and had Dwight in position for the offense rebound, but Melo would come out of nowhere and not even get up as high as Howard and yet he would come down with the ball. I think a big problem is that the CPU players react 10 times faster to any loose ball there is. Most of the time that I get a deflection or block it just ends up back in the same players hand and they get an open shot.
I finally had a few games where I shot more FTs than the CPU, but I still don't get the same foul calls that they get.
I'm still not fond of the shooting but it's something I'm getting used to. My offense used to consist of just some regular pick and rolls and isolations, but this year I run plays about 70% of the time. I don't like the amount of open shots I miss though. I understand no one can make everything, but I feel like good ball movement to open shots should be more rewarding than it is on the game.
The gameplay feels scripted more this year than ever. If I have a lead in the 4th, it's automatic that the CPU is going to make a big run. I was up 11 one game with 2 minutes to go and had Josh Smith hit 3 3s in a row to bring them back, while Danny Green missed to open corners 3s for me. I ended up losing in OT.
I've broken one controller in my life playing a game, my controller has already hit the wall 3 times this year but is still together lol. This game just frustrates me so bad sometimes. It's like I know what I want to do and I know what I want my teammates to do, but they just can't comprehend it.
Now that I'm done with all this complaining, I wonder if anyone else is seeing any of these problems or if anyone has any solutions to help. I don't mind the losing. If I play 10 times against the CPU I'll win 6 or 7 of the times and I like the challenge. But I can't stand losing when it comes from unrealistic things happening on the game.
I've got a lot of help from watching Sam Phams videos on this years game, but it can only help so much when the CPU plays perfect basically the entire game.
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