Despite Its Initial Blemishes, NBA 2K15 Held in High Regard

[RaychelSnr]

The launch of NBA 2K15 is one of the low-points of the 2014 sports gaming season.

There was so much excitement surrounding the launch, and so much rage when huge chunks of the game failed to work properly thanks to shoddy design decisions to link the game with 2K's unreliable servers. When the launch day rush hit the servers, they melted down quicker than Scott Brook's decision making at key points in the playoffs.

But now?

Now it seems like gamers have begun to really warm up to the game, which is tending to work more often than it isn't. It doesn't hurt that the gameplay and presentation are at or near top-of-class level for sports games of course. Check out the latest poll results from our polling done yesterday:

All in all, most OS'ers agree (in fact a great majority), that NBA 2K15 is either good or great. The results of this poll are actually somewhat impressive given the early reactions towards the game and how people initially felt.

Some guys even smashed their copies of NBA 2K15 in disgust -- I'd hate to be that guy right now for the record.

All in all, the general feeling towards NBA 2K15 seems to be growing more positive as we head into the New Year, something which seemed impossible after the disastrous start for the game. In general, we hope the same mistakes aren't repeated next year, and that the launch period of NBA 2K16 is more of a high mark on the sports gaming calendar.

Are you surprised by how positive the reaction and feelings towards NBA 2K15 are now?

[Turbojugend]

Re: Despite Its Initial Blemishes, NBA 2K15 Held in High Regard

Some guys even smashed their copies of NBA 2K15 in disgust

Yeah, because that'll teach 'em...

I voted "Great". Sure it took time to iron things out, but I guess that's the day and age we live in. It's not so much how gimped things are upon release, but how the devs react and respond to the situation. In this case, 2K redeemed themselves nicely.

[jml475]

Re: Despite Its Initial Blemishes, NBA 2K15 Held in High Regard

Yeah, because that'll teach 'em...

In this case, 2K redeemed themselves nicely.

I find it hard to believe that doing, what they were paid to do, and to do it poorly, is "redeeming themselves nicely".

By keeping their customers in the dark on issues and failing to major reported issues in My League while putting out VC grabs is not good business. All it had to take was a simple notice that was like this:

"Hi guys!

We have problems X,Y,Z.

We are addressing problems X and Y like so.

We will address the problems through a patch.

Uh oh. The patch messed up because P, we need more time, sorry.

Sorry for the wait, here's your patch.

For the next patch we are planning on fixing Z. "

[FrequentFlyer15]

Re: Despite Its Initial Blemishes, NBA 2K15 Held in High Regard

I bought game on release day and it's 7/10 in my eyes, good game but nothing spectacular

PRO's
* graphics
* gameplay modes
* frequent roster updates
* attention to details

CON's
* ridiculous hardware requirements (PES 2015 holds recommended requirements same as 2k15 for minimal, although both games are next-gen)
* player looks update is good idea but poorly implemented through patch where approx. 40 % of league need new faces, hairstyles, beards and yet they update 6-7 players
* shoes are weak, one of the areas where live beats 2k by miles, no PE shoes, no custom shoes like bred jordans or doernbechers
* some headscratching decisions like no headbands option, shoes being added for just one player (kyrie dream), no halftime show, rookies being scanned but without tattoos, undrafted and d-league players when being added to the game look totally generic (t.black, eric moreland etc..), christmas jerseys being added but not authentic
* retro teams are just copy/pasted from last gen which looks unfinished and dull plus euroleague with outdated rosters feels like a half finished product

it's a good game but nothing jaw droping here, good basketball simulation at it's best meanwhile live 15 is mediocre with lots of great shoes i'll give 2k15 7/10 and live 15 4.5/10

[Rockie_Fresh88]

Re: Despite Its Initial Blemishes, NBA 2K15 Held in High Regard

It is a very good game. It's just some things like online connectivity /lag I expected better results

[BA2929]

Re: Despite Its Initial Blemishes, NBA 2K15 Held in High Regard

I think a majority of the average/bad votes are most likely from the people that are still having server problems and the hardcore MyLeague guys that are annoyed by the regression issue.

Those are really the only two major themes I've been seeing lately that doesn't involve accessories. But let's be honest, those guys won't ever be satisfied with the accessories.

[FrequentFlyer15]

Re: Despite Its Initial Blemishes, NBA 2K15 Held in High Regard

Those are really the only two major themes I've been seeing lately that doesn't involve accessories. But let's be honest, those guys won't ever be satisfied with the accessories.

i'm not accessory guy but this years accessories are IMO good but why the heck we need to wait like 20 years to have unique shoes for every player, is that hard to add different and custom shoes, i hate seeing one team (for example 76ers) where 3 different players wear Hyperdunk 2014 with same colorway..this isn't soccer or tennis this is basketball where part of the game is sneaker culture

[WaddupCouzin]

Sounds bad, but the majority of the people that respond to this/these type of threads are usually the disgruntled. And Yes, they have a right to voice their concerns ☺

[thedream2k13]

Re: Despite Its Initial Blemishes, NBA 2K15 Held in High Regard

I give it 8/10 servers keep it from being perfect IMO

[Dave Suture]

Not trying to "troll", or whatever the term is. But shoes will never be a factor in rating a basketball game for me. The gameplay is borderline perfect. Hopefully the passing will be a huge focus on next years game. And of course for all the online players, the servers need to be spot on, so there will be no input lag at all. If i want to play someone online, the game should play exactly how it plays offline.

[Introvese]

cosign Dave

[tril]

the game is great...
and by now folks should know that 2k's weakness is the online portion of the game. they should look into handing this off to a third party if they haven't done so already. that might actually save them money also.
Id like to know the cost associated with the implementation and the upkeep of servers etc!!!!

[Smirkin Dirk]

Re: Despite Its Initial Blemishes, NBA 2K15 Held in High Regard

Im a purely offline gamer, and this is as close to a perfect basketball sim as has ever been created.

Still lots of room for improvement, but when Im not playing it, I wish I was playing it.

[Armor and Sword]

Best console basketball title ever made.

It has taken the mantle away from 2K11, a game I played till the release of this gem. Post patch this game is incredible IMO. The amount of depth in MyLeague is insane. The level of depth in-game is better than any other sports game I have played. The amount of in-game adjustments and level of strategy needed to beat elite teams and very good teams is amazing. And if you fall asleep vs a middling team, they can take you out as well and exploit you.

Bravo Visual Concepts. Flat out awesome effort.

[ThatMichiganFan]

Re: Despite Its Initial Blemishes, NBA 2K15 Held in High Regard

Im a purely offline gamer, and this is as close to a perfect basketball sim as has ever been created.

Still lots of room for improvement, but when Im not playing it, I wish I was playing it.

Exactly. I play My League and Play Now games and purely from a gameplay standpoint, with a few slider tweaks, the game is almost perfect. Shoes and accessories and other things are nice, but the core of the game is the gameplay and that is right where it should be. All the other things should fall into place after. I would rate this game 9/10 from an offline perspective only.