NBA 2K16 Trailer - Livin' Da Dream, A Spike Lee Joint

[SteveQ]

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Although I don't wanna be from Harlem and I'm not a fan of the nickname I don't think any of those are deal breakers for me. As long as my name is around the nickname I'll be fine. Now the Harlem thing I'll get over by going to Texas for college. So with that said this mode will hopefully be the best experience I've ever had in mycareer. The only one that comes close from the look of it would be 2K11 but this looks to be much more deep.

Also, some people reacting so angrily to the nickname and other things about the mode should wait for all of the information to be released throughout the week. The fact that there is more information to be put out about this mode makes me pretty excited.

[Tunechid]

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Maybe what spike lee is saying is that you make your own story after college instead of it being a forced story. Just a thought

[Sundown]

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Well I trust Mr Mazique as he's a really cool reporter/media guy. I'm sure he's speaking on his own experience when he went up there. That said

I agree with you also Sundown in the fact that the hype thing has gotten so far out of control that they're bypassing information either off to guys like Dustin on twitter or completely avoiding them altogether.

I don't see this getting any better at this rate. It's one reason why I appreciate a guy like BdoubleO for how much time he took out to answer every single question he could.

Usually I take avoiding questions as an indication that the answer isn't one we'd like. It's worked pretty well so far. We just need to simply account for the fact that any positive answer would actually be relayed by marketing.

To be fair, 2K's marketing has been less tease-y this year. But then it feels as if the release of information has been compressed to a shorter timeframe this year as well. That could be because we never got a Gamescom video, and had to wait until 2 weeks before launch to even get blurry, leaked broadcast cam video.

You know what's weird? That 2K doesn't even have a proper website. nba2k.com is the MyPlayer portal. We have to go here or YouTube to find gameplay videos, and here for in-depth developer blogs. Seems like all of that should be centrally located and well formatted in a nice site.

But then again, what do I know. I guess kids only use twitter and stuff nowadays.

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Usually I take avoiding questions as an indication that the answer isn't one we'd like. It's worked pretty well so far. We just need to simply account for the fact that any positive answer would actually be relayed by marketing.

To be fair, 2K's marketing has been less tease-y this year. But then it feels as if the release of information has been compressed to a shorter timeframe this year as well. That could be because we never got a Gamescom video, and had to wait until 2 weeks before launch to even get blurry, leaked broadcast cam video.

You know what's weird? That 2K doesn't even have a proper website. nba2k.com is the MyPlayer portal. We have to go here or YouTube to find gameplay videos, and here for in-depth developer blogs. Seems like all of that should be centrally located and well formatted in a nice site.

But then again, what do I know. I guess kids only use twitter and stuff nowadays.

No there was an answer given today but it was another "wait and see" "coming soon" "we're not talking about that yet" "preorder and be surprised for yourself" type post which is ridiculous in itself.


You can look it up for yourself if you don't believe me, but one thing people here loved on the old OS about 2k was, when they were sent interview questions and it came back to the site if something wasn't there the answer was

"no"

"No, not this year"

"we didn't have enough time to get that in this time"

Wasn't what we wanted to hear but it was straight forward and respected.

I see a particular dev in here trying to be transparent and keep the level of overexpectation off of the already sky high expectation and then I see the marketing contradict that in the name of hype.

Makes zero sense. There is a time for everything, there is a time for hype but there is a time for answers as well.

[splash2ndcousin]

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What I find funny about people complaining about being known as Freq, is that is a nickname. In real life it's pretty uncommon to choose your own nickname unless you're someone like Shaq. You guys think Big Baby came up with that himself? Durant doesn't like Slim Reaper, Wilt supposedly wasn't a fan of 'The Stilt' and The Patron Saint of Underdogs also sucks but obviously Curry didn't come up with that

[Trackball]

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What I find funny about people complaining about being known as Freq, is that is a nickname. In real life it's pretty uncommon to choose your own nickname unless you're someone like Shaq. You guys think Big Baby came up with that himself? Durant doesn't like Slim Reaper, Wilt supposedly wasn't a fan of 'The Stilt' and The Patron Saint of Underdogs also sucks but obviously Curry didn't come up with that

I think the problem was mainly because the back of the jersey read "VIBRATIONS".

Unless it was one of those games where both teams are allowed to have their players wear their nicknames on the backs of their jerseys instead of their real-life surnames (which would admittedly be pretty cool to implement into 2K), this makes the trailer come off like our first name is Frequency and our surname is Vibrations.

This is creating a massive misunderstanding.

We can name our player whatever we want; "Frequency Vibrations" is just his nickname. But the trailer didn't make that clear at all.

[Bulletproof86]

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Awesome Trailer!


I like the new features and cutscenes, hopefully the storyline will be deep!


And Guys chill out, the Nickname is just one of 100. So u decide which nickname, position, etc. your player get.

[Jakeness23]

Eh... not really my cup of tea. I'll stick with My League and MyGM again this year and for the foreseeable future until you can have the career you want, not some scripted story.

[nox]

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what if after completing the spike lee story you can start a new career skipping the story stuff?

It'd give more replay value while keeping the high school and college in, like a new game plus in other games

[Sundown]

NBA 2K16 Trailer - Livin' Da Dream, A Spike Lee Joint

What I find funny about people complaining about being known as Freq, is that is a nickname. In real life it's pretty uncommon to choose your own nickname unless you're someone like Shaq. You guys think Big Baby came up with that himself? Durant doesn't like Slim Reaper, Wilt supposedly wasn't a fan of 'The Stilt' and The Patron Saint of Underdogs also sucks but obviously Curry didn't come up with that

But nicknames usually actually connect with something about the player or something about their game. They might not like it but it sticks because it fits.

Nothing about Frequency Vibrations connects with any aspect of my personality or game, except that Spike Lee wants it to. And I bet it's the same for 99.9% of 2K players.

I therefore dub thee Sasquatch Barbeque on OS. Because reasons.

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But nicknames usually actually connect with something about the player or something. They might not like it but it sticks because it fits.

Nothing about Frequency Vibrations connects with any aspect of my personality or game, except that Spike Lee wants it to. And I bet it's the same for 99.9% of 2K players.

I therefore dub thee Sasquatch Barbeque on OS. Because reasons.

Basketball reasons

[Sundown]

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No there was an answer given today but it was another "wait and see" "coming soon" "we're not talking about that yet" "preorder and be surprised for yourself" type post which is ridiculous in itself.





You can look it up for yourself if you don't believe me, but one thing people here loved on the old OS about 2k was, when they were sent interview questions and it came back to the site if something wasn't there the answer was



"no"



"No, not this year"



"we didn't have enough time to get that in this time"



Wasn't what we wanted to hear but it was straight forward and respected.



I see a particular dev in here trying to be transparent and keep the level of overexpectation off of the already sky high expectation and then I see the marketing contradict that in the name of hype.



Makes zero sense. There is a time for everything, there is a time for hype but there is a time for answers as well.

So I am still confused. Can we or can't we change our nick?

I suppose that's your point. Heh. All those evasive answers makes me think no.

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So I am still confused. Can we or can't we change our nick?

I suppose that's your point. Heh. All those evasive answers makes me think no.

Exactly

How's that mystery making you feel

[I Djm]

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After looking at all this info today (and with more coming throughout the week I'd say on MyCareer) I have to say I will give it a shot. I never play MyCareer (heck, did not even get the game last year! Shame on me!), but this intrigues me. I hate that UK is not a college choice, but I still like the ability to play in a few college games (and HS games I assume as well). The story part sounds cool to me, and although like most of you, I chuckle a bit at the nickname...not a dealbreaker for me.

My biggest concern is I will get to the NBA and get bored after a few games so will look forward to you MyCareer veterans giving me advice on how to "keep it fresh" going forward. I also have no idea how anyone could do a whole career on this even if they played 2-3 hours a day for everyday for the next year until 2k17 So idk if some simming is in order or not. I digress. Great job by 2k!

Lol it depends on some factors are you trying to be a star, can you stand teammates not being able to play like the cpu, can you understand horrible substitution logic, can you play the entire game if you choose to play 12mins?

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[804Scoe]

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Geesh, some people need to ease up. Things is starting to seem kind of personal. Gonna leave that, at that. Don't wanna get banned.




Anyway, I find myself starting to narrow down my list of schools off of the rumored list.