NBA 2K16 Available Today, Post Your Impressions Here

[Peninc]

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I just want to drop in this thread again and say how sublime the gameplay is. Sure its not perfect but it is SOOOO good. Worlds better than 2K15 and the most advanced AI I have seen in a sports game to this day. Strictly in terms of gameplay, this is a masterpiece.

I really hope 2K doesn't listen to the whiners and nerf anything or change this brilliant, organic flowing game. There are some flaws like the CPU almost never passes back out after an offensive rebound and the PS4 highlights are buggy again. There is always room for tuning and improvement but my God this game is fun.

[Ankido]

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I just want to drop in this thread again and say how sublime the gameplay is. Sure its not perfect but it is SOOOO good. Worlds better than 2K15 and the most advanced AI I have seen in a sports game to this day. Strictly in terms of gameplay, this is a masterpiece.

I really hope 2K doesn't listen to the whiners and nerf anything or change this brilliant, organic flowing game. There are some flaws like the CPU almost never passes back out after an offensive rebound and the PS4 highlights are buggy again. There is always room for tuning and improvement but my God this game is fun.

Delay in Icon passing. There are some delays when passing period. I would say about 2 seconds and then the ball passes. This game doesn't feel right. I went back to play 2k15 and it's a world of difference. Yes the animations are great and makes the game feel quite organic. Unfortunately, this is by far the worse 2K has produced. It just feels like a concept product that will be 2k17. Never thought this day would come.

[swac07]

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Man i'm really loving this game, making lineup adjustments really matter this year!!!! I had the Cavs and played the hornets twice, both times we lost and Al Jefferson lit me up from the post and with little close range jumpers. I realized speed wise Mozzy couldn't hang with him after my last lost. So what I did was start kevin love as center over Mozzy and made Tristan start Pf. Al was stuffed because Love was able to keep up with him better and still had Tristan for help D .He came away with 9 points the 3rd game and we won by 7 that game....My first win on Allstar Sim.....

[SportsGamer94]

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i had the game since friday here are some Quick thoughts:


Love the gameplay./ presentation and atmosphere is crazy / and love advancements on The franchise mode


Only huge negative I see and the reason I havent picked up this game since 2k13.

is that the Virtual Currency model is still horrible. and I wonder I havent heard much about this. (Maybe I just have noticed)

Micro transactions as a whole on full priced retail games are insane.

I dont mind VC, I dont have time to grind and put hours upon hours in a video game, maybe a few hours a week if im lucky. My player is a 55 overall their is no way I have the time to grind and build him up, Ill be gladly be buying VC to help.

[Peninc]

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Delay in Icon passing. There are some delays when passing period. I would say about 2 seconds and then the ball passes. This game doesn't feel right. I went back to play 2k15 and it's a world of difference. Yes the animations are great and makes the game feel quite organic. Unfortunately, this is by far the worse 2K has produced. It just feels like a concept product that will be 2k17. Never thought this day would come.

Sorry you have that problem but I sure dont. This is the most responsive game 2K has ever made no stuck in animation woes and absolutely no passing delays on my end. Then again I havent even taken the game online yet so maybe your problem is an internet lag issue.

From where I sit this game is really really good

[Rubio809]

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CMH, I moved down to pro, put man def done to 20, upped help defense to 80, and put CPU awareness and Def Awarness at 80.

So. Much. Better.


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can you say what those exact changes are?...User or CPU? (I know CPU Awareness is for CPU obviously)

Yes, I am confused as well. Not understanding what you did and would really like to know. Man def down? CPU awareness? Just trying to eliminate a lot of speed passes to the post. Even tried lowering the CPU Attack Basket and Backdoor cuts down to 0 and STILL see a lot.

[BellSKA]

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I think defense is way too over powering this year. You can't even move and cut to the basket to beat the defense... AT ALL. 8 times out of 10... that's not realistic. In real life, especially in the NBA, it happens. They gotta ease it out... and like i mentioned before, where the hell are the three's at? Missing open shots and everything. smfh.

Sorry man, I couldn't disagree more with this post. Defense is the best it's ever been on a 2K game. It feels like there are so many more variables in play when it comes to dribbling and making moves to the basket. You can't just speed burst past players anymore. It actually takes spacing, dribbling mechanics, and timing your speed burst. I've had plenty of times where I locked down my defender. They'd pull a hesitation and then sprint right past me. I've also noticed that if you try and speed burst around a player more often than not you bump into them and it throws your rhythm and timing off and that stops your drive just like in real life. I have noticed that when players try zig zag cheese, the defender can strafe like it's nobody's business. Not saying zig zag should be more effective, but side to side defensive movement covers a lot of space in a short amount of time.

As for shooting, this has been an argument for years. No one makes every open shot they take. If you were to tell me you were going 2-10 on wide open shots then I'd understand your complaint. I'm not an outside shooter, and even I'm not missing that many open shots. Shooting feels pretty good right now. I'd hate to think what would happen if they bumped it up. Nightmares from previous patches come to mind. I don't like how easily off-balanced shooting can be. It seems like you've got to give your shooter way too much time to set their feet in order to shoot a straight up jumper.

My take away from reading your post is that you want the game to have a more arcadey feel and everyone should score. This year it feels like you can play on both ends of the court and that's a good thing.

[kobe2theMAX]

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2K is absolutely amazing this year. I'm having a blast. Is there however anyway I can make my player lean and change bodytype? I'm 6"8 and my player looks a little chunky.

[TeeDogg]

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Because this game is so good, it actually makes want to be much harder on it than any other game I play. The flaws are ironically more jarring because of how high the quality of the game is.

For me these are some core things that should definitely be tuned.

1. The absolutely ghastly offensive rebounding for both User and CPU. The numbers are really low, mostly because of the lackluster animations that play out when players go for the offensive boards. Players attack defensive boards with supreme effort, on the offensive glass they barely put an arm up, and hardly jump. This is very poorly tuned.

2. Dumb User team A.I. on defense both in transition and in the half court set. I just want the teammates on my team to play as well as the CPU team does. The worst is giving up several layups a game off of missed free throws because they have no idea how to match up in transition. Also players on the weakside wandering in the paint for no reason and giving up open 3's despite the defensive setting that are applied. The low defensive ratings and IQ seem exaggerated for the User team.

3. This one has been talked about ad nauseam. Bigs and poor defending smalls being too good on the perimeter for the CPU team. They aren't just playing angles, using length, and gaping you, they're in your jersey and moving laterally like First Team All-Defensive players.

4. This one is maybe most distressing because it is a long stand legacy issue and may not be able to be tuned. CPU opponent players getting 90% of the 50/50 balls every game. They just have preternatural awareness of loose balls while the User team flounders around stupefied.

I hope these things get addressed at the default levels before I have to adjust the sliders.

No. 4 has been a pet peve of mine for a while. If they can address that I think this game will be as close to perfection as I could ever expect in a sports game (imo). I'll have a loose ball right in front of two of my players, they will stand there while I cpu player comes from 6 feet away and pick the ball up. You can take control but the rebound button doesn't work because the ball is on the floor ( I'm guessing ). Hmm I may play with the hustle slidder. First slidder I've considered adjusting other than lowering speed to 45. That says alot. This game is NICE!

[Eggie25]

First off, let me say that I love this game. I play on Hof Sim but something does actually feel a little off. I turned on the grading to see why I am missing some of my Iso jumpers although i'm creating the space for it. I believe that the shot contesting impacts iso jumpers a little too much. I've had guys get crossed trying to jump back into the play with my release right at the line and receive D grades. Some go in, and some don't but i feel that most of them miss as long as the defender gets his hand up. I love the fact that we can't just get by the cpu every single time for a layup/dunk (keep it that way).

In terms of creating space on jumpers, i do feel that if a guy is in recover mode, it shouldn't always feel like Tony Allen. When that space is somehow created after getting the D off of you, the percentage of that shot going in should be a tad higher depending on release. Right now, I can have Mike Dunleavy guard any wing and not even have to think to double if i'm playing off ball D.

I love the post game and off ball movement. Moving the ball and finding the open man for catch and shoot is lovely. I just that for someone like myself who beats the cpu off the dribble on Hof somewhat often, the cpu shouldn't effect my shot as much as they do. When i really break ankles and pull up, sure i can get the A's and B's but if you observe the actual times you create space, it happens too often where the grade and makes don't add up with the space/type of shot you take.

I've missed a bit of green releases even from near the basket. Made my heart drop but loved it. Still the best basketball game I ever played.

[Jusdpn78]

Gameplay feels alooooooot more organic. And i havent noticed really any player shifting. Really am impressed. Couple nitpicks would be no audio at halftime of a play now offline game,they need to address that. And players warping through bottom of basketball hoop stand where the padding is at. But overall really like how smooth it plays. Definitely a must have.

[jeebs9]

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Playing against the Thunder with the Clippers and I noticed that Paul suddenly started guarding Durant. I thought it was a bug at first but then I watched more and realized that Durant was getting hot so the AI put Paul on him to play him super tight and Paul basically took him out of the game. So cool.


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I was just about to post this!!!! I thought I was going crazy!! lol

Played on Pro. Me the Wolves. Cpu the Warriors.

I stayed close in the first half but they started running and gunning and blew me away. Never felt cheated. My guys were just too slow. Had no one to guard Green when he went to the 5 and stretched the floor. And once Towns and garnett stepped out, Curry went to work inside.

No bullet passes by the PG into the paint. Just good basketball.

Pro I stay on.

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It's a huge difference.

[Grandview2015]

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Is their a day one patch coming? Want to start my league

[AJenius06]

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Dude, this game is freaking awesome. Couldn't hold out any longer and started a MyGM with the Knicks. If a patch or solid league sliders come about I'll start over with a different team, but my God, was my first game against the Bucks a thriller.


Playing on SS/Sim is a healthy challenge. I went back and forth with the Bucks. Going up by 6, being down by 7 and ultimately losing by 3 in overtime. None of it felt cheated, anytime I sagged off too hard or drifted away from a defender, they caught me.


Tie game at 113 in OT. They run a down screen for Middleton. I cover the screen with Lopez but don't fully run out to cover Middleton on the perimeter. Something told me to charge him fully, but I was a bit scared he might drive so I stayed back a little. Wrong decision. Middleton sprayed the three giving me 2.2 seconds to put up a 3 with Melo and he missed. But the back and forth, up and down, cluster of a game was very satisfying to play. Nothing about this game felt cheesy or predetermined. It was just good solid video game/sim basketball.


Don't expect this game to be perfect, but if you play it like it's supposed to be played and find out how to get buckets and make a few stops, it'll always be fun!


Excited about this game man. Too much fun!

[Perry_West]

You're probably guarded by a good defender . His badge might be silver. It cancels out this year

oh, ok. thanks for explaining that.
i thought it was a severe glitch because
i don't recall seeing it before. thank you.