Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?
IMO NBA2k18 is not only the best NBA2k of all time, but also the best sports video game of all time, and there isnt any other even close to matching it. MLBTS probably emmulates baseball as far as gameplay goes, really good, but its franchise mode isnt anywhere near what Association is in NBA2k with MyLeague.
The few issues I have with NBA2k18 are:
A fee sim stats, namely PIP, and 2nd chance points, are to low, but sim stats wise 18 is the best its ever been.
CPU poor foul trouble mamagement, and lack of using timeouts, unless you use advance rotations, but advanced rotations the CPU doesnt managed foul trouble at all, and is a major issue.
The lack of shooting fouls on 3pt attempts is a problem, but lately I dont know if it was a tuner update, or if its my sliders, but this has been improved actually.
The only other gripe I have is when driving to the basket defenders tend to bounce off the driver, and rather than seeing physical contact which would lead to a blocking foul or charging right around the restricted area, the defender just rolls off the offensive player. There needs to be more physical contact right around that restricted area, which should lead a blocking foul or if just outside the restricted area a charge. I dont mind the hip riding animation on the perimeter, when the ball handler gets by the defender, because the majority of all backcourt players can get past ther defender, its the help defense which keeps them from getting all the way to the rim IRL. This needs to be improved upon in 19.
Unfortunately there are always going to be some, who are going to complain no matter what, as some people are just whiners and will look for things to complain about, rather than give the devs credit for what they did do right, and they do a heck of a lot more right than than they do wrong.
I do worry this whole esports gaming, will hurt us offline players, as I fear Association mode and offline play will get less and less effort. But its also possible it will actually improve gameplay. However I think the reason we dont see quite enough non shooting fouls, and non steal turnovers is due to online players, crying about throwing the ball away, and too many fouls. As for Association, you have basically everything in it as they do IRL, its about as deep as it can possibly get, and by far beats any other sports console franchise mode. Really the only sports game that outdoes NBA2k's MyLeague is OOTP baseball on PC, as far as franchise modes go.
Overall the devs deserve a lot of credit for how much the game continues to improve yr after yr. I enjoyed 16, 17 and 18, but overall 18 is the best to date. I hope 19 continues the trend of improvment.
IMO NBA2k18 is not only the best NBA2k of all time, but also the best sports video game of all time, and there isnt any other even close to matching it. MLBTS probably emmulates baseball as far as gameplay goes, really good, but its franchise mode isnt anywhere near what Association is in NBA2k with MyLeague.
The few issues I have with NBA2k18 are:
A fee sim stats, namely PIP, and 2nd chance points, are to low, but sim stats wise 18 is the best its ever been.
CPU poor foul trouble mamagement, and lack of using timeouts, unless you use advance rotations, but advanced rotations the CPU doesnt managed foul trouble at all, and is a major issue.
The lack of shooting fouls on 3pt attempts is a problem, but lately I dont know if it was a tuner update, or if its my sliders, but this has been improved actually.
The only other gripe I have is when driving to the basket defenders tend to bounce off the driver, and rather than seeing physical contact which would lead to a blocking foul or charging right around the restricted area, the defender just rolls off the offensive player. There needs to be more physical contact right around that restricted area, which should lead a blocking foul or if just outside the restricted area a charge. I dont mind the hip riding animation on the perimeter, when the ball handler gets by the defender, because the majority of all backcourt players can get past ther defender, its the help defense which keeps them from getting all the way to the rim IRL. This needs to be improved upon in 19.
Unfortunately there are always going to be some, who are going to complain no matter what, as some people are just whiners and will look for things to complain about, rather than give the devs credit for what they did do right, and they do a heck of a lot more right than than they do wrong.
I do worry this whole esports gaming, will hurt us offline players, as I fear Association mode and offline play will get less and less effort. But its also possible it will actually improve gameplay. However I think the reason we dont see quite enough non shooting fouls, and non steal turnovers is due to online players, crying about throwing the ball away, and too many fouls. As for Association, you have basically everything in it as they do IRL, its about as deep as it can possibly get, and by far beats any other sports console franchise mode. Really the only sports game that outdoes NBA2k's MyLeague is OOTP baseball on PC, as far as franchise modes go.
Overall the devs deserve a lot of credit for how much the game continues to improve yr after yr. I enjoyed 16, 17 and 18, but overall 18 is the best to date. I hope 19 continues the trend of improvment.
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