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  • CaseIH
    MVP
    • Sep 2013
    • 3956

    #61
    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.
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    • Johnnythelegend
      Pro
      • Mar 2010
      • 813

      #62
      Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

      I remember 2k16 as the last 2k that I had most fun purely from the gameplay standpoint as I don't remember that there was something as expoitable as there is in 2k17 and 2k18. I feel like that was the last game I found really solid and balanced, talking as an offline gamer.

      2K17 felt great at first and I was really impressed by it but I think all those patches ruined it, I remember Mike posting here really often trying to fix things and that lead to all sorts of problems. 2k17 had probably the worst body types ever, no muscle tone, no real difference between body types. Pick and roll defense was awful. On the other hand, 1 on 1 defense had too much bumping even though I'd take it over this years matador defense.

      2k18 is in my opinion most advanced game and it feels great in terms of resposiveness and how smooth controlling, I think it's the most deep game, with the amount of options and how deep the modes are but I think it's also the most unfinished game that 2k has ever released and that could be reason for that. 2k keeps adding things every year to satify it's customers and to attract new people, neighbourhood is the example of that. Now I feel like this game has so many things but some basic, fundamental things are problematic and needs a lot of work. Again, the pick and roll defense, I recently played 2k16 and pick and roll defense works just fine, but in both 2k17 and 2k18 the game has problems with the most common play in basketball that is the foundation of every offense today. I have already written a couple of posts on that topic here so I won't go deeper again.

      But I feel like if 2k18 was a product of 2 year work that it would be the best basketball game ever no question, I really like many things about it but these basic problems are really influencing how much I enjoy and love the game and how much I play it at the end. Because of that, I hope 2k is really going to work on these more basic things and the gameplay and try to work on all these issues so that 2k19 would be really great. But that remains to be see, I mean I hated how CPU couldn't defend pick and roll in 2k17 and I really tried not to exploit and I was thinking yeah that is going to be fixed for sure in 2k18 and it is actually not.

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      • Hustle Westbrook
        MVP
        • Jan 2015
        • 3146

        #63
        Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

        Still had the best on-ball D out of any 2K game. The lead passing and paint defense made me want to punch a wall though.

        I would have appreciated the game way more at the time if I had known how awful 17 was going to be.
        Check out my YouTube channel for NBA 2K16 MyTeam and Play Now Online gameplay videos!

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        • ponyblind
          Rookie
          • Apr 2018
          • 6

          #64
          Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

          2k11 is classic.

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          • Hustle Westbrook
            MVP
            • Jan 2015
            • 3146

            #65
            Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

            Man, I miss putting the clamps on people in this game. The most fun I've EVER had playing defense in a 2K.

            This was the year where they completely nerfed the zig-zag, where if you tried to do it the ball would bounce off the defender's foot. So you had to actually be nice on the sticks to blow by someone.

            I wish we could get back to that. It's so tough playing on-ball D these days.
            Check out my YouTube channel for NBA 2K16 MyTeam and Play Now Online gameplay videos!

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            • raiderphantom
              MVP
              • Jul 2012
              • 1550

              #66
              Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

              Originally posted by MMChrisS

              With nearly 20 releases under its belt, NBA 2K has nestled into an elite category of game franchises. When the new Grand Theft Auto, Metal Gear Solid, or Uncharted releases, fans automatically expect greatness. The same can be said of NBA 2K. For the folks over at 2K, itโ€™s a wonderful problem to have -- a much better problem than the alternative.

              But it still does present a problem, because once a franchise achieves greatness, each release can feel a bit stale. How do you improve a game many consider to be nearly flawless? Games with huge, glaring issues can at least point to the obvious of what didnโ€™t work and what they are doing to fix the issues for the next release. But that wasnโ€™t the case as we approached the NBA 2K16 release date.

              So how did the game stack up against the usual weight of its expectations? How do I feel this season went as we now begin to look ahead to NBA 2K17? Well...

              Read More - NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?


              Donโ€™t know why this in my feed but 2k16 was one of the most unrealistic 2Kโ€™s Iโ€™ve ever played. Insane input delay and overly physics bumps. Last gen destroyed anything before โ€˜17


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              • Yesh2kdone
                Banned
                • Feb 2015
                • 1427

                #67
                Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

                15 was the most fun, but 16 was a better game overall. However, as 16 introduced the start of the archetype system, it gets marks against it for that reason.

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                • BluFu
                  MVP
                  • May 2012
                  • 3601

                  #68
                  Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

                  Originally posted by Hustle Westbrook
                  Man, I miss putting the clamps on people in this game. The most fun I've EVER had playing defense in a 2K.

                  This was the year where they completely nerfed the zig-zag, where if you tried to do it the ball would bounce off the defender's foot. So you had to actually be nice on the sticks to blow by someone.

                  I wish we could get back to that. It's so tough playing on-ball D these days.
                  Conversely, offense felt that much more rewarding with how good the defense was

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                  • BrandonJ280
                    Rookie
                    • Apr 2017
                    • 20

                    #69
                    Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

                    Yes 2k was & still is the best 2k/ sports game I ever played. It had everything that keep me playing it.

                    Gameplay was really good and balanced. The DEfense was great. Signature moves, post moves/shots where good. All the players showing a lot of emotion and the player mode graphics were more realistic looking than 17 or 18.

                    Nba Today worked u could see the highlights from the night before the whole presentation was well put together in the game. Online play was great before the changes in the tier system in 17. Amazing game
                    Last edited by BrandonJ280; 05-16-2018, 11:17 PM.

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                    • iTofu
                      Rookie
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 293

                      #70
                      Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

                      2K16 gets points for taking Jordan Rec from 2K15 and turning it into Pro-Am which the community long had a desire for.

                      On the other hand, 2K16 was the game where Pro-Am transition offense was literally:
                      1. Leak + Rebound
                      2. Big hits L1+R1 for instantaneous full-court pass
                      3. If two or more people downcourt, then kick to the corner for three, otherwise take the layup.

                      It was like 2 seconds or less offense, it was so strange. And you knew every team used this method because when RTTF began, every week on 2KTV they'd show each player's stats and the bigs would be averaging triple-doubles. Admittedly, I enjoyed having an automatic triple-double every game, but it was silly.

                      Then 2K dropped a patch in early May that nerfed Break Starter and killed speed boosting before RTTF was streamed.

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                      PSN: iTofutastic

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                      • Thunderhorse
                        Rookie
                        • Jun 2011
                        • 487

                        #71
                        Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

                        Originally posted by iTofu
                        2K16 gets points for taking Jordan Rec from 2K15 and turning it into Pro-Am which the community long had a desire for.
                        They do get points for that, but I did not like that they dropped the Jordan rec center completely and it has never found it's way back into the game.

                        Rep used to be attainable @ the Jordan Rec Center and that was dropped in 16. In addition to that sometimes My crew may only have 3 or 4 on, and we don't want to pick up an AI opponent or a bum(s) for the additional opponents. At the rec center we could essentially "screen" out undesirables.

                        Jordan Rec center is the only thing 15 had that I wish was still in the game. I greatly miss the ball tangibility in 16. Positioning mattered.

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                        • Luca_Blight
                          Rookie
                          • Feb 2015
                          • 162

                          #72
                          Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

                          I am so done with 2K18..Going to game stop right now to pick up a copy of 2K16.


                          In 2k18, i cant seem to find the right difficulty setting. I'm either winning every single game with one setting, or cant win a freaking game for my life on the other. the sliders are way outta wack. I tried everyone's sliders none seem to work cuz this game is just simply broken... Just deleted 2K18 a couple days ago. 2k16 here i come

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                          • Aceboonkoon
                            MVP
                            • Sep 2011
                            • 1211

                            #73
                            Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

                            Originally posted by Luca_Blight
                            I am so done with 2K18..Going to game stop right now to pick up a copy of 2K16.


                            In 2k18, i cant seem to find the right difficulty setting. I'm either winning every single game with one setting, or cant win a freaking game for my life on the other. the sliders are way outta wack. I tried everyone's sliders none seem to work cuz this game is just simply broken... Just deleted 2K18 a couple days ago. 2k16 here i come
                            Try mine and then see how it goes

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                            • Luca_Blight
                              Rookie
                              • Feb 2015
                              • 162

                              #74
                              Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

                              Originally posted by Aceboonkoon
                              Try mine and then see how it goes

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                              Just found out 2k16 severs are down. Damm..

                              Ill reinstall 18 and give your set a shot man.

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                              • GisherJohn24
                                MVP
                                • Aug 2008
                                • 4577

                                #75
                                Re: NBA 2K16: The Best Game in the Series' History?

                                Originally posted by Luca_Blight
                                Just found out 2k16 severs are down. Damm..

                                Ill reinstall 18 and give your set a shot man.

                                Sent from my LGL15G using Operation Sports mobile app
                                It's offline ,but if you play offline sometimes like having a friend over, I only play 16 on PS4 or 16 on previous gen. Yes. Previous gen (360 and PS3). My friend and I played 1997 Lakers Vs 1994 Knocks on the 360 NBA 2K16 and I honestly feel it plays better than next gen. Do yourself a favor if you have 15 bucks and you still have your 360 or PS3 pick up NBA 2k 16 you won't be disappointed

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