Over the years the culture of this game has shifted from a basketball sim to arcade play with hyped shot releases and badge obsession. 2K used to aim to replicate real basketball, but now it feels like their main focus is selling its gamers on badges and MyPlayer/MyTeam stuff. If that's your cup of tea, great, enjoy it. But it really bums me out that all of that stuff is having a negative impact on what used to feel like a genuine effort to replicate real basketball.
Over the past couple of years I have been quietly sticking to MyLeague, but this culture shift is starting to ruin what I loved about this series. This year, despite turning the feature OFF, my games are plagued by an irremovable green shot release circle that appears under CPU players that tells me a shot is going in before it reaches the rim. I get it, there is a large part of the player base who obsess over perfect green releases and badges and all of that, but in the efforts to appeal to that crowd, we have this nonsense that spills into all areas of the game and spits in the face of what this game used to be.
I play with Real Player % because I think the determining factor for success on a shot for a professional is largely determined by whether it is a good/uncontested shot from a spot they are familiar with. That's my cup of tea, and I have been enjoying it for years. I have to work for a good look, rather than simply learn a player's release. But this year, even though I have Real Player % turned on and the Shot Meter turned off, the game STILL factors in the Shot Meter! I know this because the CPU is occasionally getting these green light releases. Maybe I'm just getting old and can't relate to what new gamers want, but would it be too much to give us options that work for both? I really miss the authenticity (and options) this game used to aim for.
Over the past couple of years I have been quietly sticking to MyLeague, but this culture shift is starting to ruin what I loved about this series. This year, despite turning the feature OFF, my games are plagued by an irremovable green shot release circle that appears under CPU players that tells me a shot is going in before it reaches the rim. I get it, there is a large part of the player base who obsess over perfect green releases and badges and all of that, but in the efforts to appeal to that crowd, we have this nonsense that spills into all areas of the game and spits in the face of what this game used to be.
I play with Real Player % because I think the determining factor for success on a shot for a professional is largely determined by whether it is a good/uncontested shot from a spot they are familiar with. That's my cup of tea, and I have been enjoying it for years. I have to work for a good look, rather than simply learn a player's release. But this year, even though I have Real Player % turned on and the Shot Meter turned off, the game STILL factors in the Shot Meter! I know this because the CPU is occasionally getting these green light releases. Maybe I'm just getting old and can't relate to what new gamers want, but would it be too much to give us options that work for both? I really miss the authenticity (and options) this game used to aim for.
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