I love basketball -and football (soccer) for that matter- so I decided to buy NBA 2k14 -I had them all on a yearly basis, from NBA 2k6 to NBA 2k11 (the best in the series, til now -only surpassed by NBA 2k14, imho) the other day and I am having lots of fun with the game. It is one of the best sports games ever made, if not the best.
Additionally, it features European teams, like Olimpyakos, Real Madrid, Zalgiris Kaunas, CSKA Moscow, etc etc, which is a big plus for me. I hope that the European teams join the NBA in the future.
I am sure that a future star player like Luka Doncic -the emerging star of the Real Madrid junior team- will be in the NBA in the future, he is A-mazing.
Back on subject, I read people saying that the game looked awesome, but I thought that perhaps people were exaggerating and it wasn't such a big deal. Man, was I wrong! I stared in awe when I first saw this game and this may well be the Ryse of sports games, technically wise.
You would have to see it for yourself on the PS4 or Xbox One to believe me.
The only problem I have with the game so far is that the online can be laggy. But I barely play sports games online anymore. I got tired of both NBA and FIFA games of people retiring from matches early on if they weren't playing well, other times they give you bad rep for no apparent reason other than you winning the match, and fairly so -I have many flaws but playing cheap isn't one of them-.
Today I decided to play an online match and it was the last straw for me. I was the Atlanta Hawks and the guy was playing Miami Heat, and at the end of the match his team made 59 points, but he was using Lebron most of the time, Lebron scored 51 of the total team's points, and he made like 50 something shots.
Thankfully for me I blocked quite a few of them and defended well -he almost always went to the baseline for easy shots, layup + foul), so I kept his percentages low, but it was an obnoxious match. The everyday of sport games online though.
I rather prefer to play against the CPU, you learn plays on most difficulty levels and they try to play actual basketball.
The game is amazing overall and a great showcase of what the new consoles are truly capable of.
Right now I am completely addicted to My Team -gotta try My Player and the new GM mode-. It is like the Ultimate Team in FIFA, but it is so much fun, I love how they present it.
I always play a match at least once a day. The My Team mode is comprised of some special features where you are given some players to start with, and they are usually rated the 60s or less overall, or one of them is rated 70 overall but that's a rarity.
Still you can play pretty good basket with those if you try. The CPU randomly decides what players will be in your team.
This is my team: STARTERS-- Beno Udrih, Mike Miller -the only one rated 70-, P.J. Tucker, Cody Zeller, Kosta Koufos. BENCH. Sixth man: Jeremy Evans. Rest of the bench: Keith Bogans. Pablo Prigioni. Chris Copeland. Nick Collison. Terrence Jones. Shaun Livingstone.
I have quite a few shooters, like Udrih, Mike Miller, Keith Bogans, Pablo Prigioni... I would like to hire Kyle Korver, he is only rated 64 but he is a pretty good player overall, especially on the attack.
My only gripe with the game is a classic one, and it is the lack of a proper end to end camera. I like to play viewing the entire field, as if I was there, and cameras like 2k, Action, High and Wire do that.
The problem is that the camera angle changes, be it during a new quarter or after a play. With the 2k camera for instance, when you get the ball the camera flips behind your players -which is the way I want it-, but if the opposite team starts a new possession then the camera flips and you can't do much about it.
This also doesn't help when you steal the ball, because the camera rotates instantly and since the controls are absolute -camera related- you were counter-attacking pressing down and the camera rotate you have to press up to get to the baseline of the opposite team.
I lost momentum on many counter-attacks because of that, losing the opportunity to make very easy baskets 'cos when I switched directions to go forward, the precious time it took me to change a direction allowed the opposite team to recompose their defense.
On defense it doesn't let me rearrange my defense as quickly as I'd like to, from time to time either, for the very same reason. I must look into a solution... perhaps I am missing something.
Finally, if I had to score this game I'd give it a 9,7 overall.
Additionally, it features European teams, like Olimpyakos, Real Madrid, Zalgiris Kaunas, CSKA Moscow, etc etc, which is a big plus for me. I hope that the European teams join the NBA in the future.
I am sure that a future star player like Luka Doncic -the emerging star of the Real Madrid junior team- will be in the NBA in the future, he is A-mazing.
Back on subject, I read people saying that the game looked awesome, but I thought that perhaps people were exaggerating and it wasn't such a big deal. Man, was I wrong! I stared in awe when I first saw this game and this may well be the Ryse of sports games, technically wise.
You would have to see it for yourself on the PS4 or Xbox One to believe me.
The only problem I have with the game so far is that the online can be laggy. But I barely play sports games online anymore. I got tired of both NBA and FIFA games of people retiring from matches early on if they weren't playing well, other times they give you bad rep for no apparent reason other than you winning the match, and fairly so -I have many flaws but playing cheap isn't one of them-.
Today I decided to play an online match and it was the last straw for me. I was the Atlanta Hawks and the guy was playing Miami Heat, and at the end of the match his team made 59 points, but he was using Lebron most of the time, Lebron scored 51 of the total team's points, and he made like 50 something shots.
Thankfully for me I blocked quite a few of them and defended well -he almost always went to the baseline for easy shots, layup + foul), so I kept his percentages low, but it was an obnoxious match. The everyday of sport games online though.
I rather prefer to play against the CPU, you learn plays on most difficulty levels and they try to play actual basketball.
The game is amazing overall and a great showcase of what the new consoles are truly capable of.
Right now I am completely addicted to My Team -gotta try My Player and the new GM mode-. It is like the Ultimate Team in FIFA, but it is so much fun, I love how they present it.
I always play a match at least once a day. The My Team mode is comprised of some special features where you are given some players to start with, and they are usually rated the 60s or less overall, or one of them is rated 70 overall but that's a rarity.
Still you can play pretty good basket with those if you try. The CPU randomly decides what players will be in your team.
This is my team: STARTERS-- Beno Udrih, Mike Miller -the only one rated 70-, P.J. Tucker, Cody Zeller, Kosta Koufos. BENCH. Sixth man: Jeremy Evans. Rest of the bench: Keith Bogans. Pablo Prigioni. Chris Copeland. Nick Collison. Terrence Jones. Shaun Livingstone.
I have quite a few shooters, like Udrih, Mike Miller, Keith Bogans, Pablo Prigioni... I would like to hire Kyle Korver, he is only rated 64 but he is a pretty good player overall, especially on the attack.
My only gripe with the game is a classic one, and it is the lack of a proper end to end camera. I like to play viewing the entire field, as if I was there, and cameras like 2k, Action, High and Wire do that.
The problem is that the camera angle changes, be it during a new quarter or after a play. With the 2k camera for instance, when you get the ball the camera flips behind your players -which is the way I want it-, but if the opposite team starts a new possession then the camera flips and you can't do much about it.
This also doesn't help when you steal the ball, because the camera rotates instantly and since the controls are absolute -camera related- you were counter-attacking pressing down and the camera rotate you have to press up to get to the baseline of the opposite team.
I lost momentum on many counter-attacks because of that, losing the opportunity to make very easy baskets 'cos when I switched directions to go forward, the precious time it took me to change a direction allowed the opposite team to recompose their defense.
On defense it doesn't let me rearrange my defense as quickly as I'd like to, from time to time either, for the very same reason. I must look into a solution... perhaps I am missing something.
Finally, if I had to score this game I'd give it a 9,7 overall.
