NBA 2K21 [PC, PS5, XBSX|S]

[Shortbread]

Looks damn good...

Highlights to expect...

• An eye-popping leap in graphical advancements: next-gen lighting, textures, physics, animations, and more that push NBA 2K21’s visual presentation to the bleeding edge.
• Rebuilt player movement and player impact, driven by new on-court animation and collision engines that make for a smoother, tougher game.
• The entire arena comes to life, with more than 150 unique AI-driven characters interacting seamlessly to create a groundbreaking Lower Bowl experience.
• An expanded soundtrack with 202 songs at launch and more to come.

 

[BRiT]

And with Xbox branding; small disclaimer says "All footage captured from work-in-progress nextgen build of NBA 2K21" as opposed to "All footage captured from work-in-progress build of NBA 2K21 on Playstation 5"

 

[Sagii86]

Good stuff. Will improve over time.

 

[Shortbread]

Nice...

 

[iroboto]

looks really good. Reminds me of the day EA did teh fight night 2? was it. and everyone was blown away. This is pretty nuts

 

[PSman1700]

So there you have the XSX and PS5 versions, any comparisons?

 

[London Geezer]

I’ll never play this but damn it looks incredible.

 

[Shortbread]

So there you have the XSX and PS5 versions, any comparisons?

There really isn't anything to compare. The footage shown on XBSX is either the PC edition or simply unlabeled PS5 footage (I'm leaning towards the latter).

Because there is no difference at this point...

Spoiler: PS5 vs. Mystery Footage

 

[BRiT]

https://stevivor.com/news/nba-2k21-inserts-unskippable-ads-pre-game-loading-screens/

NBA 2K21 inserts unskippable ads into pre-game loading screens

2K has added unskippable ads into NBA 2K21 pre-game loading screens, Stevivor has today confirmed.

Acting on a tip from a reader, we’ve sighted — and recorded — ads for the Oculus Quest 2 that now appear inside the PS4, Xbox One and Windows PC versions of the game. They’re unskippable, attached to a pre-game video called “MyTEAM Season 2, Episode 7” that’s auto-started in a loading screen that takes longer than the ad runs (even on a PC running from an SSD).

As you can see above (Xbox One at top, PS4 at bottom), the ad runs in full on before a user can hit a button to continue. While we’ve not recorded the experience on PC, we’ve sighted that the experience is the same.

 

[PSman1700]

So next gen hardware removes load times but replaces them with ads

 

[chris1515]

 

[Shortbread]

@0:41 that canned animation (the rocking) between the players is unnatural and quite last generation. Maybe more adaptive animation (AI driven) or motion matching during play and stances would help out character interactions.

 

[Sagii86]

There is quite a task ahead for the team. Nothing which can't be fixed though. Animations and face scans are a hit and miss, so as the commentary. The overall presentation is decent for first test the water regarding "next gen" visuals.

 

[chris1515]

 

[Shortbread]