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cdj
10-07-2014, 07:47 AM
Post your NBA 2K15 thoughts and general discussion in this thread!

CLW
10-07-2014, 02:55 PM
GameFly shipping to me so I should have this bad boy by Thursday or Friday this week. I'm sure I'll be playing quite a bit with the nephew who loves the series.

SmoothPancakes
10-07-2014, 03:02 PM
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/10/7/6933751/the-nba-2k15-face-scanner-xbox-ps4

Yikes! :D

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I OU a Beatn
10-07-2014, 03:55 PM
The most immediate thing is the better design of the menus and how much smoother they are to navigate. I know it's kind of a dumb thing to touch upon, but with how bad and clunky the UI has been in recent years, it's nice to see it finally be competent.

Player movement is also smoother and you have more control over your player, which was the 2nd most annoying thing the past few years. It's still not perfect, but it's better than last year.

There was a ton of AI problems and I've only played one game, so that's not enough time to see if they improved things like double team logic, zone defense logic/rotation, rebounding, etc...

Derrick Rose got hurt in the 1st quarter of my game, though, so I hope that wasn't a sign of things to come. :smh:

bdoughty
10-07-2014, 08:07 PM
Still waiting for the disc to finish installing. 51GB and a 1GB update file because this games loves GB's.

I played one qtr of a game to "Personal Jesus" and the one thing that still bothers me is the rumble. Why on earth tie it to dribbling? Leave it to contact. I love the rumble but have to turn it off because one offense I want to thrown my controller at the TV.

bdoughty
10-07-2014, 08:10 PM
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/10/7/6933751/the-nba-2k15-face-scanner-xbox-ps4

Yikes! :D


http://i.imgur.com/t8FUdni.jpg

cdj
10-08-2014, 07:39 AM
Between the face scans and servers issues last night (expected on day one), the game was getting skewered on my Twitter timeline last night. However, when the servers were holding up it did seem to be getting good reviews/comments.

JBHuskers
10-08-2014, 08:03 AM
http://i.imgur.com/t8FUdni.jpg
:D

Using Tapatalk on my Samsung Galaxy S5 for shats & gaggles.

skipwondah33
10-08-2014, 03:26 PM
Are players still capable of making a number of moves moving and dribbling with the ball only hitting the ground once?

Last year's version I seen that quite a few times

JBHuskers
10-08-2014, 05:41 PM
Does anyone here have it?

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morsdraconis
10-08-2014, 06:22 PM
Does anyone here have it?

Using Tapatalk on my Samsung Galaxy S5 for shats & gaggles.

I have the PC version. Haven't had a chance to play it yet.

Rudy
10-08-2014, 06:42 PM
I wish there was a demo. The game looks really nice but I need to feel the player control and court spacing.

bdoughty
10-08-2014, 07:02 PM
It appears me and IOU have it based on our posts above. ;)

Too busy playing Destiny and doing the Raid to get shards and energy.

morsdraconis
10-08-2014, 07:46 PM
I wish there was a demo. The game looks really nice but I need to feel the player control and court spacing.

VERY preliminary impressions from basically just a quarter of basketball, but I REALLY like the spacing and the movement. It doesn't seem as floaty. It doesn't seem like people can do ridiculous moves while walking but not getting called for it. The spacing pretty damn nice. They seem to have revamped the plays again to actually run plays that work. You're still sometimes running plays where guys are guarded well and they aren't moving, so there is still the issue of them not maneuvering to create space, but it still seems better than 2k14. The graphics are QUITE nice (not even playing maxed out on my PC because I don't have a good enough video card to do so). They have redone the hair to make it look like actual hair (something that drove me CRAZY about the game before - the hair just looked atrocious, even on real players). They have the opening ceremonies of all the teams in the game, finally, which is nice to see. Presentation is still absolutely top notch. Haven't done anything with the online. About to dive into the My Player stuff (always been my favorite part of the game) and probably going to check out the My GM and My Franchise stuff to see how that goes (sim a few years in advance and see what happens since that was always where the previous versions of the game would just break because it would never have prospects that actually turned out to be good at all).

Overall, I could see this being a pretty big step forward for people, especially people that haven't touched the series in a year or two.

Rudy
10-08-2014, 07:56 PM
Nice impressions Mors!

SmoothPancakes
10-08-2014, 08:30 PM
Sounds great! I plan on picking this up on Friday after I get paid.

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morsdraconis
10-08-2014, 08:53 PM
Wow. The My Player revamp is HUGE. It's TOTALLY different. I don't even know if I'm going to make a team now!

The spacing is DEFINITELY better. Players move with momentum, which can be a bit difficult to get used to at first. THEY ACTUALLY CALL MOVING SCREENS!!! Two games into My Player and I've had 4 moving screens called on me (playing a big lumbering Center). Definitely gotta make sure you're not moving when you set that screen. :D

I'm enjoying the game. Gonna be Monday before I get a chance to touch it again, but I'm itching to play more already. Basketball season is about to start up and this game has got me pumped to play more. I just hope the GM stuff is as good as the My Player stuff. I'm blown away by how well done the presentation is for My Player. Just wow.

morsdraconis
10-12-2014, 11:08 PM
Just finished playing a shitload more of the My Player stuff. Only issue I've found so far is the who to guard indicator will sometimes lock onto someone on the bench for a series. It will fix itself after a change of possession though. Not sure if it's a PC only glitch or it's happening on the consoles as well, but it was very confusing when it first happened but it wasn't a huge deal since I normally don't follow the who to guard indicator anyway and just cover the dude who I'm supposed to be on all the time anyway (should probably just turn the damn indicator off already).

I will say, I started over with a SG instead of a Center and the momentum is definitely still tough to deal with. I'm definitely having issues with staying infront of the person I'm supposed to cover though I've never exactly been amazing at that aspect of defense anyway. Being able to shoot the ball even semi-well (67+ rating) makes playing a position a bit easier to deal with. It is VERY interesting dealing with not being on a team until almost a 3rd of the NBA season is over with and see players injured and thus the reason for you being on the team or just seeing teams start to tank (like the Denver Nuggets, who I'm attempting to get a roster spot on right now) and start signing younger guys to see if they can find a diamond in the rough or whatever.

There is a bit of an issue with rosters (again, not sure if it's the PC version or consoles too) when it comes to teams interested in signing you at the start. Minnesota was 99% interested in signing me as a SG simply because the way they have Eric Bledsoe listed in the game as a PG first and a SG second, the game's logic thinks that Minnesota only has one SG on their roster instead of the three that they have. Bit sad to see glitch happening because it probably means that the logic for the CPU to drafting players might be fucked as well since they could draft a SG #1 overall the year before, get another high pick in that year's draft only to draft another highly rated SG because the first one ended up playing PG as well and had PG listed first instead of SG listed first since it is their primary position on the court. We'll see though. Gonna try to do some testing either tomorrow evening or Tuesday evening in the Franchise and My Team mode to see what happens there.

SCClassof93
11-06-2014, 08:13 AM
Picked this up finally after trying the demo for Live. Very impressed again.

cdj
12-31-2014, 02:49 PM
New locker code: NEWYEARNEWGEAR

Assuming it's the same for all, it unlocked a pair of Air Jordans for MyPlayer.

cdj
01-30-2015, 06:30 PM
The latest roster update has the 2015 All-Star Game uniforms, court, and rosters.

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However, just like the ASG unis in LIVE 15, they are incorrect. It looks like each company made their unis based on early mocks and since then team logo and first name were added to the uniform back (http://store.nba.com/2015_All_Star_Gear/Youth_Western_Conference_Stephen_Curry_adidas_Blac k_2015_NBA_All-Star_Game_Replica_Jersey). I wonder if either will update them at some point.

Image courtesy OS:

http://media.operationsports.com/shots/1422657126-media.jpg

JBHuskers
02-02-2015, 01:26 PM
I like the subway sign at midcourt.

cdj
02-02-2015, 04:53 PM
I like the subway sign at midcourt.

IIRC, both games had apparently received early inaccurate mock-ups of the ASG court last year and (at least Live) updated it later on. This design seems pretty basic aside from the sign at midcourt. It just screams inaccurate (missing some art) to me, but I could be wrong.

cdj
02-08-2015, 12:51 PM
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cdj
02-24-2015, 12:58 PM
Per OS (http://www.operationsports.com/news/830097/new-old-town-flyers-park-will-be-located-on-the-flight-deck-of-an-aircraft-carrier/):

http://media.operationsports.com/shots/1424801766-media.jpg

The Old Town Flyers officially won the MyPARK Championship a couple of weeks ago for winning the most Rival Days across all platforms. They are scheduled to receive a newly designed home park on February 27th.

The new park will be located on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. More details to come.

If you are a member of the Sunset Beach Ballers or Rivet City Rough Riders, you will need a rep level of Pro 3 or higher to travel to the new park.

cdj
02-28-2015, 09:50 AM
Not sure what happened, but following a PS4 HD swap (unrelated to the issue I think) my MyPlayer/MyPark files went corrupt losing about 20 hours or so of progress.

2K Support has been pretty quick & good about helping, but is not able to restore the files. While they seemed to infer I was at fault (shut off console while saving; didn't quit game from main menu - didn't do either), they also had a quick form response for this scenario and I've noticed an increased number of people contacting @2ksupport on Twitter with the same issue over the last few days. It seems that their resolution is/will be to give me back all VC earned spent to get my player back to the same rating as when the file went bad (low 80s OVR) but in-game progress is unrecoverable. I'm just glad I didn't spend any real-life money to ramp up my player; those who have seem to be the most upset on social media (and rightfully so).

2K really has to rework how they handle files as there is too much reliance on online connectivity & servers. Similarly to NCAA Football, using an older file should be able to restore a save that has gone bad. What's worse is that it appears this issue has been around for several years as I'm seeing people mentioning it in previous versions.

I was enjoying MyPark despite some annoying gameplay aspects & exploits, but this will probably be enough to stop playing and sell the game. unless by some act of God my MyPark progress is still intact.

JBHuskers
02-28-2015, 07:17 PM
I'm guessing MyPark progress is stored on the server?

texacotea
02-28-2015, 08:45 PM
CD if you plan on selling it let me know.

cdj
02-28-2015, 10:07 PM
I'm guessing MyPark progress is stored on the server?

We'll find out soon enough. Right now with things in their current state I can't even connect to their servers.


CD if you plan on selling it let me know.

I'm seeing that someone else with this issue had a week wait (http://www.operationsports.com/forums/nba-2k-basketball/830416-wow-impressed-2k-support.html) to get the issue resolved (VC refund issued), so I will see if I can connect after that and if MyPark progress is still intact. If not, I'll figure out a good price for you.



I'm thinking of writing up an article on this, so for my own reference I'm going to archive some tweets/links of others with the same issue.

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"2k corrupt file" shows users having this issue for the past several years

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Even more, now from Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/NBA2K/posts/10155300425015305

https://www.facebook.com/NBA2K/posts/10155296767305305

cdj
03-16-2015, 08:09 PM
Potential major deal alert for tomorrow on NBA 2K15:

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Rudy
03-16-2015, 08:16 PM
It would be nice if it was on Canadian Amazon. I no longer have access to the US one since my brother switched jobs and no longer works in Detroit. They rarely ship to Canada. Depends on the item.

SmoothPancakes
03-17-2015, 08:44 AM
Curry had $19 points last night, so $19 off. I'm guessing they're charging a full $59.99 which means it'll still be $40.99.

#TheScriptIsDead

cdj
03-17-2015, 06:34 PM
I don't know if their community managers asked/started this, but the #2k16ideas hashtag (https://twitter.com/search?q=%232K16Ideas) has turned pretty humorous/silly.

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