anyone playing nba 2k14?

[Bman123]

Was wondering if any of you play NBA 2k14? If so I'm always down to play my psn is yoboybrice

I are ordered it and got the 10,000 VC bonus. Was wondering what's generally a good signature skill to buy as I have enough for a few...

 

[Lil Frier]

Nah, not yet. I skipped 2K13 because 2K Sports didn't do ANYTHING with MLB 2K13 (it was just a re-release of the previous year's game). I planned to get the MLB/NBA combo pack, but since the baseball game (which I cared more about)was a worthless roster update, I just passed on both. I've got a LOT still do do with 2K11 and 2K12 though, as far as 360 Achievements are concerned.

 

[Bman123]

Your missing out. I started with nba 2k13 and 2k14 seems a lot better to me. I understand the whole roster update thing. I feel that way about madden a lot but this year seemed good for the sports games that I play

 

[Sulaco]

Nah, not yet. I skipped 2K13 because 2K Sports didn't do ANYTHING with MLB 2K13 (it was just a re-release of the previous year's game). I planned to get the MLB/NBA combo pack, but since the baseball game (which I cared more about)was a worthless roster update, I just passed on both. I've got a LOT still do do with 2K11 and 2K12 though, as far as 360 Achievements are concerned.

Never judge 2K basketball games by what they do with the MLB games. They are simply night and day.
The NBA 2K series has consistently been one of the best sports games out there, bar none. It's incredible how stale and pathetic the MLB franchise has gotten, especially with The Show utterly obliterating it year after year. But 2K continues to impress with the NBA license, and it's usually always worth a buy.

 

[Durvelle27]

I'm playing it but on Xbox 360.

 

[Bman123]

What signature skills do you think are a must buy? I've got the 10,000 VC burning a hole in my pocket. My player is a athletic point guard on the nets so I've got good people around me.

 

[Lil Frier]

Your missing out. I started with nba 2k13 and 2k14 seems a lot better to me. I understand the whole roster update thing. I feel that way about madden a lot but this year seemed good for the sports games that I play

Yeah, I'll probably get 2K14 at Christmas, we'll see.

 

[Lil Frier]

Never judge 2K basketball games by what they do with the MLB games. They are simply night and day.
The NBA 2K series has consistently been one of the best sports games out there, bar none. It's incredible how stale and pathetic the MLB franchise has gotten, especially with The Show utterly obliterating it year after year. But 2K continues to impress with the NBA license, and it's usually always worth a buy.

It's not that I was blaming the basketball team for the baseball team's issues. The combo pack was both games for $80. That annoyed me right from the start, since the 2K12 combo pack was $70, and MLB 2K13 was a no-effort release, so adding $10 to the cost of the combo pack when you put no actual money into making the MLB game was a joke.

However, I could get past that, because $120 of games for $80 is still a good deal. When I found out how there was NOTHING from MLB 2K13 that was improved, I gave up. They even left all of the Achievements (except for one, which was a minor change) the same. Oh, and they removed online leagues, so they put in no effort, removed one big feature, and expected people to pay $10 more? Heeeeeell no.

That was in March when MLB released, and by that time, I didn't see it as worthwhile to spend $60 (when the pack was $80) on just the NBA game. I've still got Jordan Challenges and My Player stuff to finish on 2K11, and I have a LOT to do on 2K12 still, and that's as of today. 2K13 would have sat and collected dust, most likely, so I figured waiting until 2K14 was a better option. I have a $50 Best Buy gift card with nothing to use it on, so if 2K14 goes on-sale around Black Friday, I might pick it up. Otherwise, Christmas gift.

Even then, I'm debating if I just want to skip 2K14 and wait for 2K15 on the One.

 

[Bman123]

You can always wait for next years next gen version but you got a solid 11 1/2 months to wait for it

 

[Lil Frier]

Oh, that's what I would do, most likely. If 2K14 doesn't make it to the One, the choice is pretty clear. I'm more-concerned with the future of baseball games. MLB 2K13 was such a fiasco that I think it put a BIG nail into that franchise's coffin. However, 2K had said back in 2011 or so that they were losing $30-40 million on the games each year. That, and it really seems like the reason 2K13 was such a pathetic joke was because MLB couldn't get anyone else to make a game, so they had to beg 2K to throw something together at the last minute (the game's existence wasn't even announced until January, and it launched in March; most thought they'd left the baseball business after the license ended with 2K12).

I'll probably get to NBA 2K11 and its Jordan Challenges once I finish Forza, if I ever can. I think I have another 50-55 races in that career, then I have to do the 80 or so Event List races. Once I get through 2K11, I can get to 2K12 and start thinking about NBA 2K14.

 

[Bman123]

I have get the sports games when they come out because I play them online a lot between august (madden) October (NBA 2K) til November when COD comes out. If I had to pay $60 for the new games I definitely wouldn't buy madden every year that's for sure.

I will give madden some credit tho they really changed the run game this year and it is overall better then 2013 was

 

[American Gunner]

I picked it up from Redbox this weekend and could literally not tell any differences in the 13 and 14 versions. With GTA and Diablo on my plate, I think I will be skipping this one.

 

[codyray10]

Played a few games on 360, I do not like how they changed the controls. Gameplay seemed a bit more fluid. Cannot stand the controls though

 

[Bman123]

I picked it up from Redbox this weekend and could literally not tell any differences in the 13 and 14 versions. With GTA and Diablo on my plate, I think I will be skipping this one.

I don't know how to me it is night and day

 

[zerocool84]

I picked it up from Redbox this weekend and could literally not tell any differences in the 13 and 14 versions. With GTA and Diablo on my plate, I think I will be skipping this one.

There's a huge difference because you don't have to press the damn modifier button anymore to do crazy moves.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Waiting for PS4 to grab this game.

The 2K Baseball game is pretty bad but only because you should be playing The Show on a PS3 instead.

 

[Lil Frier]

I still disagree there. The 2K games aren't bad themselves, they mostly just LOOK bad. The graphics are pretty terrible, which is baffling when you consider how good the NBA games look. There have always been some glitches at launch, but they're typically ironed out well. The only part of the game that needs legitimately fixed is the fielding, which never felt quite right, as far as player range (too wide) goes.

However, I don't know that I could ever give The Show a chance. For starters, I wouldn't buy a PS3 for one game. That, and I LOVE the Total Control mechanics in 2K's games. The gameplay's solid, it's just like they're never given a budget to polish the game.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Everything about the show is just better IMO. But this is an NBA thread and 2k is the best there.

 

[Sulaco]

Everything about the show is just better IMO. But this is an NBA thread and 2k is the best there.

Well, not everything. The Show's commentary and audio is not very good, and sucks balls compared to 2K.
2K usually has excellent commentary/announcing in their games.

It's kind of a big deal in baseball games, because the action is so slooooow. So having background chatter and commentating is not only realistic, but important. In The Show, you can have stretches of several seconds where there's just silence. It's...weird.

But yeah, other than that, The Show is a phenomenal game, blows 2K out of the water.

 

[Lil Frier]

Everything about the show is just better IMO. But this is an NBA thread and 2k is the best there.

I don't have a PS3, nor do I know anyone in-person with one, so I've never had the chance to try The Show. However, from what I semi-know about it, does it not lean heavily on a button-based control scheme? The stick-based pitching, hitting, and fielding is a much-better way to have the controls of the game built, in my opinion. Even when Sony apparently started to go that route (not sure how far they got with it), the pro-Show writers were saying that 2K's games were doing it better.

So, without having a means of testing The Show, I'll give it the nod in the physics/realism department, but I give 2K's games the wins in commentary and control scheme.

 

[Sulaco]

I don't have a PS3, nor do I know anyone in-person with one, so I've never had the chance to try The Show. However, from what I semi-know about it, does it not lean heavily on a button-based control scheme? The stick-based pitching, hitting, and fielding is a much-better way to have the controls of the game built, in my opinion. Even when Sony apparently started to go that route (not sure how far they got with it), the pro-Show writers were saying that 2K's games were doing it better.

So, without having a means of testing The Show, I'll give it the nod in the physics/realism department, but I give 2K's games the wins in commentary and control scheme.

No, The Show actually gives you the option of how you want your control scheme to be. It's not just button-based.

I'm about 5 years into my franchise, and I've ONLY done analog stick pitching, which works the best, IMO.
You can have that for fielding too, and at various difficulty levels.

But yes, the control is still superior in The Show as well, IMO, although 2K does pitching very well.

 

[American Gunner]

There's a huge difference because you don't have to press the damn modifier button anymore to do crazy moves.

So not pushing one button counts as a huge difference in this game?

 

[Bman123]

Maybe I should change the thread title to anyone play baseball games