NBA 2K15

1. Osmanecek

   Oct 21, 2014

   10

   As a big fan of NHL (hockey) and Premier League (soccer), I wish there was game such a close to it´s reality as NBA 2K15 to basketball.
   
   IAs a big fan of NHL (hockey) and Premier League (soccer), I wish there was game such a close to it´s reality as NBA 2K15 to basketball.
   
   I have owned game from last year and improvement is breathtaking. When I watched youtube gameplays, it looked like NBA 2K14, but once you play it, it is amazing and completely different.. MyGM and Myplayer are modes, which gives me satisfaction just by them selves. There is still Myteam and Mypark, which are just that top of the cake.. Offline play with mates is something, which I enjoy even more (full matches with 12 minutes quarters is must). I do not experience any network difficulties out of something ordinary worth to mention. It is best team sport game on the market right now and set´s the next-gen level, which other franchises will be hopefully able to reach regarding to graphics, sound in 3-5 years. And I am not talking about absolutely brilliant gameplay and AI. Every play you make there on the court is so unique - and that is something, in which NBA 2K15 excels like no other game before. I have preoredered the game, been playing since and I recommend this game to everyone, who likes team sports in general. You will not be disappointed with this Masterpiece, you will be amazed!
   
   Please, read this, as it is really not fair to base user score on the things like:
   
   1) My computer is not fast enough for next-gen, so the game is rubbish.
   2) Problems with online on first few days, because everything is working well right now.
   
   And now my review:
   
   I have seen some people to point out the negatives in Mycareer. There has been replacement in Mycareer - First draft has dissapeared (which have to, because of the story..), and talking with GM also - yet to be perfectly honest - how many times did you speak to your coach? Once or twive in whole time? On the otherside randomised interaction with staff, coach, players, that is something much more interesting and I am always looking forward to it. In 2k14 have been stereotype patterns, after game press conferences with boring and useless dialogues. First few games it was interesting, but after while? I have enjoyed much more, when they told me that I am on a cover of 2k15 game, or they have put billboard with my player on the street and these kind of things to mix game a bit. And that is what 2K really worked hard on this year. In 2k15 everything feels unpatterned (so far), on and off-court - almost everything you say and do actually change things about your character and affecting how your player, coach, and the other staff acts in situations on and off court. Miss to many threes and coach will be upset to you, when you back to bench. Do not pass the ball around, and coach and one- most important player in your team will tell you. Do not work well as a team on rebounds, again - coach will be really ... . And that is something, which no-other team sport game came ever close to.
   
   On court? Everything is much more about read the situation - in 2k14 you were able to follow same path and get that way points much more easier- it didn´t really matter on what difficulty. AI have been improved so much in this way. In 2k15 you have to be much more illusive and unpredictible, with dribbling, passing, shooting, and deffense. And it is much more rewarding when everything you do works out well. Same as in a real match - sometimes everything is working so perfect, the other time no-matter what, it is so bad and your mates in mycareer doesn´t score single point either. That is something what is going on in mycareer with Orlando Magic - where we occupying last spot from whole NBA - yet, I know it is about team as whole, which is very weak and looking forward to make big line after season and move to some more competetive team. But I do really enjoy game even with Orlando - as it is very close to reality and wondering what it would be like if Howard didn´t go to Rockets and played with me in the same team.. Men, we could make Play-off like nothing.. :D And that is what I am after. I am sure, that diehard fans of the team must have difficult time to accept the reality and therfore in game also. But this is not game about make your team win Play-off after first season, to be honest it is going to be difficult with some teams to get even to Play-off, and that is what is so rewarding about it, you do not have to fight for first spots, there is plenty of challange even on the last spot.
   
   21.10.2014 Update: Ok, after pain in the Orlando - I have moved to Bulls and that is what I am talking about baby, Noah is perfect on Rebounds - in 2k14 I didn´t thing he is any special - but now? I am really glad he is waiting as a shark under basket with very high numbers in rebounds - this was really weak point in Orlando. Same goes with the Layups - Chicago looks really strong side to me. Rose is amazing player. With 12 minutes quarters, whole season in front of me (usualy it takes me 82 day´s to get to Play Off ) and Bulls I am really looking forward to play-offs!… Expand

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2. NiandraLaDes

   Jun 5, 2015

   9

   Take NBA 2k14.... then add like 30 GB to the download, and some cut scenes.
   Its a great game , better than 2k14 in most of the smallest ways,Take NBA 2k14.... then add like 30 GB to the download, and some cut scenes.
   Its a great game , better than 2k14 in most of the smallest ways, and cut scenes . Definetly the best NBA game out atm. Even though i rate this game high, i downloaded it played it for a few days then realized this is actually just 2k14 with more cut scenes! then i deleted it to save 30 gb and re downloaded 2k14. Its not enough of a noticeable improvement to be worth anything special but you can lliterally never go wrong with buying the latest NBA game.… Expand

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4. Apolsc

   Oct 18, 2014

   8

   It has many flaws, but NBA 2K is still the best sports franchise of the last years. This time shots and defense are harder to master in "hallIt has many flaws, but NBA 2K is still the best sports franchise of the last years. This time shots and defense are harder to master in "hall of fame" difficulty, and the broadcast experience is better than ever.
   
   Con sus defectos NBA 2k sigue siendo la mejor franquicia de juegos deportivos de los ultimos tiempos. Los tiros y la defensa es más difícil de controlar, y la atmósfera de una verdadera transmisión de TV está muy bien lograda.… Expand

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5. AkumaJack

   Oct 18, 2018

   5

   Having played mostly Mycareer i'd like to point out how sloppy it was. Cutscenes are cringy and sometimes there's no lipsinc at all. SometimesHaving played mostly Mycareer i'd like to point out how sloppy it was. Cutscenes are cringy and sometimes there's no lipsinc at all. Sometimes there's no audio, and you can only read subtitles.
   the my GM is a mess too, and feel too packed with stuff with no way to understand what's going on. Also if you simulate for X days and something happens in those days you can't pause the simulation to read notifications and stuff. So you have to simulate every single day just to be sure your players don't get pissed because you left them on the bench for too long. Kinda a lazy game.
   
   (Also loading times and saving times are ATROCIOUS)… Expand

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6. jjhill001

   Oct 10, 2014

   3

   Considering that 1.5 hours of my playtime was spent attempting to play a single player portion of the game lets just say I'm not a very happyConsidering that 1.5 hours of my playtime was spent attempting to play a single player portion of the game lets just say I'm not a very happy customer. 2K is one of the biggest game companies in the world and can't seem to be able to stress test their game's servers/not hide BS DRM in a game with this always online bullcrap. You know how to decrease stress on your servers, don't make the most popular mode (myCareer) always online like ♥♥♥♥♥s. Also stop defending that it's multiplayer game, this isn't Warcraft, there are like max 10 players at a time.
   
   Onto the actual game:
   Only played myCareer a few hours after release the game is fun, looks good, isn't really as responsive as I'd like, players feel a little heavy (Video game me should be able to react on defense better than real me) I'm not asking to be Scotty Pippin immediately but I can't even attempt to recover to at least contest a layup that would go in but look a little more realistic having someone there. It's kind of tough to get assists as a rookie on HOF difficulty but I'll figure it out.
   
   I didn't read up on this game too much before I got it because I did that last year then PC got jipped on features that really sounded cool to me. So I was really surprised to find out that I'm best friends with Andre Drummond and he can talk to me, which IS awesome. It would be more awesome if the voice acting was a little better and not so stone faced like Skyrim was.
   
   Speaking of Skyrim! The game takes up 50GB which is like 8 Skyrims.
   
   Edit: This is almost worse than I thought. Instead of making the AI smarter on harder difficulties they just make your character artificially slower which is stupid.
   
   Steve Kerr is an announcer, Stan Van Gundy's guy looks like the penguin from batman. Passing is not working right or is just made more difficult by the previously mentioned crap with difficulty level I can't tell. Myteam still doesn't work, neither does the park, or anything else online as far as I can tell.
   
   Javale McGee and Dwight Howard doing turnaround fadeaway jumpshots from 13ft out? Yup! You betcha. Invisible players interviewing with Doris, yup. Also since when does EVERY player in the NBA shoot jumpshots from 5ft out instead of a wide open layup? Oh yeah even when I do get a teammate the ball around the bucket wide open, does he brick the layup 85% of the time? I don't know why this is. Probably something to do with the difficulty level forcing me to be 80pt Kobe just to win a MyCareer game. BTW all of this stuff is from myCareer because it's the only thing working so far.
   
   Edit 2: Add Joakim Noah to the list of bigs doing turnaround fadeaway jumpers. The game seems to just want you to score 40 pts have 15 rbs and 15 asts to get a win in my career. I'm gonna turn the difficulty down to test this theory because my guys miss WIDE open transition layups all the time. The opposing teams big no matter how bad will alway get like 7 offensive rebounds and convert them almost 100% of the time. If one of the players on myPlayer's team blocks a shot the computer gets it back no matter what. Usually with a wide open layup. My team mates will not jump to block a shot after the opposing PG flies by me. But when I beat an opposing PG literally every defender jumps on me dog pile style. myPark is fun until you run into the 99ovr guy who is 99ovr on the damned 3rd day of the game being out (and playable) So that's pay to win, pointless. The entire game is designed to make you feel like you have to spend money to get VC to play well in myCareer, get cards in myTeam, do well in myPark presumably to do well in myGM. This appears to be a pretty dead eyed version of candy crush in terms of trying to get people to spend extra money on an already 70 dollar game.
   
   Also the sound keeps fading in and out which is really annoying.… Expand

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7. Atirus_Gaming

   Nov 30, 2021

   2

   I gave this **** a 5 and i'm gonna tell you why. The higher difficulty modes make your teammates retarded schoolyard players and the opposingI gave this **** a 5 and i'm gonna tell you why. The higher difficulty modes make your teammates retarded schoolyard players and the opposing team players ALL MICHAEL JORDAN skilled players. Forget playing Hall of Fame mode, unless you like being frustrated beyond anything that has ever pissed you off before in a game! Your teammates will suck and you will lose...A LOT! If the opposing team is shooting over 50% throughout the game forget about a win. Also if you are winning going into the 4th quarter, beware AI CHEESE!!! For instance one game I was up 9 points with 8 minutes left in the 4th quarter...all of sudden the basket had a top on it for every one of my teammates. We couldn't score if our life depended on it. But the opposing team scored 17 straight points!!! 17!!!! For 4 and a half minutes we didn't score a damn point. In fact to make it worse my teammates were making bad passes. Turned over the ball 3 times on bull**** passes and they were shooting some of the worse shots I had ever seen in my life! And get this...NEVER PASSING THE BALL TO ME...even when I called for it.
   Also prepared to be double teamed if you are playing awesome. And it doesn't matter if the opposing team is winning or not. They will still double team your ass no matter what. When in the **** do you see that happening in a NBA game?!?!? When in the 1st quarter does a team who is winning, starts double teaming an opposing player just cause he made 3 of his first 4 shots?!?! I'll tell you when...****ING NEVER!!!!!
   Lets talk about defense. Doesn't exist! In Hall of Fame mode your teammates will let guys just walk on right pass them to the hoop! Forget about boxing out! The AI doesn't even know what the **** that is! In fact you will get out-rebounded on offensive rebounds almost 2 to 1 in almost every...****ing...game!
   Oh you might get on a winning streak, 2 or 3 games...but on a tear of like 8 or 10 games? Never gonna happen. Think you might win that championship in your first season? You might. Maybe 1 out of like 100 tries! Hall of Fame mode is complete BULL****! AI in that mode is complete BULL****!
   Why make difficulty modes? Why not make a basketball that is challenging but also not complete bull**** that still follows the fundamentals of NBA basketball? If you go to a lower difficulty level within a 10 games you will find the game TOO EASY. Go to Hall of Fame mode...you will instantly hate this game. Not because its a terribly game but because of the drastic changes in AI behavior. Its garbage. The game is fun to play and has its moments. But if you are looking for a challenge...look somewhere else. Unless of course you like getting frustrated with your NBA games.… Expand

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8. topotamolder

   Dec 23, 2014

   0

   Game feels outdated compared to other sports games. They have been using the same engine since the dreamcast-ps2 era. There are no physics onGame feels outdated compared to other sports games. They have been using the same engine since the dreamcast-ps2 era. There are no physics on this game, just canned animations.
   
   It's the last 2k game I buy until they finally decide to work on improving the game and implement some kind of realistic physics engine, like NHL or Fifa do… Expand

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