Man-o-Vertigo
February 12th, 2007, 01:36 PM
First I would like to say that this is the best basketball game I've played since "Coach K".
Things that you should fix
#1: First and foremost you have to fix the AI of team mates. Offense and defense seems at times to become clueless. My base offense is the motion offense, why is it that none of my players are in motion? I shouldn’t have to call a play for them to move around, the whole point of the offense is to stay in motion. But I’ve seen my computer opponents back door cut my team plenty of times. Defensive wise why is it that the computer can pick my passes off while my team watches them go by? I've seen passes go through 3 defenders who just stood and watched the ball go by them.
#2: Second, charging call is none existent. Basically all the comp has to do is start its lay-up animation, if you just happen to be in the way you will be bowled over and charged with a blocking foul. I’ve gone as far as to run away from a player doing a lay-up only to have him climb my back. Most will say just press the "take a charge button" but it takes so long to set up that you would be better off just moving. Taking charges is a weapon that any great college defense needs to take advantage of. so give us the ability to do so.
#3: Free-throw shot 25 is glitched. For some reason it will randomly glitch out of the shooting animation and into you staring at the crowd. Not game breaking but it’s an eyesore especially for such a nice looking shot. (And depending on the timing of the glitch, it will cause your shot to be incredibly short. hitting the ground about 6 feet in front of you.)
#4: Fix the Create-a-chant. No it’s not glitched or anything. But why is it that I cannot assign a chant to be a free-throw only chant? Foul only chant? Dunk only chant? Block only chant? Rival only chant? Create-a-chant is a genius idea, but give us more options to play with.
Now to what needs to be added, if you read this 2k and I hope you do. Please take these suggestions into consideration.
#1 we need more Specific dunks. What I mean by that is that we need more dunks that are moment and player specific. Like, there should be dunks that are big man specific, (Why is my 610, 280 pound Power Forward doing a reverse dunk better suited for Lebron James? He should be throwing it down as hard as possible when ever he gets a chance. ) there should be dunks that are speed specific,(You cannot do certain dunks going full speed, and you cant do other dunks jogging) there should be dunks that are area specific, (you should not be able to do certain dunks in a crowded lane) and some dunks should be height specific. (please animate a dunk for short people, alot of these dunks look odd when someone 5'10 is doing them.)
There should be more post move dunks.
I recount facing up in the post, driving to one direction only to perfectly spin around my defender ending up right in front of the rim. You know how I finished this awesome post move? With a jump shot from 2 feet away from the basket, and it bounced out no less.
There should be more contact specific dunks. If the bold and underline wasn’t a big enough hint, this could be a really big addition to this game. And its something that NBA 2k7 did very well. You should have a nice amount of dunks in this game that can only be done when someone’s contesting it. These contested dunks can end in a big block or in a facial or even in just a missed dunk. But I don’t see why you can’t have it in there. Now not every contested dunk should be animation specific, because in real life you rarely get a dunk like that. Usually someone is just in the lane, but you rarely get a dunk that’s full blown contact with a defender. I think it would make the game that much more exciting.
#2: We need more of the college atmosphere within the games.
I feel that this is something that every college game should have over any major league game. We need to have the home court be a factor, because it is in real life. Where are the Cameron crazies? Where are my insane Tar Heel fans? These places are intimidating to play in if you’re the opposing team, so let’s make it a factor with in the game. If you have a team with a few freshman players they should be quite rattled playing against duke at home. And if I’m playing as Duke, I want my home court to be feared by opposing teams. Take lessons from NCAA football 2007, unity and home court advantage should go hand in hand. With out good unity your team should have a difficult time playing in these stadiums. With it you would be able to stand against the crowd. I can’t be the only one excited about the thought.
http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper87/stills/yt563k49.jpg
Cameron crazies can be quite
Intimidating to a freshman
#3 teams need to talk!
I play college ball, and the most important thing for a team on defense is communication. A quite team loses. Now I’m not saying we need hours of dialog. But I call a screen, I should hear the other team call it out, failure to do so should end with a floored defender. Maybe hearing your PG call out a play. I’m not saying we need continuous speech through out the whole game. But every once in awhile I should hear someone talking.
#4 EMOTION!!
C’mon 2k Sports, this is college! Where’s the emotion? I win in double overtime off of a last second shot against my rival, and I don’t get any kind of reaction from my players!? People stay on the bench, no hugs, no hand shaking!? Why!? There has to be a reason. Purdue pulls an upset over UNC and not only is there no one charging onto the floor, but no one even really celebrates, other than the mediocre clapping. My coach isn’t arguing with refs, no ones slapping the floor on defense, no ones helping there team mate off the ground after an “and 1”. (A no-no punishable by a day of suicides) The most shocking is that the one thing that got me pumped in the beginning about this game; the stomp stomp clap portion of the quick game menu, followed by the pep talk by the coach. Is disturbingly absent from the legacy mode. It would be pretty cool to get ready to play a home game and listen to the pre-game prep talk detailing the key points to winning, while you hear your fans going wild in the stadium. I mean c’mon, college is all about playing for the love, leaving out on the court, you have to give a sense of energy.
#5 Practice
I was very shocked at the amount of drills this game had, and I enjoyed them. I spent an hour doing the 3 on 3, 2 on 3, and 2 on 1 fast break drill. But I was kind of disappointed that I could not do these drills with my own team in my legacy. Something small sure, but I would like the option of practicing with my team. It doesn’t have to be required that you spend said time practicing, but I would like the option.
Well that’s all I can think of right now…
Things that you should fix
#1: First and foremost you have to fix the AI of team mates. Offense and defense seems at times to become clueless. My base offense is the motion offense, why is it that none of my players are in motion? I shouldn’t have to call a play for them to move around, the whole point of the offense is to stay in motion. But I’ve seen my computer opponents back door cut my team plenty of times. Defensive wise why is it that the computer can pick my passes off while my team watches them go by? I've seen passes go through 3 defenders who just stood and watched the ball go by them.
#2: Second, charging call is none existent. Basically all the comp has to do is start its lay-up animation, if you just happen to be in the way you will be bowled over and charged with a blocking foul. I’ve gone as far as to run away from a player doing a lay-up only to have him climb my back. Most will say just press the "take a charge button" but it takes so long to set up that you would be better off just moving. Taking charges is a weapon that any great college defense needs to take advantage of. so give us the ability to do so.
#3: Free-throw shot 25 is glitched. For some reason it will randomly glitch out of the shooting animation and into you staring at the crowd. Not game breaking but it’s an eyesore especially for such a nice looking shot. (And depending on the timing of the glitch, it will cause your shot to be incredibly short. hitting the ground about 6 feet in front of you.)
#4: Fix the Create-a-chant. No it’s not glitched or anything. But why is it that I cannot assign a chant to be a free-throw only chant? Foul only chant? Dunk only chant? Block only chant? Rival only chant? Create-a-chant is a genius idea, but give us more options to play with.
Now to what needs to be added, if you read this 2k and I hope you do. Please take these suggestions into consideration.
#1 we need more Specific dunks. What I mean by that is that we need more dunks that are moment and player specific. Like, there should be dunks that are big man specific, (Why is my 610, 280 pound Power Forward doing a reverse dunk better suited for Lebron James? He should be throwing it down as hard as possible when ever he gets a chance. ) there should be dunks that are speed specific,(You cannot do certain dunks going full speed, and you cant do other dunks jogging) there should be dunks that are area specific, (you should not be able to do certain dunks in a crowded lane) and some dunks should be height specific. (please animate a dunk for short people, alot of these dunks look odd when someone 5'10 is doing them.)
There should be more post move dunks.
I recount facing up in the post, driving to one direction only to perfectly spin around my defender ending up right in front of the rim. You know how I finished this awesome post move? With a jump shot from 2 feet away from the basket, and it bounced out no less.
There should be more contact specific dunks. If the bold and underline wasn’t a big enough hint, this could be a really big addition to this game. And its something that NBA 2k7 did very well. You should have a nice amount of dunks in this game that can only be done when someone’s contesting it. These contested dunks can end in a big block or in a facial or even in just a missed dunk. But I don’t see why you can’t have it in there. Now not every contested dunk should be animation specific, because in real life you rarely get a dunk like that. Usually someone is just in the lane, but you rarely get a dunk that’s full blown contact with a defender. I think it would make the game that much more exciting.
#2: We need more of the college atmosphere within the games.
I feel that this is something that every college game should have over any major league game. We need to have the home court be a factor, because it is in real life. Where are the Cameron crazies? Where are my insane Tar Heel fans? These places are intimidating to play in if you’re the opposing team, so let’s make it a factor with in the game. If you have a team with a few freshman players they should be quite rattled playing against duke at home. And if I’m playing as Duke, I want my home court to be feared by opposing teams. Take lessons from NCAA football 2007, unity and home court advantage should go hand in hand. With out good unity your team should have a difficult time playing in these stadiums. With it you would be able to stand against the crowd. I can’t be the only one excited about the thought.
http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper87/stills/yt563k49.jpg
Cameron crazies can be quite
Intimidating to a freshman
#3 teams need to talk!
I play college ball, and the most important thing for a team on defense is communication. A quite team loses. Now I’m not saying we need hours of dialog. But I call a screen, I should hear the other team call it out, failure to do so should end with a floored defender. Maybe hearing your PG call out a play. I’m not saying we need continuous speech through out the whole game. But every once in awhile I should hear someone talking.
#4 EMOTION!!
C’mon 2k Sports, this is college! Where’s the emotion? I win in double overtime off of a last second shot against my rival, and I don’t get any kind of reaction from my players!? People stay on the bench, no hugs, no hand shaking!? Why!? There has to be a reason. Purdue pulls an upset over UNC and not only is there no one charging onto the floor, but no one even really celebrates, other than the mediocre clapping. My coach isn’t arguing with refs, no ones slapping the floor on defense, no ones helping there team mate off the ground after an “and 1”. (A no-no punishable by a day of suicides) The most shocking is that the one thing that got me pumped in the beginning about this game; the stomp stomp clap portion of the quick game menu, followed by the pep talk by the coach. Is disturbingly absent from the legacy mode. It would be pretty cool to get ready to play a home game and listen to the pre-game prep talk detailing the key points to winning, while you hear your fans going wild in the stadium. I mean c’mon, college is all about playing for the love, leaving out on the court, you have to give a sense of energy.
#5 Practice
I was very shocked at the amount of drills this game had, and I enjoyed them. I spent an hour doing the 3 on 3, 2 on 3, and 2 on 1 fast break drill. But I was kind of disappointed that I could not do these drills with my own team in my legacy. Something small sure, but I would like the option of practicing with my team. It doesn’t have to be required that you spend said time practicing, but I would like the option.
Well that’s all I can think of right now…