Woooooooooooo!!!!!! I finally got the game this morning. I've been playing since 11, but I'm taking a little lunch break, lol. It is absolutely unbelievable. Anybody else pick it up yet?</p>
I got it yesterday and love it.</p> I only got to play maybe an hour though, I've been working on a paper.</p>
I got mine in the morning as well. Haven't been able to play yet. (school, got a haircut)</p> Now I have to watch a soccer match (man utd vs roma), and then I'll play. YEAAA lol</p>
Wow it's crazy. When you have the ball with Nenad Krstic it actually moves like him. Hand it off to Carter and then it's actually his movements too. So realistic.</p>
I want to go buy it and play it, but I'm sick beyond all belief. Can't breathe through my nose at all... well, actually, I can breathe through the right nostril, just not the left. Yesterday it was reversed. I hate this.</p> I think I'll fire up the car and see if best buy has it. I need to do some shopping, but I really didn't want to go out today...</p>
I've bought every 2K basketball game since it was ported from the Dreamcast... to be honest I hardly played 2K7 so I am on the fence whether or not to go and pick this up after work. Is it that much of an improvement?</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (speeds)</div><div class='quotemain'> I've bought every 2K basketball game since it was ported from the Dreamcast... to be honest I hardly played 2K7 so I am on the fence whether or not to go and pick this up after work. Is it that much of an improvement?</p></div> </p> Same here...
I have a chance to pick it up today. Should I? What are the differences between 2K7 and 2K8?</p> </p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>to be honest I hardly played 2K7 so I am on the fence whether or not to go</div></p> </p> Mmmm, same here.</p>
Im going to pick it up tomorrow or the day after, I have to wait for Purolator to deliver my fixed 360 tomorrow from 8am-6pm so I cant really take the risk of going to buy it. Can you please do me a favor CelticBalla32?? Can you check out the Raptors court and tell me if they have the claw at centre court instead of the Dino they had in 2K7, and any additional timbits you could give me on the Raptors squad.</p>
haha yo CB I don't want to sound like every dude in the OS and 2k forums, but since I won't be getting the game for a while I was wondering if you could let me know if they have trades during the draft?</p>
got it this afternoon from school, yah very nicce.</p> </p> Gerald is 72? wow, I thought he'd at least be a 75 or 77 or something like that but 72 that's pretty bad and Morrison is a 74? JR a 75? Belinelli 78? Caluderon, get a load of this,,, 80???</p>
Graphics are pretty damn good.</p> One huge problem though. I was playing on Hall of Fame, and the other guy was able to just push over/turbo to dunk, so I only won 134-127 in a close one. How do you stop those plays in this game, you'd think they would have fixed this by now. I know there will be a general way to. The game is overall good. One other thing that is completely inanely idiotic, is that the guy automatically picks up his dribble when double teamed.</p>
Try using a 2-3 zone, and play him lose. Force him to use his jumpshot rather than just cut to the hole. If you can't pick up a charge underneith, try stealing the ball as he goes up for a layup; thats been refined this year.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> Try using a 2-3 zone, and play him lose. Force him to use his jumpshot rather than just cut to the hole. If you can't pick up a charge underneith, try stealing the ball as he goes up for a layup; thats been refined this year.</p> </div></p> Is there a way to set it for a 2-3 zone for every time down the court?</p> It wasn't that effective when I did it anyhow. The charges never seem to catch a charge, just a blocking foul most of the time. And the guys rarely get shotblocks for me for some reason. (Noah, Thomas, Wallace, all good shotblockers). If a guy is going up with a weak layup, that crap should be getting swatted by them.</p> Tyrus Thomas seems to suck at most things. Joakim Noah is a beast in the game though.</p> </p>
IGN REVIEW:</p> <span class="articleHeader">Closing Comments</span> In many ways, NBA 2K8 is an improved game on the court. But there are a lot of minor issues that really drag it down. Over the course of my first dozen games, I was in love. But as the season wore on, the issues began piling up to a point that it became a source of frustration. The Lock-on D gaff is inexcusable and the lackluster defensive AI allows decent players to tear it up on offense. Jason Williams should not be dropping 30 points a game. Yet he won the MVP in year two of my franchise. Still, any hoops fan should give NBA 2K8 a look. It's certainly the best basketball game on any system this year. The Association is a solid franchise mode and, if VC can iron out its AI and gameplay issues, next year's model could be something very special.</p> <div class="colCenterBoxTop">IGN Ratings for NBA 2K8 (X360)</div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="ratingsBoxTable"> <col id="ratingsBoxColA"></col><col id="ratingsBoxColB"></col><col id="ratingsBoxColC"></col> <tbody> <tr> <th class="ratingsBoxHeader txtC">Rating</th> <th class="ratingsBoxHeader">Description</th> <td class="ratingsBoxHeader txtR"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ratingsBoxSubHeader txtC">out of 10</td> <td colspan="2" id="ratingsBoxInfo" class="ratingsBoxSubHeader">click here for ratings guide</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ratingsBoxScore">8.0</td> <td colspan="2" class="ratingsBoxText">Presentation The post-game replay options are ridiculous. Everything else is fairly standard, but solid nonetheless.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ratingsBoxScore">7.5</td> <td colspan="2" class="ratingsBoxText">Graphics The new animations are good. Though the details are better than 2K7, there's still a lot wrong this year. The faces, in particular, are gnarly.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ratingsBoxScore">8.0</td> <td colspan="2" class="ratingsBoxText">Sound Solid play-by-play and an intelligent crowd make for a strong experience. More on-the-court jibber-jabber couldn't hurt.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ratingsBoxScore">7.5</td> <td colspan="2" class="ratingsBoxText">Gameplay There are some really great things this year, but most are countered by new (and old) issues. The Lock-On D function can turn most centers into perimeter defenders and the AI is only good on offense.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ratingsBoxScore">8.5</td> <td colspan="2" class="ratingsBoxText">Lasting Appeal The excellent Association mode is complemented with online tournaments and leagues, enough to keep you playing NBA 2K8 through the season.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ratingsBoxScoreOv">7.9 <span class="ratingsBoxScoreOvTextDesc">Good</span></td> <td colspan="2" class="ratingsBoxTextOv">OVERALL (out of 10 / not an average)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
I hope the 2-3 Zone isn't as ridiculously inpenetrable as the previous gen ones were. It was fun for awhile, but after half your team is averaging 5 steals its crazy.</p>
Yeah whats funny is I just spent a good 20 minutes reading a thread debunking that IGN review. Turns out a lot of the problems he brought up with the game can't be found by anybody (with LOTS of video proof to attack the review)</p>
