No they don't. I just think there is a rampant amount of 2k fanboys on this site, that blindly ignore the many flaws of the game.</p> Its definitely much improved from 2k7...best one since 2k3. Definitely better than Live. But its not the holy grail some make it out to be. I'd give it an 8.8/10.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> No they don't. I just think there is a rampant amount of 2k fanboys on this site, that blindly ignore the many flaws of the game.</p> Its definitely much improved from 2k7...best one since 2k3. Definitely better than Live. But its not the holy grail some make it out to be. I'd give it an 8.8/10.</p> </div></p> I agree with everything in this post, even the 2K3 part.</p> There are a lot of flaws that can be overlooked because the game is so fun and the improvements are significant this year.</p> </p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>7.5 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.</div></p> is that good gnarly, or bad gnarly?</p>
i think I'm gonna get NBA 08 for psp. 2k8 isn't for PSP, but i probably wouldn't get it anyways, ever since 2k3, i haven't been a fan. and the demo for ps3 was poop.</p> Live 08 for psp has been iffy so far. it takes some getting used to, but then again most games do. oh yeah, and for some weird ass reason (developer mistake/joke?) Sean Williams is an 84.</p>
I'd rate it a 9 out of 10 because everything is perfect except in dynasty mode, the CPU teams make stupid trades like Marbury for Andre Miller.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (peg182)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>7.5 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.</div></p> is that good gnarly, or bad gnarly?</p> </div></p> Well white guys just seem to be off. From what I've seen, Hinrich, Nocioni, Khryapa didn't turn out that good. Belinelli was actually decent.</p> Then you have guys like Ben Gordon, where the face is spot on, but they messed up the hair, which makes it look bad.</p> The research they did was pretty amazing for the shot styles. Saw a lot of familiar looking shooting styles in there when playingas the Bulls.</p> </p>
I picked it up. Couldn't help myself.</p> The Blacktop options are fun, though I don't know why they didn't try to make the three-point contest more like the dunk contest in terms of presentation. Also, you need to be familiar with the shooting style of the guy you are using in that, because everyone has a different release. Almost better to go with a good three point shooter who doesn't have a signature style (like Anthony Parker) because it is easier to find the release point.</p> The dunk contest is exciting but it is really tricky. For some reason 2K loves to make crossovers and dunks very difficult to execute. I guess it plays into the realism/sim style of the game but it can be frustrating when you are missing lay-ups instead of jamming home open looks under the basket. Anyways, the scoring system in the dunk contest is a little strange, I'm still trying to decipher it.</p> One thing I noticed was that Jordan brand clothing is in the game--does that mean MJ is in the game, as an unlockable perhaps? Long time coming if so.</p> I did find that faces in the game, overall, aren't great. If you look at the player photos in the game and then at the faces, you can see that the artists went directly from those photos to face design. Sometimes it works but a lot of the time the guys don't look quite right. A little more work needs to go into that.</p> I guess I'll have more thoughts on this later when I've played a dozen or so games.</p>
I got the game last night and am loving it. I fantasy drafted my team so I can't say anything about how the teams play. However, the players play like themselves. The cell phone bar thing for hot zones is nice and way more intuitive than the hot zones in Live. One thing that I do love is it's actually tough to get steals in this game. In 2K7, I could rack up 25-30 steals a game. I think I only managed about 10 in the game I played last night, so it's a whole lot more realistic in that aspect. I'll have my full review later when I get the opportunity to play more, but so far, I'm loving it.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MosDefinitely)</div><div class='quotemain'></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> </div></p> The court is updated with the black claw at center-court. I don't know what you want to know about the Raptors, but if you have anything specifically you want to know, just ask. Here are the overall ratings:</p> Chris Bosh - 92 T.J. Foird - 84 Jose Calderon - 80 Anthony Parker - 78 Andrea Bargnani - 78 Jason Kapono - 76 Jorge Garbajosa - 75 Juan Dixon - 74 Rasho Nesterovic - 72 Carlos Delfino - 71 Joey Graham - 69 Kris Humphries - 69 Luke Jackson - 66 Darrick Martin - 62 (you'll have to add him from the free agent pool) Maceo Baston and that Moon kid aren't in the game.</p> I just played the Raptors, and they definitely have Bosh's shot down perfectly now. It was way off last year, but they did great in 2k8.</p> Also, for the person who asked, no, you can't make trades during the draft.</p> </p> </p>
[quote name='speeds']</p> </p> The dunk contest is exciting but it is really tricky. For some reason 2K loves to make crossovers and dunks very difficult to execute. I guess it plays into the realism/sim style of the game but it can be frustrating when you are missing lay-ups instead of jamming home open looks under the basket. Anyways, the scoring system in the dunk contest is a little strange, I'm still trying to decipher it.[/quote]</p> Fuck that Dunk contest man...I've been practicin for 2 hours and haven't pulled a dunk down yet</p> [/quote]I did find that faces in the game, overall, aren't great. If you look at the player photos in the game and then at the faces, you can see that the artists went directly from those photos to face design. Sometimes it works but a lot of the time the guys don't look quite right. A little more work needs to go into that.[/quote]</p> Yeah they all look like greased upaliens, not a good look. I think the faces looked better on previous gen honestly.</p> And BG7, I don't think I've seen a madden, like, 2k game, any type of sports game ever recieve universal love from videogame critics IE a halo. I honestly don't think they know what they're talkin bout when it comes to sports games.</p> </p> </p>
I haven't played too many games yet...I'm coming all the way from PS2 2k6 to this though lol, so it's a major improvement. The way the game flows is a lot more fluid and realistic. In the previous gen games I would penetrate over 4 people and throw down a perfect dunk...the gameplay on this is the most realistic basketball has been. It's not perfect, for one the navigation through the game is confusing as hell and the dunk contest is way too complicated. They should at least have a zone to tell you where the player can jump from.</p>
So I guess they don't have this for the regular x-box? Because even though I could get a ps3 or xbox360. The thought of giving</p> all that money away for a game systems hurts lol. So during half-time do they show the actual high lights or just picture still frames</p> for the PS2 like that they did for 2k6 and 7 I think? Anyways sounds great, definitely picking this up.</p>
Okay so I finally bought NBA 2K8 and has a couple of hours to play it today and it is alot different from 2K7....first off I find it alot more difficult to penetrate the lane with your PG and to pull of any types of crossovers or behind the back wrap around with players. I am used to the controls in 2K7 when performing crossovers so why cant I do them in 2K8? Is it because they were aiming for more realism or is there a new system to perform them? Also I have one more question, when im playing the AI and they postup they have an arsenal of different moves with thier bigs in the paint but when I try mimicking it all I do is postup and then pull of for a fade away shot or whatever nothing too fancy like the AI opponent. So if anyone can help me out with ways to pull nice crossovers and phenominal posts moves I will be pleased.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MosDefinitely)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> Okay so I finally bought NBA 2K8 and has a couple of hours to play it today and it is alot different from 2K7....first off I find it alot more difficult to penetrate the lane with your PG and to pull of any types of crossovers or behind the back wrap around with players. I am used to the controls in 2K7 when performing crossovers so why cant I do them in 2K8? Is it because they were aiming for more realism or is there a new system to perform them? Also I have one more question, when im playing the AI and they postup they have an arsenal of different moves with thier bigs in the paint but when I try mimicking it all I do is postup and then pull of for a fade away shot or whatever nothing too fancy like the AI opponent. So if anyone can help me out with ways to pull nice crossovers and phenominal posts moves I will be pleased.</p> </div></p> Why ask and you shall receive!</p> http://forums.operationsports.com/media/cz...on_JSfixed2.wmv</p> Kudos to MonumentusCeltic from the OS forums for putting this together. This will break down the isomotion moves for you in an easy-to-follow manner.</p> </p>
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[quote name='Dre']</p> [quote name='speeds']</p> </p> The dunk contest is exciting but it is really tricky. For some reason 2K loves to make crossovers and dunks very difficult to execute. I guess it plays into the realism/sim style of the game but it can be frustrating when you are missing lay-ups instead of jamming home open looks under the basket. Anyways, the scoring system in the dunk contest is a little strange, I'm still trying to decipher it.[/quote]</p> Fuck that Dunk contest man...I've been practicin for 2 hours and haven't pulled a dunk down yet</p> [/quote]I did find that faces in the game, overall, aren't great. If you look at the player photos in the game and then at the faces, you can see that the artists went directly from those photos to face design. Sometimes it works but a lot of the time the guys don't look quite right. A little more work needs to go into that.[/quote]</p> Yeah they all look like greased upaliens, not a good look. I think the faces looked better on previous gen honestly.</p> And BG7, I don't think I've seen a madden, like, 2k game, any type of sports game ever recieve universal love from videogame critics IE a halo. I honestly don't think they know what they're talkin bout when it comes to sports games.</p> </p> </p> [/QUOTE]</p> What are you talking about?</p> NBA Jam, Madden 2004-2005, NBA 2k2, NFL 2k-2k5 (the entire series).</p> </p> </p>
So Penetration is damn near impossible, I also don't like how when your moving with your guy the game seems to takeover at times. I was trying a runner/teardrop with Melo and next thing I know he's all the way at the basket laying it in.</p> They need to get better control on 2k9, that should be the major thing they focus on, control over your player just doesn't feel absolute.</p>
