![]() ![]() Gone is the Kevin Harland led one (a good thing in my opinion) and in their place are Brian Anderson, Grant Hill, and sideline reporter Allie LaForce. ![]() Bumping up the difficulty did not remove these mistakes and instead just led to them shooting at a higher percentage and playing tighter on defense. Another frequent occurrence was dribbling out of bounds or backcourt without me having to play stellar defense to cause it. I had repeated instances of players just standing still dribbling the ball until the clock was about to run out and being forced to heave a 30-foot three-pointer. The AI was decent but broke the immersion of playing an NBA caliber team often. Instead of every move of the stick leading to a large crossover or spin, a quick move is more about changing your position through fast movements in that direction. Ball handling also feels more under control. I did not feel the tightness to the control using this method and wound up sticking with the normal two. Here instead of either hold X/Square for a set period of time or going down and up on the right analog stick you instead go left to right. I felt far more in control on both sides of the court, though I did not really enjoy the new flick shooting system. Animation hitches that plagued past games are gone for the most part. On the court action feels more responsive and smoother. It is jarring and something I wish they would reconsider as it occurs often. Any cutaway during gameplay drops to 30fps to show off higher fidelity player models. Performance across the board was a solid 60 fps with one major exception. I cannot remember waiting more than 2 seconds for any part of the game to load in my dozens of hours. There are slight hiccups with animations or a lack thereof sometimes that break the immersion, but I found these few and far between. The sidelines feel alive as coaches and players react to the action in a more noticeable manner than in the past. From the emotions shown on player’s faces to the reflections on the court, everything just feels “more” in a way that the old consoles just could not do. The graphics are a technical marvel, and it is hard to overstate just how darned pretty everything is. The next-generation version of NBA 2K21 is a massive improvement in nearly every way over its previous-gen brethren. A True Generational LeapĢK Sports has made it clear that the iterative titles over the past few years happened for a reason. Unfortunately, even though there are more ways to earn the VC Coin currency the MyPlayer mode is still brought down severely by how pay-to-win it truly is. An improved front-end and fully integrated WNBA experience also stand out. Stellar gameplay and graphics make controlling the stars of the NBA a constant joy. Moving the series to the Xbox Series and PS5 consoles has finally shown us what they were working on in the background. Incremental improvements to the on-court action have routinely been paired with a predatory microtransaction system. ![]() The NBA2K series has been in a holding pattern the last few years. ![]()
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