It
has been a month since I have posted anything and that is for two reasons (I’ve
been busy and haven’t played any new games really). Loyal followers of this
blog, I apologize for my absence but even with my increased work load I will be
posting every chance I get. Also be sure to check out my YouTube channel (http://tinyurl.com/nedu8jp)
and Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/gaming1hunnit)
for additional updates on what I’m playing, reviews, commentaries, etc.
As you may have guessed, I caved and started playing NBA 2K14 which hasn’t been as
uneventful as I thought. As frustrating as the things I mentioned in a previous
post about the game are, they surprisingly don’t take the fun out of the
gameplay.
Team-Up is one of my favorite game modes in the game but many of the players that
play it are annoying. The amount of try-hard cheesers is still uncanny in this
game mode. Its supposed to be like a pick-up game with fairly random assigned
positions and teams. People still quit when they don’t get the position they want, when
the feel they haven’t touched the ball enough or when they have had enough of
how crappy their teammates are and figure ‘skill’ quitting is better than sitting
through the game for the VC (if you lack
general basketball IQ this game mode isn’t for you). I honestly have played
through games that started out horrible with players that were just bad and still managed to come out with a decent
teammate grade (you really need a lot of patience). Aside from the frustrations
that you would get from any pick-up game in any sport, it can still be fun even
if your teammates can’t hit the broad side of a barn (yes, I have resulted into
forcing people to quit games so I get the easy VC but I wouldn’t have to do
that if they realized that the other billion or so people in the world also
think they are best thing since sliced bread and the world clearly revolves
around them because they are so important).
Aside from that, I am currently 3-0 in Ranked Quick Match games (let me
get to
5-0 before I start accepting challenges). Ironically, these were the
teams I
used and the final scores GS 74*-IND 66, OKC 75*-HOU 65, and IND 76*-NYC
56.
I am not sure how I exactly have 8 steals in each game but whatever gets
the W,
right? The IND-NYC game was by far the most surprising out of the 3. I
think he tried to cheese as my opponent made various defensive
adjustments and played a
3-2 zone for most of the game but what he didn’t realize is he couldn't
guard anyone (I shot 60% in this game with quite a few layups/dunks due
to some pretty silly
defense as my players we wide open all the time). I think the score
would’ve been
worse if it weren’t for some silly turnovers and the weird shot
releases.
Which brings me to a problem I have with the shot releases, they are annoying.
For some odd reason, wide open shots with fairly good shot release result in a
missed shot (using the right-stick not the x-button). The pro-stick is most
likely the cause of this which may be delaying the release a little bit (because
you have to hold the stick and a direction to generate the shot animation). It
may need some getting used to (practice)
but I still think that adding dribble moves and
shot animations together without a modifier is stupid (thanks 2K for
adding
something no one likes and if you like the pro stick explain to me why,
please). The things I noticed about defense are most good,
aside from some animations (I don’t think I have played the game long
enough to
know the difference between normal game play and straight up cheese but I
have played
a number of team-up games to know what works and what doesn't).
With Next-Gen consoles coming out this month I’m still hoping that this game will
play better on the new consoles than current gen. I still don’t like the NBA Live builds I’ve
seen but they could make a case to be competition (yeah, we’ll see).
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