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- #NBA 2K14 IGN MOVIE#
- #NBA 2K14 IGN FULL#
- #NBA 2K14 IGN PRO#
- #NBA 2K14 IGN PS4#
- #NBA 2K14 IGN SERIES#
#NBA 2K14 IGN MOVIE#
While I'm happy to report that this year's NBA 2K still looks wonderfully polished even in the early build I just played, gone are all of those canned animations that constrained some of the action to looking more like a movie than a user-controlled basketball game. Yet, when I sat down with NBA 2K10, I found myself staring at a bunch of cool-looking basketball moves with the feeling of total control being a bit muted.
#NBA 2K14 IGN SERIES#
It featured the same good looking gameplay that we're used to with an insane amount of fidelity in terms of the animations the series has always possessed. Visual Concepts’ quest for authenticity here seems genuine, which 2K says is owed to the women and men on the team who are big WNBA fans themselves.Last year's NBA 2K game was solid.
#NBA 2K14 IGN PRO#
I played a bit as the Phoenix Mercury, aka my only Arizona pro sports team actually capable of winning a championship, and sure enough these women move differently and play differently compared to the men, as they should.
#NBA 2K14 IGN FULL#
You’ve got a full MyPlayer career mode available now, plus a full online league option. The new 2K also doubles down on its WNBA integration. The City is a fascinating feature if Visual Concepts can pull it off. Still, it’s a fascinating feature if Visual Concepts can pull it off. Hundreds of players will walk around at a given time, though when I jumped into the preview build, only a couple of QA testers were milling about. The four mayors then get to curate matchup soundtracks, design their affiliation’s courts, and customize the look of their district. There’s even a FourSquare-esque feature that allows you to run for mayor of each district, complete with in-game polling places to vote at every six weeks when new elections are held. There are shops, pickup courts, and more. You get around it on foot, skateboard, or bike. It’s billed as the next step after Neighborhood, and it is an actual open-world where you can walk around, join one of the four affiliations, and compete in one-on-one (or bigger team) events.
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Outside of the simulation, NBA 2K21 next-gen’s big new idea is The City. In short, just about everything about the way players are brought into the game and then rendered and lit has changed, and you can see the results on the screen.
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2K Studio Art Director Anton Dawson told me that the team has a brand-new set of tools to scan player faces and capture arena lighting, and they’ve been working on the next-gen version since midway through 2K20’s development. In short, the whole look of NBA 2K has a much more holistic feel compared to the current-gen versions. The whole look of NBA 2K has a much more holistic feel compared to the current-gen versions. More obviously, they’ve even added an entire second play-by-play broadcast team led by Brian Anderson and Grant Hill. Visual Concepts says they’ve added custom AI routines for 150 NPCs in the arena’s lower-bowl. Player faces are, of course, more detailed than ever, and a little thing that sells it is that everyone else looks much better now too, from the crowd (which finally has kids in it!) to the referees, people at the scorer’s table, dance team, mascots, mop boys, cameramen, security guards, etc. Players also now take procedural steps instead of just canned animations, which leads to less “skating.” Animations are much better, with foot planting and momentum being key areas of improvement. Among the few dozen launch titles across both the PS5 and the Xbox Series X, this might be the one you fire up first to show off your new next-gen console’s horsepower. The native 4K/60fps presentation in NBA 2K21 is impressive.
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It’s got everything that’s in the current-gen version now and more, including a bold new City mode and deeper WNBA integration.īut first, let’s talk about the most fun part of any sports game’s generational transition: the graphics.
#NBA 2K14 IGN PS4#
Developer Visual Concepts took the same next-gen-do-over approach last time around with NBA 2K14, and the PS4 version ended up being pretty bare-bones next to that year’s PS3 game. Yes, 2K21 is out right now on PS4, but the next-gen edition of the popular basketball sim is a new, built-from-the-ground-up version that has unique tech, modes, and features. I was especially excited to play NBA 2K21 on PS5 because it is one of just a couple next-gen launch games that is being built specifically for the new consoles.