You’ll have to spread the floor and look for open men to set up easy shots – just like real round ball.Īnd just like real round ball, a shot taken just right will feel right. On D, the computer AI is just as capable, even on the easiest setting, adapting to your cornier money plays in short order – expect to get your stuff swatted very unceremoniously on about your fourth clumsy bulldog spin into the lane, Allen Iverson-quickness notwithstanding. On offense, the computer can be deadly effective - you'll have to be adept at switching defenders, closing the gap, knowing when to risk steal attempts and timing blocks to keep them from running up the score.
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And in particular, free throws should definitely come more easily, as they seem quite the undertaking at times, for even the better shooters in the league.Īll in all, these are minor niggles with a robust product that speaks to casual sports fans with its rookie mode, and to the hardcore, with modes from pro to all-star on up. I’d love to see an overhaul for next year, where the general button and stick command layout feels more natural (aside from the right analog shot-stick which is already brilliant). But the controls could surely use some tweaking – not in terms of responsiveness, but in terms of simplicity. I accept that nothing comes easy in 2K9, and that makes scoring and defending all the more rewarding. But oddly enough, accessing this baller options cornucopia is a bit clunky due to a decidedly dodgy and counterintuitive menu tree.ĢK9's controls continue the counterintuitive trend. And sure, 2K9’s options are vast and deep: from blacktop play to all-rookie games to dunk-offs to online stats and hotstreak updates (dubbed “live rosters”), to the epitome of sports game depth in “Association mode” (which is actually running an NBA team – replete with trading functionality) – everything you could want is here. While that’s true, it’s also true that player models at close range reveal that they could use some work. We’ve already established that for atmosphere, 2K9 is peerless. That being said, my score reflects the fact that they left room for improvement for subsequent releases - this year's minor refinements are just that: minor. NBA 2K9 basically took a blueprint which was already established as genre-defining and leading, and made some tweaks in order to provide the best experience available. Put simply: it doesn’t get better than this for videogame basketball. Player animations as they juke and jive and spin and crossover and fadeaway are sights to behold, and you can nearly feel the lift and hang of your legs on Kobe’s jump shot release and your fingers clawing the rim on Dwayne Wade’s one-handed slam through traffic. You’ll gladly pick out curvy cheerleaders as well, as they hasten off the court after half-time, and mascots working the masses as the score causes drama to mount. The cheering of the raucous fans swells and ebbs – and you can pick out scores of individual noisemakers responsible in the crowd, filling out each unique stadium. The commentating of Kevin Harlan, the colour tidbits added by analyst Clark Kellogg, and the sideline ‘scoops’ by Cheryl Miller are as varied and vital as we can reasonably expect from a game (sure there’s repetition, but this is as deep a bag of lines as I’ve heard). That’s how good NBA 2K9 looks and sounds. A few minutes later, I walked back in (probably with a drink to take away the sting of the pummeling), sat down, and thought for a few confusing moments that a live NBA game was on television. So I had NBA 2K9 going, and without bothering to pause it, I left the room (I was probably getting pummeled). "Put simply: it doesn’t get better than this for videogame basketball.
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