“Last year, pretty much every rebound was caught cleanly by a defender,” Blumberg said. Visual Concepts has also done some work on the rebound system to make it closer to real life basketball. Ultimately, you’ll have to get your bench players into the game and rest the starters if you want to win simulation games. Now, your digital athletes will start missing shots, be slower to react, and more susceptible to injuries if you keep them in too long. In previous 2K games, you could play your starting roster for the majority of the game and play for 48 minutes straight without it affecting your players. The development team wanted to put more control in the hands of the user and rely less on probability from stats. The glassy look on the players faces is still here but, outside of the occasional weird closeups, it all looks and sounds incredibly authentic.īlumberg gave us a quick update on some gameplay changes.
It’s just another example of NBA 2K’s dedication to capturing the look and feel of a live TV broadcast. Blumberg told us that the development team worked on revamping the lighting to make it custom for each basketball arena, so diehard fans will notice how the bright lights of the Cleveland Cavalier’s Quicken Loans Arena differ compared the focused lighting of the Staples Center, home of the Los Angeles Lakers. Blumberg said the current US Olympic Dream Team team is also available along with celebrated college basketball coach of the Duke Blue Devils Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski, who’s pulling double duty for his first 2K appearance: he will be the sideline coach for the current team, and the voice of the tutorial mode, called 2KU.ĢK ended its presentation with a demo showcasing one quarter of NBA 2K17 gameplay, and the improved lighting and graphics immediately stood out. It's a pre-order bonus (but it can also be purchased separately in regular editions), but regardless of how you feel about pre-sale content it's hard not to get excited for the most celebrated talent in the history of the sport, with headliners like Michael Jordan, Sir Charles Barkely, and Larry Bird in one unforgettable lineup.
“In the past, we’ve been a year behind,” Blumberg said, “just because European teams are selected late in the summer and it didn’t work for our timelines.” Since the Euro league adopted a new format this year, it allowed 2K to identify teams much earlier and get them into the new game.īut the big announcement for basketball fans around the world is the inclusion of the legendary 1992 USA Dream Team, which is playable for the first time since 2K13. And for the first time, the Euro League would have 21 up-to-date teams in the game. They quickly recapped how Spain’s towering power foward/center Pau Gasol and Italy’s talented small forward Danilo Gallinari will appear as cover athletes of NBA 2K17 in certain regions. 2K Sports’ Gamescom presentation started with a focus on basketball in Europe.
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