NBA 2K9 E3 Presentation Video

2k9 looks alot better then last season. The graphics have come along way. But it does look alot like it plays in 2k8.2 me thats not a bad thing. I love 2k8 the only thing i hated was that players RARELY got back on defense everytime they scored they had 2 touch hands or clap 2gether b4 they could run down the court. This year it seems like player celebrations are going more with the flow of the game rather then disrupting the defense. I dunno why people are so caught up in features. YES live always has nice features but when was the last time they had good gameplay? Dont worry i’ll wait?……………………… lol 2005 was the last time. N that was the last time i bought a LIVE game. I see strides in their games but they still play no defense and their players run around like zombies.

2k9 looks alot better then last season. The graphics have come along way. But it does look alot like it plays in 2k8.2 me thats not a bad thing. I love 2k8 the only thing i hated was that players RARELY got back on defense everytime they scored they had 2 touch hands or clap 2gether b4 they could run down the court. This year it seems like player celebrations are going more with the flow of the game rather then disrupting the defense. I dunno why people are so caught up in features. YES live always has nice features but when was the last time they had good gameplay? Dont worry i’ll wait?……………………… lol 2005 was the last time. N that was the last time i bought a LIVE game. I see strides in their games but they still play no defense and their players run around like zombies.

[quote comment="30945"]Enough with purchasing BOTH of these games as if money just grew on trees. Save yourself the money even as EA tries to seduce you with gimmicky features that don’t impact what you care about most. Hey EA, its the GAMEPLAY stupid! 2K dominates in this area and that is why you should hedge your money on 2K and rent Live, only to realize that you only wasted 5 bucks and not 60 purchasing the retail copy. Yes I am a 2K fanboy. Yes I am bitter about the NFL exclusivity contract that buried the NFL 2K Franchise. However, this in no way is clouding my judgement when it comes to assessing both Live and 2K basketball games purely based on merit. 2K8 was crack and Live 08 was, well, weed in terms of potency; Not even, it was meh aregano at best and thats just sad. WE DONT BELIEVE YOU EA, YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE![/quote]

There’s nothing wrong with preferring one over the other. I can understand why you feel like you’ve lost trust in EA and NBA Live because, quite frankly, the previous few years or so, their games have been subpar at best. You’re entitled to your opinion and, in my opinion, there’s nothing wrong with being a fanboy of either franchise. Granted, money don’t grow on trees (it took me a long time to save up that money), but if someone wants to buy both games, it doesn’t make it right or wrong, it’s just their choice. After all, this is America, right? Anyway, I think that you are correct when you say that in previous games of Live, that it seemed that the emphasis was more on “gimmicks” (Freestyle Controls, etc.) than on what many gamers considered important, which is gameplay and “realism.” Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion. It is important to remember though, at the end of the day, it’s just a video game. Comparing NBA Live ’09 vs. NBA 2K9 is like choosing between apples and oranges. Some will like 2K9 while others will prefer Live ’09 and, in the end, it all boils down to which ever NBA game that individual is most comfortable with. If I rate a game, chances are, what I think makes a good game is going to differ from anyone else’s opinion. And that’s okay. Opinions are like brains, everyone has one. It doesn’t mean that my opinion is better than anyone else’s because it isn’t. It just is, pure and simple. You may not like or agree what I have to say, but I’m entitled to my opinion, just like everyone else.

2k9 got it this game is straight… live gona come up short they just dont got what 2k is doing

if this is an early build jsut imagine what the game is gona look like this game is actually gettin close to be as realistic as tv games

live looks good and they made a drastic improvement but 2k looks like their focusing on gettin as realistic as tv

i hope 2k changes up their soundtrack cause its been suckin, or they could just let you use your own muzik from your console

by they way one thing i noticed most with this vid was the player model improvement they look great and the court looks better also

[quote comment="30972"]i hope 2k changes up their soundtrack cause its been suckin, or they could just let you use your own muzik from your console[/quote]

if they had that feature i would be sold…

Hey pasta is this all the info you got on 2k9? and if not do you have a site I could go to to read up on it?

2k does let u use ur own soundtrack if its on the 360 i dunno bout ps3 but 360 has always let u use ur own sountrack

yea i own a ps3 so i guess ive been missing out… ohhh well i hope they allow ps3 users to do that even though its highly doubtful

besides the player models and the crowd….(alley opp was still hilarious)shit look the same as 2k8 commentating and gameplay still the same…im copping both this yr

and if you dont notice the glitches and guaranteed money plays on 2k ur crazy..u can run the same play all game and win so the gameplay is not wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy incredible like u fan boys make it seem

2k gameplay is far far far from realistic.

Just watch a game of Cpu vs. Cpu, it doesn’t resemble basketball at all. The AI needs help.

and where are the cuts towards the basket?

and a good move on offense just makes the defender slide backwards? wtf?

I don’t like how the crowd never settles down and collision detection while dribbling needs improvement. Overall, I think that the majority of animations are still better than live’s.

2 andre watch watch MCELTIC’s vid 4 2K8 showin the bulls play the clips cpu vs cpu & then come back & edit ur post if it YOu do it promptky all will be4given

both games arent perfect but i prefer 2k basketball games… and i used to prefer 2k football (but we all know what happened to that)… I used to be a live fan until it went next gen, but im not gonna lie its catching up, I give it a couple more years if 2k doesnt step there game up… but for right now I believe 2k has the better more realistic basketball game (and thats just my opinion, your welcome to have your own!)

[quote comment="30938"][quote comment="30886"][quote comment="30883"]2k9 is starting to bore me a little. 2k7 was the best basketball game ever made, and 2k8 and 2k9 look like the same exact thing. Live is making very noticable changes every year, but the 2k games look the same every year[/quote]

what exactly the same are you crazy…… the player models look so much different the jerseys no longer look like paper and the graphics are muched improved i and live never makes notable changes this si the first year they have done that all ea does is improve graphics ..live 09 is the only one where they actually fixed gameplay[/quote]

i need an honest answer for why you always have to disagree with me. i dont go to all of the threads you post on and trash you saying how you are wrong… i posted my opinion, you dont have to like it. just stop with the stupid remarks on how im crazy.[/quote]

ok this is only the second time this has happened and honestly i didnt even realize who i was disagreeing with until after i posted

Exactly, EA has got to prove a lot to regain the players trust.

rdelizo35. I don’t know if I would call “Free Style a gimmick”. It was pretty innovative and added user control to dribbling, a very innovative move at the time which matured into quick strike dribbling. 2K had the shot stick, which I do prefer over the button. I wish that quick strike dribbling and the shot stick could be in one game…but alas, we’ll never see that.

I like isomotion a lot more but I only use the shot stick to dunk because the timing is weird for shooting.

I never got into the isomotion because you couldn’t break out of the animation.

ISOMOTION far superior to Free Style control being that there is probably 3X more dribble animations in 2K than in Live free style control makes is WEAK b/c every1 handles the same

[quote comment="30999"]rdelizo35. I don’t know if I would call “Free Style a gimmick”. It was pretty innovative and added user control to dribbling, a very innovative move at the time which matured into quick strike dribbling. 2K had the shot stick, which I do prefer over the button. I wish that quick strike dribbling and the shot stick could be in one game…but alas, we’ll never see that.[/quote]

The only way we’ll have quick strike ankle breaking dribble moves and the shot stick is if 2K and EA merged, which as of this point in time, is unlikely. Personally I wouldn’t think that something like Free Style moves was a gimmick, per se, but you do have many NBA 2K fans who will say that it was. Anyway, to each his or her own, I guess.