2K14(xbox360/ps3) "The Best Just Got Better" ?????
NBA 2K14 for the xbox360 / ps3, according to Eric Qualls, is a fantastic game, with brand new features, improved gameplay controls, and awesome commentary. In his reviews he speaks of many pros, and maybe one or two cons of this new basketball game. "The best just got better," says Eric Qualls. Really Eric, is that really the proper statement to make? I mean sure the game has added a few better features I must admit, but are you really willing to overlook all of the major flaws this game has added along with these luxuries? I've been a NBA 2K fan for longer than 7 years now, and as much as I would like this game to be the best basketball game to enter the xbox360, I'm afraid this may not be the case. Let's go on down the list and offer a rebuttal to some of Qualls accusations. He's already touched on this, but I must restate that for the past few years 2K has done well adding modes focused on historical moments in the NBA. This year, they've added the Lebron James mode that lets you decide which path he takes continuing his NBA career. Question? What happens if the person hates Lebron James, and hates playing with him even more? This person would have no use in the least for this game mode. The least they could have done was add a few more exciting players to choose from like Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, or even Carmelo Anthony. Away from that point, don't let Qualls' al-mighty gameplay tales have you fooled. They've done a lot to improve the in-game controls, including the new flashy passes, monster blocks, etc. Still, It seems they've strayed away from making sure simple things don't make game intolerable. Saying the AI defense is noticeably smarter is a little far fetched. If your not guarding the opposing player yourself, don't expect the AI defense to stop them either. Sometimes they may even just look at the player run straight pass them for a free layup if your not careful. Don't even get me started on how ridiculously easy it is to steal the ball on the game. Despite risking one or two foul calls, you might as well approach the opposing ball handler with your point guard and continuously hack them by pressing the steal button until they lose the ball, or you get called for a foul(which pens less often.) Also the formerly mentioned flashy passes, are all flash and no accuracy. Through one while your covered or in traffic, and the ball will surely be stolen or simply thrown out of bounds. Another error would be when you jump to block a shot, and your player hurls into an opposing player resulting in a foul call. The first few times it happens you're like, WOW that's so realistic. Then you play on and see it happens so consistently it gets annoying whether your the person doing it, or it's being done to you. Minor errors like this makes the game very hard to bare. Especially since I've played NBA 2K14 on PS4 and Xbox One, and they lack these errors making for a much more enjoyable game. I'm still successful in defeating majority of my opponents so that's not really an issue of winning that brought me to these accusations. I just respect good gameplay, and I'm sorry to announce that this my friend, is not it. Sorry Eric.
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