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**Knicks4life** · 06-27-2012, 12:51 AM

**Basel** · 06-27-2012, 01:05 AM

Time for an NBA 2K13 thread?

**Gonzo** · 06-27-2012, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Basel

Time for an NBA 2K13 thread?

Yep, probably.

I'm hoping this is just a preliminary cover and we'll have all 3 separate on the covers with different pictures. Those dunks are bland.

Not really sure why Lebron and Durant aren't on the cover together, but I'd imagine that NBA Live '13 will take Lebron.

**Dre** · 06-27-2012, 11:25 AM

done

**Floods** · 06-27-2012, 11:37 AM

Multiple players on the same cover is weak.

**Dre** · 06-27-2012, 11:41 AM

2K always did weird shit with their covers...they have the same guy on their for multiple years (in hindsight

@ Ben Wallace), then they pull this

If they're not careful they'll run out of stars this way

**R-Star** · 06-27-2012, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Dre

2K always did weird shit with their covers...they have the same guy on their for multiple years (in hindsight

@ Ben Wallace), then they pull this

If they're not careful they'll run out of stars this way

There's always a new guy who blows up every year though. They'll be ok.

**Luke** · 06-27-2012, 08:54 PM

I just got 2k12 yesterday.

Can you say D-League?

**Gonzo** · 06-28-2012, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Dre

I mean even if you do add extra teams the appeal of that whole mode has already kind of faded. Maybe I'm just looking at it in the wrong perspective but it's like they did a blowout promotion for the game then next cycle around...they're going to go back to normal players

Pretty sure Jordan has 1 year left on his contract, so we'll see his teams in the game.

TheAnswer · 06-28-2012, 09:05 AM

I know it's not even close to happening, but do you guys think 2k should entertain putting Jeremy Lin on it's cover? I think it'd get some extra sales (especially in China if they play over there)

**Floods** · 06-28-2012, 09:08 AM

I'd boycott the franchise.

**Gonzo** · 08-13-2012, 07:11 PM

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At a recent visit to the Game Informer offices, Visual Concepts spilled the beans about everything NBA 2K13 has to offer, including My Player, Association, online plans, and a few new surprises. We’ll touch on all of this at later dates, but first and foremost we’re sharing details on our hands-on gameplay session.

NBA 2K13 is building off a solid gameplay foundation, but that isn’t preventing Visual Concepts from shaking things up. Here are 25 things we learned during our meeting:

PRESENTATION

In past games Visual Concepts felt that after the whistle blew the presentation would often break the sense of immersion with flaws in the way players acted and reacted. The transition of seeing LeBron James make one of his signature dunks, but then stumble aimlessly around the court like a zombie as a quarter came to a close was jarring. In NBA 2K13, the team made an effort to seamlessly integrate ambient actions to make sure that players are doing things they would actually do in real life during dead ball situations.

The dynamic commentary I heard between Steve Kerr, Clark Kellogg, and Kevin Harlan proves they are still the premier virtual broadcast team. The conversations flow seamlessly, they discuss off-court activity and statistics like real-life commentators, and their cadence rises and falls with the intensity of the action.

The broadcast replays are also unrivaled in sports games. This year Visual Concepts has added a few new flourishes, like Nike+ Basketball integration that shows you how high a player jumps during a slam-dunk replay. These replays only trigger if the player making the dunk is wearing Nike+ Basketball shoes.

GAMEPLAY

It turns out gameplay producer Mike Wang may have learned a thing or two while working on the NBA Live franchise for EA Sports after all. This year NBA 2K takes one of the few good pages out of the Live playbook by revamping its right analog controls to include dribbling moves.

Dubbed the Control Stick, the right analog stick now works for dribbling, shooting, post play, and passing. Visual Concepts says this new control scheme opens up a plethora of new moves they didn’t have before.

Isomotion didn't allow players to do anything standing because it was tied to your movement stick. Now you can cross over, go behind the back, or between the legs. This allows you to set up a guy up the way you would on a real court.

Holding down the left trigger turns the Control Stick back into the Shot Stick from last year.

Visual Concepts revamped the passing so players are smarter about which passes they make. This year if you take the ball down the middle on the fast break and see a guy filling the lane you will make a nice bounce pass instead of an overhead pass that is easy for the defender to pick off. If you want to guarantee your player throws a bounce pass, you can hold the left trigger and press the pass button.

Previous NBA 2K games married the passing and catching systems, which meant that the moment you made the pass, the catch was determined as well. This made it hard to jump the lane and cause a turnover on defense because if you weren’t in the passing lane at the time of the pass the system wouldn’t register you as a factor. In NBA 2K13, Visual Concepts has separated these systems. The game makes the appropriate pass at the time you press the button, and the intended receiver makes the appropriate catch based on when the ball is arriving. This should inject more variety into the pass catching animations and hopefully make some balls more susceptible to interception.

For the first time in the series, the controls for a dribbler and a player in the post mimic one another. Twirling the right analog stick to spin works in both states. Since players no longer need to master a different minigame when posting up, it should be much easier for players to transition between attacking the basket and playing with your back to the rim.

Visual Concepts also changed the alley-oop controls. This year when you see an opportunity for a quick basket at the rim, you can mash the A and X buttons to throw it up.

For players who developed muscle reflexes for the Shot Stick, getting used to the Control Stick is going to require an adjustment period. In my short time with the game, I was still accidentally making a dribbling move instead of hoisting up the rock when I saw an opportunity to shoot. Visual Concepts producer Rob Jones says that after playing a handful of games you should get the hang of it.

NBA 2K games have always packed in a ridiculous amount of animations, but shots tended to play out the same regardless of contact. Thanks to the new Dynamic Shot Generator, the game now uses a physics system to takes into account momentum, the degree of contact, player size, and strength ratings to determine if a player knifes through the defender, is stopped at the point of contact, or gets the shot off but stumbles and falls to the floor. Visual Concepts hopes this will make contact more realistic and keep the outcomes from looking like canned animations.

The physics system introduced by the Dynamic Shot Generator also affects rebounding, blocking collisions, and charging. Savvy defenders can actually take a charge this year.

Speaking of defense, players have more smooth movements on defense and appear to be much more reactive. The physics helps more physical defenders guarding against drives to the baskets as well. If you step into the dribbler’s lane, the collision deflects guys the way it would in real life so the attacker won’t just slide off the defender. The dev team hopes this will help players feel like defending can play a vital role in the game instead of just feeling like an obstacle.

Last year, the AI had multiple options to attack your defense, but it would pick one approach at random. To cut down on the amount of times a player can cheat the system by standing in an obvious passing lane to pick off a ball, Visual Concepts has developed a reactive AI that is smart enough to know when you are trying to take away options. This year, it will notice your guy jumping the lane and look for a backdoor option instead of throwing the obvious pass.

To better distinguish between the AI point guard performances in the league, Visual Concepts has added awareness differentiations. While a veteran, pass-first point guard like Jason Kidd has a 360-degree view of what’s happening around him, shoot-first point guards or less talented players will have part of the court shaded like a fog of war in strategy games.

In past games, fans found that it didn't matter how wide the player ratings scale was, because the talented players at a respective position always played the same. To better differentiate between players, Visual Concepts has taken a page out of FIFA and Madden by introducing Signature Skills. Each player can have up to five signature skills, which cover everything from being a spot up shooter or alley-ooper on offense to being a chasedown artist or pick-pocketer on defense.

Most of the signature skills are individual traits, but some players also have skills that extend to their teammates, which Visual Concepts is calling “team auras.” A floor general will improve the play of everyone else on the court, as will a high-energy defensive specialist.

Visual Concepts is still locking down the number of skill traits for the game, but right now they are hovering around 28. The developer has not commented on whether or not players will gain or lose signature skills as their career progresses.

http://www.gameinformer.com/games/nb...-nba-2k13.aspx

**Dre** · 08-13-2012, 07:17 PM

Don't think I like any of those integrations. They can't get better than 2k12

They shouldn't have ****ed with the shot stick either

Pacers Fan · 08-13-2012, 08:23 PM

I'm ecstatic they added a bounce pass. Otherwise, ehhhh. Mashing for an alley-oop sounds terrible, and the shot stick turning into a control stick wreaks of a feature that killed NBA Live.

**Gonzo** · 08-14-2012, 07:37 AM

I wonder if NBA Live '13 is actually going to come out this year... Haven't heard much about it.

I don't care about the control stick much considering I shoot a lot with the left trigger already, I will just have to get used to it during spot up shooting. Sounds like the defense has really improved, though, which is great.

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Basel Legen-wait for it-dary! Legendary! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Parts Unknown Age: 27 Posts: 68,553 Rep Power: 21474913	Re: NBA 2K12 Thread (Jordan, Magic and Bird announced for cover) Time for an NBA 2K13 thread? __________________ Best there is, best there was, best there ever will be.

06-27-2012, 11:25 AM	#19 (permalink)
Dre do better Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 25 Posts: 41,325 Rep Power: 21474887	Re: NBA 2K13 done

06-27-2012, 11:37 AM	#20 (permalink)
Floods -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 14,129 Rep Power: 15842309	Re: NBA 2K13 Multiple players on the same cover is weak.

06-27-2012, 11:41 AM	#21 (permalink)
Dre do better Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 25 Posts: 41,325 Rep Power: 21474887	Re: NBA 2K13 2K always did weird shit with their covers...they have the same guy on their for multiple years (in hindsight @ Ben Wallace), then they pull this If they're not careful they'll run out of stars this way

06-27-2012, 08:54 PM	#23 (permalink)
Luke Go Dawgs Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 11,912 Rep Power: 4300832	Re: NBA 2K13 I just got 2k12 yesterday. Can you say D-League? __________________ Formerly VanillaPrice

06-28-2012, 09:05 AM	#25 (permalink)
TheAnswer Genius Level Talent Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,560 Rep Power: 1995994	Re: NBA 2K13 I know it's not even close to happening, but do you guys think 2k should entertain putting Jeremy Lin on it's cover? I think it'd get some extra sales (especially in China if they play over there)

06-28-2012, 09:08 AM	#26 (permalink)
Floods -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 14,129 Rep Power: 15842309	Re: NBA 2K13 I'd boycott the franchise.

08-13-2012, 07:17 PM	#28 (permalink)
Dre do better Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 25 Posts: 41,325 Rep Power: 21474887	Re: NBA 2K13 Don't think I like any of those integrations. They can't get better than 2k12 They shouldn't have ****ed with the shot stick either

08-13-2012, 08:23 PM	#29 (permalink)
Pacers Fan Legend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bloomington, Indiana Age: 22 Posts: 16,417 Rep Power: 21474863	Re: NBA 2K13 I'm ecstatic they added a bounce pass. Otherwise, ehhhh. Mashing for an alley-oop sounds terrible, and the shot stick turning into a control stick wreaks of a feature that killed NBA Live. __________________ Indeed.

08-14-2012, 07:37 AM	#30 (permalink)
Gonzo King George Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Indiana Age: 22 Posts: 11,033 Rep Power: 15819679	Re: NBA 2K13 I wonder if NBA Live '13 is actually going to come out this year... Haven't heard much about it. I don't care about the control stick much considering I shoot a lot with the left trigger already, I will just have to get used to it during spot up shooting. Sounds like the defense has really improved, though, which is great. __________________

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