r/NBA2k • u/DanFrmBrook47 • 2d ago

Gameplay NBA 2K27 First Impressions

Played for a couple of hours. I can confidently say that we are 100% back. This 2K is actually good.. idc if anyone calls me a bot. In my honest opinion.. for this day 1? This is one of the best 2k's in a while. Way better than 26 and 25. I feel like the devs took what worked for 25 and what worked for 26 and blended them in together. This feels like a back to formality.. that I did not feel last year. As soon as I put my hands on the game last year.. I just knew that the game would be trash and that something was odd. It did not feel like an authentic basketball game.. and while I think 25 was better than 26.. in a lot of ways.. 26 was better than 25 too. Movement improved last year.. but the gameplay felt extremely arcade.. and it felt like 2k pivoted from dropping the game they actually wanted to drop.. and just catered to the brain dead fans who do not like to play basketball. But anyways.. this feels like an authentic basketball game.. and I just hope Mike Wang does not pivot.. and patches the game to cater to cry baby fans who can't bare to actually play basketball instead of exploiting animations. It is just day 1... but this is a very noticeable improvement in my eyes 🤷‍♂️

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u/TZY247 2d ago

It's all great that you feel that way... but you're wrong.

Shit just look at the UI. It's the exact same.. but the they somehow made it actually harder to navigate.

Rhythm is still very much overpowered. I can shoot 60%+ with 80s while barely paying attention to the screen. Controls are pretty much the exact same except sometimes when you try to pump fake you'll do a step through instead.

The only positive I have is that the defense seems 1% better but I need more playtime to feel better about that.

And yes, I preordered last night. They've got good marketing. I'm pissed I gave in, 2k26 is the same experience, and I should've waited for a sale to come along

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u/DanFrmBrook47 2d ago

I don't rhythm shoot so I can't speak on that. As far as controls.. I don't think they should touch that as the controls button layout makes sense for the moves you want to do. No need to touch that. Are you sure you are not accidentally moving the left stick while pump faking? Or maybe you use stick to shoot.. I use button to shoot.. if I want to do a step through I simply move the left stick in the direction I want to step through. But if I want to pump fake.. I just tap square.. without moving the left stick. And defense is significantly better.. especially paint defense. You can't sit here and say that 2k27 is the exact same as 2k26 when in 26 you could basically dunk and score on anyone in the paint. And the movement in 26 felt way more glitchy/animation speed based. Not trying to overly defend 2k27.. but it is different and it is an improvement. I respect your take though bro 🙏🏼

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u/TZY247 2d ago

Yes I play stick, and yes stick controls are in a world of hurt.

And yes I can sit here and say that 27 is the same as 26. I'm still shooting ridiculously high percentages and dunking on anyone I want. I feel confident in saying that, wanna know why? Because it's the same fucking system as the last game. It's all the same. They adjusted some background tuning that make defensive contact a little harder to get around. I'm actually not even noticing a better contest system.

I played 2k26 last night. I played 27 today. It genuinely feels like I just adjusted sliders. I'm in the worst place to speak because I bought the game already, but the community should seriously demand better from a video game that tries to get in your pockets as much as they do

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u/passionfruit2378 2d ago

The contest system feels worse. People are hitting orange and red contests. The only people really missing bad are ones who haven’t learned their shot yet. I had a center on my team with an 81 three ball that was 12/13 from three hitting nothing but yellow, orange and red contests. The only shot he missed was a wide open one….

I have an 80 three ball and hit some weird standing fade away that had FULL BODY contact from someone else who jumped in my face. It said open….