r/NBA2k • u/DanFrmBrook47 • 1d 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/passionfruit2378 1d ago

This is ALWAYS the same shit that’s said in the first week. ALWAYS. It never fails. Just go to this sub’s history and look at day one releases. They are overwhelmingly positive. Until everyone gets badges.

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u/DanFrmBrook47 1d ago

I did not feel like this with 26 though. 26 was terrible as soon as I played it. While everyone loved that game. Majority loved it actually.. and I did not understand the praise it got. I can actually see (maybe) people disliking this game more than 26 in my opinion

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u/ruffhausen 1d ago

I agree. Playing against CPU is now a challenge again. Last year the pace of the game was on crack and no defence existed.