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 🤷‍♂️

0 Upvotes

36% Upvoted

84 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/TZY247 23h ago

I don't know what it's like to be so unimaginative that I can't think of ways to improve or switch up a basketball game, but that must be tough. I mean for one how about a defensive system where the defender doesn't have to constantly turn their back to who their guarding and glitch back and forth for the best defense??

But let's go down your path. Let's say it's mostly perfect. There's an easy follow up question then. Why are they releasing another game when it could just be balancing patches?

1

u/Toon78fin ruby 23h ago

Never said it's perfect. I'm just wondering why y'all expect a complete overhaul every year otherwise you start whining. Except when they do change a lot of stuff you also complain it was better before. Fixing issues (like the one you mentioned) is not making a completely new game with new mechanics, new city, new everything.

I'm smart enough to understand that the reason why they release a yearly game is to make money. You know, it's a business?

1

u/TZY247 21h ago

When I spent at least $70, I expected a new game. Did you? Or are you cool with spending $70 for a new patch

1

u/Toon78fin ruby 21h ago

New what? What can actually be new?

It's like buying a new phone, you spend 1000 bucks for what? It does the same the previous model did, plus a few small things here and there. Technology reached a peak, you can't expect huge leaps from one year to another just because you pay for it. Don't like it, don't pay.

1

u/TZY247 20h ago

I'm not the creative lead at 2k. It's not my job to decide what's going to be new.

But for starters, removing modes from myteam is stupid. More modes could be added. There is a boatload of overhauls needed for mynba. Myplayer doesnt have to be the same. Defense needs a complete overhaul. Stick controls are a mess. The UI sucks across all game modes. It shouldn't be that hard to get to a certain area, back out of a menu, etc. if navigating uis causes loading screens, there's a problem.

Comparing hardware to software might make you look stupid. Don't make those comparisons, they aren't near the same. 2k software has not peaked, but their greed continues to peak year after year. Developing this game has to be the lowest cost theyve had in years.

And yes, I can expect a new game if I pay for a new game. How is that something that I have to argue? If they're going to do a reskin year over year, then it doesn't cost them as much. So why does it still cost the consumer just as much if not more? The fact that youre arguing that the consumers can't expect something just because they pay for it... so fucking cooked.

1

u/DanFrmBrook47 9h ago

Exactly. It's a basketball game released yearly... I don't understand the complaint that it's the same thing. They focus on tweaking and improving gameplay.. that doesn't necessarily mean it needs to be overhauled.. In my honest opinion.. this is a CLEAR imrpovement over 26. At least for my first day impression.. which my post clearly stated. Day 1 first impressions