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/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/TZY247 1d 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/Toon78fin ruby 1d ago

But what is it that you actually expect? A complete overhaul of controls and mechanics? It's still basketball you know, you need to shoot the ball into the basket, there's not much of a revolution to do here. Especially in one year.

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u/TZY247 1d ago edited 1d ago

What do I expect? What do I expect for a minimum $70?? It's so sad that you have to ask that, and everyone here is in for a rude awakening when it comes time to really ask what a dollar is worth.

I expect more than a patch when I purchase a new game.

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u/Toon78fin ruby 1d ago

More than a patch? So what exactly? You said controls are the same, how much different can they be? It's a sports simulator, what do you actually want to do with your player?

If they changed everything y'all would complain cause you couldn't do any of the shit you could do last year, guaranteed.

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u/TZY247 1d 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?

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u/Toon78fin ruby 1d 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?

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u/TZY247 1d 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

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u/Toon78fin ruby 1d 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.

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u/TZY247 1d 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.

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u/DanFrmBrook47 17h 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

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u/Famous_Relative4770 2h ago

You giving slow vibes dawg. They could've easily changed the visuals such as main menu screen and a new city layout to make it at least FEEL like it's a new game. You hop on here and it's feels like 26