Community Q&A: NBA 2K9

[Aces15]

Quote: Originally Posted by Daxeem

Since presentation is one of the main selling points of 2K9, how much did the commentary improve? Does it sound similar to last year's, or is it closer to being as fluid as Live's?

He said the volume was turned pretty low when playing and he was asking questions to the developers the whole time, so I don't think he heard much commentary. If he did, then I'm interested too

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No biggie man, lets just keep it strictly 2K.

We just don't want a mob of people flogging Chase with that kind of thing, which is unfair to not only him and his time being taken out but also to the devs of both companies.

Hey Chase, graphically, did they fix the coaches as much as the players?

Is the court size bigger and allow for more spacing?

[NBA2k8 CHAMP]

How is the fastbreak system? Do players continue to run with you on 2 on 1's and is they're breakaway speed for players like Paul,Rondo,Parker,A.I.

Is the mid range game improved for Bigs?

Can players like Tony Parker,Iverson,Paul,etc.. kill you now with the shot adjustment and floaters in the lane?

Can Shaq,Dwight Howard,etc... still Guard Chris Paul or vice versa?

Do the cpu A.I. recognize lockdown defenders and place them on the teams opposing best perimeter threat (Bowen on Kobe)

Do the cpu switch up defense?(Box-n-1's,Zones,traps,etc..)

Fatigue is it effective now?

Has they alley oop system improved?(Can Paul now use a pick n roll for a nice alley oop to Tyson Chandler) (No more floating from the 3 point line)

Collision sensitivity how is for in the paint?

[RAZRr1275]

Is 2k's release date known yet?

[ChaseB]

Quote: Originally Posted by RAZRr1275

This is a question of mine from the E3 thread but you should be able to answer this one. Can you set who the primary ball handler on the team is? To prevent the lamar odom bringing the ball up every time thing. Let the user have a choice.

I didn't dig into that stuff unfortunately. Sorry. I didn't like that either though, for sure.

Quote: Originally Posted by IamDaddYankee

Are the refs next-gen? In all the games I see the same ref, and he acts the same as ps1 refs. Can you play in pre-season mode? Will there be player of the month in the game?

-I didn't notice the refs, but the coaches look much better now.

-Don't know

-Don't know, both are more Association Mode questions which they weren't getting into. The only thing I really know about Association Mode is if like you don't want to scout the incoming draft class during the season for example, you can have the CPU do it for you.

Quote: Originally Posted by bluedevil259

has the main menu been revamped to actually look next-gen this year?

It has been revamped. Don't know what's defined as "next-gen" menus though.

Quote: Originally Posted by chance

Since you played with the Jazz did you get to take any shots with Korver and if so were they going in(for the life of me I could not hit a shot wit him in 2K8) Do you know if the user can change players shoes? And can you explain more about the loading screen with the real life highlights? Like was it just Deron or were they showing him vs the other teams PG? If not thats ok and thanks!

Korver was tricky last year because you basically had to let the shot go a little earlier than expected. I did shoot with him, and I did make some shots with him. Much like with Deron, it could have been my imagination, but it seemed like the release point was just a bit more clearly defined, though the shot wasn't really changed.

No clue.

Yea for the Jazz game it was just various Deron clips, nothing too specific for the situation. I think I maybe heard how he was the key player for the game or something too as it loaded, don't remember exactly. Basically real highlights are shown of him and it seems like some guys talks about him over the highlights, didn't recognize the voice though.

[RAZRr1275]

Has anything been done to make free throws harder if not using the real ft percentage option?

[NBA2k improvements]

Anything on the halftime show??

[DakkoN]

Quote: Originally Posted by RAZRr1275

Is 2k's release date known yet?

It's been known... October 7th

[CB428]

1.At the Practice court Are the players wearing generic Black & White Practice Jerseys or did they make it more Authentic by getting each teams Practice Jerseys?

2. Also At the practice Court is it the same court were all players practice at the 2k sport practice Facilty place (2k8) style , or is it depending on which team is home is were they all practice at ????

[sleezy101]

Thanks for all of the info I just want to know how does the isomotion feel this year, do you feel like you have more control over the moves etc.. ?