NBA 2K17-progress for PS4, Xbox one and PC

NBA 2K17 is already just around the hoop.On September 16, he will jump to the court of PS4, Xbox One and PC who, a priori, is the main candidate for the best sports game of the year, but, before, from day 9, anyone can give him a tento with 'theForeword ', the intro of my career mode, which can be downloaded from PSN or Xbox Live for free.But let's go in parts, because a possession lasts twenty -four seconds, and we must not rush.

Today, 2K has made the presentation of the game in Madrid, with Pau Gasol as a guest of exception.The new player of the San Antonio Spurs will take the cover of the standard edition of the game in Spain, in what will be his premiere alone in the saga, because last season he was accompanied by his brother Marc, with whom he has a pique to accountsof the assessment in the game (this year, an 84 against an 86 of his younger brother).Interestingly, this year's special edition is for the newly retired Kobe Bryant, his ‘metaphorical brother’ in the league, after winning two rings with the Lakers together.As a curiosity, the first time he put on the Texan team shirt, was precisely in the photo shoot for the game.Next to him, producer Rob Jones, who explained the main novelties, and the three commentators of the homeland version, Antoni Daimiel, Sixto Miguel Serrano and Jorge Quiroga have been.

Referent of sports simulation

The sports genre, with its annual deliveries, generates certain reluctance among some users, to the extent that it is difficult for studies to carry out large jumps in just twelve months, which makes improvements to be written, simplifying a little, in the form of playable pulps, template updates and small additions to the game modes. This is not the case of Visual Concepts, a study that, since engendering the saga in the time of Dreamcast, has placed an emphasis commendable for overcoming each year, always with important changes in various facets, capable of marking a trend (they tell them in the way the trip that will be in FIFA 17). This has even more merit if one takes into account that the saga has no rival, because NBA Live is a ghost of what was and, in fact, EA had several years in fallow, thinking what to do to face the 2K giant. We repeat it every year, but it never hurts to remember it, and less when it seems that the Californian team has done it again.

Let's start talking about playable changes.For years, the saga has a very defined gameplay, in general, but developers manage to improve it year after year to make it more and more natural, through technical and control touch -ups.We have been able to see it by playing an almost final demo.Thanks to the addition of hundreds of animations, everything feels tremendously true.

First, what attracts the most attention is the new shooting system.The meter that had to stop just halfway, coinciding with the highest point of the jump, has gone to a better life to leave another based on a semicircle and that rewards the user's ability more than ever.The mechanics is similar, because it is about stopping the power meter just when it is going to complete its 180º rotation, before ‘shock’ with the top and backward.However, the marking of the times feels different, and the size of the useful area varies according to the position on the court and the player's ability.

Throughout the last season, the boys of Visual Concepts made jokes with which Stephen Curry Virtual could not become better than the real one, although he had statistics of 99, because he did not attend to the physical laws they had provided for for theplay.This came to the incredible triple of him from almost half a field, which have marked a break in the way of playing basketball.Well, that barrier is already history.Now, it is possible to emulate the Warriors crack and score from nine or ten meters.In a game that we play with Golden State, we scored three of those releases, so that you get an idea.And prepare when you face him, because he will not hesitate to use the resource, one of the most indefensible in the history of the League.

To reward the most skilled, if we stop the shooting meter at the high point, it will become green and the shot will surely enter.In addition, if you are one of those who pull with the right joystick, you will have to refine, because a deviation system has been introduced so that the ball can go to the left or to the right of the hoop, if we do not point well.In relation to that, each player will have certain hot and cold points, which will be added to his own ability.A lot of emphasis has been placed on improving shots from under the hoop, with the possibility of dodging the contact of the defenders.Also, in free throws, if the manager is a ‘Gepetto Brother’ like Andre Jordan, he will have a greater predisposition to go in search of the rebound than if he has a ‘beautiful doll’, like Kevin Durant.

Another aspect that has won in realism is that of rebounds, because the ball is barely ‘magnetized’.Often, in the struggles for the rejects, we may see two or three touches before someone manages to hunt them.In addition, it will be possible to take an offensive rebound and emboca the ball during that same jump, without having to support the feet on the ground previously.In general, the clashes are much more satisfactory, just like the plugs, thanks to a better detection of the contacts of the hands with the balls looking for the hoop.Serving ‘Make skewers’ had never been so satisfactory, so the ‘carpants’ are going to put their boots

Ball handling has also been renewed and, now, the chain of shares is more manual.At the same time, robberies depend more on our expertise and factors such as the forced attacker or the type of boat that is carrying out.As a consequence, it is easier to swallow the ball or see how it ends orphaned, if who handles it acts run over.

It has also been given a twist to the fatigue system, so that the players will get tired both in the long and short term, that is, both by the extension of the matches and for the explosive efforts they can do in aconcrete moment, which perhaps reduces, momentarily, his ability to sprint, to give an example.According to Visual Concepts, there will be twenty -three parts of the body that can suffer injuries, up to 115 types.

To put the end to the most outstanding playable news, the adaptive AI will rise level compared to last year.Each team will play as in reality and the rivals will be more waspated when launching triples, because they will not only do it in case of brand free.In addition, they will not act the same in a regular season game than in one of the playoffs.In dead times, we will hear some phrases from the coach and, in addition, we can define strategies for the following moves, change defensive assignments quickly ...

A movie life

Since making the leap to PS4 and Xbox One, the Visual Concepts saga has opted to give my career a film style.Every year, a different history and development has been used, and NBA 2K17 will not be less.Despite his good intentions, the truth is that last year's mode, made in collaboration with Spike Lee, was a stumble, because a very claled linear argument was chosen, which only worried about the drama that happened to the protagonist outsideThe court (we will not miss you, Frequency Vibrates) and on which we had no decision power.Livin ’da Dream had more nightmare than sleep.This time, it has been chosen to combine acting work with various ramifications that will depend on our decisions, such as responses in conversations, how or little we go to the gym, how languages we are with the press ...

First of all, we will have to create an alter ego, for which we can help us with the camera of a mobile - previously, it was only possible with Kinect or PS Camera - so that the resemblance is maximum.On this occasion, we must not only choose position, height and weight, but also the type of player, which will condition the level of ten types of attributes, and the style of play, among six possible.The body type and wingspan that we choose will affect factors such as speed, acceleration, jump or ball handling.The idea is that the online is not full of Kevin Durant clones, according to Rob Jones in the presentation.Once ‘born’, we must go through the university stage and fight for the best possible position in the draft.This process can be carried out with ‘The Prologue’, the downloadable intro that we commented before and whose progress can be transferred to the game, when it is put on sale.

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Thus, the plot approach, which will emphasize both the court and outside it, will be very interesting.Our alter Ego will be accompanied at all times by another rookie named Justice Young, who has been played by actor Michael B. Jordan (not to confuse with 'His Air Majesty'), which you will know for his leading role in Creed: The legend ofRockyPrecisely, the screenwriter of this boxing film, Aaron Covington, has been in charge of signing the history of my career, so both have experience in the sports-cinematographic field.The idea is to show the growth in the league of a dynamic duo, in the purest curry-thompson style, Durant-Westbrook, Kobe-Shaq, Stockton-Malone, Jordan-Pippen ...

Young will be a player chosen in the second round, but he will strive to the fullest for being a star.Just like Curry and Thompson are the 'Splash Brothers', our character and Young will be 'Orange Juice', a nickname that will represent chemistry between them and that will be a key element of history, because the personal relationship between them will influence the court.If we wish, we can handle both characters simultaneously on the court, which is a novelty, because my career has always been characterized by putting ourselves in the skin of a single player.Next to them, there will be other characters that will put a trick on the argument, as a jovial companion named Denver Levins, the University coach, a journalist, our girlfriend ... even a barber!

Outside the court, there will be numerous activities to enjoy, something that was barely exploited last year.On leisure days, we will have great freedom of decision, which will open many roads.In general, the main types of activities will be training, sponsorships and relationships with other people.

In the face of improving our parameters, we can crush ourselves in the gym, making bank, jumps and other exercises, or jump to the track to perform shooting exercises, ball movement, blockages ... On this occasion, a meter of a meter has been includedwork, so that each effort will have its reward.

Performing acts with various companies will earn us fame, coins and certain rewards.Sponsors will be interested in us, or not, in our style, and some will ask for exclusivity.The good thing is that, on this occasion, we will have room to negotiate the monetary remuneration or the number of acts to which it will be mandatory to receive the pay.

We can also forge links with other characters.Thus, there will not only be unidirectional social networks, but also a text messages system in which we will have decision power.There will even be league players who will be interested in us.For example, for Curry to get in touch, it will help the fact that we are consummated tripplists or the fact that we sign a contract with Under Armor, his clothing mark.

Another novelty is that the court that has always served as an interface of my career will be more connected to the global development of the manner.Thus, they may jump argumentative scenes there or visit us a team of a team against whom we are going to play the next day, to throw a pachanga.We can unlock three different courts and customize them with different parks or murals.

Finally, there will be details that will also influence the perception that people have.For example, there will be interviews in the band, as well as with Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny Smith, who will continue with their great comments in the study.In the same way, ‘posterize’ LeBron James with a mate in his face in the decisive moments of a party will make us the member of the whole world, something that will not happen if, on the other hand, we crush at the opposition of a mindundi.Thus, in the posterior moments, a small ‘snack’ will jump in which, for example, we will see what a spectator has just tweeted to the clouds.

As it could not be less, the rest of the options that make this saga will also return the most complete in terms of modes: the management of my GM, the cards of my team, the Black Top duels, the matches of five against five of2k pro-am, the street pachangas of my park, the online leagues ... All those ways will present small improvements.For example, in the personalized leagues, expansions of the number of equipment may be made, up to 36, which will have an expansion draft.In addition, we can lower designs created by other players, changes in salary agreements will be taken into account ... there will be basketball for the whole season.

International basketball

In terms of content, one of the great novelties of NBA 2K17 will be the return of the 1992 Dream Team and the presence of the US team that competed in the recent Rio Olympic Games.The mythical team of the Barcelona Games will be a reserve incentive, but it can also be acquired afterwards.As a curiosity, coach Mike Krzyzewsky, aka Coach K, has been recreated, who will guide us in the game tutorials.The Australia National Team that has competed in Brazil has also been included, since several of its players compete in the League, such as Andrew Bogut or Patty Mills.Unfortunately, that same logic has not prevailed with the Spanish team, which we will not see.

What we will see again is the Euroleague, with the sixteen teams of the coming season.In addition, on this occasion, the templates will be updated, unlike previous seasons, in which we saw absurdities and that Nikola Mirotic was both in the Chicago Bulls and Real Madrid.This has been done thanks to the change in the tournament format, which, now, is closed.There will also be five Eurocup squads, to leave in twenty -one the total teams of the old continent, among which five Spaniards will be counted: Barça, Unicaja Málaga, work Kutxa Vitoria, Valencia Basket and the aforementioned Real Madrid.Of course, these matches will be played with FIBA rules, which will influence details such as the lower distance of the three -point line.

A television broadcast

The Visual Concepts basketball saga is one of the best examples of how to squeeze the possibilities offered by PS4 and Xbox One, something that already achieved since the delivery launched in 2013, despite the young man who was the hardware at that time.Year after year, the series has been improving and, this course, the show will be maximum.In general, the anatomy of the players and sweat that will drip through their bodies will scratch a high level (although Pau Gasol's face has been resisted a little, we fear ourselves), but the greatest jump will come from the hand of the hands of theAnimations, which will be brutal and that will directly influence the gameplay.

A lot of emphasis has been placed on the recreation of the pavilions, to the point that both the type of lighting and the sounds of the current thirty enclosures have been replicated: the screaming of the public, the horn, the fanfare ... if you are fansFrom the League, you will know that the stands of each sand are not the same and that, while some are very bright, others are almost gloom while the game is played.In addition, in the demo we have played, we have heard more shouts of the players than before and even the vibration of the hoop when spitting a ball.Likewise, new signs with individual and comparative statistics have been added that exacerbate the sensation of television broadcast.

The pamper also affects details such as the shoes, which have been recreated with three -dimensional scanns.In the presentation, Rob Jones commented that they always receive many criticisms in forums on account of the fidelity of the footwear, so they have made an additional effort.

As has been happening from 2K13, there will be comments in Spanish, by the hand of Antoni Daimiel, Sixto Miguel Serrano and Jorge Quiroga.The trio of journalists has recorded additional 33 hours of resources, to further increase the fluidity of the narrative.Of course, we continue to miss that the Spanish version also includes a journalist at the foot of the field, as in the original version.By the way, the versions of PS3 and Xbox 360 of the game will also have the voices in Spanish, but will not be included in the disk, but will require using a code that will be included inside the box.We imagine that my career dialogues will remain in English, as usual.

A novelty that has impacted us is that, in the original version, not only will Doris Burke be a journalist at the foot of the field, but, in each pavilion, there will be an extra local commentator who will add to broadcast.For example, when let's play at the Sleep Train Arena de Sacramento, there will be the mythical Chris Webber, who lived so many nights of Gloria when the pavilion was still called Arg Arena.There is no other sports games developer that can boast such passion for your product.Not even one.

It only remains to wait until it arrives on September 16 to be able to check if NBA 2K17 manages to at the height of Stephen Curry and Lebron James.Basketball can be wonderful, and Visual Concepts jugones know very well.