uncanny valley in spots and the animations looked stiff at times which clashes with how realistic the (star) players look.
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Animations still look a bit stiff in places and the performance on the stadium entrance was pretty spotty but those models look great, especially Curry. Shame that they still haven't come close to matching 2K14's lighting though.
This looks sometimes like 15fps not 30 :/
I remember the day when I first saw NBA 2K on Dreamcast... That smooth 60fps...
Cut-scenes are obviously at 30fps (which means that they have better models for the cut-scenes than those while playing the game). Great character models and a way better crowd. However, everything else felt like the PC version. I did not see any animation or physics improvements, and collisions appear to be the same. Both Xbox Series X and PS5 have way better CPUs than the PS4/Xbox One, and we can't see any noticeable improvement in these areas.
So basically, 2K Games charged $10 more for some higher quality models and a better crowd (and some ray tracing reflections because every next-gen game must have some sort of Ray Tracing, even if it does not make a huge visual difference). However, the game itself appears to be the same with the current-gen version, which is really disappointing. I'd take major overhauls to animations, movement and physics any given day than some better character models (I'm not talking about AI as that's something that we can't really judge from this trailer).
So basically, 2K Games charged $10 more for some higher quality models and a better crowd (and some ray tracing reflections because every next-gen game must have some sort of Ray Tracing, even if it does not make a huge visual difference). However, the game itself appears to be the same with the current-gen version, which is really disappointing. I'd take major overhauls to animations, movement and physics any given day than some better character models (I'm not talking about AI as that's something that we can't really judge from this trailer).
I don't watch basketball, so something about the player hopping around on one foot after taking the shot really made me laugh lol
Looks absolutely incredible. We have still yet to see anything of other next-gen versions of sports games like FIFA which you would hope has this kind of improvement (it won't). Haven't played an NBA 2K for about 4 years so may jump in on this one for PS5 if it's good. I do agree some of the animations do look a little stiff and don't flow as they should though.
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I next-gen Fight Night would legitimately look like real life. I need it.
Absolutely bonkers incredible. Love the texture work on the court. Oof. Gotta say. They were right to charge $70 for this version imo
something looks...off.
idk
maybe it's this?
also, luke hit a step back 3 over curry and the crowd just...sits there? and it didn't look to be running the smoothest. it looks good, but something about it looks off to my eye.
idk
maybe it's this?
also, luke hit a step back 3 over curry and the crowd just...sits there? and it didn't look to be running the smoothest. it looks good, but something about it looks off to my eye.
Looks good visually but the animations are terrible.
Are we seeing ray-traced or SSR reflections on the floor there?
Are we seeing ray-traced or SSR reflections on the floor there?
If they had put this out at the same time that they announced it was not going to be a free upgrade, I think people would have been less pissed- this looks incredible. Framerate aside (and i'm guessing they will fix that), this looks like a different universe from the PS4 version
Animations are always going to be the limiter with games. Most teams aren't going to invest as much as naughty dog into it
Super high fidelilty graphics plus classic dogshit 2k movement, ai, animations and crowd reactions.
That's not a slight considering the raytracing and what they've done with the crowds.
Have you played 2K on PC? It looks REALLY good, and you don't have to worry about the cinematic framerate dips.
To be honest, this looks really great, even so that I could consider buying it...load times were awful on PS4 (Pro), SSD should hopefully help here a lot and it does look awesome. But the framerate is really low in some scenes, not even 30 FPS, which is "ok" if gameplay is locked at 60 FPS, but it shoudn't drop below 30 in any cutscene on the new machines to be honest...
But there is till the matter with in-game money ;)
But there is till the matter with in-game money ;)
