“Scoring in the paint and 3-point shooting have historically been the toughest areas to properly balance,” says Mike Wang, gameplay director of NBA 2K, adding that fighting 3-point cheese is “always on his mind.”
To that end, he and his team have developed a formula to keep 3-point shooting in check. For example, the game accounts for things like the difficulty of shooting off the dribble and volume shooting fatigue — meaning, if you just run around with your player jacking up shot after shot after doing three spin moves, you’re going to be shooting bricks, even if your player has a super high 3-point rating.
“Taking 3s off the dribble are also definitely discouraged in NBA 2K,” Wang adds. “Especially after over-dribbling beforehand.”
The formula, which also incorporates a lot of advanced metrics, has mostly worked, to the point that the last couple of 2K games have received universal praise for its balanced and realistic gameplay (these “rules” to keep digital basketball shooters in check apply to real life basketball playing, after all). I say mostly because there’s dude named Wardell Stephen Curry, whose ability to make insanely difficult 3-pointers has thrown all basketball conventional wisdom out the window.
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Steph Curry is so good, 2k can't keep up with him:
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Also: There are three ways to not tell the truth: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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I blew Steph's 3-point record away in MC with my PG. I'm just a few RB per game away from repeating the Big O's triple double over a season.
You definitely have to play with your head and not your reflexes this year.
The other thing I find a lot better is steals. No more spamming the steal button, you will just foul out quick. Most of my steal are defending a drive tight and well gets it to pop out or my favorite anticipating a pass and charging into the passing lane. A high risk tactic but with practice and patience it can really pay off with some fun fastbreaks.
The only downside is the cheesy storyline and I don't find it that hard to ignore most of the backstory.
You definitely have to play with your head and not your reflexes this year.
The other thing I find a lot better is steals. No more spamming the steal button, you will just foul out quick. Most of my steal are defending a drive tight and well gets it to pop out or my favorite anticipating a pass and charging into the passing lane. A high risk tactic but with practice and patience it can really pay off with some fun fastbreaks.
The only downside is the cheesy storyline and I don't find it that hard to ignore most of the backstory.
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I mean, who doesn't want stretch marks in their basketball simulation?
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