NBA 2K11

[Triple Naitch]

I haven't picked up a basketball game in a few years, and I was just gonna wait for NBA Jam to come back, but this may convince me to get NBA 2K11.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/111/1112362p1.html

Yeah, that's right. You get to be Michael Jordan. You go through some of his most legendary moments and recreate them.

It's hard to put into words how cool it is to see Michael take on the various looks that we all know and love from throughout his career. Even more special is the fact that 2K Sports went to great lengths to track down each of the starters for every one of the opposing teams Jordan will face throughout the list of challenges. As if that wasn't cool enough, they've even included hallmark animations from each of the contests. That means that you'll see The Shrug against Portland, you'll see Jordan use Scottie Pippen as a crutch after the flu game -- there are even special animations for embarrassing Jazz players (stripping Malone and breaking Bryon's ankle). In other words, if there's a moment from Jordan's career, some image that is etched into your memory, it'll be in NBA 2K11.

Once you complete all of the challenges, you get to become Michael Jordan in My Player mode. You can put him on any team, and he ages in the game from the young flashy short-shorts player to the bulkier, sharp shooter he evolved into.

Definitely gotta get this.

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1112344/nba-2k11-20100813024136153-000.jpg

[Triple Naitch]

Here are the challenges.

<big>The Arrival</big>
When: April 20, 1986. Game 2, 1st round playoffs vs. Celtics
Goal 1: Score 63+ points
Goal 2: Shoot 50%+ from the field
Summary: Jordan made his mark with this 63 point playoff game against a heavily favored Celtics team.

<big>69 Points</big>
When: March 28, 1990. Regular season game vs. Cavs
Goal 1: Score 69+ points
Goal 2: Shoot 50%+ from the field
Goal 3: Win the game
Summary: This time Jordan gets the win by dropping 69 points and putting a dent in the Cavaliers' playoff plans.

<big>Shootout</big>
When: Any date in 1990. Regular season game vs. Hawks
Goal 1: Outscore Dominique
Goal 2: Hold Dominique under 25 Points
Goal 3: Win the game
Summary: Jordan and Dominique Wilkins face off in some of the all-time greatest scoring performances of the era.

<big>Bad Boys</big>
When: May 26, 1990. Game 3, Eastern Conference Finals vs. Pistons
Goal 1: Score 47+ points
Goal 2: Win the game
Summary: Jordan showed the Pistons and the world that no defensive strategy could stop him for long.
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<big>1991 NBA Finals</big>
When: June 2 thru June 12, 1991 vs. Lakers
Goal 1: Average 31.0+ points
Goal 2: Shoot 55%+ from the field
Goal 3: Win the series
Summary: Jordan silenced the doubters by coming back from a game one embarrassment to thrash the Lakers in these Finals.

<big>The Shrug</big>
When: June 3, 1992. Game 1, 1st round playoffs vs. Blazers
Goal 1: Score 35+ points in the first half
Goal 2: Make 6+ threes in the first half
make 6+ threes in the 1st half
Goal 2: Hold Drexler to under 20 points
Goal 3: Win the Game
Summary: Just to prove a point, Jordan sets the tone for the series by dominating the first half of this first Finals game.

<big>Double Nickel</big>
When: March 18, 1995. Regular season game vs. Knicks
Goal 1: Score 55+ points
Goal 2: Shoot 55%+ from the field
Goal 3: Win the game
Summary: After a stint with the bat, Jordan returns to New York to tear up the Knicks for 55 points and an unforgettable pass.

<big>Father's Day Victory</big>
When: June 16, 1996. Game 6, 1996 Finals (last game of series as Bulls won 4-2) vs. Sonics
Goal 1: Score 22+ points
Goal 2: Grab 9+ rebounds
Goal 3: Win the game
Summary: Michael ran the table over the entire league but this fourth title would prove to be just as special as his first.

<big>The Flu Game</big>
When: June 11, 1997. Game 6, 1997 Finals (not the last game of the series as it went to 7) vs. Jazz
Goal 1: Score 38+ points
Goal 2: Grab 7+ rebounds
Goal 3: Win the game
Summary: A very ill Jordan still manages to both dominate the game and hit the winning shot in the last seconds of the game.

<big>Michael's Last Dance</big>
When: June 14, 1998. Game 6, 1998 Finals vs. Jazz
Goal 1: Score 45+ points
Goal 2: Get 4+ steals
Goal 3: Win the game
Summary: With one final resounding shot, Jordan seals both his legacy and the fate of the Jazz's championship hopes.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

As long as it plays as good as 10k, I don't care about any of that.

[Legendary624]

I saw a screen cap of MJ leaning on Scottie after the flu game. Can't remember where I saw it but it looked amazing...anyways....This is always one my of my 2 yearly sports title purchases. This just further reinforces buying this game for the 11th year.

[CSL]

Have never bought a basketball game but decided a few days ago when I read about the challenges and getting to play Jordan's career on any team that I will def pick this up in about 18 months when it's really cheap.

[Legendary624]

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/110/1109517/nba-2k11-20100729055709408_640w.jpg

Let the online cheesing begin

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

MyPlayer Mode better be de-bugged this time around. My player is still stuck in the D-League and I'm on my third season.

[YoungFlyFlashy]

Buying. Simple.

[D Mac]

Haven't bought a B Ball game in ages either. I hardly follow NBA anymore but I might pick this up.

[alvarado52]

demo is out. Very impressed so far, it doesnt seem to suffer from that slow down in the post like 2k10 did, and as usual, the animations are improved.

I can see me and Roxer having more Suns/Lakers series going down to the final game.

[RoXer]

Need to improve my low post game

[RoXer]

The new lighting creates a spot on the ball and its distracting

[RoXer]

Gunna put this in the 2K thread since Elite doesn't really deserve it's own thread.

The demo for Elite came out today and I tried and didn't like it but loved...the idea of it. I guess.

The presentation is ESPN style so that will blow 2K out of the water, no doubt. Wish 2K could cut a deal with TNT but I think that other shitty game has a deal with them. Anyway, I always love TV-Style broadcasts in games and it looks like Elite will have the leg up on 2K. No biggie.

The controls... are different. Obviously. I think I love it but I dunno. I was a big MLL (Lacrosse...lol) fan a few years back when Arizona actually had a team. Tickets were on the cheap and our team was actually good and the games were fun to go to. I always wondered what a true game would be like and to have movement of the player with the LS and movement of the stick with the RS. This seemed so simple and a no brainer. Basically, what the NHL franchise has done the past couple of years. There is an indy LAX game, but it's pretty terrible. I'm getting off the point.

I loved the idea of controlling the player with two thumbsticks rather than buttons. So I was really psyched to try this out. But for me, it doesn't work. Not the controls themselves, but the presentation of the game. I think if you take away the sideline camera angle you lose a lot of feel to the game.

I think it was an extremely ballsy move by EA to go to a drop down camera and thumbstick controls. Really ballsy. There will be a lot of backlash (mostly from black people whose screen names are YoUnGjEeZy, GhostKillllA, oOX smoke XOo, etc) and it will be interesting to see how this is played out.

So, I'm giving a lot of credit to EA for doing this, but I don't think it will work. And besides, even if they did switch back to buttons, they STILL have the inferior game. I'm not bagging on the controls. I love them and can't wait to see how EA can expand with them. But it's still not as good as 2K

[RoXer]

Is there team play in 2K?

Roxer&Wadding vs. Alvarado&Jaun

[alvarado52]

You would lose...badly

[Mr. Monday Morning]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLPGDyE5pEE#t=2m20s

STANDIN LIKE JESUS

[RoXer]

yeah that was posted in the 1000,000 replies. Its fake because you can't get that camera angle from the demo

[CSL]

If that's fake, somebody has gone through a fuckload of effort, the ball hits the player model, the player models arms 'react', the ball 'reacts' etc. Not to mention how utterly pointless it would be.

[RoXer]

Could be like a debug version or something.

But you cannot get that camera angle in the demo. Even if you could, the control scheme would be messed up.

[DaveWadding]

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[D Mac]

Dunno NBA Elite looks pretty good too. Plus it has NBA Jam. Kinda torn.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Dunno NBA Elite looks pretty good too. Plus it has NBA Jam. Kinda torn.

NBA Elite has been delayed into next year because the demo was horribly buggy and NBA Jam will now be sold separately on XBLA and PSN.

EDIT: Not sure where I got next year from. It's delayed indefinitely.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

yeah that was posted in the 1000,000 replies. Its fake because you can't get that camera angle from the demo

It's real. They've delayed the game because of it.

[RoXer]

It can't be. You CAN NOT get that camera angle in the demo. You can't. Go try.

[RoXer]

Don't because you can't

[DaveBrawl]

They've pulled the demo from XBL. I went on there a minute ago to try it out and see how the game played and it's gone, it was up there a couple days ago.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Loving My Player mode so much. 2nd Round draft pick for the Knicks, didn't finish the summer, eventually picked up by the Pistons and have now finally taken T-Macs starting position.

We suck though :'( and Yao Ming is fucking unplayable.

[Buzzkill]

This game is fucking titties right now

[CSL]

Have never bought a basketball game but decided a few days ago when I read about the challenges and getting to play Jordan's career on any team that I will def pick this up in about 18 months when it's really cheap.

The more people bum this, the harder it is to stick to my 'Wait 18 months until it's £5' tactic :(

[RoXer]

If anyone would like to join our crew, let me know and I'll send you an inv.

We are the CockSmokingFaggots. Our colors our pink and purple. We have a gay matador for our mascot.

[Buzzkill]

on Live or ps3?

[RoXer]

Live

[Buzzkill]

my name is shaolinbarbur, do what you will

[RoXer]

Inv sent

[Buzzkill]

says I have no pending invitations :o

[RoXer]

It says I can't send another one to you untill you accept that one.

Did you spell your name right?

[Buzzkill]

yeah I did, let me check again in just a second

[Buzzkill]

Felix Fernandez is now officially a cocksmokingfaggot

[RoXer]

These fucking Jordan challenges are going to be a pain in the ass, I can already tell. Maybe not down the line with better teamates but that first one was a bitch. How am I going to score 69 with only 8 minute quarters? And 6 assists. May as well just not play D so the other team doesn't hold on to the ball forever. But I also have to win the game. Should be fun.

[RoXer]

Just tried to cheat my way through all the achievements by fiddeling with the sliders like I do every year but nothing popped at the end of the game. Fuck

[RoXer]

Had it on 4 mins though. Appearently it works on 5. I'll try it later.

[D Mac]

9.5 from IGN? Wow.

[Buzzkill]

Just beat the "bad boys" jordan challenge :)

[Buzzkill]

This game is insanely good. They fucking nailed it this year. It IS the NBA.

[D Mac]

It's too bad 2K doesn't have the NFL license. :(

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The coach of the Pistons just got fired. Was not expecting that to happen in the game.

We suck, yes. Just didn't think the game would fire a coach in my player mode. Only found out when fielding questions at the press conference :'(

[#BROKEN Hasney]

We got Larry Brown back :heart:. But 2 wins layer he got sacked. Seems if your season was shit, coaches get fired every other game no matter how good you play.

Our 4th coach of the season was the the same as the first coach.

[RoXer]

Peja is ranked a 61

I'm gunna cry :(

[RoXer]

Just crushed the Nique challenge. Jordan didn't even play in the 2nd half. 87-57. This might be easier than I thought.

[RoXer]

UGHHH. Gotta fight my own teammate for rebounds who also happens to be the greatest rebounder in the game.

[Triple Naitch]

Does Rodman have different colored hair every game?

[D Mac]

Rented it for PS3. I guess I suck because I played about 5 games on Pro difficulty and lost them all.

[RoXer]

Does Rodman have different colored hair every game?

1 hairstyle for each year, I think

[CSL]

Have never bought a basketball game but decided a few days ago when I read about the challenges and getting to play Jordan's career on any team that I will def pick this up in about 18 months when it's really cheap.

Picked this up today, only the 10-11 months ahead of schedule.

[RoXer]

They've got to fix online next year

[alvarado52]

They've got to fix online next year

Getting your ass whipped by me isn't an online issue, it's you choking

[RoXer]

no it really isn't

[RoXer]

Online and passing from a broadcast camera needs to be fixed

[HeartBreakMan2k]

I don't know if you guys play crew games at all, but we've found that if you game your system settings to a time zone where it's around 4am to 10am - you'll pretty much instantly find a match. No idea why it works, but it does.

[CSL]

3 games into My Player and the end of the last 2 has been my team down by 1-2 points with possession and the guy on my team gets a 5-second inbound penalty in both games and we don't even get a chance to tie or go ahead. What a fucking joke.

[DaveBrawl]

My player is pretty awful in this game. One of my guys is supposedly a 3 point specialist and he barely hits the rim, I could understand that when I began the season, but I found a save hacker and maxed him out to see if he would get any better and the difference is noticable, but only in that he is scoring around 10 points a game now where as he was scoring about 4 before editing him. I'd think maybe it was me and my timing being off, but I can drop 3's almost at will with Gallinari in Association mode. But there are just so many glitches and poor plays that go on in My Player that it just drains the fun out of it at times. He got drafted to Milwaukee and that team can't hit a shot to save their lives.

I love my 7' center though. I didn't edit him just building him up naturally, and he's pretty much a force in the paint. Fresh Prince hairstyle and all.

[CSL]

Dunno, my guy is a 3 specialist and I'm hot and cold, some games I'll hit everything and some I'll be missing for fun but I kind of expect that with my ratings being so shit. My biggest gripe with the whole My Player gimmick is how rough some of the 'punishments' during games are, like losing half a grade bar for allowing your man to score but getting maybe quarter, if that, back when you score yourself or getting punished for holding the ball too long despite either A. nobody being open/attempting to get open or B. me scoring from it but still getting punished, how often the guy you're supposed to be 'marking' changes, especially when it's to some guy on the other side of the court who's heading to score before you can get anywhere near him and you still get punished and so on etc. Having to play 12 minute quarters to get realistic scores is a pain in the ass as well. Ditto being drafted by the Wizards, awful awful team even with Wall. I'm a SG and the Bulls are interested though so maybe I'll ask for a trade and flee town.

[DaveBrawl]

My guy was really good right after I edited him he scored like 20 points, which since he comes off the bench really impressed me. 2 games later he scores 8 points despite playing more minutes and bricking every shot in the first quarter and only hitting 1 shot in the second. But as poor as he played they kept bumping his bar up because he was taking good shot opportunities. It's probably me not taking enough open shots, but then again they never pass the ball when I'm open, only when there's a dude in my face and like 5 seconds on the clock. Otherwise Michael Redd jacks up some shot that makes my guy look better by comparison.

I get where you're coming from on the teammate bar though. I know I'm playing my position wrong most likely so my lack of shots or bad shots are probably on me somewhat, but my guy gets subbed in at SG a lot despite being a natural SF and sometimes they pass me the ball to bring up court. I get the holding the ball too long penalty just for bringing it all the way up court, I couldn't even comprehend it the first time that happened so I just ran to get open and dropped a 3. Got like 1/3 back of what I lost.


Everytime I play My Player though I can't get over how much it reminds me of the old NCAA basketball game for the SNES.

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The graphics are better but the guys move the same and it has the same camera angle, cracks me up everytime.




Speaking of trades I thought it was hilarious when after 7 games the insider said you've been with this team long enough now with your skills you can demand a trade. At that point I was averaging like 3 points a game, and I think Charlotte may have been the only team interested. I want to leave in a way, but my pride won't let me leave before I make starter on the Bucks. I've gotten to the point where I'm the 6th man on the depth chart and play more minutes than Drew Gooden but he still starts.

[FearedSanctity]

My player went from back up PG on the Knicks to starter for the Lakers. I WIN

[DaveBrawl]

My other guy is backup center for the Spurs. I was actually having fun with him and having success but I stopped playing the game for a while trying to finish Assassin's Creed.

[alvarado52]

My player went from back up PG on the Knicks to starter for the Lakers. I WIN

Lol same, except I played for the nets

[Londoner]

My guy was really good right after I edited him he scored like 20 points, which since he comes off the bench really impressed me. 2 games later he scores 8 points despite playing more minutes and bricking every shot in the first quarter and only hitting 1 shot in the second. But as poor as he played they kept bumping his bar up because he was taking good shot opportunities. It's probably me not taking enough open shots, but then again they never pass the ball when I'm open, only when there's a dude in my face and like 5 seconds on the clock. Otherwise Michael Redd jacks up some shot that makes my guy look better by comparison.

I get where you're coming from on the teammate bar though. I know I'm playing my position wrong most likely so my lack of shots or bad shots are probably on me somewhat, but my guy gets subbed in at SG a lot despite being a natural SF and sometimes they pass me the ball to bring up court. I get the holding the ball too long penalty just for bringing it all the way up court, I couldn't even comprehend it the first time that happened so I just ran to get open and dropped a 3. Got like 1/3 back of what I lost.


Everytime I play My Player though I can't get over how much it reminds me of the old NCAA basketball game for the SNES.

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The graphics are better but the guys move the same and it has the same camera angle, cracks me up everytime.




Speaking of trades I thought it was hilarious when after 7 games the insider said you've been with this team long enough now with your skills you can demand a trade. At that point I was averaging like 3 points a game, and I think Charlotte may have been the only team interested. I want to leave in a way, but my pride won't let me leave before I make starter on the Bucks. I've gotten to the point where I'm the 6th man on the depth chart and play more minutes than Drew Gooden but he still starts.

I've still got that old game, or atleast, a very similar one.

[DaveBrawl]

I do too, it was pretty fun after you got used to it.

[Hanso Amore]

There was a backup PG on North Carolina that could nail three pointers from the half court line 99 percent of the time. For real. Stefan was his name I think.

[mhirn3]

There was a backup PG on North Carolina that could nail three pointers from the half court line 99 percent of the time. For real. Stefan was his name I think.

Stefan was my shit on that game dude!


I like nba2k11 a lot, just hate my player mode. Like you guys said, too many glitches makes it a waste imo.