I think passing REALLY needs to be tweaked/patched as soon as possible

[Oldhead80]

The two handed overhead pass needs to go. If it can't be contextual it should be completely eliminated. The animation is too long, slow and drawn out and kills the flow of quick ball movement in transition or trying to get out on the break. It's also totally immersion-breaking. Watching players make 2 handed overhead passes a few feet away from each other is ridiculous. It's an eye sore and negatively impacts the experience from a gameplay perspective. It's all bad.


Second, watching the vids/leaked footage and then playing a bit of The Prelude today the passing is as floaty as ever. It's a step back from 2k16 in almost every respect. The necessary zip on a given pass seems random and far too infrequent. The animations just to begin a pass attempt are far too slow and it's almost impossible to whip the ball around in a half court sequence.


Mike, as always I appreciate and respect your hard work and your presence here on this board. Hopefully our feedback is just as helpful and insightful as the information you give us.

[The 24th Letter]

This is really good feedback but 'hey dev' threads are often locked.

You should throw this in the thread Mikes answering questions in.

[Vni]

Completely agree with you. Theses overhead passes are way too slow and floaty. They hurt the game because they often trigger when Icon passing. First I think they should not be able to trigger when icon passing. They trigger when you kick it to an open man and basically cancel an open shot opportunity. Either they can be improved or they should only trigger when using triangle to lob the pass into the post.

That's really the only gameplay flaw I've noticed. The rest overall feels like a major improvement.

Would be nice if a mod could just edit the thread title so it doesn't get locked. I mean anyone who has or will experience the game will notice that the overhead passes are a problem might aswell talk about it now.

[Da InFaMoUs NY]

I agree completely, way too many interceptions because of how slow the overhead pass is.

[Black Bruce Wayne]

Also to add, im still waiting for real total control passing . Its still not completely their. I like the high pass and low pass but you still can't put the ball where you want....dare I say like....sigh. .2K. As lately as 2k8, you could put the ball exactly where you wanted. I just want that in Madden

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[KGDunks]

I've never understood their obsession with overhead passes. I might be crazy, but I don't actually think proper overhead passes that we see regularly in 2K are used anywhere near as much in real life.

Players tend to use them when passing long distances, when passing over hands to a post up player and that's about it really.

They just look really ugly and slow in 2K as well.

[Vni]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheBadazz

OP save ur post for the official release.

No reason to do so. The issue is there, we can act like it's not but it's gonna be a problem for everyone who'll play the game. The game feels great, but the overhead passes hurt.

[Thetruth9012]

I agree with this, finished prelude, AI like to do it and their ball movement is hurting because of that.