I wish this could be a positive post, but after a week of gameplay it’s time to face reality. MyCareer/Park is 2Ks build of Pure Trash.
Let me start with the positives - There’s a lot of free VC given out this year and the new neighborhood is convenient. That’s where the pleasantries stop and there’s a caveat here...
Free VC in dodgeball is very helpful (I’ve won 100K from it). I’m also fortunate to work from home so unless you’re unemployed, today was the first chance you had to even play dodgeball bc it occurs during the middle of the work/school day. The neighborhood also holds up to roughly 80 people, but more often than not, it’s only 20 or so playing in the park. I’ve only had it happen once where all courts had active games. Also be prepared to wait 30 minutes if you want to play in the Rec Center. However, after one game of Middle School ‘let’s clogg the paint and set picks’ style of basketball, I highly recommend you don’t indulge yourself.
Moving on to park, no surprise that the same cheese exists. The parks are filled with Sharpshooters of all heights, And1 super dribblers, and the extremely realistic 7’3 Glass Cleaners. If you make anything else, chances are you won’t have a pleasurable experience. Moving into gameplay, it’s flooded with moving screens, vigorous smashing of the steal button (with extremely high success rate) and a bunch of people who have never played basketball outside of sitting on their couch. I won’t get too deep on this but if you’re a post scorer, a pure sharp will either body you in the paint, pull the chair or poke the ball out. When you do happen to beat your man, you will get double teams, pass the ball in slow motion and watch the other team score on a fast break. Sadly it’s way too much negative for me to get into.
Moving onto the actual games, enjoy getting turnovers as every CPU defender swipes at the ball. In my opinion just play on pro until you get to at least 85, otherwise you will curse repeatedly and want to throw your controller. As an FYI, take it with open arms when the CPU shoots 90% on HOF (though this is nothing new).
The fan system is broken and doesn’t correlate properly to your performance and if you have 10 50 point games, there is a commentary glitch at the beginning of each game. Most troubling are the 2k generated rookies which ruin the game. Be prepared for many “77 OVRs” who have high 88s in everything except intangibles, shot IQ, consistency, etc. (the things that affect your overall but mean absolutely nothing during gameplay). Also be prepared to invest into roughly 100 games just to hit 90. That is when the “real” grind begins.
So many more terrible things I can mention, but I’ll just sum it up and say there’s a reason why users give this 2/10 stars.
My advice is either invest the resources into making this a complete mode, or separate MyCareer and Park and just start completely over from scratch. Hopefully I’ll find a way to sell a digital copy of the game.
Do better 2K...
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Let me start with the positives - There’s a lot of free VC given out this year and the new neighborhood is convenient. That’s where the pleasantries stop and there’s a caveat here...
Free VC in dodgeball is very helpful (I’ve won 100K from it). I’m also fortunate to work from home so unless you’re unemployed, today was the first chance you had to even play dodgeball bc it occurs during the middle of the work/school day. The neighborhood also holds up to roughly 80 people, but more often than not, it’s only 20 or so playing in the park. I’ve only had it happen once where all courts had active games. Also be prepared to wait 30 minutes if you want to play in the Rec Center. However, after one game of Middle School ‘let’s clogg the paint and set picks’ style of basketball, I highly recommend you don’t indulge yourself.
Moving on to park, no surprise that the same cheese exists. The parks are filled with Sharpshooters of all heights, And1 super dribblers, and the extremely realistic 7’3 Glass Cleaners. If you make anything else, chances are you won’t have a pleasurable experience. Moving into gameplay, it’s flooded with moving screens, vigorous smashing of the steal button (with extremely high success rate) and a bunch of people who have never played basketball outside of sitting on their couch. I won’t get too deep on this but if you’re a post scorer, a pure sharp will either body you in the paint, pull the chair or poke the ball out. When you do happen to beat your man, you will get double teams, pass the ball in slow motion and watch the other team score on a fast break. Sadly it’s way too much negative for me to get into.
Moving onto the actual games, enjoy getting turnovers as every CPU defender swipes at the ball. In my opinion just play on pro until you get to at least 85, otherwise you will curse repeatedly and want to throw your controller. As an FYI, take it with open arms when the CPU shoots 90% on HOF (though this is nothing new).
The fan system is broken and doesn’t correlate properly to your performance and if you have 10 50 point games, there is a commentary glitch at the beginning of each game. Most troubling are the 2k generated rookies which ruin the game. Be prepared for many “77 OVRs” who have high 88s in everything except intangibles, shot IQ, consistency, etc. (the things that affect your overall but mean absolutely nothing during gameplay). Also be prepared to invest into roughly 100 games just to hit 90. That is when the “real” grind begins.
So many more terrible things I can mention, but I’ll just sum it up and say there’s a reason why users give this 2/10 stars.
My advice is either invest the resources into making this a complete mode, or separate MyCareer and Park and just start completely over from scratch. Hopefully I’ll find a way to sell a digital copy of the game.
Do better 2K...
Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports
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