games website "NBA2k17" detailed review: a small surprise under aesthetic fatigue

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2024-10-01

The NBA2K series has monopolized the market for seven years, so whether we like it or not, we can only play NBA2K every year, and there are no serious, reliable, and officially licensed basketball games on the PC. Host NBAlive has long become unable to support the dou, do not have to talk.

Everything in the world, the most afraid of monopoly, the most afraid of losing alone, the most afraid of no opponent no enemy, especially games, culture, film and television and other tertiary industries, no matter how great, how great, once the loss of competitors, the world Laozi first, then their service quality is bound to come down, will not be as good as the original to serve consumers.

Therefore, the United States has an antitrust act, does not allow the emergence of monopolies, such as the computer hardware industry giant Intel, they also support a large amount of money every year to rival AMD, because AMD can not fail, once they fail, Intel will be the antitrust Act alive.

To be fair, we do not have much expectation for NBA2k17, because since the video game entered the so-called next generation, from 2k14, to 2k15, then to 2K16, and finally to this year's 2k17, from the picture quality to the action and then to the game mode, there has been no essential innovation, nothing more than modifying the character modeling and mapping. Nothing more than to increase or decrease in accordance with the reality of the NBA team player list, change the interface UI, and further it is just to change the MC mode again, change the script, change a few voice actors, in the end, it is just the bottom of the diaosi's dream of fame.

From the beginning of 2k14, the MC mode has become an interactive movie, and lost the feeling of business simulation from 2k11, the taste of role playing is becoming weaker and weaker, and the soul chicken soup is filled more and more, sooner or later, it will be aesthetic fatigue. 2K series seems to have become the annual Hollywood popcorn series, the annual Spring Festival Gala series, optional, not so important, the only role is - before the start of the new season to help us make the list of major teams, Durant went to the Warriors, Gasol went to the Spurs, Wade went to the Bulls, Duncan, Kobe Bryant retired, 2K17 made clear, Save us having to manually change the 2K16 roster ourselves.

Game picture quality and expressiveness

The picture quality of 2k17 is naturally second to none in sports games, after all, the 67.4G capacity of the giant, the dead pile of tiles can also pile up a beautiful new world, so you see the skin and muscles of every NBA player are smooth and elastic, the expressions on the faces of the stars are vivid, and the interaction details on and off the court are more rich. We were able to witness 3D projections of the opening ceremony played on the floor, and we were able to see all kinds of acrobatics, cheerleading performances, and mascots doing tricks that made it look more like a real game.

In fact, 2k this pseudo-sports game, can not only discuss the quality of the picture, because the screen is presented a living NBA players, is our fans day and night relative idols, for many fans, they are familiar with the facial details and body characteristics of a player, is much more familiar than the programmers at 2K headquarters in the United States.

This has led to a lot of unbearable player modeling and facial mapping in 2K17, no one can stand the fact that Kobe in the game is still a horse face, that McGrady in the game is simply a passer-by out of the slum, and Yao Ming, the peak of the 2007-08 season, that face is simply made into a yellow man we do not recognize. I really doubt the ability of Europeans and Americans to recognize details, do all 2K artists have face blindness?

These are not only, Larry Bird is made into Einstein, lebron James is the whole like a round potato, the most puzzling is - all NBA players hair is stuck on the head, even Nowitzki like the Golden Lion hair can not float, "Tomb Raider" has long been implemented in the head and shoulders technology, for 2K, Is it that hard?

In fact, when NBA2k9 came out, although the picture quality was not much good, but the debut was everyone exclaimed that it was in the NBA to watch live broadcast, because what? Because at that time 2k artists made perfect mannequins, body proportions are just right, and now 2k17 picture quality is by leaps and bounds, but in the modeling and mapping of players began to cut corners, everyone has become a LIVE style big head doll, upper body and lower body proportion is out of proportion, like forced together, especially a few big players, It's hard to look at.

Picture quality, as long as you have a good computer, graphics card in the GTX970 above, open the highest special effects naturally you can enjoy the full sense of labor NBA2k game. In fact, the author does not approve of this huge consumption of hardware resources piled out of the picture special effects, because it can be seen that 2k's laziness and excessive pursuit of efficiency. When we put 2k15, 2k16 and 2K17 side by side, we will find that the real improvement in the picture quality is extremely limited, in addition to the softer limbs of the characters, the collision system is more reasonable, and the three different light and shadow systems have been changed, there is basically no change in other places.

In fact, the UI interface is different, the mc mode of the script is different, and other places are the same.

The real conscience is that the calf modeling of the players in 2K17 has finally changed, and finally it is not the big thick legs that are unchanged for thousands of years.

Best gameplay ever

2k17 May be a 2K series of all the basketball skills and tactics of the master, with the best operability of this series, we can through the direction keys and shooting keys combination of strange shooting posture and shot Angle, shooting, layup, pull rod are full of personality, no longer the same.

When 2k9 landed on PC, the reason why it was able to come out of the sky and beat EA's NBAlive series in general was not only because of the excellent picture quality and the game perspective like live broadcast. And because 2K9 offers unprecedented gameplay and the experience of actually playing basketball.

To tell the truth, the 2k9 of the year, in addition to the figure is well done, the arena space is reasonable, the lighting is real, and the other is nothing remarkable, it was recognized that although 2K modeling is excellent, the players' faces are a mess, and the shooting hand is the same, far less than the NBALIVE series of facial details are excellent, and the shooting posture is realistic.

But here's what's great about the 2K series: it gives you the feeling of actually playing basketball, not playing a video game.

This time, the 2K17 is a step up, and the maneuverability is stronger. Paul's crossover, Curry's behind-the-back dribble, Parker's top turn, Ginobili's ghost cut, Olajuwon's dream footsteps, we can all play through the keyboard and handle, and not random, not a key to complete, but through the arrow keys and joystick combination to complete.

We can really play with one basket, back to back, which is other basketball games can not bring us pleasure. We can even run high-end tactics like NBA teams, such as the classic pick and roll of the Spurs, the Warriors' no-ball empty cut, and even high position and Princeton, can play out, really no difference from playing a basketball game.

Moreover, the tactical style of each team is also close to the real, the author tried to play five teams, playing style is very different, the game strongly magnifies the advantages of the team and tactical characteristics. For example, the SAN Antonio Spurs, the combination of Pau Gasol + lamarcus Aldridge, rebounds and internal attack is simply open, you do not need to speed up the pace of the game, only need to honestly play inside and outside, the general strong team is unable to compete.

For example, the Golden State Warriors, the first strong team in the universe, have Curry, Durant, Thompson three abnormal shooters, then the tactic is Green holding the ball organization, three kite men running around in circles, others without ball cover, catch the empty hand is a three-point. And this version of Stephen Curry also in accordance with the real NBA ability to make modifications, Curry's three-point shot is simply undefensible, the game is extremely fast, do not need too much space, over the middle circle without dead corners, comparable to long-range ballistic missiles. This is the curry we know, the curry in 2k16 has no taste of reality without solutions, 2k17 has done it.

What is more pleasing in 2k17 is that this version of the defense is finally no longer a setup, the first few tackles, basically either send a foul, or directly grab the ball down, are unreasonable, 2k17's tackling system is quite advanced, no longer easy to foul, no longer easy to directly break down, but will let the ball holder lose the ball, both sides compete again, Operability and viewability have improved considerably.

The 2k series is clever in that it is not necessarily a game for players to play, but a game for veteran fans to enjoy basketball addiction.

The old career model

A few years ago, it was suggested that the career mode of NBA2k could not be upgraded by playing basketball all day long? Can you do some spare time activities, such as shopping, flirting with girls, falling in love, sworn brothers and so on.

To put it plainly, we need a bit of role-playing experience, since the protagonist has participated in the draft into the NBA, the protagonist can not only care about basketball all day, he should have a family, friends, love ah, but since 2k14 began, 2k company seems to hear our opinions, not to participate in the draft? Isn't that the number one pick? Isn't it just losing the election? Isn't it about falling in love? You just want a script for "One Shot Fame"?

So 2k to meet the players, they directly made three plots of the movie out, 2k14, the protagonist can be selected as the number one in the draft, 2k15, the protagonist is a fall draft, it is an inspirational soul chicken soup story; In 2k16, there are friends and betrayals, there are families and concerns, there is love and pain, everything is as entangled as real life.

2k17, simply play a mixed bag, get rid of negative energy, the protagonist is a talented high school student, on the basketball road, because the author is a fan of Duncan, so I chose the protagonist in the NCAA Wake Forest University, that is Tim Duncan's Alma mater, the protagonist won all the way in the NCAA, and finally participated in the NBA draft, was selected by the Denver Nuggets, In the process, he also gained love.

From the point of view of details, this MC mode is still very rich, especially in the NCAA stage, than the nba is even more enjoyable, your classmates in the stadium, the movement is neat, the band is playing music, everyone is singing for your team, this feeling is the NBA that the commercial league can not bring us. In the middle, there will be a small episode in the classroom, the protagonist dozed off to attract a beautiful black girl, this is the story of Rukawa Kaofeng.

NBA2k and the American Hollywood film must go the way of political correctness, the protagonist must live in a black family environment, talk about a black girlfriend, and a black brother do best friends, anyway, always inseparable from this road.

I'm not saying that this corny third-rate Hollywood drama is bad, because at least there is retired superstar and Laker famous Kobe Bryant to be cute, at least there is a cute girl with a good face, and a good gay friend who is endless, and at least it does manage some daily chores, and it does seem to be a bit of role play.

But you can't make a fully interactive film ah, large chunks of dialogue, no fast forward, this is not role playing, this is accepting the life imposed by the director, this life is dull and boring, and can not make real choices, this is worse than the Chinese "Sword Legend 6" ah.

The only meaningful, is the leading role of daily activities, training of behavior can affect the personal attributes and personal growth, with training and competition will be a variable, such as gay friends come to contact together, such as the opponents after been ringing, after you dunk in the game, fans will be soaring number, but to play much, this is just some repetitive drama script, Not surprising.

Of course, 2k17's career mode is still a little stronger than 2k16's, and there is no crazy long drama dialogue in the previous game. However, if there is no real breakthrough in the MC mode, then it is worth cutting.