I'm all in on getting back into video game basketball now. I'll take the dropoff in graphics if I get a competent experience on 360 or PS3. And I just assume that Live is an embarrassment that can't be bothered with.

On the XB One version of 2k14, I thought that maybe it was just me cuz I've been out of serious 2k play for a while. I'm missing a slew of open shots, the computer BE stealing ERRTHANG, and I'm getting hit with super random 12-2 runs where my guys miss open shots and layups that I worked my ass off to get and then CPU jacks up and hits threes with a hand in face with 1 second on the shot clock on adjacent plays. And don't start me on the 'hit the lane, live at the line' style that I see cats continously playing online. But I guess that's the reaction to not being able to make jumpshots with the super laggy servers.

And pleas...I ain't buying jackets and shoes for a game with a broken server and 'c'mon now' gameplay issues. This shit has me thinking of EA in a better light for Madden...almost.

Jimaveli

>it's a shame because it looks beautiful, and that fluidity of
>motion leads to a lot of fun moments and realistic looking
>maneuvers. But the calculations and algorithms going on in the
>background all seem designed to frustrate the hell out of me,
>and I feel like I've gotten more "your opponent has left the
>match / disconnected" notices than ever before, many of them
>coming in the first or second quarter in a two point game
>leading me to believe it's the servers not the players.
>
>
>And offline is just...fucking disgusting. Saves tied to the
>servers being online (if either PSN goes down for maintenance
>or the 2K servers are having their monthly meltdown, your MyGM
>save is inaccessible!), Virtual Currency all up in every last
>crevice of everything, and these fucking MENUS my GOD. I feel
>like I stumbled into a session of Madden 2002 or something
>every time I boot the game.
>
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