You can't just drive at defenders anymore, unless you're playing as someone with ankle-breaking dribble skills. Contact between athletes is also more meaningful - if you're careless about collisions, they'll often cause turnovers. Players do come together occasionally, and audio cues like grunts make those collisions feel more satisfying and impactful. This change is hard to quantify, but NBA 2K14 looks and feels more like the real sport for it. They're always moving around, trying to create space or defend it - instead of causing a logjam. The offensive and defensive AI is noticeably improved: Players do a much better job of positioning themselves on the floor. NBA 2K14's on-court action benefits from changes that sound subtle but have a material effect on the flow of the game. The removal of the aforementioned trigger modifier means there's much less of a delay, however slight it was, between thought and action when it comes to shooting. I was able to grasp the controls more quickly than before, and it's impressive that the studio managed to tweak the system while retaining all of NBA 2K's existing functionality. I was frustrated being forced to un-learn NBA 2K13's controls and come to grips with NBA 2K14's rebuilt implementation, but Visual Concepts may finally have hit on the best combination of analog stick moves and trigger pulls for digital basketball. The left trigger - instead of acting as a shooting/dribbling modifier like it did last year - allows you to make flashy passes with the right stick, but trying that with someone who's not a skilled passer is just asking for a turnover. (You can also perform basic dribble moves with the left stick.) To shoot, you hold the right stick in a particular direction and release it to let go of the ball. Dribble moves are performed by flicking and rotating the right stick, while the left stick controls the direction of your movement. Visual Concepts has changed NBA 2K14's controls for the third year in a row.
NBA 2K14 is as competent as ever, but there isn't much in it that hooked me like previous entries in the series. And NBA 2K's renowned presentation remains excellent, with its broadcasters still providing the best commentary in sports video games.īut there's a sameness to NBA 2K14 atypical of the franchise, a perennial contender for sports game of the year for most of the current console generation. The most noticeable improvements over NBA 2K13 come on the court itself, where developer Visual Concepts has delivered its most refined simulation of basketball to date.
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NBA 2K14 is the most incremental upgrade in the recent history of the acclaimed NBA 2K franchise.
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