NBA 2K12 NBA's Greatest Hands-On Preview (G4TV)

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no new info, but still nice to see this game in motion

I was afraid they were going to give the retro players modern ball handling skills Jerry West shouldn't be doing hesitation dribbles but other than that it looks good

there are tendencies for that, but you can't limit what the user does

I know but they should of added new dribble animations for the retro players that is a gross oversight for a company that says they pay attention to detail

looks good to me. oct 4th, it goes down.

I know but they should of added new dribble animations for the retro players that is a gross oversight for a company that says they pay attention to detail

I agree that would be a nice touch but that aspect aside, they certainly have paid quite a lot of attention to detail on the whole.

they fixed high socks, they're just like 2k9!!!

I still think that this greatest mode is not as good as Jordan mode should be. The problem with Jordan's was the lack of customization, because playing important games, reconstructing a player's career is just amazing. But playing just one game and not even the most important is just not that good. I mean, how many times will you guys play the same game over and over? I don't think it's funny also to play Bill Russell against D.Howard or somethink like that, 'cause the core of the mode is to look historical, and we'll just get historical as a one game challenge can get.
I don't know, just my opinion, but if they did just showtime, MJ and Bird, just like the Jordan mode from 2k11, it would be better. And I don't mean that I won't have fun playing greatest, but it will be a very short limited fun.

2:25 is that a half-time show?

2:25 is that a half-time show?

Looks like a timeout to me.

I'm just glad that Jerry West's jumper swished through the net. As it should be. I'm keen to use him, that's for sure

I see some great possibilities with the retro scorebug shown during the Hawks-Celtics part. Chang the 2k logo to NBC and hopefully we can change the color from red to light blue, and bang! You have a realistic looking NBA on NBC scorebug

I still think that this greatest mode is not as good as Jordan mode should be. The problem with Jordan's was the lack of customization, because playing important games, reconstructing a player's career is just amazing. But playing just one game and not even the most important is just not that good. I mean, how many times will you guys play the same game over and over? I don't think it's funny also to play Bill Russell against D.Howard or somethink like that, 'cause the core of the mode is to look historical, and we'll just get historical as a one game challenge can get.
I don't know, just my opinion, but if they did just showtime, MJ and Bird, just like the Jordan mode from 2k11, it would be better. And I don't mean that I won't have fun playing greatest, but it will be a very short limited fun.

I understand and respect your position but in fairness too 2k they did come out and say this is not "Jordan Challange" this is the "Greatest Mode" and the point of the mode is to let you have a realistic game experience vs trying to fulfill a challenge with one player. I think both the Jordan challange and Greatest mode has their benefit for the user. Also as far as I understand it won't just be you having to play the same one game over and over, when you win you unlock the teams. I believe "Andrew" told me when I asked that now these unlocked teams can be put in association mode, so you can play with them in association mode, playoffs, putting them against current or old nba teams. So I think the greatest modes though different from Jordan challenges adds a different touch. I for one want to see Wilt go up against Dwight

Just personally I would get tired of having 15 greats that are featured and having 5 or 6 challenges that i have to fulfill with each one of them, I much rather play with wilt chamberlin and choose rather I want to score a 100 with him or just 50 and as long as I win the game I unlock the team. However that is just my personal view of the mode

I understand and respect your position but in fairness too 2k they did come out and say this is not "Jordan Challange" this is the "Greatest Mode" and the point of the mode is to let you have a realistic game experience vs trying to fulfill a challenge with one player. I think both the Jordan challange and Greatest mode has their benefit for the user. Also as far as I understand it won't just be you having to play the same one game over and over, when you win you unlock the teams. I believe "Andrew" told me when I asked that now these unlocked teams can be put in association mode, so you can play with them in association mode, playoffs, putting them against current or old nba teams. So I think the greatest modes though different from Jordan challenges adds a different touch. I for one want to see Wilt go up against Dwight

Just personally I would get tired of having 15 greats that are featured and having 5 or 6 challenges that i have to fulfill with each one of them, I much rather play with wilt chamberlin and choose rather I want to score a 100 with him or just 50 and as long as I win the game I unlock the team. However that is just my personal view of the mode

Oh, I do respect that too my man. But I mean, you can do what you said in 2k11, you can put classic teams from jordan challenge into association and you can put classic players against nowadays.
Let me try to explain my point of view better: we'll have somethink like 30+ teams in greatest mode, 'cause we have 15 classic players with their teams, plus the 15 opponents.(And a few DLC, bonus, etc) If they keep Jordan challenge and add 3 more players with their challenges we would have 3 more teams and 10 opponents for each one. So we would have somethink like 33 teams, a number very similar to what they did in greatest mode. So if you get Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Bill Russel for example, we still could have a lot of classic teams there are in greatest mode, 'cause it would feature 10 teams from Magic's era, 10 from Bird's era and 10 from Russel. So we get covered from 1956 to 2007, as 1956 being the rookie season from Russell and 2007 the last season ever from Jordan. I mean we could still have ALL these amazing classic teams from Greatest with the challenge of Jordan challenge.

As I've said before, I believe I'll enjoy playing through all the old games but I agree that replicating a specific game and setting a few challenges adds a bit more replay value. Still, as Rob himself noted in the video, it did force you to play outside the game a little bit and go out of your way to reach the statistical milestones. The replay value in a basketball sim like NBA 2K is in Association, My Player and online play. A mode like NBA's Greatest is one that most people will likely only play through once to unlock the teams, maybe replay their favourite games (perhaps controlling the opponents instead) every now and again or use the classic team in another mode.

It's a selling point, especially in the face of the lockout, but it's not meant to carry the game as such or be the whole game.

@gabolifal I understand where you coming from, @Andrew I agree

Yeah, it's a hell of a selling point, and I think it's a very smart and thoughtful move by 2k. I will enjoy greatest, that's for sure, it's just because I liked Jordan challenge so much... hehehe Because I felt in some way how hard it is to play and get numbers like Jordan did. I love this guy, and after playing the challenge I love him much more. Imagine if you had to get the numbers of magic johnson? Man it would be a very nice challenge. I don't know, I like challenges and this would make people know more about some players carreer.

Yeah, it's a hell of a selling point, and I think it's a very smart and thoughtful move by 2k. I will enjoy greatest, that's for sure, it's just because I liked Jordan challenge so much... hehehe Because I felt in some way how hard it is to play and get numbers like Jordan did. I love this guy, and after playing the challenge I love him much more. Imagine if you had to get the numbers of magic johnson? Man it would be a very nice challenge. I don't know, I like challenges and this would make people know more about some players carreer.

i agree just winning the game is corny..the jordan challenges made u work for it

I see some great possibilities with the retro scorebug shown during the Hawks-Celtics part. Chang the 2k logo to NBC and hopefully we can change the color from red to light blue, and bang! You have a realistic looking NBA on NBC scorebug

The only thing needed then would be Roundball Rock and it would be complete!

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I see some great possibilities with the retro scorebug shown during the Hawks-Celtics part. Chang the 2k logo to NBC and hopefully we can change the color from red to light blue, and bang! You have a realistic looking NBA on NBC scorebug

The only thing needed then would be Roundball Rock and it would be complete!

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yes! Please god let there be custom music for the PC version