https://nba.2k.com/2k24/courtside-report/mynba/
2K introducing the LeBron era (starting in the 2011 season), new News features (like NBA.com/social media), MyNBA Lite, dynamic player aging and more!
What are your all’s thoughts?
Andrew wrote:Comes back to attention to detail. Some might say it's nit-picking, but it's the point of the mode, and immersion-breaking.
RayRay_953 wrote:As a big retro fan, MyNBA needs dramatic improvements for me to give it a second chance. They can add all these features like the newspaper headlines/web 1.0 sections (which do look pretty cool), but the mode as a whole needs a rework. There are salary cap issues that prevent you from signing certain players, or transactions become glitched which results in you losing your star/rookie. The trading logic is also broken, as I had an instance where the Bulls wanted to trade Jordan for a rookie Allen Iverson all because of his draft rank. There are a bunch of other problems related to the mode that the community and Reddit have pointed out, but I'm going to primarily discuss the historical perspective in my post.
What made me disappointed the most was the abundance of historical inaccuracies present in the rosters due to a poor, rushed effort. Players have jumpshots that don't even closely resemble their real-life counterparts. Nique and Jason Williams with set shots, Gary Payton using Gary Payton II's animations, Isaiah Rider using all of LeBron's animations (tons of players are cloned from other NBA players), etc. Several jersey and courts are missing, including their rebrand periods. Some jerseys missing or incorrect include the mid-'90s Hawks jerseys, late-'80s Clippers jerseys, mid-'90s Sixers jerseys, no Raptors purple jerseys with "RAPTORS" text, wrong away jersey for the '13 Heat, '01 Sixers still using the 1998 jersey designs. The 1984 Nets also wear the wrong jerseys, as they switched back to their old ABA style by then, with the next rebranding being the early '90s jerseys. Many rebranded courts for late-'90s Pistons, late-'90s Hawks, late-'90s Rockets (even though one of the courts is used in MyTEAM, but nowhere else), mid-'90s and late '90s Sixers, mid-'90s Lakers (the '92 Lakers use the wrong floor), etc are missing, and these are only a few examples. Speaking of courts, some of the teams like the '90s Rockets, '84 Lakers, and '98 Jazz still use the old textures 2K made before they obtained the licenses to use the authentic names. These look out of place, and low-quality compared to the other courts (they are used everywhere else in the game, so why not include them). On the matchup screens, some of the arena names range from generic names (again, they have the licenses, so this shouldn't be an issue) to completely wrong. For example, I've seen several teams in the Jordan era with the stadium name "Magic Arena." I also played a game with the Bucks in the Magic vs. Bird Era, and instead of being called, "MECCA Arena" the game uses the modern arena name, "UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena" even though the MECCA branding is still present and the name is correctly used elsewhere. Finally, my biggest gripe is the generated draft players. It's one thing to not have the rights to a select pool of players, but the generated draft players are ridiculous. 2K didn't even try with the generated players, as they all wear modern accessories, hairstyles, tattoos, and/or shoes. It's a complete eyesore, and it kills the era immersion the mode is trying to achieve. Also, the 1984 Draft class is the ONLY draft class with modified short sizes, whereas all the other draft classes use long shorts. If 2K is going to have playable eras in time, I don't know why they can't at least make the draft classes feel era-appropriate. Also, when more shoes are added through updates, there's a good chance the generated players will wear the new shoes, but if you're using an older roster file they show up with the ugly gray 2K Generic shoes. Not to mention, players like Marc Gasol, Harold Miner, Ruben Patterson, etc. were all added in MyTEAM, but were never officially added to the draft classes or appropriate classic teams.
All in all, is MyNBA Eras more immersive than what other sports titles offer? Yes, but that doesn't mean I'm going to set the bar so low that I'm going to ignore all these issues which take away from the replayability, presentation. I was very disappointed with the mode, but I hope 2K can really focus on making it better.
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