1UP Article

[fgrep15]

http://psp.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3142974&did=1

Also, tapping the D-pad allows simpler play formations like Iso or Post-up, so a wide combination and array of plays are at your disposal. With hours of commentary from Marv Albert and former player Steve Kerr, the action doesn't get too stale.

That's extremely dissapointing, without playcalling, a lot of the potential the game has is lost. I remember the screen shots with the Rocket Fuel thing, but if the defualt plays for the AI are still Post Up, Iso, Pick and Roll, and Basket Cut, it's very dissapointing.

[naciremadream]

does this just apply for psp^ (the plays) -confused-

[JaYiZRaTeDX]

u can easily just go to the menu and change the plays i see no problem with having those as the standard plays cuz those ARE standard basketball plays they are the fundamentals.....as far as the play book though i just wish they would actually show animations of the plays....i mean there are plays in there that i have never heard of and this is coming from someone who has been on mutiple basketball teams....i mean plays like a four corners offense are common sense but how many teams in the nba have ever played a four corners offense??? save that for the college kids with centers who can hit threes...and they dont even cut side to side so its not even run properly... there are other plays which are used by nba teams but its impossible for someone to know everyplay... not even nba players know the playbook for everyteam ....playbook animations are a MUST but i get a feeling they werent added this year.. but back to having the stock plays one alternative to it would be to apply a specific teams offense to the stock plays...for example the heat would have plays that mostly go through shaq...however this would not be smart move simply because trades almost always change the character of a team...lets say if HYPOTHETICALLY shaq got traded....then the miami heat would have a standard play book with plays going thru shaq and shq wouldnt even be there na mean?? so i think their playbooks are fine how they were last year and nba2k doesnt have half the plays that live does but they desperetely need animations of the plays

[Ruff Ryder]

does this just apply for psp^ (the plays) -confused-

Yeah, I think it just applies to PSP.

[End Boss]

jayiz.. if you want people to read what you have to say use paragraphs..

I don't understand why, if they're designating the dpad to playcalling, that they wouldnt just allow people to bind plays to them at will..

The article doesn't seem very clear on the matter..

allows simpler play formations like Iso or Post-up, so a wide combination and array of plays are at your disposal.

maybe it's more comprehensive than they seem to be letting on.. really can't tell with their use of language

[JaYiZRaTeDX]

the d pad is the same thing as in live 2005....it has the standard plays mapped to it when u start the game...if u press start and go to ur playbook u can map any play u want to the Dpad....

[fgrep15]

JaYiZRaTeDX, no offense, but I can't read your posts.

The next level in playcalling would be for the computer to adjust it's playbooks to what players it has. Outside of that, at least having teams run something like motion, and the primacy rating will be what determines who's taking the shots, but their will be organization in the offense, off-ball interactions, and ball movement.

Also Wade took more shots than Shaq, so the Heat would have 50-50 him and Wade. If you had plays that had the team running through Shaq, but no Shaq there, the primacy should take effect. If it's some scrub center, he will not be shooting the ball, and should pass it back out.

[Matt]

Also Wade took more shots than Shaq, so the Heat would have 50-50 him and Wade. If you had plays that had the team running through Shaq, but no Shaq there, the primacy should take effect. If it's some scrub center, he will not be shooting the ball, and should pass it back out.

perhaps the answer to this is the same as the superstar function. If a team has a Inside Scorer and Outside Scorer on their team (say Webber & AI) then as the game starts the CPU runs more plays for AI as he's the better player, and when he's benched then most plays go to Webber or whoever else is second best offensively.

So if there's trades happening, playcalling for each team would change as their strengths do. Basically we'd have the best players having the most set plays.

[JaYiZRaTeDX]

lol no offense taken.... here it is now that im not in a rush

You can easily go to the menu and change the plays that are mapped to the Dpad.
i see no problem with having iso, pick and rolls, post up, as the standard plays that are mapped to the Dpad.

Those ARE standard basketball plays, they are the fundamentals and the plays that most teams use in one form or another.

As far as the play book goes, i just wish they would actually show animations of the plays. It is impossible for someone to know the mechanics of everyplay in that playbook. if they would show a clip where the play is drawn out, like in past versions of NBA Live, then it would be more intuitive to use the playbook

Their playbooks are fine how they were last year. NBA2k doesnt have half the plays that live does. But its not easy to work the plays in Live if they dont at least draw out the plays for u to see. i think thats the most important thing they need to add to the playbook

[Matt]

i see no problem with having iso, pick and rolls, post up, as the standard plays that are mapped to the Dpad.

Those ARE standard basketball plays, they are the fundamentals and the plays that most teams use in one form or another

your right, but with these fundamental plays you can't set yourself up for a game winning shot.....i used to run my player off a screen for an open shot, these D-pad plays dont allow that.

I love running plays. Without set plays the game is basically freestyle. The post up option is useless since set plays not only allow a player to post up but usually have a guy coming off a screen giving you 2 good options. Isolation is good when you have a good perimeter player to use. Basket cut is totally useless. The only one i like is the pick and roll which i use when a set play breaks down.

Really, that's all the d-pad plays are for...when your set play breaks up and you dont have enough time on the clock so you run a quick pick and roll or iso. Currently i think the CPU doesnt save the playbook, it always goes to the default which sucks ass.

[Bang]

I think maybe if the live people would set up different versions of the playbook for each team it would be much different. Then maybe even the computer would run those plays, also making it more realistic. I just hope they respond to the plays well and hopefully we can see the actual plays...