NBA 2K13 Developer Insight #1 - Gameplay, Part 1

[Patr1ck]

The thing about defensive shading, will it give you an edge in stopping the ball handler when he goes to the side you give him?

[ClLUTClH]

It it true that technical fouls will be in? I saw a video on YouTube and the guy said that if you have the Kinect sensor and you yell, etc. after a foul is called on you, etc. the refs can blow the whistle and "t you up".

[JaoSming]

yes, that will be in 2K13, but no techs for other stuff like hard fouls

evidently the tech is given to the bench, awarding freethrows but not penalizing a specific player

[Patr1ck]

What's going to happen when people play the game loud and kinect recognizes the game as the player yelling?

For the PS3, they could use the motion sensor to see if you throw your controller and issue a tech that way.

[gogadantes]

Very cool. The textures of the jerseys and skin textures look very nice. But i think they shud change that rose cf

LOL, I hear what you're saying mate, but that is the absolute LEAST important thing they should change this year, especially for us NLSC members
I'm just happy that they're addressing the momentum/bumping, one-one-one isomotion and defense issues first! The worst flaws of NBA 2k12.

[RedPhazon8]

I'm more concerned about AI changes and the real-time physics (I know they covered some), but pretty good so far.

[SoF'nAwesome]

Like it.

Also, the lightning seems to be pretty cool.

[bowdown]

It is so annoying playing as a big man in 2k12 because of the crazy bumping and ball handlers not properly responding to screens on set plays. Hopefully they fixed that so you get to focus more on playing the game rather than trying to avoid getting stuck in an animation.

[imaiden]

Does anyone know when Developer Insight #2 is coming out? If I remember correctly, it was a weekly update for NBA 2k12.

[JaoSming]

I think our info this week was the gamescom stuff and the team up member impressions

[Andrew]

I'm pretty sure they missed a week here or there last week. I'm assuming they'll resume next week.

[JaoSming]

I think it was to focus on the Gamescom and Team Up stuff

[Rosque]

Ronnie2K said there is going to be one in the next couple of days but will try to get it today.

[Andrew]

It would appear it's come today as hinted at.