Details on The City & MyCAREER in NBA 2K24

[Andrew]

The City Trailer

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Affiliations Explained

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Courtside Report Summary

• MyCAREER in NBA 2K24 has been streamlined to focus on your basketball career, rather than off-court ventures. The ultimate goal of MyCAREER is to become the Greatest of All-Time.
• This year's MyPLAYER character is described as "the most anticipated prospect in the last 20 years", tying into the journey to GOAT-hood.
• There will be a "Key Games" feature that allows you to play the most important games based on matchups, rival teams, and milestone achievements. As an aside, the blog refers to it as a new feature, though a very similar function was available in NBA 2K13 and NBA 2K14. However, it does sound like it might be slightly more sophisticated.
• Completing goals and winning games will earn bigger VC payouts.
• The City in NBA 2K24 will be located by the beach, with 3v3 courts for casual competition found along the waterfront. Meanwhile, the beachfront street is where 2K Pro-Am, The Rec, Ante-Up, The Theater, Club 2K, and Starting 5 are located.
• Starting 5 is a new online 1v1 head-to-head mode, in which gamers face off with squads featuring their MyPLAYER and four NBA players. In that respect, it's similar to a MyCAREER game, except in an online competitive setting.
• A Streetball sidequest provides an alternative single player experience in addition to the NBA side of MyCAREER. It features its own progression system and rewards, some of which can be used to gain advantages in the online team play modes.
• There are two Park Affiliations in NBA 2K24's City: RISE and ELITE. Gamers will get to choose their Affiliation, and reap the benefits as the two sides compete throughout the year.
• REP returns and will not reset with every Season. However, REP will reset if you change Affiliation. Special logos and rewards are available to gamers who can maintain the highest REP.

Full blog: https://nba.2k.com/2k24/courtside-report/the-city/

[ThePointForward]

The sigle player stuff sounds actually nice.

[Andrew]

I'm cautiously optimistic that they might've corrected course as far as the NBA side of MyCAREER, pulling back on the extracurricular stuff that had nothing to do with basketball. The mode hit rock bottom in NBA 2K23 due to that, but I felt certain that they'd continue with that approach anyway because to do otherwise would be seen as going backwards. Yet here they are backing away from some of the MMORPG elements, and even using the word "streamlined". It's promising.

Of course, promises such as "bigger VC payouts" have to be seen to be believed. It's good to see the Key Games feature brought back, but to that end, it's definitely not "new". Par for the course with developer blogs though, as it's basically admitting to dropping a cool feature for too long for no good reason. It's also new to anyone who didn't play those old games, but it's been heartening to see people who do remember it calling out the claim of it being new. Still, good move bringing that back, and I'm glad to see it.