Well, first, I just finished another 6-minute quarter game on Superstar. I was my franchise Utah Jazz team against the Phoenix Suns.
Final Score
Suns 69
Jazz 50
Suns shot 31/52 from the field for 59.6% shooting, we shot 22/53 from the field for 41.5%. Suns were 2/4 from 3-point range and we were 6/17 (35.3%). Suns 5/6 free throws...Jazz 0/6 free throws. I have yet to hit a free throw in this game...I'm something like 0/25...
Player of the game: Shawn Marion (Suns) - 23 points on 9/13 shooting, 4/4 free throws, 2 rebounds (1 off), 2 steals, 1 assist
Amare Stoudemire had 4 points, 5 rebounds and 4 blocks. Several times when I got in the lane and was happy like a schoolgirl for having done so...Stoudemire would come in and stuff me out of nowhere. I was throwing up some pretty awkward double clutch stuff after awhile to try and get around him. Which is good...of course...
Our point guard (who is a 6'5" guy I moved from SG) grabbed 5 rebounds by himself. In the first game I played Jason Kidd finished with 5 rebounds and 6 assists also. Guards can actually get rebounds!
My defense is pretty crappy right now but I'm improving on both ends.
I'm looking forward to seeing how happy you guys will be when you see the gameplay. It's good...and tough. The jump stop is still too useful though. I have yet to touch a slider though aside from fatigue...I want to get a good feel for how the game plays before I do. A lot of people are complaining about the passing but you have to be in good position with at least a decent passer to throw a full court lead pass...which is understandable. And the jump passes in the half court happen when your defender is close to you and your player is automatically protecting the ball. If you want to face up you have to take a step or two back and then he faces up just like a real player.
Okay...answering some questions/comments/concerns...
You can actually get fired! That's just something the game definitely didn't need.
This is just bs all the way... What did you do to get fired? You only simulated or did you actually do something...
I know...it's a BAD idea...ending a game mode without giving the player any type of warning is a really bad idea.
It was the end of the 2008-2009 season and I was the Knicks. I was just basically making my picks, trying to trade occassionally and simulating to see how many years you can play with Dynasty Mode now. At some point in the end of the season...it was either after the regular season or after the playoffs...I got a pop-up that said something like "The Knicks want to thank you, but they no longer need your services." and I hit X and I went back to the main screen.
I had GM Evaluation set to 'yes' at the beginning and I didn't get one. So either you don't get an Evaluation (no matter what you choose) and Dynasty Mode lasts 6 seasons or the game fired me. And by firing me it ended my franchise against my will with no warning...
Oh, and did I mention that when I simulated the first year with no roster changes to the Knicks the game had me win the championship? I'd also been in the playoffs for a few years straight so it makes even less sense that they fired me...
The AI is probably pretty stiff about their draft picks... I know that in the NHL series they've always been hard to come by and if you want someones first round pick, you'd have to trade a really good player in the deal. I think they made it hard to do just that you cannot trade all your veteran players out and have 5 first round picks in the next draft. Try doing a trade that is a bit lopsided in favor of the computer and the throw in your first round pick and their first round pick and try to complete the deal...
I wouldn't tell you guys this unless I'd tried most everything. I offered the computer my 1st round pick for his second-round pick straight up..."Not interested in trades involving draft picks at this time." I offered the Kings my sure lottery pick for their late-first round pick..."Not interested in trades involving draft picks at this time." You could offer the Mavericks Kobe for one of their late-first round picks and some dead salary..."Not interested in trades involving draft picks at this time." It doesn't matter...if the trade involves a draft pick they won't even consider it.
If you go through every team you might find one that will play ball with you but it's very random...there doesn't seem to be any logic to what team will do it. You also have to go through 2 screens and wait a few seconds to check each team. I've managed to make one successful trade for a late first-round pick and one trade for a lottery pick but I really just made them because the team would do it. They were the only option I had so I couldn't really devise a plan for rebuilding or anything...
...and let me mention that the new rating system has made it hard for me to judge my rookies? I feel really disoriented and have trouble telling what's good and what's not. Whereas last year I knew that if a player got to 73 defensive rebounding he would average at least 4 rebounds a game this year things are so different that I'm confused. It will take some getting used to I guess...
1) How is the offseason? Is it possible to trade before and during draft day? Where do you get the points to allocate for training? Is it always 100 points?
2) When trading players during the offseason, is it possible to have more than 15 players on the roster and then trim your team down to 15? How does the trading system work this time? Is it still based on overalls? I think that we can trade 5 nobodies for a KG and some throw-in.
3) If the dynasty mode is still 25 yrs., can we quit the dynasty and get our ratings? i don't want to wait for 25 yrs. before i get my ratings. Oh and what are the ratings?
4) Can we now set AUTO SUBS to ON in our profile? So that we don't set them every time we play a game? Same goes for play notify, etc?
5) how are free throw shootings this time? Easy or super hard? Or just right?
6) Do the right players get the right awards?
1. The offseason model is nearly identical to last years. You even get the same screen with the offseason steps in numbered order. You can't trade until you get to the Trade Players step which is right before the next season. The only difference is that when one of your players wins an award or they re-sign or retire or get drafted etc in the offseason you see a little cutscene.
It seems like you always get 100 points to divide for your training time. I've been simming and skipping training camp and pretty much ignoring the useless stuff like buying planes and doctors at this point...they do nothing but increase your field goal rating for a season or something. I don't care about buying my team a plane but maybe I'll try it later just to see...and maybe experiment to see if I can save up enough points to train and plane one of my players into Michael Jordan for one game.
2. The trade logic seems similar to last year except now it's based more on team need when draft picks aren't involved. There's an interest bar next to each of your players and different teams want different players. When I was the Knicks and I was trying to trade with the Hawks, for example, they had huge interest in my two shooting guards. I think if you trade 5 nobodies for KG it'll have to be nobodies that the T-Wolves have interest in but I haven't been doing much trading because I've been disappointed over the draft pick thing. I'll try more and get back to you.
Oh, and you can't trim your team down...15 players seems to be the limit just like last year. Again I haven't specifically tried to get more than 15 or drafted with a full roster but the design is the same as last year so I'd say I'm 90% sure you can't.
3. I don't know...I was fired from my first franchise. I don't see anywhere where you can end the franchise early.
4. Auto-Subs is a slider now so you can probably keep it on.
5. I've shot about 0/20 in my first 3 games so I'd say they're pretty hard. It's the kind of thing that takes getting used to...so maybe in a few weeks I'll be making them all again and have to make it harder with the Sliders. Again...I haven't touched any sliders yet except for fatigue so I'm not sure what effect they will have.
6. The awards are about the same as last year...Kevin Garnett won MVP my second year which was a nice change of pace. There are also second teams for All-NBA, All-Defense and All-Rookie which is pretty cool. You can keep your awards also in the EA Sports Record feature or whatever it's called. There's also a blank section for retired jersey's so I think you can retire your best player's jerseys when they retire also. In the normal game the retired jersey section is filled with Magic Johnson, Jordan, Bird, Erving, Maravich, and I think Isiah's jerseys...
it´s not that bad a feature but you should be able to turn it off like in madden. nobody has said that you can´t. maybe one of those lucky bastards that actually have the game can sth. about that? but a big flaw is that you´re kicked to the main screen. what is that? in madden you can even stick with the dynasty and perhaps get a coaching job with another team i think. also i would like to now if retired players can get coaches. that happens in madden. i saw rich gannon as a head coach. very cool feature.
There's no option about getting fired in the Dynasty setup screen. It was a total surprise. From what I see you can't change coaches either...
I just hope that the AI would once again suggest good deals that include something like trading the great and experienced players for great future players
I've excepted a few offers from the computer...you only get maybe 3 offers a season though. I haven't tried being way under the cap yet...good idea.
1 question
is 2004 better than 2003
I've only had 2004 one day so I don't know how easy it will be once I get used to playing it and I haven't tried out everything in Dynasty mode or any of the other features. The gameplay is really different and I think you guys will love it but I'm more of a franchise/dynasty guy and in that case I'm not sure if Dynasty is better or worse. I'm disappointed in it though.
Since everybody else that has the game that i've asked can't.
the computer owner fired you? man.... talk about realism...
