MyCareer Opening Scene *SPOILERS*

I'm not a expert but from what I saw :
- Jackson Ellis is your rival from College
- Continues into the Rookie Showcase and you're goal is to get drafted before him.
- Once you make the League you go through Endorsements ( Addidas Champs Kia) and you have people pitching things you can invest in (Sports Drinks, Movies, ETC)
- You end up on the bench for about 5 Games or so before a freak injury happens to a player in your position and you get to play you first NBA Game but it really takes a longggg time to start even if you're drafted really high or are rated better or statically better than the person ahead of you.
- The Rivalry continues into the League and every time you meet up there is usually a cut scene telling you the stipulations they set for each other (Example : Whoever's team wins the player has to follow the other one around bowing behind him as he walks.)
- You go through the rookie experience (Carrying a teammates bag, Wearing a clown nose every where excluding the court,ETC) and saying yes or no has an effect on the team,
- You also become a duo with a player on the team but it was done poorly in my opinion since it never really shows besides in a few cut scenes but never on the court.
- If you win Rookie of the Year Jackson Ellis meets you on a Rooftop and challenges you to a 1v1 and whoever loses has to give up their first months paycheck.
- I also forgot to announce before that they have certain situations that happen at random (Flu Game)
- LeBron During the Season talks to you I believe 2-3 times...The first time he talks to you in the tunnels saying he admires your game and bascially becomes a mentor every time you play each other throughout the season, the Second time he speaks to you about his signature skill which is Coast to Coast I really can't recall the third at the moment.
- You also have the opportunity to drop your Childhood friend who has become your agent and was the reason you got into the Rookie Showcase and pick up a better agent on paper who is able to get your more deals but is pretty much a dick.
- Lebron eventually tries to persuade you to come to South Beach after you win a Title I believe.

That's mostly all I know anyone can feel free to correct me or add on to what I forgot.

Glad they added a new voice. Undrafted is a nice wrinkle. Graphics look great although Smoove didn't get his own head shape right. Didn't like how aggressive they made the character's response.

Didn't like how aggressive they made the character's response.

Agreed, it came off a bit whiny to me. Since MyCAREER is incorporating more and more RPG-style elements, it would be nice to have some more control over your player's personality from the very beginning, but I suppose they have to set the scene and have some backstory.

I wonder if we can select from all 30 teams in the league or do we get like 3 offers (10 day contract)

I wonder if we can select from all 30 teams in the league or do we get like 3 offers (10 day contract)

I think Summer Circuit is back like nba 2k11. You must play 3 match to get contract with nba team.

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Didn't like how aggressive they made the character's response.

Agreed, it came off a bit whiny to me. Since MyCAREER is incorporating more and more RPG-style elements, it would be nice to have some more control over your player's personality from the very beginning, but I suppose they have to set the scene and have some backstory.

Well, maybe they'll hire some community story writer/designer this year
I think it will be very nice change of pace for PC [only] gamers, but I hope they'll give us fully branching story in years to come

I think Summer Circuit is back like nba 2k11. You must play 3/3 match to get contract with nba team.

That would be great, it would be basically combine for the player.

Summer Circuit makes no sense since smoove mentioned in his video that season starts in january

Summer Circuit makes no sense since smoove mentioned in his video that season starts in january

need wait official smoove say news later this week ;P summer circuit will be perfect for me ;D

I was said my opinion about MyCareer before 2K14 comes out and I still wanna something about that so here is my wishes/thoughts about it:

After hearing 2k's Euroleague announcement, I wanna something like that for my career: different starting points...

a) You might be start a player from Euroleague and play some games in Euroleague before draft... And in our career we should be known a player like Manu, Parker, Gary Neal or any other Euroleague comer player: better fundementals and playmaking...

b) You might be a college player/star and play some college games before draft... In our career we should be mix of fundemental and variety skills... Like Carmelo, Durant...etc.

c) You might be a underdog player who starts from draft combine and play some games before draft... In our career we stay away from media attention and try to be a star from underdog status... (I've no example for this... )

d) You might be a streetball star and play some pickup games against Nba stars on street games before draft... In our career, we might be a player like Iverson, Starbury: selfish, ballhogger and having some problems about our disipline...

It'ld be awesome, wouldn't it??

ps: I didn't have any example for underdog but for now; Gerald Green, Nate Robinson...etc.

Fewer games means fewer opportunities to earn VC. The game-to-game payouts may be the same as always, but the overall total will be lower with fewer games in which to accumulate VC... In years past, I've found the rookie season to be something of a grind to get your rating up to something respectable; to that end, I favour the opportunity to play as many games as possible, and not skip any.

It's only fewer games in the first year. The game-to-game payout (and, henceforth, the grind to get VC) is the important factor... and unless proven otherwise exactly the same. Complaining about the number of games for ONE year being fewer only makes sense if (1) you normally only play the Rookie Season for every MyCareer and then quit, or (2) you normally play all 20 seasons in full (assuming this number hasn't changed in next gen) (2a) and do it all in one year because VC's relevance vanishes once the servers go down, or (2b) continue offline, then complain that 20 seasons of MyCareer isn't enough XP to get what you want.

Maybe they'll give us some challenges, practices, scrimmages, trial matches, etc. in which you can earn VC...

Maybe they'll give us some challenges, practices, scrimmages, trial matches, etc. in which you can earn VC...

We could definitely use some new drills too. We have been playing the same ones for several years now.

Maybe they'll give us some challenges, practices, scrimmages, trial matches, etc. in which you can earn VC...

We could definitely use some new drills too. We have been playing the same ones for several years now.

Amen to that

Only they've got simplified - whether it made them easier or harder to master.
Dribble course in 2K11 required you to use specific moves to have a shot at gold.
In 2K12 and 2K13 you still had points system so you had to be fast and precise.
In 2K14 (PC) you just had to get the shot off every time to get gold.

On the other hand shooting drill became much harder when it stopped being about points but purely about the zones.

It appears you can get cut if you don't produce.

It appears you can get cut if you don't produce.
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My guess is if you fail to make the team on your first 10 day contract you get the other one and so on

Maybe like cycling through teams? But hey, aren't these contracts limited by deadline?

Maybe like cycling through teams? But hey, aren't these contracts limited by deadline?

Ten-day contracts are available to be used starting January 5 (or the first business day thereafter) each season.

I guess it can be used up until the end of the season

It's only fewer games in the first year.

As I said, I find that first year to be a grind to get your rating up to something respectable. It may well take the same amount of games to do that in NBA 2K15, but on the surface at least, it seems that's going to take you further into your career. As it currently stands, if you play your entire rookie season, you can generally enter your second season reasonably improved. With fewer games in your first season this time around, chances are you're still going to be rated fairly low at the beginning of your second season. Fewer games in your rookie season will mean a lower overall payout for that first season compared to previous games; there's no two ways about that.

Now, depending on how much of a challenge you want and how the story progresses, that may well not be a problem. As you correctly note, if the VC payouts themselves are the same, or even better, you'll get there in the end. However, if the story immediately thrusts you into a bigger role starting in that second season, chances are it will be leaving you in bad shape to fulfil that role, still having very ordinary ratings. Similarly, if the story instead has you still struggling to latch on somewhere in your second season and beyond, you'll be even further into your career before you can sufficiently upgrade your player. That could be frustrating if the overall goal of MyCAREER is still to make the Hall of Fame, with similar criteria to qualify, since the early years of your career would be somewhat going to waste. Granted, it lengthens the mode and ups the difficulty, but in kind of an artificial way.

I realise that's a lot of What Ifs, but right now that's all we can do: speculate and consider the possibilities, based on previous games and our individual preferences. Like I said before, there's still the issue of a linear story-driven career mode lacking variety or significant branching options, the possibility of having more cutscenes than gameplay early on, and the grading system needs some work. Those are probably the bigger issues when it's all said and done; if those elements are off-putting, there's no incentive to work through the grind.

As I said, I find that first year to be a grind to get your rating up to something respectable. It may well take the same amount of games to do that in NBA 2K15, but on the surface at least, it seems that's going to take you further into your career. As it currently stands, if you play your entire rookie season, you can generally enter your second season reasonably improved. With fewer games in your first season this time around, chances are you're still going to be rated fairly low at the beginning of your second season. Fewer games in your rookie season will mean a lower overall payout for that first season compared to previous games; there's no two ways about that.

But the grind does not depend on what season you are in. The grind is strictly dependent on your rating (or, less directly, your overall performance on the court). If you are a 63 overall, the grind is the same whether you start in November, January, or DoesNotExistember in whatever season you are in. The reason why it gets easier in later seasons is because you spend all the previous seasons increasing your ratings which leads to better performance on the court.

Sure it could end up with less pay overall in your first season, but that isn't a mark of anything. Whether the first x number of games you play are entirely in season one or a mix between season 1 and 2 historically have almost ZERO effect on gameplay or earnings at the end of those x games or moving forward. At worst, you're slightly less likely to get season awards like ROY (and that makes sense to complain about), but that's it.

However, if the story immediately thrusts you into a bigger role starting in that second season, chances are it will be leaving you in bad shape to fulfill that role, still having very ordinary ratings.

If you have the same ordinary rating/level of performance, you don't get that bigger role in the first place. The way that 2K handles season-specific events has almost never influenced play on the court. It's always been "Ooh, check out this billboard. Ooh, check out this magazine cover." Never "Ooh, you've made the starting line up."

perfect i get to play a guy with anger issues

summary of mycareer 2k14

- rookie showcase after late entry
- get drafted higher or lower than jackson ellis depending on performance
- bench role until team mate gets injured a few games in which gives you your opportunity usually acl type injury
- mentor role from team mate but also includes wearing clown nose as rookie duties
- stand up for team mate during game
- fight team mate during training
- play against lebron he gives you tips during season 1
- play against jackson ellis put bets and challenges to each other
- flu game you either play or sit game out your choice
- friend agent lines up deal for sponsorship 1st deal is always trash a horror movie backing or shady sports drink
- big time agent tries luring you and has adidas lined up you decide to either stay with mate or go to new agent
- if you stay with mate agent you slowy start getting deals doing things like out perform jackson ellis, win 6 out of 10 games or play above your average for 10 games
- at the end of first season you chill with lebron and says he likes your game and even suggests joining forces on the same team sometime
- during off season you play a 1 on 1 game against ellis from memory
- season 2 still do the same bets with ellis
- if you win championships ellis admits you are the better player and even suggests joining forces
- you still continue to get deals but very slow and boring at this point by season 3 fyi i'm only around 6+ games in to season 3

But the grind does not depend on what season you are in. The grind is strictly dependent on your rating (or, less directly, your overall performance on the court). If you are a 63 overall, the grind is the same whether you start in November, January, or DoesNotExistember in whatever season you are in. The reason why it gets easier in later seasons is because you spend all the previous seasons increasing your ratings which leads to better performance on the court.

Sure it could end up with less pay overall in your first season, but that isn't a mark of anything. Whether the first x number of games you play are entirely in season one or a mix between season 1 and 2 historically have almost ZERO effect on gameplay or earnings at the end of those x games or moving forward. At worst, you're slightly less likely to get season awards like ROY (and that makes sense to complain about), but that's it.

I feel you're zeroing in on one thing that I'm saying, and ignoring the rest. Yes, you're absolutely right: if the payouts are the same, the grind is roughly going to take the same amount of games. Those games might just be spread over your first two or three seasons, instead of your rookie campaign. I don't dispute that, that's mathematically accurate after all.

However...say you do want to have established yourself as a fairly decently rated player by the start of your second season. Say you do want to have a shot at winning Rookie of the Year. Say you really need to get an early start on some of those milestones to make the Hall of Fame (assuming it's still the overall goal of the mode). Say the grading logic isn't better, and still leads to frustration. Say this approach means that the first season (or even two) has too little gameplay and is too heavy on the cutscenes. Maybe none of that will be an issue, but given my previous experiences and preferences, I'm at least considering the possibility. Again, maybe it won't be an issue, maybe it will only be an issue for me. After all, my speculation is based on my personal preferences for the mode, and given those preferences, what I foresee as a potential issue for me. It may not be an issue for other gamers, which is fair enough. I can only speak for myself.

If you have the same ordinary rating/level of performance, you don't get that bigger role in the first place. The way that 2K handles season-specific events has almost never influenced play on the court. It's always been "Ooh, check out this billboard. Ooh, check out this magazine cover." Never "Ooh, you've made the starting line up."

The billboards and sponsorships are basically just flavour, yes, but in terms of gameplay that actually kind of has been an issue in previous games. In the previous generation, you'd generally end up in the starting lineup within a few games, usually when your ratings are still fairly low. In NBA 2K14 on PS4/X1, everyone would run into the same events (see Arcane's breakdown above), in roughly the same timeframe. This isn't a bad thing of course, depending on your tastes. Personally though, I'd rather there be a bit more variety, and that those events were a bit more randomised. If your second season sees you latch onto a team and get a bigger role, there's a chance that your ratings won't quite be up to the task.

I'd personally prefer to see the starting ratings a bit higher. It runs the risk of reducing the challenge, but I think it also adds a bit more realism to the scenario. I mean, if you're supposed to be a player who went undrafted, but still has the talent to make it in the league and even become a significant player - John Starks is the historical example that springs immediately to mind - then you've probably already a pretty solid player at the beginning. In years past, your starting ratings and overall are more fitting someone who's a career benchwarmer and not unlikely to wash out of the league after a few seasons...which was even worse when you were supposed to be a worthy first round pick.

But again, I realise this stuff isn't going to be an issue for everyone. I could see it as being a potential issue for me because I'd prefer to play all (or most) of my rookie season, using it to grind up to some decent ratings (assuming they start out low again), have a shot at Rookie of the Year and/or All-Rookie, and start out my second season more established and with good ratings. I'd also like there to be a good balance between gameplay and cutscenes/off-court decisions, with more gameplay if it does happen to be skewed towards one or the other. I'd like the grading logic to be tweaked so that it's more balanced and doesn't feel like it's biased towards punishing mistakes, with minimal reward for good play. And I'd also like my experience to differ a little more from everyone else's, with a few more branching options.

That's just what I would prefer though. If I end up not liking the direction or approach in MyCAREER this year, so be it. That's unfortunate for me, but that's just me. If everyone else is satisfied with it, then it basically just means it's not the mode for me, which is fine. You can't please everyone. If that's the case, then I'll stick with MyGM/MyLEAGUE. Right now, I'm interested in giving it another shot and seeing whether it suits my tastes. I guess I'll find out soon enough.

Anybody else REMEMBER NBA '06:The Life?? It looks like they're taking a step towards that kind of storyline

All that text right here, though.

Okay, I see what you're saying. At first it came off at some issue that was universal amongst people who play MyCareer, which is why I was pointing out that some of the things you were talking about seemed arbitrary. If that's specifically how you play, though, then I'm not going to criticize it.