You want real NBA simulation?? ESPN 2k5 will give it! update

by **BIGBEN2K5** on Thu Jun 17, 2004 2:58 am

Hey guys here are the few updates re: ESPN 2k5

1. As ive told u always and later proved by the recent preview by TEAMBOX that ESPN 2k5 is going to rock basketball gamers and get the NBA crown over LIVE. The guy who posted that LIVe 05 will be better is out of his mind. As of now, have we seen any footage fr. live 05?? nah! But VC managed to produced sample clips and we're able to see the awesome graphics presented by the new triple pass rendering technology applied by VC so it's like watching real nba players unlike the cartoonist type of nba live.

2. That's VC first priority, GRAPHICS and now accdg. to my cousin they are now working on the gameplay and fixing all the glitches that we encountered on 2k4.

3. It is going to be like OVERHAULING YOUR CAR and the result will be a top class car loaded with nitros and new engines.

4. The new commentary courtesy of BILL WALTON is going to cope up with LIVE's top commentators. The lines will not be scripted like 2k4.

5. Player's rating and movement will be based on their actual stats and the movements will be more realistic. You won't see SHAQ doing cross-overs.

6. Each home team will have their unique intros during the finals. The playoffs and finals logo will now be included.

7. There will be big highlights and replays during half-time like in some soccer video games plus the sidelights of TAFOYA.

8. We are going to see players warming up before the opening toss.

9. THERE WILL BE MANY NEW DUNK AND LAY-UP MOVES so those nasty dunks from 2k4 will soon be over.

10. We're going to see new videos by JULY showing better improvements on the gameplay.

11. There will be a surprise addition in the ALL-STAR WEEKEND!!

12. RELEASE DATE WILL BE ON OCT. 5 or few days after the mentioned TARGET DAY..

13. MY cousin won't disclosed any matters re: FRANCHISE & 24/7 modes but he assured me that it will be very DEEP..

Till then CO-GAMERS!!! GO DETROIT!! IT IS NOW PISTON'S DYNASTY..
Poor malone beco'z he won't get his dream, a CHAMPIONSHIP RING!!
karl and payton shud retire after this season.. THE BAD BOYS overpowered SHAQ!!! BILLUPS is UP w/ his performance at his best. RIC HAMILTON hammered KOBE & finally is getting the name to be one of the best. THE WALLACE DUO is like the great WALL OF china against SHAQ. Tayshan PRINCE is now the basketball prince of NBA fresh legs. CAMPBELL AND HUNTER is hunting their former team with their quality games.. The BIG GUYS OKUR & MILICIC are their future twin towers plus WILLIAMSON thus completing THE NEW DYNASTY OF NBA, DETROIT PISTONS!!! Prediction 4-1 or 4-2. Kobe won't be MJ. MJ is the greatest NBA player and the BULLS-JAZZ ERA is the most awesome NBA FINALS i've seen. LAKERS-CELTICS is only second.

by **Ben-le-ouf** on Thu Jun 17, 2004 3:28 am

will there be a version for pc?

by **tsherkin** on Thu Jun 17, 2004 4:55 am

But Shaq CAN do crossovers....

}:)

I dunno, I'll wait and see. I'll rent both but ESPN's NBA games have a history of crappy graphics in comparison to NBA Live and gameplay that's not significantly better.

by **fgrep15** on Thu Jun 17, 2004 6:24 am

Well no one on ESPN actually belived you when you said it, but yea....Imma get both games anyways, no big deal.

by **Bang** on Mon Jun 28, 2004 9:06 pm

4. The new commentary courtesy of BILL WALTON is going to cope up with LIVE's top commentators. The lines will not be scripted like 2k4.

You're hilarious. Bill Walton compared to da czar and Marv Albert? Oh God, I can't stop laughing!!! But then again, you don't seem like you really care about commentary if you consider Bill Walton anywhere near Czar and Marv Albert. Anyone who has heard the master of exaggeration should know that. And the other commentator, I forget, is also horrible.

by **[Q]** on Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:23 am

pfm030 wrote:4. The new commentary courtesy of BILL WALTON is going to cope up with LIVE's top commentators. The lines will not be scripted like 2k4.

hmm... I don't think you can beat marv and mike, especially if players throw their controllers through their tvs after hearing "Throw it down, big man! Throw it down!" for the 84375384th time... :lol:

and you espn people need to go away... Most of the people here are PC players and espn is not on pc so you can't convert us... :roll:

by **BIG GREEN** on Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:05 pm

pfm030 wrote:3. It is going to be like OVERHAULING YOUR CAR and the result will be a top class car loaded with nitros and new engines.

What does VC think cars have to do with an nba sim?

by **Full Surface** on Sun Jul 11, 2004 1:18 pm

After purchasing 2K4 last year, I will never buy another Sega basketball game again.

by **The Game** on Sun Jul 11, 2004 2:38 pm

graphics are really crappy... id rather have live 2000 graphics than that espn shit... and bill walton... :lol:

by **thaKEAF** on Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:39 am

I had Live 2004 and ESPN NBA 2k4 and to me there was no contest, ESPN killed Live. The gameplay is much more realistic and the graphics/modes are also superior to Live, but I can't make my pick this year till the 2k5 games come out.

by **GloveGuy** on Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:21 am

the_game wrote:graphics are really crappy... id rather have live 2000 graphics than that espn shit... and bill walton...

You keep thinking that because you know it's not true. Stop spreading lies because you know that ESPN's graphics blow any Live game's out of the water.

by **Alcoholic** on Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:56 am

2. That's VC first priority, GRAPHICS and now accdg. to my cousin they are now working on the gameplay and fixing all the glitches that we encountered on 2k4.

They take graphics over gameplay?

The videos I've seen just look wierd to me. I saw the Kings and Lakers jerseys shining pink, and maybe it's just me being used to Live but their player models look weird for some reason, like the have no neck or their shoulders are too broad or something..

by **-BHZMAFIA-** on Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:00 pm

Alcoholic wrote:The videos I've seen just look wierd to me. I saw the Kings and Lakers jerseys shining pink, and maybe it's just me being used to Live but their player models look weird for some reason, like the have no neck or their shoulders are too broad or something..

no neck

they look like iron man or something from the marvel heros :lol:

by **GloveGuy** on Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:08 pm

That was the first video that the developers released. Don't be so gullible to think that those problems won't be rectified by the game's release.

by **ThisizaJackMove** on Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:02 pm

Now im a huge EPSN person but last years version was horrendous, Isomotion should have been called Isochargin'. Hopefully that is really worked out. I am stil skeptical but since it'll only be $20 i'll buy it regardless. I mean damn If a Nelly CD cost 21 dollars and nelly is the worst rpper alive, I'd pay 20 for a good ball game.

by **Ataraxia** on Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:42 pm

man andrew..when r u gonna ban the bigben and sho...

ESPN is good...but its nowhere close to EA imo...
ESPN is copyin all the ideas from EA Sports...I mean dynasty mode was started from them..now they decided to add all-star weekend..

theres no frikkin PC version...why..cause their too dumb to make a PC version...

BAN THEM man..im sick of seeing them posting stuff....

go back to your ESPN studios and suck dick u fuckin espn whores :evil:

by **The Game** on Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:01 pm

wrong move Najira...

by **Arcane** on Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:04 pm

Najira wrote:man andrew..when r u gonna ban the bigben and sho...

ESPN is good...but its nowhere close to EA imo...
ESPN is copyin all the ideas from EA Sports...I mean dynasty mode was started from them..now they decided to add all-star weekend..

theres no frikkin PC version...why..cause their too dumb to make a PC version...

BAN THEM man..im sick of seeing them posting stuff....

go back to your ESPN studios and suck dick u fuckin espn whores

well said

by **Silky Smooth Vlade** on Mon Sep 20, 2004 6:27 am

The_Game wrote:graphics are really crappy... id rather have live 2000 graphics than that espn shit... and bill walton...

I am a huge Live fan, and will probably always chose Live over ESPN until ESPN changes their whole gameplay feel... But I'm still able to admit that ESPN has awesome graphics. Maybe the graphics don't look too pretty in screens, but if you've ever played ESPN on an XBox on TV, whoa, amazing... I hate how certain Live fans can never admit that ESPN did anything right. But I guess it goes both ways, there are ignorant fans of both games.

by **ThisizaJackMove** on Mon Sep 20, 2004 6:32 am

Im sorry ESPN's graphics are better. With that said NBA Live has smashed ESPN in gameplay every year since 2K2. Im liking some of ESPN's newest features but its obvious they are bitting everything NBA Live does from Freestyle to the Prop Hop.

Last year Isomotion was a joke. This year it looks nice but with Yao Ming doing crossovers it isn't looking realistic. They still got a bit of time though. As I said I'll get ESPN on XBox and Live on PC as I do every damn year.

ESPN's new videos look a little sloppy to me as far as gameplay goes.

Really I am sick of ESPN fanboying, and NBA Live fanboying Me, I'm just a "Good NBA Game Fanboy"

by **CiMa** on Mon Sep 20, 2004 7:42 am

Those ESPN videos you saw are all being played on rookie mode. Yao won't be doing any crossovers on higher difficulty.

by **GloveGuy** on Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:02 am

ThisizaJackMove wrote:Last year Isomotion was a joke. This year it looks nice but with Yao Ming doing crossovers it isn't looking realistic. They still got a bit of time though. As I said I'll get ESPN on XBox and Live on PC as I do every damn year.

ESPN's new videos look a little sloppy to me as far as gameplay goes.

Really I am sick of ESPN fanboying, and NBA Live fanboying Me, I'm just a "Good NBA Game Fanboy"

Reasons for Yao Ming and Shaq dribbling it down court:

- It was on Rookie difficulty mode

- The Heat-Lakers game was played by two people who didn't know shit about basketball. Basketball games are meant to be played a certain way. Why complain about Yao Ming and Shaq doing crossovers and shooting fadeaways when you're the one contolling them?

by **J@3** on Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:33 am

I'd have to agree with that, I noticed it with EA's games too. They just get some idiot to play who has no idea what they're doing, and try to charge through the whole team to get a dunk or somethin.

by **fgrep15** on Mon Sep 20, 2004 12:12 pm

Jae™ wrote:I'd have to agree with that, I noticed it with EA's games too. They just get some idiot to play who has no idea what they're doing, and try to charge through the whole team to get a dunk or somethin.

Yea I know, like I've said before, I never trust IGN reviews on sports games, some people put so much faith in these reviews, but these guys for one don't play the game long enough, and they don't even look like they know how to play basketball :lol:

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Mon Sep 20, 2004 4:05 pm

Basketball sims are only as realistic as you want them to be. No matter how realistic the gameplay and AI, the way the user players always influences the game. Seasoned video game players will always find a way to exploit an element of the game.

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