I've been playing NBA 2k since 2k1, and the thing I've noticed is basically this: NBA 2k used to be made for fans of the game of NBA basketball. NBA 2k is now made for people who may or may not care about the game of NBA basketball, but who want to play the game competitively online while completely abandoning the simulation style gameplay. It's the difference between people who watch an NBA game for an entire 48 minutes and people who think it's all about what they see on the highlight reels.
Damn OG I been playing really since 2k10 and you’re so right I’m a play now online guy and they cater to the casuals. in the beginning the gameplay is good nothing terrible, we get a few updates and patches, things change and then around playoff time. OMFG they dumb down the difficulty and it turns arcady as fuck
I got soooo many memories with nba 2k15 I didn’t play online I was an offline guy back then, I loved this game on my Xbox one back in 2015-16 ahhhh the memories
it was the first 2k i had and got to play as much as i wanted. i remember you could make a 7'3 pg without any penalties unlike today lol. so in the park it was like just 7'3 dudes at every position withj maxed stats. i made and completely leveled up a 6'7 small forward. 2k16 is the one i played the most tho. its inside, balanced, and outside build system was cool
I'm a bit nostalgic for this game. This is the first NBA game I played online with. Me and my best friend played the heck out of this one. Soundtrack was the most unique I've heard in an NBA game. And I loved it. Thanks for the review SDTV.
My 15 year old self played 2K15 everyday after school for hours. U hit it on the head. Everyone wants to talk about 2K16 and 2k17, but 2K15 set the foundation and still is the best game from the series.
the lost art in 2k is offline gameplay, you can play real basketball in 14-15. Now it’s slow and you can’t score any contested shots. it’s Myplayer 2K not NBA 2K
i hate to compliment EA, but being able to choose your starting overall is probably the best idea for career modes especially when you share them with online functions. Imagine being able to start as a 1st rounder, 2nd rounder, or go undrafted with different pros and cons
@@codywood1295 yeah right when they put in CFM you could be a high round, low round or undrafted. High round was normal development trait low round was star development trait and undrafted was superstar development trait
I still play this game and the logo animation is what i fell in love with this game it just showed that 2k cared about us now its Nothing. The shot meter felt good and Gameplay was smooth than other nba games.
I had 2k15 on the xbox 360 and they had skill points to upgrade your player in mycareer over vc and it was easier/fun. I think this is the 2k that started youtubers to make nba 2k rebuilds.
You’re back in action with retro sports games I’m happy blessed to see and have all from 1980-Now what a life of gaming throughout the decades appreciate you my man
Great video. Another aspect to mention is that 2K15 was the last game where you could build a truly dominant myplayer without microtransactions and archetype limitations. You can build a 7ft small forward sniper that is amazing to play, so much fun and totally free to build and customise.
The comment at 15:57 really nailed how I feel about the current games. It is less about letting the physics of a situation play out and more about the repetitive contact animations that are triggered. Makes the gameplay feel scripted rather than authentic.
This game right here was the beginning of the end of great 2k basketball games because of my park and my team really pushing those dreaded microtransactions that’s a huge problem with gaming in general now. This also remind me it’s been a decade since I graduated HS😭
I still personally put ‘16 above ‘15, mainly for the MyLeague additions, the soundtrack, and the main menu. Plus, that 2015-2016 season was probably the greatest in recent memory.
I’ll never forget right after Curry won his 2nd consecutive MVP, in 2k16 they boosted his ovr to a 99. I was hitting half court shots every other possession lol good times. 2k16 Curry was the goat
I think 2k went downhill once they started to add archetypes and builds into the game. I think that when 2K 15 was making my career they were way ahead of their time. We have people like Victor Bol and Kevin Durant that can kinda do anything on the court. it’s not a certain build or archetype that they have on the NBA floor because they can do everything. They are acting like people are going to use demigods all the time but there’s some people that just want to use Regular point guard, shooting guards and small forwards. If 2K wants to have a my career mode or my park that’s good, they need to take out archetypes and builds as a whole because at this point, everybody’s just gonna watch a RUclips video and copy a build instead of making their own because they know if they make their own it’s gonna have a lot of stimulations which isn’t realistic to the NBA today.
I been playing 2k franchise mode for 20 years...my friends always tease me because they always see me playing offline franchise...i love it....i loved nfl 2ks...
Remember when you didn't have to green shots just to make them? 2K needs to bring that back. That and the impact on costs and revenue that were in the game when you chose to build your arena in the city vs in the suburbs.
I know most 2K players will just say “get better at the game” when you complain about having to green shots but that literally ruined the game for me. Makes it so much less enjoyable to the casual player and really shows how 2K completely shifted their focus to catering only to Esports/competitive players
@@SmooveGaming22 even with the green only gameplay is still catered to casuals. It’s a skill gap. You would be upset if you put time into the game to be good, and lose to someone who didn’t based on RNG shooting. Take Cod for example, ppl would be upset if they lost a gunfight bc the game decided it was their turn to lose a gun fight. Im a casual. It takes literally a 3-5 minutes before you start playing to warmup your jumper. If you do that before every time u play you’ll be greening consistently in no time. That’s literally the bare minimum effort you have to put in to shoot consistently. That’s not catering to Esports in any way.
That green or miss was HORRIBLE. I bought 24 after years of not playing 2k and I was like wtf is this. And they had the nerve of making the green window small asl. That made me put the game down and not touch it after the first month. But I heard they made it optional in 2k25. Something that shouldnt have been changed in the first place.
@willcfjackson5114 in mycareer sure but myteam and myleague you'll have to know the jumpers of your current team. At least 6 or 7 of them. Most don't jumpshot w their centre's sure but that's a lot of jumpers for a casual.
We'll likely never see a run of classics like we did with 2K10-2K16. Like you said 2K now is just filled with too much worthless nonsense. Hopefully the death of the 2K League will allow 2K to focus on making the game more laid back from a gameplay standpoint. Now the gameplay feels like it was designed to cater to sweats who wanted to be pro players.
This was genuinely my favorite 2K.. This felt like the perfect fine medium from a gameplay to a micro transaction standpoint The pregame intros are some of my favorites. Look up Lorde’s “Team” intro… the way they spaced out the lyrics to the intro is chilling The menu is actually cool, I loved the shooting system in this game Especially when it shifts if your wide open, the meter is bigger whilst the better the defense the meter is closed in MyPlayer in 2K15 is a meme lol 😂, I loved the competitive online especially with the affiliations. It didn’t feel bloated in the city
This particular 2k I had played with my friend on the couch after work till late nights during the summertime that year. Penny vs Mj teams...great times
Another awesome video from SoftDrinkTv. Right now I'm playing the PS5 version of NBA 2k21 because i don't feel like playing the newer ones and or paying full price for their games.
2k11, 2k13, and 2k15 were truly special man 😪 Each game really felt distinct and weren’t just a rehash of the same game like the releases we see today.
15 and 16 were my favourites. i played hundreds of hours of both. made my sonics and turned them into a dynasty. a couple of the greatest sports titles of all time.
i vividly remember 9 year old me getting my first ever sports game, NBA 2k15. tbh without it, i don’t think i would’ve fallen in love with sports in general, cause i didn’t really care about them beforehand. It will forever have a special place in my heart
This is where i met some of my 2k friends who I met in real life and hung out with. Dont talk or hang with them now but I did it was fun back them. We played all day everyday from 2k15-2k18
I mainly played offline on 15 and loved it, i had 2 93 overall builds with no VC spent, just being a kid playing a game. miss those days it’s basically impossible to do so now. also miss the simple mycareer aspect, like you were playing ball 5ish minutes in the game vs today where you’re basically just watching a bunch of ads. not saying it’s the best 2K one of the most fun absolutely.
the only thing, I would take over 2k15 is the 2k14's lighting, sadly, the downgrade was clearly visible, if 2k15, with all the additional content had the 2k14 lighting - man It would be goated, in the same category as 2k16 as 2k11
What's up SoftDrink. Another excellent retrospective. I buy every NBA 2K game, just to see if it feels like basketball again in the modes that matter to me, such as MyCareer. Something happened to the gameplay, physics and player models from 2018 to modern day and they have yet to feel like actual basketball games. Now, I still play NBA 2K14 on PC the most, with some mods. However, when I went back to NBA 2K15-2K18, I noticed a sneaky little change that 2K made to those games to punish players who prefer the past entries and as a preview to their future greed: In MyCareer, you lose the ability to add any equipment to your MyPlayer such as headbands,kneepads/sleeves, arm sleeves etc. NBA 2K14 is the last NBA 2K game that allows players to simply add/edit accessories using the Edit Player option within MyCareer mode. It's impossible on the console versions of NBA 2K15-2K18 and on PC, my preferred way to play, we have to use Trainers/mods to add/edit the accessories. Just plain vile greedy behavior on behalf of 2K.
@@matthewnikitas8905 No. You can sniff out a sale on one of those sites with the activation keys or you can pirate it. 15 is a little tougher to find. There's a pirate site with it but the only link is pretty suspect. If your interested in playing these classic, true NBA 2K games, go for 14, it has the most modders or go for 16/17, the links are all fresh.
This was my first NBA 2K game I bought on PlayStation 4 (I have the first game on Dreamcast, NBA 2K3-2K6 on Xbox, 2K7-2K8 on Xbox 360 prior to getting 2K15 on PS4). The main reason I bought it is because it was released in the season that the San Francisco Warriors (who were then known as the Golden State Warriors when they were still based in Oakland) made it to the NBA Championship Series and won it. I was unhappy they removed playoff mode, but the gameplay and presentation is really great. I really enjoy this game.
Probably my favorite franchise of all time and sad to see where it is today. I remember in 2K18 100 dollars of VC would last me over half the lifecycle and fully max out 4 builds (including clothes/shoes/tattoos etc). Now 100 dollars doesn't even max out one build (and thats without buying any clothes/shoes/accessories/tattoos/boosts etc....). I stopped playing this franchise after 2K20 and picked up 2K22 to see if anything had changed and haven't touched it since. Wish it could go back to the good days.
My first real 2k I bought myself. (By first i mean i played before but never owned) 2k16 at the end of its 2k cycle. I bought it after 2k17 had already been out. Guys I LOVED THIS GAME. Online was still poppin, mycareer was so good. I could play 100 hours easily every month
Love the videos I just found your channel a few weeks ago!! Dude what is the instrumental called for the first song. Every time I hear it on this channel it makes me feel so nostalgic for some reason lol.
Wow this makes me sad. Hardcore nostalgia. I realized that I continue to play the new 2K's in hopes to feel a piece of what 2k13-2k15 brought to me. PEAK NBA GAMES
Love your content man! I just want to say there are and have been a small handful of yt content creators whose entire channel is based on crapping on Madden. While all of their complaints are valid, I cannot help but wonder if they rely on Madden sucking to make money from their channels. I say that to say this, you aren't that guy. I'm 44 and good at reading people(so I've been told), and to me, you come across genuine AF. You have made videos crapping on games, praising games, and being indifferent talking about the good and the bad. One thing I look to you and no other youtuber or person in the world for that matter, is to be the difference maker. Huge freaking task, I know, but if there's anyone I can put my faith in, it's you. The problem is known and has been known. EA is greedy and powerful and their method, while crappy for us consumers, works for them moneywise. I'm asking you, I am begging you, can you please focus more effort into solution oriented content to make a change? For example, it is an extremely slippery slope because the sheer # of angry consumers could make a difference if they bombarded EA/NFL with phone calls or emails or even physical protest, however if you tried to promote that on your channel, you'd risk losing your channel for promoting doxxing. I logged into my twitter account which means I had to click forget password, care enough to do all that, create a new password, just so I can tweet "bringbackNFL2k". That didn't feel like I made a difference and I doubt it did. We the people need to come together to really make an impact b/c these yt comments won't cut it. I want a good football game. You want one. We want one. WE deserve it. It's 2024 and sports games regress. With how fast technology advances, this should be unheard of when it comes to vidoe games. We need a change. I'm tired of complaining. I want...I Need.....WE NEED a solution. I urge you to look into things like finding out what public information you are allowed to share, who we can call or email to voice our opinions. Are you allowed to plant a seed that an indy developer could make a game where it's possible to download other people's uploaded rosters as a way to bypass licensing rights? Please do whatever you can because this time of year is always difficult because I always get the itch to play Madden but I'm so burnt out on the PS2 Madden's and 2k5 that I'm starting to lose interest in the real NFL b/c it's easier to not care about the NFL and not be let down every fall. Thanks for reading this SDTV.
I just rebought this game today from Cali Games at a cost of $1.49 after watching this video. I bought it on new release day back in 2014 at the Lake City GameStop, and I had a ton of fun with it. It’s a great game!
My GM is still in the game. It’s just customizable but all the features are still there and in 25 you can now walk around the teams front office building and do tasks for immersion. I’m not defending 2k at all haven’t got a new one since 23. They failed me this year because they added a stupid curry era when fans been wanting 60s and 70s era.
@SOFTDRINKTV You`re absolutely right with everything, but you forgot to mention one of the Things, that hurt me the most: If you play a 2k15 My Carreer Player these Days, you wont be able to upgrade the Special Skill Badges, because 2K replaced the VC for 2k15 with an Offline Currency, but obviously "forgot" to make Badge Upgrades achievable with it. So all you can get is Bronze, and unfortunately those Badges are not just an cosmetic Item. Also there are some Minor Bugs, like a weird Assist of the Game Replay, if the Game is running at more then 60 Hz. In 2014, 120 Hz Monitors were already a Thing and still they never bothered to fix it. 2k13 already had the same Issue...
If anyone reads this comment 8:15 in this video wraps it up well. The maker of this video, (he is not a creator) does an amazing job with all of his content. I support the man. If myself and you are so susceptible to video games, we are going to not like our meeting upstairs.
Hi everyone, I'mthony oldtano here, the internet's busiest music nerd. Man, it's crazy that 2k15 is about to be 10 years old. I remember buying this back in middle school, and I first hated this game. Hopefully 2k25 is way better than 2k15.
FINALLY. Someone who was actually there. I have 0 where all these kids come from saying 2k17 was the best. It literally was a worse version of 2k16 in every single way bro. I don’t even know where the nostalgia for it comes from, has to be because it released in 2016 (a goated year).
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Dion Waiters "who have thought" lives rent free in my head
That one and "that was sweets to see" get me! 💀
You can tell his finger was going across the paper by the way he was reading lmao
That and Markieff Morris
Yall real 2k15 knowers for that & Al Jefferson as well lines
I've been playing NBA 2k since 2k1, and the thing I've noticed is basically this:
NBA 2k used to be made for fans of the game of NBA basketball.
NBA 2k is now made for people who may or may not care about the game of NBA basketball, but who want to play the game competitively online while completely abandoning the simulation style gameplay.
It's the difference between people who watch an NBA game for an entire 48 minutes and people who think it's all about what they see on the highlight reels.
You callin 2k15 simulation style?😂
started a yr before you
@@dejandjenadic7876it wasn’t as far as dribbling but the more recent 2ks are far more removed from sim
Damn OG I been playing really since 2k10 and you’re so right I’m a play now online guy and they cater to the casuals. in the beginning the gameplay is good nothing terrible, we get a few updates and patches, things change and then around playoff time. OMFG they dumb down the difficulty and it turns arcady as fuck
2K11-2K16 Was the best run in sports gaming history
2k is number svr is 2
*2k10
NBA Street and NBA Street 2 are the greatest duology in basketball ever.
@@sambeezy007cmon I loved nba street 1 2 and ballers but NFL street 1/2 takes the cake
@@ChaosTheDoomsayer I believe NFL Street 1 and 2 are the best duology in football gaming history
the voice acting in mycareer had me cracking up 😂😂😂
They did Al Jefferson dirty😂😂😂
@@ShawnReed-ny1hd he did himself dirty
Dion sound drunk 😹😹
That was sweets to see
Just illiterate 😂 💀
I got soooo many memories with nba 2k15 I didn’t play online I was an offline guy back then, I loved this game on my Xbox one back in 2015-16 ahhhh the memories
I was an offline guy too, but it was so fun to play
it was the first 2k i had and got to play as much as i wanted. i remember you could make a 7'3 pg without any penalties unlike today lol. so in the park it was like just 7'3 dudes at every position withj maxed stats. i made and completely leveled up a 6'7 small forward. 2k16 is the one i played the most tho. its inside, balanced, and outside build system was cool
I played this at uni on quite literally a 20ft screen on campus and the amount of people we'd gather to play and watch was amazing
Sports videogames have truly fallen. It’s sad.
Billions must play slop
So true it’s mind boggling
Monopolies and fanbases that accept anything will cause that
Competition is why they were good. Now there is no sports game with competition and they’re all suffering
Reason why I play the old sports games
One of my favorite 2ks of all time. I had so much fun playing this game. Can't believe it's a 10 year old game, time flies
I still remember the soundtrack "mama used to say"
I really had a good time with this 2k
Yoooooo 😂
I swear 💯
I'm a bit nostalgic for this game. This is the first NBA game I played online with. Me and my best friend played the heck out of this one. Soundtrack was the most unique I've heard in an NBA game. And I loved it. Thanks for the review SDTV.
2k15-2k17 is one of the greatest video game trilogies of all time
2k14-2k16>>>>
@@Someone2aswellthrow 2k13 in there too ngl
@@Lazyyyy170unblockable dunks made 2k13 too frustrating
The most legendary stretch for 2k easily, good times man
@@Lazyyyy170no blocks on dunks 😂
Today is rough as a hockey and sports fan. Thanks for the content Drink
same.
we all together with the Gaudreau incident
@@Buckets17-6I dont watch hockey what happened?
@@milsim890 Gaudreau and his younger brother were hit by a drunk driver and killed... There sisters wedding is today...
the soundtrack is so iconic imo
My 15 year old self played 2K15 everyday after school for hours. U hit it on the head. Everyone wants to talk about 2K16 and 2k17, but 2K15 set the foundation and still is the best game from the series.
the lost art in 2k is offline gameplay, you can play real basketball in 14-15. Now it’s slow and you can’t score any contested shots. it’s Myplayer 2K not NBA 2K
Agreed
i hate to compliment EA, but being able to choose your starting overall is probably the best idea for career modes especially when you share them with online functions. Imagine being able to start as a 1st rounder, 2nd rounder, or go undrafted with different pros and cons
They just put that in FC 25
I feel like madden has something similar at one point too @westheking12
@@codywood1295 yeah right when they put in CFM you could be a high round, low round or undrafted. High round was normal development trait low round was star development trait and undrafted was superstar development trait
@@PopMercii I think it was in madden 19, last one I bought before that was 08 or 09. I wish 2k football never left.
I've been saying it since 2k17, they need an offline mycareer mode where you can just choose your attributes. Doesn't hurt anyone tbh
I still play this game and the logo animation is what i fell in love with this game it just showed that 2k cared about us now its Nothing. The shot meter felt good and Gameplay was smooth than other nba games.
I had 2k15 on the xbox 360 and they had skill points to upgrade your player in mycareer over vc and it was easier/fun.
I think this is the 2k that started youtubers to make nba 2k rebuilds.
You’re back in action with retro sports games I’m happy blessed to see and have all from 1980-Now what a life of gaming throughout the decades appreciate you my man
2k13-16 were my favorites 2ks of all time
How dare you leave out 2k11 !!
Great video. Another aspect to mention is that 2K15 was the last game where you could build a truly dominant myplayer without microtransactions and archetype limitations. You can build a 7ft small forward sniper that is amazing to play, so much fun and totally free to build and customise.
the voice acting still funny af. I was waiting for the Eric Gordon one lmaooooo
The comment at 15:57 really nailed how I feel about the current games. It is less about letting the physics of a situation play out and more about the repetitive contact animations that are triggered. Makes the gameplay feel scripted rather than authentic.
This game right here was the beginning of the end of great 2k basketball games because of my park and my team really pushing those dreaded microtransactions that’s a huge problem with gaming in general now. This also remind me it’s been a decade since I graduated HS😭
RIP Johnny Gaudreau 🙏
I still personally put ‘16 above ‘15, mainly for the MyLeague additions, the soundtrack, and the main menu. Plus, that 2015-2016 season was probably the greatest in recent memory.
I’ll never forget right after Curry won his 2nd consecutive MVP, in 2k16 they boosted his ovr to a 99. I was hitting half court shots every other possession lol good times. 2k16 Curry was the goat
@@bcash3501 Bro I remember! He also had them creepy eyes. 😂
I think 2k went downhill once they started to add archetypes and builds into the game. I think that when 2K 15 was making my career they were way ahead of their time. We have people like Victor Bol and Kevin Durant that can kinda do anything on the court. it’s not a certain build or archetype that they have on the NBA floor because they can do everything. They are acting like people are going to use demigods all the time but there’s some people that just want to use Regular point guard, shooting guards and small forwards. If 2K wants to have a my career mode or my park that’s good, they need to take out archetypes and builds as a whole because at this point, everybody’s just gonna watch a RUclips video and copy a build instead of making their own because they know if they make their own it’s gonna have a lot of stimulations which isn’t realistic to the NBA today.
This is why i love this channel im a sports gamer and you always bring back the nostalgia with your videos.
I been playing 2k franchise mode for 20 years...my friends always tease me because they always see me playing offline franchise...i love it....i loved nfl 2ks...
you have been killing it lately my man! great to see, keep on keep on👍🏾
Remember when you didn't have to green shots just to make them? 2K needs to bring that back. That and the impact on costs and revenue that were in the game when you chose to build your arena in the city vs in the suburbs.
I know most 2K players will just say “get better at the game” when you complain about having to green shots but that literally ruined the game for me. Makes it so much less enjoyable to the casual player and really shows how 2K completely shifted their focus to catering only to Esports/competitive players
@@SmooveGaming22 even with the green only gameplay is still catered to casuals. It’s a skill gap. You would be upset if you put time into the game to be good, and lose to someone who didn’t based on RNG shooting. Take Cod for example, ppl would be upset if they lost a gunfight bc the game decided it was their turn to lose a gun fight. Im a casual. It takes literally a 3-5 minutes before you start playing to warmup your jumper. If you do that before every time u play you’ll be greening consistently in no time. That’s literally the bare minimum effort you have to put in to shoot consistently. That’s not catering to Esports in any way.
It’s back in 2k25 it’s a option
That green or miss was HORRIBLE. I bought 24 after years of not playing 2k and I was like wtf is this. And they had the nerve of making the green window small asl. That made me put the game down and not touch it after the first month. But I heard they made it optional in 2k25. Something that shouldnt have been changed in the first place.
@willcfjackson5114 in mycareer sure but myteam and myleague you'll have to know the jumpers of your current team. At least 6 or 7 of them. Most don't jumpshot w their centre's sure but that's a lot of jumpers for a casual.
We'll likely never see a run of classics like we did with 2K10-2K16. Like you said 2K now is just filled with too much worthless nonsense. Hopefully the death of the 2K League will allow 2K to focus on making the game more laid back from a gameplay standpoint. Now the gameplay feels like it was designed to cater to sweats who wanted to be pro players.
They need to end the predatory micro transactions crap and make the game playable without spending extra money
This the 2k that got me into myplayer
Thought I was the only one 8th grade mom surprised me with a Xbox one nba2k15 wwe2k15 and madden 15 for Christmas 2014 good times
@christopherstoudemire5387 dam good times😂... I couldn't get into 10 through 14 though I thought 13's was ok
Me too. Im still salty I didnt experience 14 my park tho cus that summer we didnt have internet 💀😭😭😭😭
This was genuinely my favorite 2K..
This felt like the perfect fine medium from a gameplay to a micro transaction standpoint
The pregame intros are some of my favorites. Look up Lorde’s “Team” intro… the way they spaced out the lyrics to the intro is chilling
The menu is actually cool, I loved the shooting system in this game Especially when it shifts if your wide open, the meter is bigger whilst the better the defense the meter is closed in
MyPlayer in 2K15 is a meme lol 😂, I loved the competitive online especially with the affiliations. It didn’t feel bloated in the city
this was my childhood right here mann the first game i got for my PS4 all on my birthday . so many memories were created from this game
the ONLY reason ppl say 2k20 is good is because they were stuck at home and had nothing else to do. anyone who disagrees can argue with a wall
6:30 bro that Dion Waiters dialogue has me ROLLING even all these years later every time 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I have an unreasonable amount of love for this game and still play it to this day. It and 2k11 are my favorites of the entire series.
This particular 2k I had played with my friend on the couch after work till late nights during the summertime that year. Penny vs Mj teams...great times
This is gonna be an amazing watch. 2k15 is my favorite of all time
how does bro drop bangers every siingle time great job man
Another awesome video from SoftDrinkTv. Right now I'm playing the PS5 version of NBA 2k21 because i don't feel like playing the newer ones and or paying full price for their games.
2k11, 2k13, and 2k15 were truly special man 😪 Each game really felt distinct and weren’t just a rehash of the same game like the releases we see today.
NBA 2k13 is the greatest basketball game I've ever played. The soundtrack, the arenas, the classic teams, everything about it was absolutely perfect.
Al Jeffersons sounds like he’s reading off a napkin his dialogue
15 and 16 were my favourites. i played hundreds of hours of both. made my sonics and turned them into a dynasty. a couple of the greatest sports titles of all time.
If this has a different soundtrack this woulda been the goat fs 🔥Pharrell was tweakin 🤣
Sports games are dead and as a kid from the 90s and 2000s it’s really sad to see
i vividly remember 9 year old me getting my first ever sports game, NBA 2k15. tbh without it, i don’t think i would’ve fallen in love with sports in general, cause i didn’t really care about them beforehand. It will forever have a special place in my heart
I loved the soundtrack
You're giving those NBA players too much credit for sitting in the booth man 😂 They sound braindead and were likely well-compensated
Been playing 15 and 16 recently they both fire tbh
2k16 is the GOAT. Do a retro on that.
This is where i met some of my 2k friends who I met in real life and hung out with. Dont talk or hang with them now but I did it was fun back them. We played all day everyday from 2k15-2k18
2k15 was the 2k I played the most of back in the day
I mainly played offline on 15 and loved it, i had 2 93 overall builds with no VC spent, just being a kid playing a game. miss those days it’s basically impossible to do so now. also miss the simple mycareer aspect, like you were playing ball 5ish minutes in the game vs today where you’re basically just watching a bunch of ads. not saying it’s the best 2K one of the most fun absolutely.
2k16 out of the box & before the patches was the peak of 2k.
Dion fn Waiters, sooooo many great laughs from that scene. Then to add to the madness, dude started talking over him, classic.
the only thing, I would take over 2k15 is the 2k14's lighting, sadly, the downgrade was clearly visible, if 2k15, with all the additional content had the 2k14 lighting - man It would be goated, in the same category as 2k16 as 2k11
What's up SoftDrink. Another excellent retrospective. I buy every NBA 2K game, just to see if it feels like basketball again in the modes that matter to me, such as MyCareer. Something happened to the gameplay, physics and player models from 2018 to modern day and they have yet to feel like actual basketball games. Now, I still play NBA 2K14 on PC the most, with some mods. However, when I went back to NBA 2K15-2K18, I noticed a sneaky little change that 2K made to those games to punish players who prefer the past entries and as a preview to their future greed: In MyCareer, you lose the ability to add any equipment to your MyPlayer such as headbands,kneepads/sleeves, arm sleeves etc. NBA 2K14 is the last NBA 2K game that allows players to simply add/edit accessories using the Edit Player option within MyCareer mode. It's impossible on the console versions of NBA 2K15-2K18 and on PC, my preferred way to play, we have to use Trainers/mods to add/edit the accessories. Just plain vile greedy behavior on behalf of 2K.
Is it even on Steam still? I thought they only had 24 and 23
@@matthewnikitas8905 No. You can sniff out a sale on one of those sites with the activation keys or you can pirate it. 15 is a little tougher to find. There's a pirate site with it but the only link is pretty suspect. If your interested in playing these classic, true NBA 2K games, go for 14, it has the most modders or go for 16/17, the links are all fresh.
Imagine a modded 2024 NBA 2K15 🔥
I spent so much time in My Career in this. This will always be my favorite 2k of all time
This was my first NBA 2K game I bought on PlayStation 4 (I have the first game on Dreamcast, NBA 2K3-2K6 on Xbox, 2K7-2K8 on Xbox 360 prior to getting 2K15 on PS4). The main reason I bought it is because it was released in the season that the San Francisco Warriors (who were then known as the Golden State Warriors when they were still based in Oakland) made it to the NBA Championship Series and won it. I was unhappy they removed playoff mode, but the gameplay and presentation is really great. I really enjoy this game.
Probably my favorite franchise of all time and sad to see where it is today. I remember in 2K18 100 dollars of VC would last me over half the lifecycle and fully max out 4 builds (including clothes/shoes/tattoos etc). Now 100 dollars doesn't even max out one build (and thats without buying any clothes/shoes/accessories/tattoos/boosts etc....). I stopped playing this franchise after 2K20 and picked up 2K22 to see if anything had changed and haven't touched it since. Wish it could go back to the good days.
My first real 2k I bought myself. (By first i mean i played before but never owned) 2k16 at the end of its 2k cycle. I bought it after 2k17 had already been out. Guys I LOVED THIS GAME. Online was still poppin, mycareer was so good. I could play 100 hours easily every month
Love the videos I just found your channel a few weeks ago!! Dude what is the instrumental called for the first song. Every time I hear it on this channel it makes me feel so nostalgic for some reason lol.
Never comment on RUclips but you don’t miss this video was a great representation of how 2k15 is peak but 16 or 11 are the best 2k
The greatest video game soundtrack of all time in my opinion. Pharrell picked some bangers
This makes me feel so old lol. I was a freshman in high school when this game dropped.
7:09 lol, this is really great. More sim games should do this kind of stuff.
I don’t think this man has gone 24 hours without mentioning something wrong with Madden 😂
i started 2k17 on switch and loved it. hate to see how bad it’s gotten
Wow this makes me sad. Hardcore nostalgia.
I realized that I continue to play the new 2K's in hopes to feel a piece of what 2k13-2k15 brought to me. PEAK NBA GAMES
Love your content man! I just want to say there are and have been a small handful of yt content creators whose entire channel is based on crapping on Madden. While all of their complaints are valid, I cannot help but wonder if they rely on Madden sucking to make money from their channels. I say that to say this, you aren't that guy. I'm 44 and good at reading people(so I've been told), and to me, you come across genuine AF. You have made videos crapping on games, praising games, and being indifferent talking about the good and the bad.
One thing I look to you and no other youtuber or person in the world for that matter, is to be the difference maker. Huge freaking task, I know, but if there's anyone I can put my faith in, it's you. The problem is known and has been known. EA is greedy and powerful and their method, while crappy for us consumers, works for them moneywise. I'm asking you, I am begging you, can you please focus more effort into solution oriented content to make a change?
For example, it is an extremely slippery slope because the sheer # of angry consumers could make a difference if they bombarded EA/NFL with phone calls or emails or even physical protest, however if you tried to promote that on your channel, you'd risk losing your channel for promoting doxxing. I logged into my twitter account which means I had to click forget password, care enough to do all that, create a new password, just so I can tweet "bringbackNFL2k". That didn't feel like I made a difference and I doubt it did. We the people need to come together to really make an impact b/c these yt comments won't cut it. I want a good football game. You want one. We want one. WE deserve it. It's 2024 and sports games regress. With how fast technology advances, this should be unheard of when it comes to vidoe games.
We need a change. I'm tired of complaining. I want...I Need.....WE NEED a solution. I urge you to look into things like finding out what public information you are allowed to share, who we can call or email to voice our opinions. Are you allowed to plant a seed that an indy developer could make a game where it's possible to download other people's uploaded rosters as a way to bypass licensing rights? Please do whatever you can because this time of year is always difficult because I always get the itch to play Madden but I'm so burnt out on the PS2 Madden's and 2k5 that I'm starting to lose interest in the real NFL b/c it's easier to not care about the NFL and not be let down every fall. Thanks for reading this SDTV.
I personally think 7:05 is really cool
It’s Friday and SoftDrinkTV dropped a video amazing day
Literally as Im watching this i loaded up 2k15 again, time to go back into memory lane
I just rebought this game today from Cali Games at a cost of $1.49 after watching this video. I bought it on new release day back in 2014 at the Lake City GameStop, and I had a ton of fun with it. It’s a great game!
even playing 2k12, its insane how similar the games are to this day. that games 13 years old and feels sooo similar, but better lol
My GM is still in the game. It’s just customizable but all the features are still there and in 25 you can now walk around the teams front office building and do tasks for immersion. I’m not defending 2k at all haven’t got a new one since 23. They failed me this year because they added a stupid curry era when fans been wanting 60s and 70s era.
@SOFTDRINKTV You`re absolutely right with everything, but you forgot to mention one of the Things, that hurt me the most: If you play a 2k15 My Carreer Player these Days, you wont be able to upgrade the Special Skill Badges, because 2K replaced the VC for 2k15 with an Offline Currency, but obviously "forgot" to make Badge Upgrades achievable with it. So all you can get is Bronze, and unfortunately those Badges are not just an cosmetic Item. Also there are some Minor Bugs, like a weird Assist of the Game Replay, if the Game is running at more then 60 Hz. In 2014, 120 Hz Monitors were already a Thing and still they never bothered to fix it. 2k13 already had the same Issue...
I still play this nonstop on pc I love this game
If anyone reads this comment 8:15 in this video wraps it up well.
The maker of this video, (he is not a creator) does an amazing job with all of his content. I support the man.
If myself and you are so susceptible to video games, we are going to not like our meeting upstairs.
I’m so happy I played these games as a kid
Greatest part of this game was your myplayer randomly talking once per season about his love for sharks
The amount of hours i played fraternity brothers and other friends in this game is quite shocking
I miss being able to just play the game to level up my MyPlayer, not dropping a whole video game’s worth of money on micro-transactions
Damn near every game has declined in gameplay ever since the introduction of microtransactions
My favorite park experience 🔥
2k16-17 me and my buddies had a League and we’d all come over the crib smoke and play are games …great times
Would love to see a video about Coach K College Basketball. That game is still awesome, don't sleep on it.
8:10 the city needs to look like this and not like an amusement park
This is where I first heard tribe called quest
Dion getting cut off by the end his sentence always get me 😂😂😂
"Who'd had thought" 🤣 it was rough having dion waitors as a mentor. I think he's the reason that motivated me to graduate.
Hi everyone, I'mthony oldtano here, the internet's busiest music nerd. Man, it's crazy that 2k15 is about to be 10 years old. I remember buying this back in middle school, and I first hated this game. Hopefully 2k25 is way better than 2k15.
Hey man can you do a Madden 25 retrospective (the original Madden 25 from 2014) I’ve been playing it a lot lately. It has a physics based engine.
FINALLY. Someone who was actually there. I have 0 where all these kids come from saying 2k17 was the best. It literally was a worse version of 2k16 in every single way bro. I don’t even know where the nostalgia for it comes from, has to be because it released in 2016 (a goated year).
May have buy and revisit this 2k game at some point
Had such a fun time on 2k15!