Yo, i had to pause and say this. I remember when VC was introduced too and i told my cousin it's gonna be pay to win eventually, don't support it, i stopped buying 2K for like 6 years. You're absolutely right, i remember people being made fun of in the comments for being broke because they complained about VC. It was/is ridiculous. I'm glad i wasn't the only one who noticed that.
Nah you could definitely max out your player for like $20-30 on 2k16. That was totally reasonable for me. Now you need like $150 for one build which is nuts
@@eligreg99That’s not the point he was making. Slippery slope? Cause and effect? Domino effect? Accepting the $20 is what made them feel they could charge the $150. Because all of it used to be FREE after you purchased the game
In regard to the guy that said Giannis can keep making 3s, I kind of agree. 2K has always been about who has the easiest shooting form. You could have a guy with 60 3pt rating, but if he has an easy shooting form, you can green it every time. Whereas someone like Jokic who has 80+ 3pt rating has a slow release so usually he has a poor shooting percentage in the leagues I've been in.
TBH this is true for the last 7 or 8 2Ks. There was a period of time where rating and timing were everything. The form was aesthetic. I can't pinpoint exactly but 2K11 for example jump shooting was based on timing and rating. It didn't matter much what the form looked like.
@@rell660 facts and I kinda agree if you know the timing it should be good at a decent rate. 2k20 and 19 was a lil too far though Everyone was greening with 25 3 ball😭
@@Thatguyyoudontknow594yea it’s these fans confusing the shit out of 2k with their demands 💀 it’s not just 2k dying by itself like call of duty. The concept is the same as the first 2k with more to offer which is good enough. My only issue is how money hungry they are 💀
Yes that is true if I are at least a 60 and u time 3s right u can make them more than u should. Also looney has this treatment he’s a 69 in 3s and people make them more than they should. This right here destroy strategy in the game especially if u wanna jump on curry or lillard. I understand the badges like alpha (or floor general) increase offense for everyone on the floor but if that’s the case then they need to lower Greek freak and looney’s 3s down to the 50s so when they make ‘em that mean it’s one of those games or they were very hot. Game need to be more realistic with the shooting cuz it’s not hard at all. I don’t understand the complaints that it’s hard I just don’t see it.
I went back to 2k23 and i didn't even really like that game. 2k feels worse every year. The last one I remembered mostly positively is 2k20. They spend all their energy trying to scam people into buying vc and not into making fun games. Honestly if the community could ban together and at the very least not spend money on vc they'd actually start changing things.
I played 2k24 for like a couple of days, hated it, came back to it a couple of weeks ago to try to give it another chance and still hated it. I'm back on 2k23 (current gen). I definitely liked 2k20, but I also think that, at least on current gen, 2k22 and 2k23 were both pretty solid. Even 2k21 was playable. 2k24 is just not fun. Shooting is less consistent and I'm really getting tired of having to re-learn how to dribble each year.
You’re spot on …. Played park from 15 up until 23 and 20 was the last good one. Had good defense, build diversity, og rep, neighborhood>city, skill gap. 21 onwards they switched the engine and it feel so floaty and fake.
The last dude is not wrong about 2K being a game for content creators. Since the rise of streaming, the time to grind to a 99 OVR has gotten longer and longer over the years. Only full time content creators can truly grind for those 60-80 hours with ease.
@@yourtrunkrattles4398look man I understand it’s expensive, but if you spend 30$ on the game for Christmas sale, and 25 on VC , it’s just as expensive as any other game - cheaper actually I don’t agree with how expensive it is to just play a game but it isn’t really a grind to pay for a video game to play it.
The badge progression/regression system with the floor setters money grab doesn't get talked about enough with this game b/c the shooting gets all the attention. But the badge system is the most egregious piece of shit change 2K has ever made imo.
I’m sitting here like why tf can’t I get my floor setters… then I figured it’s locked behind the season pass. It’s actually absurd to charge $70 for a game then stack more shit that should be included behind a paywall as well. Every other game that does this is free to play
Highly underrated dude. Didn’t even realize this until you mentioned it. Huge money. Penalized by not playing the game but can make up for it for spendings 100$ to get a floor setter
There’s too many reasons to hate this game bro… this is the earliest I’ve deleted a 2k 😭 1. If you don’t play every single day the game/shooting feels different when you come back to it. 2. Everyone dribbles the same, using the same 2/3 op moves that’ll eventually work when spammed enough. 3. Random quality of life problems, like prices for everything, lag/delay, lack of useful animations and why in tf is there no MyCourt 😭………….
Playing offline (seasons) and occasionally online “play now” with some of my boys is just fine 4 me. I’m racking up tons of VC that way. I don’t start MyCareer until after the trade deadline because I hate playing in a season with inaccurate rosters so I prefer 2 wait. As u mentioned, I have a life and family so this works 4 me. I have zero desire 2 play in the park
I agree bro. I just play MyLeague and set it up to my liking while racking up VC by playing games. I play MyCareer here and there but I get more enjoyment by fixing the sliders to make the computer more challenging while having full control over trades and drafting.
HOF difficulty IS hard this year on mycareer what y’all talking about? bron be dunking on my 99 3pt threat like I don’t got some of the highest defensive stats and most defensive badges in the league and my player bigger than bron is😂 but yea I guess if you want more control over everything like trades and drafts myleague is the best way to go I just like my character playstyle too much he blocks like wilt shoots like curry and break ankles like kyrie
Badge regression was all i needed to see that they are doing everything little thing they can to force players to keep paying for stuff like gatorade boosts. You cant even successfully do the weekly workouts anymore without having decent physical attributes, as if the weekly time gate wasnt enough
He is absolutely right about the fast breaks.. when you start to get the break I've watched the animations script the defender to my hip when I've already crossed half court and the guy was behind me for sure
Hy ik wha u mean u can have a fast break or open baseline and u already in a dunk or lay up animation and some dude 30ft away will somehow contest u or put u in some dumb ass animation to miss like common
The most frustrating thing about 2k24 is that everything I dislike about the game was done on purpose....taxing for everything...not being able to shoot consistently...badge sysyem...solo rec matchmaking...so regardless of current gen or next the game itself has to many cons
2k had gotten so bad that they know people are dropping off earlier and earlier with each new game so they’re adapting to that. This has been by far the worst 2k for spending money. The amount of builds everyone has gone through within 2 seasons is crazy. They know player count will drop off so the focus is immediate spending. Hence the season passes too. Think of it like a movie release. The opening few weeks is where they plan to be successful.
My one and only problem with this game is the badge regression. But I fear that now they found a way to monetize the badge system it’s gonna be in the game forever. It stops me from being able to play for a long time like u said u progressively get worse as time goes on. I have always been a pass first type of guy I like to get everyone involved I enjoy just being a true PG but this year I find myself being a ball hog just to keep a badge that I may need in a game or two
Don’t change your play style to keep a badge especially a playmaking one I find myself with 8-15 assists per game and have all of my dribbling/ shooting badges maxed out
Top things I hate in 2k24.. 1. Jumpshots being different speeds 2. Pass stuns 3. Pass speed is slow asf 4.pressing x for interceptions result is serious displacement like who would commit so hard smh 5. Pressing x and 2 seconds later your manhandling the ball handler 6.being in front of a defender then slowing down literally so they can touch the ball 7. Weird crossovers that feel clunky 8. 1v1 court stamina is garbage after rebound 9. Not being able to run up to shooters before they shoot as if they create a buffer zone 10. Pressing up on the analog stick but your player doesn’t do anything. Or in fact any time I press anything like lane steal and my player acts as if I didn’t press anything/flys out of bounds 11. The rpg element …just because someone is a playmaker with ankle breaker it auto activates even tho I’m not physically moving my controller… 12. Defense is hit or miss sometimes I’m lockdown other times I can’t even touch the ball handler like they slide right pass me. Smh
Because they realized that 1) more casuals who will pay whatever and don’t care about the intricacies etc play than those who care enough to complain. 2) most of those if not all who complain will still buy the next game and will keep complaining about the current one while still playing and waiting for the companies they think are their friend and care to update it. That’s why they moved away from disks, demo etc
If you make a game for a console, it is your job to optimize it for that console. You can't use the 'old console' argument if the developers took time to make a PS4 version and not optimize it properly. That is not the customers fault, that is the the developers fault. The fact that (as you mentioned) it is optimized well for PS5, that means that they only prioritized optimizing their shit game for the PS4 over the PS5. The problem is that whichever console you bought the game for, you are a paying customer so it's not like you're expecting something for zero money. I don't even play 2K, but I think that was a subjective and shortsighted take of yours. No hate, just giving another perspective than your 'retro console, skill issue' take. I could use the same logic of your argument for the quality of your camera. You have over 600K subs and you're using a camera with the definition similar to a 144p 20 FPS PS1. 'Just buy another camera then' lol
2k knows exactly what they're doing with their price points. Season pass gonna cost you 180 for the year plus people paying for vc or just levels wild. It will get worse until people stop allowing themselves to get finessed
buying 2k every year is a mental illness. It's the consumers fault for allowing 2k to finesse them like this. Got yall spending VC ever year to complain and still buy this shit.
This is coming from a non 2k player. I don't see any reason as to why anyone would want to play this game plus spend money in the game on vc. The mechanics are trash, the servers are trash, they takeaway shit that you earn (badges), and the grind is like playing a rpg that's like 100 hours, but the only difference is the rpg allows you to create multiple builds and setups in those 100 hours. From the outside looking in its just crazy to see.
This is why the 2hype house moved on from NBA 2K to doing basketball vlogs instead. And Chris Smoove, the man who started all this 2k content creation moved on to do NBA highlights and playthroughs instead.
I was a huge sweat in this game. I ended 2k22 and 2k23 with a positive win percentage in the park with over a thousand games played on each game. And then 2k24 came out and decided to reset the park record every season. So there’s no reason for me to enjoy playing the game anymore because I can be good at the game but it won’t matter to me or anyone else because I don’t have anything to show for it anymore.
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The guy wasnt wrong about shooting being easy in a way. Because 2k is green or miss now and has a pure window you can hit with horrible shooters almost all the time. Its really about having a the “best” jumpshot and its why the cheats work so well. It still is hard to shoot in general because of the tiny windows and latency, but there are people out there that are automatic with certain jumpers. Giannis is actually one of the easier non shooters to hit with because of his shot animation
IN MY OPINION. 2K24 has been ONE OF my favorite 2k’s atleast so far. They do be tripping with tryna get everyone to buy vc but all around I’ve had hella fun on 24 and I never really had any shooting problems all year
it's on Game Pass so I tried it. This game is so bad compared to 5 years ago. If you're buying this every year consider seeing a psychiatrist. I'm not even joking.
I miss the days of just being able to grind a player all the way to max on everything and be unstoppable. Wish the career mode player and park player was different
A lot of people live check to check so a 500 usd outlier purchase is a serious strain on finances. JS. I was only able to get a PS5 by getting a Roomate for my apartment, if I was paying all the expenses on my own, I would still be stuck with PS4. Times are tough for many people.
Got this game for free with game pass on my Xbox. I haven’t played 2K for over 5 years. Safe to say it’s one of the worst basketball games I’ve ever played. Can’t even make a layup if there’s someone close too you.
I’m enjoying the game , way more than i did last year . I mainly play myera so the money thing doesn’t affect me . Heck I think if I was to start a my career I probably have a couple 100,000 vc lol
@@JMoney2kplay every game trust me even in mycareer its the fastest way to make vc if you actually wanna control just YOUR player and not the whole team I made 135,000 vc in one season from not spending any of it for months and that was just game salaries endorsement checks made it around 150-200k
they organize the game as if people are playing 24/7 so they make all this shit “unlock able and rewarding” when the game is not near good enough to play as if its our job or sm shit
Keep up the good work brother! I’ve been watching your COD parody troll videos on YT since i was in middle school now I’m 24yrs old and to see you still prospering is amazing 🙏🏽 much love and keep up the good content as always!
Nba 2k is honestly what you make it. If you play my player at this point you know what the grind is. I play myteam and actually enjoy the game. They cator to putting all the pay aspect in myplayer so that nothing but the person fault at the of the day. Stressing over a game is silly but people are doing it. So many other modes but yal stick to myplayer because of addiction.
I feel like that's what most people don't realize. If you don't like MyPlayer and still wanna play 2k, then there are other modes. Or...just not buy another 2k game for a change. It's their choice. That's what I been doing ever since playing 2k. I never even cared to play MyPlayer when playing 2k. I just buy the game to mess around with the rosters and have fun with the PlayNow mode.
here's my situation. from 2k14 to 2k21 i have played all of them on PC .. had like 2700 hours on 2k17. that was the game i GRINDED .. loved the game, was a die hard fan. back then Park had hackers and shit.. its PC, we get it. then i got Xbox Series S, was so hyped to try the game on console.. Bought NBA 2k23 i spend $80 Canadian .. Tried Grinding the player without buying VC. BUT after spending $80 and hours of my time.. I cant play in the city! because IT REQUIRES XBOX GAME PASS! Why tf would i spend another $10-20 A MONTH after outright buying the game ?!?! it was THE stupidest thing ever!
The fact your badges can DECREASE if not used is the most insane bullshit thing I have ever seen. EVERYTHING this game does is built to make you grind and give up and pay for VC. EVERYTHING. I hate this and I only paid like 10 bucks for it on the PSN sale. Last one I really played was like 21 and that was a trudge.
Glad to see this on the feed.. Just got the game on Black Friday.. Highly disappointed in the quality compared to past versions.. Been rocking since the MWN days! Keep up the good work bro!
Bro the developers are not splitting resources between two versions sad to say but 2k only cares about profits and every year they get more shameless with these copy paste re releases im glad to say 2k22 was my last 2k.
In my career, the AI makes 3s constantly. Even when they are heavily contested, they are making 3s and mid range shots. I don't think 2k fully knows what they want this game to be.
Andy not wrong at all 😭😕 on fast breaks the ai definitely catches up crazy fast almost every time & will take you out yo animations but i think that’s my career only type 💩
Nah it’s not even just mycareer it’s in Mynba too I play nba more than career because you can customize it more and actually make it as realistic as possible and it still happens, I go and check each players stats and the person has a 75 speed-acceleration or lower catching up to someone with a 90+ speed
That’s the whole game bruh. I play rank online and tournaments that’s just how they got this game this year. Dudes that slower than your guy who’s basically cherry picking can catch up with u which makes fastbreak harder to make. They really downgraded this game this year.
I play 2k every year. & I’m an above average player, pretty good @ the game. This years game is just boring, they nerfed offense to give the appearance the defense is better. The tactics 2k uses is also weighing into how I feel ab the game. The whole advertisement of the game was pro play features, and pro play does NOTHING to change gameplay. All it is, is Rhythm dribbles fro 2k19
The game to me has felt the best it’s ever been gameplay wise, but 2k has the worse micro transactions, and tbh the game speed between park and rec and even my career makes finding consistency difficult unless you play one constantly. I always feel like in park I play horribly but then can do decent in rec. Or if I play HOF MC and i can still can my ish off but park its like im bricking open J’s
@@Thatguyyoudontknow594naw the game play this year is not that good the shooting on this game is ass and plus the defense on the game doesn’t exist frfr can’t block shit on the game
@@Thatguyyoudontknow594 for the most part to me it’s the shot timing. I’ve had times where I’ve had full bars and miss but then I know for a fact I release too early and somehow it greens. And just the consistency between game modes is annoying
The only real flaw is the game is Way too expensive probably the most expensive game on the market. Oh and everyday we get a patch I dont like that either
@@Thatguyyoudontknow594patches wouldn’t be bad if they didn’t change the gameplay (besides bugs) so much. They do this EVERY SINGLE YEAR WITH SHOOTING, DEFENSE, STEALS, ETC. People like Mike Wang just need to leave the game alone after it comes out. Stick to their guns and say “this is the game, play it or don’t”
By far the worst 2K of all time. Badges, and attributes don’t matter. Everything’s so fuckin random Everything costs an arm and a leg The animations are just terrible. This is just a terrible game. NBA Live needs to make a comeback, or somebody else needs to make a basketball game.
It is trash.. i dont get how i had so much fun on 2k20 and no fun on 2k24.. the gameplay feels annoying.. shooting feels weird,dunking doesnt even feel that good, the court is way too small nobody has any room to do anything.. the AI in single player is stale and boring... Its just a garbage game
I wish 2K would push toward the E-League route. Other games with leagues prioritize making it easier to compete. Instead of providing loaner builds that allow for easier balancing in competitive modes, they would rather us pay to upgrade several custom builds because the game gets patched constantly.
2k24 is a waste of money. I used to be an addict and that was the biggest waste of $70 I've ever made. I scratch my dogs ass with it now. Sometimes I throw it at neighbors. Thats the extent of fun that this game provides. I will say one good thing about nba 2k24. It has not tried to stab me in my sleep😂😂. But yeah thats it
Not only it takes forever to grind , the ai defense is op asf. So if you starting from scratch the game is going to be horrible gameplay wise unless you spend vc 😴
I agree! I was an avid NBA2K player. Been playing 2K since the original Iverson Dreamcast versions (I'm an old head). I have the disposable income, I have the free time (No kids) and I refused to purchase this year's game when I saw the money grab of the battle pass. Like this isn't Fortnite, or Apex. It's a yearly $70 basketball game. I used to shell out for the special edition, get the VC and ball out. But I voted with my wallet and refused to support this new game. Despite a lot of people saying they would do the same (Checks 2K sales) that was cap. So expect more of the same from NBA 2K25.
Buddy that brought up shooting was most likely talking about my career AI’s or the AI’s from starting 5. They always cash out but my players unless you have a zen the shit super inconsistent
The fact that we have to adjust our jump shots to the delayed ass servers is enough for me. It’s been like that since I started playing online in 2008-09.
I stopped playing 2K years ago. I remember I saw TroyDan post a video about this years game when it dropped and I was shocked when MyTeam was completely pay to win. There aren’t even packs anymore, you just buy the cards with VC. There’s no point in playing.
1:06 Word! I grinded my player to a 96 on 2K19 and told myself never again 😂😂 Got the game feeling like pulling up to the job Badge regression is crazy. Players don't forget how to play or do what they specialize in
Ive still been playing 2k23 on PS4 (casual player but averaged 35 assists/game on HoF for what it’s worth). Great video, now I know fs to skip out on 2k this year. Even if/when I get a PS5 soon I think I’ll stick to 23 for now
I said last year 2k23 would be my Last 2k because of the heavy micro transactions and other stuff and it was the best decision I’ve made. It’s entertaining watching ppl complain about the game, knowing I don’t have to experience that mess again.
The most annoying thing to me is running and skating around a city when your in the nba!!! Wtf is that!? Like the gameplay might piss me off but nothing is more annoying than running around the city. Pisses me off so much!😂😂
i agree Istanbul's airport is really nice, i wish they made my player mode the way they did when they introduced it. but yea I noticed putting a hand in the face sometimes the shooter still makes it lol
I played the game online for the first time in like 2 weeks & I actually enjoyed it. Gameplay was crisp & my jumper was hitting after so much time off. Went on a 10 game streak with randoms
I mainly play myteam and they stomped on the gas for P2P. They completely removed the auction house to make any “budget” cards impossible, they completely control the market and guess how that’s going… I took 2 years off and may have joined at the worst time😂
For me it’s really the badge regression. I don’t use the same badges every game. If i grind space creator to HOF but play 10 rec games and use it twice it goes down to silver etc. I’m not always the PG so my handles go down, forces you to play MyCareer
2k is hot garbage. I got 2k23 on ps plus some time ago and I still feel like I got scammed cuz of how money hungry the game was even tho I didn’t spend a cent. Felt like I got scammed out of my time because even after spending hours on the game I still haven’t made much progress because I’m not buying VC
Andy is 1000% right, i be on fast breaks and they fast feet badge kick in over drive like what yo u just was at half court! I hit 3 green windows yesterday just for the game’s coding to make it bounce off the rim. Insane
I can’t believe the in-season tournament has been essentially locked behind 2K’s paywall micro-transaction modes of MyTeam MyCareer. NBA did something cool for the fans and 2K monetizes the hell out of it.
I will say this. I have played 2k for years and I always put in a lot of hours into it because I loved basketball and I loveplaying it. Don't get me wrong, I had issues with gameplay and other things when it came to 2k but I still kept playing it because I could have fun with playing it in some form of capacity. I love to grind in MyCareer to get to a reasonable overall and then go play with friends to try to upgrade the rest of the way there. All without having to buy VC. 2k23 was the start of that changing and I will end up learning how bad it would be in 2k24. When I started playing 2k24, I can't help but to feel disgusted by how bad the microtransactions has gotten. It's one thing to add in an $150 option for VC, which is already past pushing it but then to add in a battle pass and level skips as well is just the last straw. We're already having to pay a minimum $70+ if we get the next gen version, Then we would need to buy VC, so if you don't get the legend edition, you may spend another $100 if you don't want to grind as a 80 and then you get a option to spend another $100 for a battle pass IN AN ANNUAL RELEASED GAME and level skips to the level 40 season reward. To me, there's no point in playing because the levels skips removes the grinding for season rewards and with cheaters and other terrible things that the game provides, I would just stop playing and go to something else. I don't have any hope that any major changes for the better will happen in the series until people stop buying it . That's the only way they'll make it better.
Bought 2K this year on Steam thinking that it finally had crossplay and I would be able to play with my Xbox friends, only to find out that crossplay is for Xbox/PS5 players only. 2K development is wild af. It's okay to take a year off and rebuild.
My first time playing MyPark was 2016 even though id be playing 2k since xbox 360, 2k16 was fun af, they were still making the game better around 2k18, I decided to stop because, 1. It started to take wayyyy too long to get to a decent overall, you use to be able to get 3-4 players up and mess around but now just 1 requires so much time and effort for badges and 2. How ridiculous that every year you lose the character you just built and wasted a whole year on and then the servers for last years are just shutdown right away, you pay 100$ for the game and then you basically have to spend another 60 on VC just to get to 75 overall or be behind everyone for a few weeks the last i seen they had reeces and gatorade advertisements in the game, its getting out of control and as long as people keep coming they have no reason to stop. Huge Time dedication + a lot of $$.
Yo, i had to pause and say this. I remember when VC was introduced too and i told my cousin it's gonna be pay to win eventually, don't support it, i stopped buying 2K for like 6 years. You're absolutely right, i remember people being made fun of in the comments for being broke because they complained about VC. It was/is ridiculous. I'm glad i wasn't the only one who noticed that.
Giannis making threes makes sense. I played an entire game vs a center who didnt freaking miss. I checked his rating and he had a 51
Big facts bruh
Nah you could definitely max out your player for like $20-30 on 2k16. That was totally reasonable for me. Now you need like $150 for one build which is nuts
@@eligreg99That’s not the point he was making. Slippery slope? Cause and effect? Domino effect? Accepting the $20 is what made them feel they could charge the $150. Because all of it used to be FREE after you purchased the game
@@eligreg99Totally reasonable? Nigga you're still giving 2K an extra $20-$30 for fake in game currency.
2K players always say it’s their last 2K game then the next game generates even more money 😂
Looks like 2K players have mastered the art of saying "this is my last game" without actually meaning it!
We in a abusive domestic relationship with this game
@@tunesgoboom Y’all could always leave. You just don’t.
2k23 is the last one I’m buying. Had enough of the VC. Doesn’t even go as far as it use to
@@og_mante5138 Stockholm syndrome isn’t that easy to get over 😭😭😭
In regard to the guy that said Giannis can keep making 3s, I kind of agree. 2K has always been about who has the easiest shooting form. You could have a guy with 60 3pt rating, but if he has an easy shooting form, you can green it every time. Whereas someone like Jokic who has 80+ 3pt rating has a slow release so usually he has a poor shooting percentage in the leagues I've been in.
Facts but I hate these kind of complaints like thats not a “bad” thing about the game…
TBH this is true for the last 7 or 8 2Ks. There was a period of time where rating and timing were everything. The form was aesthetic.
I can't pinpoint exactly but 2K11 for example jump shooting was based on timing and rating. It didn't matter much what the form looked like.
@@rell660 facts and I kinda agree if you know the timing it should be good at a decent rate. 2k20 and 19 was a lil too far though Everyone was greening with 25 3 ball😭
@@Thatguyyoudontknow594yea it’s these fans confusing the shit out of 2k with their demands 💀 it’s not just 2k dying by itself like call of duty. The concept is the same as the first 2k with more to offer which is good enough. My only issue is how money hungry they are 💀
Yes that is true if I are at least a 60 and u time 3s right u can make them more than u should. Also looney has this treatment he’s a 69 in 3s and people make them more than they should. This right here destroy strategy in the game especially if u wanna jump on curry or lillard. I understand the badges like alpha (or floor general) increase offense for everyone on the floor but if that’s the case then they need to lower Greek freak and looney’s 3s down to the 50s so when they make ‘em that mean it’s one of those games or they were very hot. Game need to be more realistic with the shooting cuz it’s not hard at all. I don’t understand the complaints that it’s hard I just don’t see it.
I went back to 2k23 and i didn't even really like that game. 2k feels worse every year. The last one I remembered mostly positively is 2k20. They spend all their energy trying to scam people into buying vc and not into making fun games. Honestly if the community could ban together and at the very least not spend money on vc they'd actually start changing things.
Facts I Still Play 2k23 .. 2k24 Cool But The Dribbling Is Trash.. I Got My Money Back They Need To Make Another NBA Live 🔥
I played 2k24 for like a couple of days, hated it, came back to it a couple of weeks ago to try to give it another chance and still hated it. I'm back on 2k23 (current gen).
I definitely liked 2k20, but I also think that, at least on current gen, 2k22 and 2k23 were both pretty solid. Even 2k21 was playable. 2k24 is just not fun. Shooting is less consistent and I'm really getting tired of having to re-learn how to dribble each year.
You’re spot on …. Played park from 15 up until 23 and 20 was the last good one. Had good defense, build diversity, og rep, neighborhood>city, skill gap. 21 onwards they switched the engine and it feel so floaty and fake.
Same. Definitely went back to 2k23.
2k20 was terrible
The last dude is not wrong about 2K being a game for content creators. Since the rise of streaming, the time to grind to a 99 OVR has gotten longer and longer over the years. Only full time content creators can truly grind for those 60-80 hours with ease.
You really only need to be an 80-85 this year is one of the most playable at a low overall
@@JMoney2kwhos grinding 2k😂 ill grind cod before 2k
@@yourtrunkrattles4398 cod and. 2k both ass
Maybe for the park but the new myteam mode purposely made content creators lives harder and pushed them out
@@yourtrunkrattles4398look man I understand it’s expensive, but if you spend 30$ on the game for Christmas sale, and 25 on VC , it’s just as expensive as any other game - cheaper actually
I don’t agree with how expensive it is to just play a game but it isn’t really a grind to pay for a video game to play it.
The badge progression/regression system with the floor setters money grab doesn't get talked about enough with this game b/c the shooting gets all the attention. But the badge system is the most egregious piece of shit change 2K has ever made imo.
Thank you... Even if shooting was decent, they killed badges this year
i agree i dont even play 2k anymore but that’s just ridiculous l.
I’m sitting here like why tf can’t I get my floor setters… then I figured it’s locked behind the season pass. It’s actually absurd to charge $70 for a game then stack more shit that should be included behind a paywall as well. Every other game that does this is free to play
Highly underrated dude. Didn’t even realize this until you mentioned it. Huge money. Penalized by not playing the game but can make up for it for spendings 100$ to get a floor setter
Badge regression was the sole reason I didn’t buy the game same with the game pass just officially turned me off of the franchise
2K hasn’t been good since 2K 16/17
facts
Bullshit it's ass then too fym everyone in school played it but always know it was trash
2K13 if we’re being precise.
Nah 2k19 and 20 were both good
@@brosephbrown9069facts lowkey the last years I played consistently
19 had the best animations
20 build maker was actually good
I kinda enjoyed 2k23
There’s too many reasons to hate this game bro… this is the earliest I’ve deleted a 2k 😭
1. If you don’t play every single day the game/shooting feels different when you come back to it.
2. Everyone dribbles the same, using the same 2/3 op moves that’ll eventually work when spammed enough.
3. Random quality of life problems, like prices for everything, lag/delay, lack of useful animations and why in tf is there no MyCourt 😭………….
Plus so much more 😂
These problems have been part of 2K for about 7 years now. The company doesn’t care when they know you’re gonna buy it anyway.
@@BeLikeMalcso much more bro forgot badge regression n that’s jus the start
I feel like there’s something the community would find to spam every year blame the users
If you play a different mode other then myplayer you will enjoy the game. Yal to addicted to the grind on myplayer
Playing offline (seasons) and occasionally online “play now” with some of my boys is just fine 4 me. I’m racking up tons of VC that way. I don’t start MyCareer until after the trade deadline because I hate playing in a season with inaccurate rosters so I prefer 2 wait. As u mentioned, I have a life and family so this works 4 me. I have zero desire 2 play in the park
I agree bro. I just play MyLeague and set it up to my liking while racking up VC by playing games. I play MyCareer here and there but I get more enjoyment by fixing the sliders to make the computer more challenging while having full control over trades and drafting.
@@stephenishola6205 same here man. I tend 2 increase the cpu sliders 2 make it more realistic and challenging.
Facts park sucks I would never play that shit ion care about affiliations
HOF difficulty IS hard this year on mycareer what y’all talking about? bron be dunking on my 99 3pt threat like I don’t got some of the highest defensive stats and most defensive badges in the league and my player bigger than bron is😂 but yea I guess if you want more control over everything like trades and drafts myleague is the best way to go I just like my character playstyle too much he blocks like wilt shoots like curry and break ankles like kyrie
Badge regression was all i needed to see that they are doing everything little thing they can to force players to keep paying for stuff like gatorade boosts. You cant even successfully do the weekly workouts anymore without having decent physical attributes, as if the weekly time gate wasnt enough
He is absolutely right about the fast breaks.. when you start to get the break I've watched the animations script the defender to my hip when I've already crossed half court and the guy was behind me for sure
Hy ik wha u mean u can have a fast break or open baseline and u already in a dunk or lay up animation and some dude 30ft away will somehow contest u or put u in some dumb ass animation to miss like common
@@carloscallins7846 shits annoying AF
oh shutup chase downs are harder to get than ever stop complaining
The most frustrating thing about 2k24 is that everything I dislike about the game was done on purpose....taxing for everything...not being able to shoot consistently...badge sysyem...solo rec matchmaking...so regardless of current gen or next the game itself has to many cons
LITERALLY.
The badge system lowkey better though with tiers and core badges that give free badge points back
@@rotoocold3444wish it was like 2k20, earn the badges choose what you want, change/keep them. it was perfect
And putting Ice Spice on the soundtrack lol
@@rotoocold3444bro this is by far the most copium I have ever seen someone have for a game, that system is dogwater
2k had gotten so bad that they know people are dropping off earlier and earlier with each new game so they’re adapting to that. This has been by far the worst 2k for spending money. The amount of builds everyone has gone through within 2 seasons is crazy. They know player count will drop off so the focus is immediate spending. Hence the season passes too. Think of it like a movie release. The opening few weeks is where they plan to be successful.
My one and only problem with this game is the badge regression. But I fear that now they found a way to monetize the badge system it’s gonna be in the game forever. It stops me from being able to play for a long time like u said u progressively get worse as time goes on. I have always been a pass first type of guy I like to get everyone involved I enjoy just being a true PG but this year I find myself being a ball hog just to keep a badge that I may need in a game or two
Don’t change your play style to keep a badge especially a playmaking one I find myself with 8-15 assists per game and have all of my dribbling/ shooting badges maxed out
Top things I hate in 2k24..
1. Jumpshots being different speeds
2. Pass stuns
3. Pass speed is slow asf
4.pressing x for interceptions result is serious displacement like who would commit so hard smh
5. Pressing x and 2 seconds later your manhandling the ball handler
6.being in front of a defender then slowing down literally so they can touch the ball
7. Weird crossovers that feel clunky
8. 1v1 court stamina is garbage after rebound
9. Not being able to run up to shooters before they shoot as if they create a buffer zone
10. Pressing up on the analog stick but your player doesn’t do anything. Or in fact any time I press anything like lane steal and my player acts as if I didn’t press anything/flys out of bounds
11. The rpg element …just because someone is a playmaker with ankle breaker it auto activates even tho I’m not physically moving my controller…
12. Defense is hit or miss sometimes I’m lockdown other times I can’t even touch the ball handler like they slide right pass me. Smh
tf you labels all these but still play the game just shows how much 2k has brainwashed yall
I do t understand why they just can’t get video games right with all the new technologies and stuff it’s honestly kinda crazy
Because they realized that 1) more casuals who will pay whatever and don’t care about the intricacies etc play than those who care enough to complain. 2) most of those if not all who complain will still buy the next game and will keep complaining about the current one while still playing and waiting for the companies they think are their friend and care to update it.
That’s why they moved away from disks, demo etc
Lmao I am loving this NBA 2K24 dogpile saga you got going on. Another hilarious video, thanks TBH.
Your own ai teammates get in your way of scoring. 2k way of robbing you this year is having your teammate run into you so you get double teamed
If you make a game for a console, it is your job to optimize it for that console. You can't use the 'old console' argument if the developers took time to make a PS4 version and not optimize it properly. That is not the customers fault, that is the the developers fault. The fact that (as you mentioned) it is optimized well for PS5, that means that they only prioritized optimizing their shit game for the PS4 over the PS5. The problem is that whichever console you bought the game for, you are a paying customer so it's not like you're expecting something for zero money. I don't even play 2K, but I think that was a subjective and shortsighted take of yours. No hate, just giving another perspective than your 'retro console, skill issue' take. I could use the same logic of your argument for the quality of your camera. You have over 600K subs and you're using a camera with the definition similar to a 144p 20 FPS PS1. 'Just buy another camera then' lol
2k knows exactly what they're doing with their price points. Season pass gonna cost you 180 for the year plus people paying for vc or just levels wild. It will get worse until people stop allowing themselves to get finessed
I haven’t bought a 2k since 2k18 and honestly based on what I’ve seen, I haven’t regretted it
buying 2k every year is a mental illness. It's the consumers fault for allowing 2k to finesse them like this. Got yall spending VC ever year to complain and still buy this shit.
This is coming from a non 2k player. I don't see any reason as to why anyone would want to play this game plus spend money in the game on vc. The mechanics are trash, the servers are trash, they takeaway shit that you earn (badges), and the grind is like playing a rpg that's like 100 hours, but the only difference is the rpg allows you to create multiple builds and setups in those 100 hours. From the outside looking in its just crazy to see.
This is why the 2hype house moved on from NBA 2K to doing basketball vlogs instead. And Chris Smoove, the man who started all this 2k content creation moved on to do NBA highlights and playthroughs instead.
I was a huge sweat in this game. I ended 2k22 and 2k23 with a positive win percentage in the park with over a thousand games played on each game. And then 2k24 came out and decided to reset the park record every season. So there’s no reason for me to enjoy playing the game anymore because I can be good at the game but it won’t matter to me or anyone else because I don’t have anything to show for it anymore.
The shii trash anyway u a grown man tryna impress other grown man on a game
Being someone who been following you for a min (the old name lol) im happy that you started getting recommended to me again. I thought you stopped and was only on twitch (which i dont have time for since im at work) great youtuber and an honest one
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The guy wasnt wrong about shooting being easy in a way. Because 2k is green or miss now and has a pure window you can hit with horrible shooters almost all the time. Its really about having a the “best” jumpshot and its why the cheats work so well. It still is hard to shoot in general because of the tiny windows and latency, but there are people out there that are automatic with certain jumpers. Giannis is actually one of the easier non shooters to hit with because of his shot animation
2k23 was the last 2k i'm ever buying. i miss 2k12-17 so much
TBH the My ERAs on 2k when they added that addition has been low key a lifesaver for me playing 2k especially with the 2010 eras addition
IN MY OPINION. 2K24 has been ONE OF my favorite 2k’s atleast so far. They do be tripping with tryna get everyone to buy vc but all around I’ve had hella fun on 24 and I never really had any shooting problems all year
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it's on Game Pass so I tried it. This game is so bad compared to 5 years ago. If you're buying this every year consider seeing a psychiatrist. I'm not even joking.
I miss the days of just being able to grind a player all the way to max on everything and be unstoppable. Wish the career mode player and park player was different
But then that leaves the majority of people who play park having to spend money essentially. Unless that’s not what u mean care to elaborate
A lot of people live check to check so a 500 usd outlier purchase is a serious strain on finances. JS. I was only able to get a PS5 by getting a Roomate for my apartment, if I was paying all the expenses on my own, I would still be stuck with PS4. Times are tough for many people.
On the last gen vs current gen issue: your points would all be fine if 2k didn't treat PC like a last gen platform.
Got this game for free with game pass on my Xbox. I haven’t played 2K for over 5 years. Safe to say it’s one of the worst basketball games I’ve ever played. Can’t even make a layup if there’s someone close too you.
I’m enjoying the game , way more than i did last year . I mainly play myera so the money thing doesn’t affect me . Heck I think if I was to start a my career I probably have a couple 100,000 vc lol
Do u just play every game? I’m sitting on 10k from doing that bc stage (a competitive place where u compete for vc) is boring
@@JMoney2k yeah I play every game , I’m like that with every sports game I play .
@@kennyacid I rebuilt the nets and won a chip I’m prolly gonna start playing every game
@@JMoney2kplay every game trust me even in mycareer its the fastest way to make vc if you actually wanna control just YOUR player and not the whole team I made 135,000 vc in one season from not spending any of it for months and that was just game salaries endorsement checks made it around 150-200k
100k vc will get you no where dude lol need atleast 500-1mil to really get active in the game on park.
they organize the game as if people are playing 24/7 so they make all this shit “unlock able and rewarding” when the game is not near good enough to play as if its our job or sm shit
Renting a console from a friend is wild
Hood Bankruptcy lmao
Keep up the good work brother!
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2k24 is laggy, and the shooting is trash, waste of money 😢
It's a shame that the game is steadily declining, 2k5 shit was a masterpiece
Nba 2k is honestly what you make it. If you play my player at this point you know what the grind is. I play myteam and actually enjoy the game. They cator to putting all the pay aspect in myplayer so that nothing but the person fault at the of the day. Stressing over a game is silly but people are doing it. So many other modes but yal stick to myplayer because of addiction.
Exactly I really only play nba eras/franchise & playnow so i have fun with it
I feel like that's what most people don't realize. If you don't like MyPlayer and still wanna play 2k, then there are other modes. Or...just not buy another 2k game for a change. It's their choice. That's what I been doing ever since playing 2k. I never even cared to play MyPlayer when playing 2k. I just buy the game to mess around with the rosters and have fun with the PlayNow mode.
I moved on to PC where there is no 2k community. I do miss playing a basketball simulation game but I don’t miss dealing with VC, badges, bullshit.
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here's my situation. from 2k14 to 2k21 i have played all of them on PC .. had like 2700 hours on 2k17. that was the game i GRINDED .. loved the game, was a die hard fan.
back then Park had hackers and shit.. its PC, we get it.
then i got Xbox Series S, was so hyped to try the game on console.. Bought NBA 2k23
i spend $80 Canadian .. Tried Grinding the player without buying VC.
BUT after spending $80 and hours of my time.. I cant play in the city! because IT REQUIRES XBOX GAME PASS!
Why tf would i spend another $10-20 A MONTH after outright buying the game ?!?! it was THE stupidest thing ever!
The fact your badges can DECREASE if not used is the most insane bullshit thing I have ever seen. EVERYTHING this game does is built to make you grind and give up and pay for VC. EVERYTHING. I hate this and I only paid like 10 bucks for it on the PSN sale. Last one I really played was like 21 and that was a trudge.
At least in 21 you could move your badges around
Dudes still buy it and complaining on Reddit to everybody else like we didn’t warn them five years in a row now
Glad to see this on the feed..
Just got the game on Black Friday..
Highly disappointed in the quality compared to past versions..
Been rocking since the MWN days!
Keep up the good work bro!
Bro the developers are not splitting resources between two versions sad to say but 2k only cares about profits and every year they get more shameless with these copy paste re releases im glad to say 2k22 was my last 2k.
Yeah that was an L take
In my career, the AI makes 3s constantly. Even when they are heavily contested, they are making 3s and mid range shots. I don't think 2k fully knows what they want this game to be.
Andy not wrong at all 😭😕 on fast breaks the ai definitely catches up crazy fast almost every time & will take you out yo animations but i think that’s my career only type 💩
Nah it’s not even just mycareer it’s in Mynba too I play nba more than career because you can customize it more and actually make it as realistic as possible and it still happens, I go and check each players stats and the person has a 75 speed-acceleration or lower catching up to someone with a 90+ speed
That’s the whole game bruh. I play rank online and tournaments that’s just how they got this game this year. Dudes that slower than your guy who’s basically cherry picking can catch up with u which makes fastbreak harder to make. They really downgraded this game this year.
speed has been broken since 2k12
2k gamers are mindless consumers
I play 2k every year. & I’m an above average player, pretty good @ the game. This years game is just boring, they nerfed offense to give the appearance the defense is better. The tactics 2k uses is also weighing into how I feel ab the game. The whole advertisement of the game was pro play features, and pro play does NOTHING to change gameplay. All it is, is Rhythm dribbles fro 2k19
And don’t even come out with consistent updates for that !
ya.. 2k20 was last game that took skill
Amazing video! I love the format and concept of the video, very well thought out, great work!
Thanks a ton!
Bruh, they disrespected PC with that BS last GEN version. That's the shit I don't like!!!
I completely understand your frustration. It's disappointing when game developers don't prioritize all platforms equally.
@@theblackhokagesir that’s the publisher not the game developers im one devs can’t control everything?
You trippin on Andy, he was talking about AI not players and he was spot on
The game to me has felt the best it’s ever been gameplay wise, but 2k has the worse micro transactions, and tbh the game speed between park and rec and even my career makes finding consistency difficult unless you play one constantly. I always feel like in park I play horribly but then can do decent in rec. Or if I play HOF MC and i can still can my ish off but park its like im bricking open J’s
In terms of gameplay not sure what people are complaining about besides missing shots
@@Thatguyyoudontknow594naw the game play this year is not that good the shooting on this game is ass and plus the defense on the game doesn’t exist frfr can’t block shit on the game
@@Thatguyyoudontknow594 for the most part to me it’s the shot timing. I’ve had times where I’ve had full bars and miss but then I know for a fact I release too early and somehow it greens. And just the consistency between game modes is annoying
At this point the game should be free. Robbing you every year
I like the game and in comparison to madden it’s definitely a better game
The only real flaw is the game is Way too expensive probably the most expensive game on the market. Oh and everyday we get a patch I dont like that either
Being better than madden is like being the nicest guy in federal prison
@@Thatguyyoudontknow594patches wouldn’t be bad if they didn’t change the gameplay (besides bugs) so much. They do this EVERY SINGLE YEAR WITH SHOOTING, DEFENSE, STEALS, ETC. People like Mike Wang just need to leave the game alone after it comes out. Stick to their guns and say “this is the game, play it or don’t”
no game with micro transactions like can be labeled good lol
@@rich4446 fax
By far the worst 2K of all time.
Badges, and attributes don’t matter. Everything’s so fuckin random
Everything costs an arm and a leg
The animations are just terrible.
This is just a terrible game. NBA Live needs to make a comeback, or somebody else needs to make a basketball game.
It is trash.. i dont get how i had so much fun on 2k20 and no fun on 2k24.. the gameplay feels annoying.. shooting feels weird,dunking doesnt even feel that good, the court is way too small nobody has any room to do anything.. the AI in single player is stale and boring... Its just a garbage game
You thought we wouldn't notice that you sneaked in Starfield in great games of 2023 loool
2k players are like COD players they go through the same BS every year and still buy the game 😂
I wish 2K would push toward the E-League route. Other games with leagues prioritize making it easier to compete. Instead of providing loaner builds that allow for easier balancing in competitive modes, they would rather us pay to upgrade several custom builds because the game gets patched constantly.
The Andy dude talking about mycareer A.I HOF shooting with ease 😂
2k24 is a waste of money. I used to be an addict and that was the biggest waste of $70 I've ever made. I scratch my dogs ass with it now. Sometimes I throw it at neighbors. Thats the extent of fun that this game provides.
I will say one good thing about nba 2k24. It has not tried to stab me in my sleep😂😂. But yeah thats it
Not only it takes forever to grind , the ai defense is op asf. So if you starting from scratch the game is going to be horrible gameplay wise unless you spend vc 😴
Yep, and the AI are so stale and boring with the gameplay.. i dont get how AI's were better in 2k11 than 2k24...
Stop buying and playing the game. They’ll make the changes after that. People are just dumb or impatient to realize that.
I agree! I was an avid NBA2K player. Been playing 2K since the original Iverson Dreamcast versions (I'm an old head). I have the disposable income, I have the free time (No kids) and I refused to purchase this year's game when I saw the money grab of the battle pass. Like this isn't Fortnite, or Apex. It's a yearly $70 basketball game. I used to shell out for the special edition, get the VC and ball out. But I voted with my wallet and refused to support this new game. Despite a lot of people saying they would do the same (Checks 2K sales) that was cap. So expect more of the same from NBA 2K25.
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Not only is this the worst 2K ever but it is the worst sports games ever! The gameplay is so scripted and the computer is so cheesy!
Buddy that brought up shooting was most likely talking about my career AI’s or the AI’s from starting 5. They always cash out but my players unless you have a zen the shit super inconsistent
The fact that we have to adjust our jump shots to the delayed ass servers is enough for me. It’s been like that since I started playing online in 2008-09.
I stopped playing 2K years ago.
I remember I saw TroyDan post a video about this years game when it dropped and I was shocked when MyTeam was completely pay to win. There aren’t even packs anymore, you just buy the cards with VC. There’s no point in playing.
1:06 Word!
I grinded my player to a 96 on 2K19 and told myself never again 😂😂
Got the game feeling like pulling up to the job
Badge regression is crazy. Players don't forget how to play or do what they specialize in
Ive still been playing 2k23 on PS4 (casual player but averaged 35 assists/game on HoF for what it’s worth). Great video, now I know fs to skip out on 2k this year. Even if/when I get a PS5 soon I think I’ll stick to 23 for now
I said last year 2k23 would be my
Last 2k because of the heavy micro transactions and other stuff and it was the best decision I’ve made. It’s entertaining watching ppl complain about the game, knowing I don’t have to experience that mess again.
Once upon a time people bought basketball games for the real teams to play their favorite players and team. Maybe I’m alone. 😂
@@Exclusive1011111111 i did too since nba live was out years ago like like live 08
The most annoying thing to me is running and skating around a city when your in the nba!!! Wtf is that!? Like the gameplay might piss me off but nothing is more annoying than running around the city. Pisses me off so much!😂😂
Right! And they only got 3 areas to hoop and all the parks are 💩!
Nobody fw the city bullshit!!!
i agree Istanbul's airport is really nice, i wish they made my player mode the way they did when they introduced it. but yea I noticed putting a hand in the face sometimes the shooter still makes it lol
It's sad how much they've ruined this game...
I played the game online for the first time in like 2 weeks & I actually enjoyed it. Gameplay was crisp & my jumper was hitting after so much time off. Went on a 10 game streak with randoms
I mainly play myteam and they stomped on the gas for P2P. They completely removed the auction house to make any “budget” cards impossible, they completely control the market and guess how that’s going… I took 2 years off and may have joined at the worst time😂
Fax Removing the auction house, was a big L. I deleted 2k24 after a week. Been back on 2k23 since
For me it’s really the badge regression. I don’t use the same badges every game. If i grind space creator to HOF but play 10 rec games and use it twice it goes down to silver etc. I’m not always the PG so my handles go down, forces you to play MyCareer
2k is hot garbage. I got 2k23 on ps plus some time ago and I still feel like I got scammed cuz of how money hungry the game was even tho I didn’t spend a cent. Felt like I got scammed out of my time because even after spending hours on the game I still haven’t made much progress because I’m not buying VC
I got a 92 dunk and same thing happens to me I’m running and my dude will just slow down
Andy is 1000% right, i be on fast breaks and they fast feet badge kick in over drive like what yo u just was at half court! I hit 3 green windows yesterday just for the game’s coding to make it bounce off the rim. Insane
Video was curated greatly. Just if u can fix the pixelation when you zoom in bro, it would be a lot better💯 if noone will say it, I will. All love
The shooting feels like night and day from street ball and nba games. Losing badges if not used is my least favorite feature
First time I didn’t get 2k the day it dropped , waited till got to 34 bucks to get it and I still think it’s not worth it
I feel as a community we need to stick together n not buy the game next year 🤷🏾♂️
My last 2k was 2k19 2k is dead and they can’t dig they self out the hole they built
I was not expecting to be in the vid bro
. Just subbed
I can’t believe the in-season tournament has been essentially locked behind 2K’s paywall micro-transaction modes of MyTeam MyCareer. NBA did something cool for the fans and 2K monetizes the hell out of it.
I will say this. I have played 2k for years and I always put in a lot of hours into it because I loved basketball and I loveplaying it. Don't get me wrong, I had issues with gameplay and other things when it came to 2k but I still kept playing it because I could have fun with playing it in some form of capacity. I love to grind in MyCareer to get to a reasonable overall and then go play with friends to try to upgrade the rest of the way there. All without having to buy VC. 2k23 was the start of that changing and I will end up learning how bad it would be in 2k24.
When I started playing 2k24, I can't help but to feel disgusted by how bad the microtransactions has gotten. It's one thing to add in an $150 option for VC, which is already past pushing it but then to add in a battle pass and level skips as well is just the last straw. We're already having to pay a minimum $70+ if we get the next gen version, Then we would need to buy VC, so if you don't get the legend edition, you may spend another $100 if you don't want to grind as a 80 and then you get a option to spend another $100 for a battle pass IN AN ANNUAL RELEASED GAME and level skips to the level 40 season reward.
To me, there's no point in playing because the levels skips removes the grinding for season rewards and with cheaters and other terrible things that the game provides, I would just stop playing and go to something else. I don't have any hope that any major changes for the better will happen in the series until people stop buying it . That's the only way they'll make it better.
Bought 2K this year on Steam thinking that it finally had crossplay and I would be able to play with my Xbox friends, only to find out that crossplay is for Xbox/PS5 players only. 2K development is wild af. It's okay to take a year off and rebuild.
Good thing I waited till it was free for PS+. 😅
me personally stopped playing in 2k19, sad to see the game is STILL in the state it was
Everyone is just gonna pre-order the legends edition anyways 😂
Ong mfs be clowns buying the same bs
Tbh dont even know why my friends are able to keep pulling me back in the game to play this is the worst game i ever played lmaoo
5:12 Bro how u gon tell me what I can afford 😂
Im a firm believer that 2k was never good and its just nostalgia. 2k hasent changed you just grew up
Damnnn😭 you might be right bro
Nah bro 2k11 14-17 were goated
My first time playing MyPark was 2016 even though id be playing 2k since xbox 360, 2k16 was fun af, they were still making the game better around 2k18, I decided to stop because, 1. It started to take wayyyy too long to get to a decent overall, you use to be able to get 3-4 players up and mess around but now just 1 requires so much time and effort for badges and 2. How ridiculous that every year you lose the character you just built and wasted a whole year on and then the servers for last years are just shutdown right away, you pay 100$ for the game and then you basically have to spend another 60 on VC just to get to 75 overall or be behind everyone for a few weeks the last i seen they had reeces and gatorade advertisements in the game, its getting out of control and as long as people keep coming they have no reason to stop. Huge Time dedication + a lot of $$.
I haven’t played 2K since NBA2K17.
That was the only good 2k besides 16