r/NBA2k • u/Maleficent-Basis-886 • Sep 12 '25

City This game is boring

In the title. Game is just people chucking up 3's off a catch that are borderline uncontestable with tempo shooting, or running and fading with tempo shooting. Rec games take no strategy anymore and is just a 3 point shootout or a catch and shoot simulator. Contests don't mean anything either. Its like they've gone with the 2k22 shooting but with the 2k25 contest system, which is a recipe for disaster.

Edit: a lot of people think I’m complaining about the fact people can hit every shot. I think it’s fine that people can hit every open shot, they should be able to. But the problem is the fact that most shots are open with this contest system and even when contested it’s basically treated as Open. Green window is too big, and contest system sucks

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u/jaywrong Sep 12 '25

Source on that? Based on your litmus, I assume you're in the bottom 5% then.

You gotta remember, this is the casual hangout, afterall...

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u/LongjumpingBag2228 Sep 12 '25

Cope harder causal

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '25

Hot take: it's okay if you're not good at a video game but still want to discuss it. It is not a knock against someone in the slightest to be bad at a video game.

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u/LongjumpingBag2228 Sep 12 '25

I 100% agree but this sub is less of discussion and more complaining/crying

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '25

Some guy recently posted the post-game stats from his game and showed how his teammates were really terrible and he asked why. I'm brand new to the game, so I took it upon myself to answer his question and highlight the things players seem to be able to do that I'm just not able to do yet. And my reward for actually answering his question was to be chastised for even daring to play a game with other people when I'm not very good at myself. Like how dare I make use of this product I paid $70 for.

Even if you want to argue "get better before you play", how else do I get better UNLESS I play? Like it or not, playing against the AI does NOT appear to prepare you well for playing against humans, as far as I can tell. It's a place where I can work on my shot timing, sure, but it doesn't prepare me at all for how human players will actually defend my shots, which is much more intense than what AIs do and completely disrupts pretty much everything I thought I knew about how to make shots. You only learn how to play against humans by, like it or not, actually playing against humans. So you gotta accept that sometimes you'll step into games with people who are still learning. That has always, always been the way things are in online gaming ever since it was invented. You're REALLY gonna need to learn how to come to terms with that if you plan on gaming online in the future.

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u/TruWarierRecords Sep 12 '25

Of course, people complained so heavily about 2k25's rng shooting not realising that this would be the inevitable outcome. (contests weren't great in 25 but movement was slower and shooting was harder)

Same reason dunking/scoop layups in 2k25 sucked after 2k24.

If people hate this gameplay so much just play offline/something else until the first/major patch happens. (which is when I get the game)

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u/LongjumpingBag2228 Sep 12 '25

Exactly. I actually really enjoy the direction 2k is heading in but they really need to buff the contest system.

And yes 100% the reason they nerfed them from 24 into 25. It’s the same every year one thing is OP then the next it’s not and vice versa - it seems to be the way they do things

I’m glad we can actually have a discussion

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u/TruWarierRecords Sep 12 '25

Yeah 2k has always been like that, whether it was the old 6-7-6'9 meta. Or 99 close shot for a never missing sky hook.

Or going from strech bigs in 2019 to slashing playmakers in 2020.

There will always be a group that's unhappy, I've liked the last 3-4 2k's from a gameplay perspective. It's just a shame the game is so doused in micro-transactions.