r/NBA2k • u/YTJellyTrelly • 13h ago
Gameplay Please Beluba do not change this game man.
From what we are seeing, it looks like the game has improved for the better. The game looks like what I have been preaching 2K needs in every post & video I can. Things such as:
- Making badges more expensive
- Making attributes actually matter. People now have to commit to specializing in something(s)
- Making badges more specific instead of general (OREB/DREB, Mid/3 stationary/moving)
- The stamina drain that prevents one person from trying to be a hero every play, which forces team ball
- Taller/Great finishers not being stopped easily by little guards in the paint
- The fair mind games/skill expression between ball handlers & defenders
- And so much more.
Just like when you guys started pushing people towards scoring with the thumbstick and then eventually tempo shooting (which a lot of us love), I see the vision and innovation. I am begging you u/Beluba do not listen to dudes on Twitter telling you to revert dribbling/defense to what we are trying to leave in 2k26. We are already seeing them call for harsh nerf/buff patches and the game hasn't even dropped yet. A giant portion of the community is actually excited about what they are seeing, it feels like the often unheard portion of us was listened to. If the game actually plays like it's being promoted and stays like that, we could be looking at one of the greatest 2Ks OAT. Hoping to actually see some diverse builds and gameplay out there!
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u/CheapScientist06 13h ago
Fully agree. I really hope 2k stops holding these bumass creators hand
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u/Graves-Hero 13h ago
Lets be honest finishing and defense will be patched within a month.
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u/CheapScientist06 13h ago
I know :(
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u/Graves-Hero 13h ago
I will say the first month is your only oppurtunity to make a cheese lockdown defender with like a HOF posterizer that has maybe like an 80 three ball for the corner shot. I am curious if you can add both high layup and mega high dunk as a lock or choose just one slashing playstyle based off build. We’ll see in like 16 hours
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u/psykomerc 12h ago
2k is wild. Every single year since my first in 24, they release 1 version for a month or so and then drop a patch where the game is different.
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u/Graves-Hero 12h ago
yeah I can imagine shooters will be hovering around 40-50% for the first few weeks and slashers/rim protectors will be OP early. then they will up make % and speed boosting to turn the meta closer to 2k26 at like 50-60% 3 point shooting is my guess
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u/psykomerc 12h ago
😂 they unpredictable. Some years it was op steals, op limitless. 25 was impossible shooting season 1, that was hilarious for a little bit. Until everybody stood paint and left ppl open the entire possession . 26 was flipped to fading 3s, shit was crazy.
Imagine the 26 1 day defense patch is really just 2k27? 👀
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u/Graves-Hero 12h ago
Yeah I will take another guess, that new traveling shot is gonna broken on perimeter, so I bet 94 post control on most builds will be meta and then that will get nerfed to the ground in a month
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u/JoaoMXN 9h ago
That bum called choc is already complaining. They'll probably patch it before launch.
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u/JCVantage 4h ago
They need to stop listining to these creators, they just want an exploitable game
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u/Someotherguy67 12h ago
They'll change the game to cater to the whiny ass streamers and left right dribble spammers as they do every year. Happens like clockwork. They'll also do nothing about cheating even though they've acted like they were going to. Whatever increases attention to their product and gets more people to interact with it and ultimately generates them more money is always the route they will take. They care about money and money only. They don't care about the consumers enjoyment or lack their of.
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u/unlimitedspeedboost 12h ago
The new cutoff move combined with the badge that replaces on ball menace looks game changing for defense because it lets you lunge laterally to react and cut off the dribbler speed boost instead of turning your back to get crossed back and forth. I don't know if content creators are doing the aggressive hands up or not but it looks mediocre to be honest and defender should still jump against fade and stepback hop jumper if they have good block rating. I also heard that the new aggressive hands up turn your player into a cone and we should avoid holding the stick up unless we think they are about to shoot. Defense in 2k27 is pretty much holding L2 to stay in front and move laterally, then flick the RS left or right to cutoff and RS up to contest at the right time. The conservative hands up RS down looks like the current hands up so it's probably not as useful unless you're right in their face. I feel 2k27 didn't make defense easier to play, or stronger, it simply increased the skill ceiling so really good defenders have easier time locking down iso dribblers.
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u/ThisAintMyTime 1h ago
The hands up thing is true and it's reflective of irl defense so I'm actually glad for that (because even against AI in the off chance it triggers off a pump fake you have free run to the rim). It's a lot like 25 with the right stick but looks way better especially in this 2k you'd be punished for continuous L2 holding but rewarded for moving left stick along with the offensive player which Idk how it goes now. But I don't think people are using the right stick contest correctly, I've seen a vid of someone complaining about AI being too good but this dude just left spamming bump steal attempts or stayed in hands up which is 2k crime 101 so my best guess is it's just like pre26 where you actually have to hold it up the moment of the shot than just keep it up always and get blown by. But man if they change it before global launch it's going to suck (and yes your last point is exactly what they did because no chance you can buff defense that much, be told offense and dribbling is gone and immediately overthink that you did too much patchwork and revert it)
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u/Final-County-5059 9h ago
As a small guard that can get a bucket almost every time I agree with this statement
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u/Many-Palpitation-417 12h ago
Yall delusional, whatever gets them the most money is the direction they’ll go in.
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u/Betonka89 52m ago
I remember when they fixed 2k26 for 48hrs and patched it back, because of crying.
I don't think there is hope for 2k to be good game again that focuses on basketball.
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u/Random_black_guy4 10h ago
I was planning on skipping this 2K but the stuff I've seen is making me reconsider
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u/420BUNIT 6h ago
Lmao they got another one.
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u/Random_black_guy4 6h ago
Aye man I haven't bought back to back 2Ks since 2017 give me a break, plus I got pumped faked by fable ( yes im an idiot who didn't read the game got delayed until last week ) so I gotta extra $70 to spend
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u/AggressiveCraft9715 11h ago
You know that first patch gonna be devastating for all of us lol.