With the impending release of the sixteenth installment of the basketball simulation video game “NBA 2K16” to both the current and next generation gaming consoles as well as the PC on September 29, and the recent conclusion of the NBA 2014-15 season with the victory of the Golden State Warriors over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, 2K Sports has released the final roster update for “NBA 2K15.”
The final team lineups on “NBA 2K15” for the season have been trimmed to remove the names of injured players and quite noticeably, the changes on the team rosters is not too many, notes the International Business Times of India.
The video game has also shown the evolution of a couple of NBA players who proved that they are superstar materials in the recently-concluded NBA season.
When the game was first released on the gaming consoles and the PC in October 2014, “NBA 2K15” only had four players with 90-plus ratings including LeBron James with 98, Kevin Durant with 95, Chris Paul with 91, and Tim Duncan with 90.
But over the course of the season, several players have moved up on the ratings and one of the original four slipped out of the 90-plus ratings.
The seven NBA players in the final roster of “NBA 2K15” who has earned 90-plus ratings are LeBron James with 96, Stephen Curry with 95, Anthony Davis with 94, James Harden with 94, Kevin Durant with 94, Russell Westbrook with 94, and Chris Paul with 90. Only Tim Duncan slipped out of the 90-plus ratings roster.
Regular updates
One of the key features of “NBA 2K15” is its ability to constantly provide regular update patches that often brings roster changes and gameplay tweaks and improvements.
The updates also bring forth locker codes, attribute and accessory improvements, and bug fixes. More than gameplay improvements, these regular roster updates is what makes the “NBA 2K15” very dynamic and almost similar to the league itself.
The regular roster updates are actually the difference between the “NBA 2K15” and the “WWE 2K15,” so gamers are always aware of what’s happening in the league in as far as player movements or transfers are concerned.
What also makes the “NBA 2K15” very much league-like is the fact that the basketball simulation video game was launched to the PlayStation 4, the Xbox One, the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360, and the PC, about the time when the NBA 2014-15 season went underway. It became the official successor of the “NBA 2K14.”
So whenever there are trades, player injuries, going on in the each of the teams in the league, the game developer Visual Concepts would be quick to make the roster changes right away through the release of a patch to effect such.
Once the roster updates are effected, the teams in the “NBA 2K15” actually have the same lineups as the actual teams in the NBA and that is certainly good for the league and the gamers because they became aware of the actual players movements in the league.