“NBA 2K17” should add a lot to the franchise, not just in terms of shiny graphics but with brand new gameplay features as well. Some of them have actually been requested by fans for a long time now, and it’s good to see that 2K have finally decided to listen.
One of the major changes coming in the new “NBA 2K17” is a significant quality of life improvement that should ease players’ lives a lot when it comes to the rotation of their team members. Previously, it was a messy situation, with players occasionally not getting enough time on the court, and in other cases being pushed up too early.
In the new title, players will be able to use a feature called “Advanced Rotations”, which will present the game schedule in a tabular format, allowing the player to fine-tune when their team members are called out precisely.
Hopefully, this will resolve the confusing situations that often arose around the rotation of players, but only time will tell if the feature actually works as well as advertised. We’ve seen screenshots which show it as a complex, well-developed menu, so hopefully it will offer all players need in order to make their necessary fine adjustments.
In addition, those who want to make their matches feel as personal as possible will now have access to a special app for smartphones, allowing them to scan their faces into the game and play as themselves. The app, called “MyNBA 2K”, was just released for mobile devices, and is available for both Android and iOS.
Of course, players will have to wait a little before they can actually see how they look in the full game, but at least “The Prelude” is already out. This stylized demo of the game will give players access to a specific component of it, the career mode, allowing them to see what kinds of improvements 2K have made in this regard.
It’s important to point out that progress will apparently be carried over to the full game, so those who’re planning to skip “The Prelude” out of fear that they will lose their hard work once the game releases should forget their fears and download the demo right now.
Players have been having some issues scanning their faces so far, according to reports, and it looks like the app could use some improvement in the intuitiveness department. Most comments claim that it relies on some special conditions to work properly, and when those are not met, the results can be either humorous or horrendous, depending on how the user feels.
That’s a minor hiccup in the big picture though, and the app still works correctly most of the time anyway. We’re curious to see the many interesting faces that will inevitably flood the Internet shortly after “NBA 2K17” is released, and we wouldn’t be surprised if some players tried to have fun with the app in more unusual ways too.
Meanwhile, discussions about “NBA 2K17” seem surprisingly mostly focused on the game’s visual quality. While it’s obviously important for 2K to improve the title in this regard, it’s strange to see so many players treating it as their top priority.
Others seem hopeful for a smoother gameplay free of glitches, especially on the physics side. It does look like 2K have been developing their engine quite a lot, so this probably isn’t something to worry about.