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We’re excited to announce that our good friend, former NLSC staff member and current NBA 2K15 Developer Leftos has been given the approval to join us for an upcoming episode of the NLSC Podcast! We’ll be chatting to Leftos about his first year at Visual Concepts, as well as getting some insight into MyGM and MyLEAGUE in NBA 2K15.
We know that you all have a lot of questions about those modes, and we’d like to get as many of them answered as possible. To that end, be sure to submit any questions you have ASAP! Feel free to post them in the comments below, as well as in this thread in the NBA 2K15 section of the NLSC Forum. You can also hit us up on Twitter and Facebook.
Look out for the episode to be released in the next week!
Questions:
MyCareer
1.) Is is true that you can get undrafted?
2.) Will you change the mycareer story line?
3.) Are there different paths to take in mycareer? (i.e. be good/bad, be humble/boastful, I think you know what I mean)
4.) Girlfriends? :cheeky:
5.) Did you add more face customization options?
More questions will come. 😉
I’m not sure that Leftos will be able to answer any questions about MyCAREER Best to stick to MyGM and MyLEAGUE.
Ok then :D.
1.) D-League? (Y) or (N)
2.) Customizable contracts?
3.) New/Improved Playbooks?
4.) More info about the therapy thing. Will the player still be able to play games while recovering? Assuming that it’s just a minor injury.
5.) After 80 years in the League, what will happen? Crash? Celebration Screen for being an introvert?
6.) Will there still be a “Point of Emphasis” ?
7.) Improved AI trading system. From what I’ve heard, MyGM users of the PS4 complain about the logic of the AI. (Kobe will sometimes go to Miami and Melo too while Miami sends away LBJ to Lakers (dream come true) but still….why? )
8.) Intelligent Coaches? Improved the way they call timeouts since they burn almost all of my timeouts late in the 3rd quarter.
That’s all, I hope Leftos could shed light on the unknown. Also Andrew, may I know when you’re going to record this podcast and when you’re going to release it?
We’re recording it today, it’ll be out next week.
Leftos is back?…..SER-IOU-SLY!!?
Welcome back 2K guy.
I’ve got a question reguarding gameplay that was removed from NBA2K14. OFF-BALL Offence was absent from NBA2K14 and I felt it hurt the more advanced players of the game. For one thing it allowed a user to view the timing of jumpshots of CPU controlled superstar players when running plays. It also allowed users to punish opponents who refuse to play on ball defence and camp in the lane with the C or PF because they wouldn’t know who would shoot the rock. So my first question is…. Will OFF BALL OFFENSE be returning in NBA2K15?
Hey Leftosa, was wondering will we be able to switch up plays, from different playbooks, and be able to save them to MYLEAGUE, thanks
Will VC be carried over to 2K15? If not, then why? It better be a really good reason, because it should be carried over.
That’s not something that Leftos can answer. In any case, we wrapped up recording long before you posted this, so we wouldn’t have been able to ask anyway.
Hey Leftos,
It occurs to me that I have a few more questions for 2k15. Leftos may not be able to address all my questions but maybe he can address some of my inquires to other devs on the team.
Question 1)
In MyCareer NBA2K14 after you complete your initial rookie contract, there is apparently no new contract negotiated for your player. Once the inital contract expires, your MyPlayer receives 0(ZERO)VC for the new contract, and is remains UPSET in the morale section under player status indefinitely. At the same time, everyone but your Myplayer recieves a new contract including Jackson Ellis and their mood status changes according to their role and playing time. My question is, Has this issue been addressed and corrected for NBA2K15? Will your player get a new contract instead of earning VC on a game to game basis? Will the MyPlayer’s mood ever change from UPSET after his contract expires?
Question 2)
I became friends with Jackson Ellis in MyCareer however there was no sure fire way of bringing him to my team or me joining his team in 2K14. I wanted to have him share my success as multiple time champion but I gave up after 3 attempts of getting traded to his team or convincing my GM to have someone on my team go to make room for Jackson Ellis. My question is can I easily request for Jackson Ellis or whoever my rival is to be brought to my team in NBA2K15?
Question 3)
I’m a more advanced 2K player so I run multiple defence sets per possession to accomodate for my team’s AI players inability to react to what my opponent is doing on offense since the defence was more dumbed down or streamlined for NBA2K14 as opposed to the robust defence settings found in NBA2K12 and 13. With the removal of the 1-3-1 defence, I think defensive rebounding will be more of a chore than before since there is no way to get your players to react and clog the lane to get the rock after the opposing player shoots the ball from the perimeter. My question is, will the defensive settings from the previous iterations (2K12, 13) make a return to NBA2K15 for the more SIM oriented players? or is this game still directed at a more casual player audience? In essence, Is there a defensive scheme for both types of players?
Question 4)
The Dunk contest. In NBA2K15 will the dunk contest be retro fitted with the control scheme from NBA2K9 through 2K11? This guitar hero scheme is terrible with this Linear approach of dunking from set areas and button mashing inputs to perform pre-determined animations. In the previous iterations with the dunk school, and dunk contest, you could perform dunks from anywhere including behind the basket. You could approach from any direction with the gather animations. Those controls were perfect! The moves just needed to be tweaked slightly to accommodate for new dunk animations. The new props and player integration was all that was needed to enhance that mode. Guitar Hero controls take the artistry and imagination away from the dunk contest IMO. Will NBA2K15 introduce 2 control scheme alternatives for the dunk contest this year? Or will it be more of the same timed button mashing guitar hero controls in an NBA GAME?
Question 5)
With New more powerful next gen systems (PS4, XB1, PC) will NBA2K15 be taking advantage of these systems by implementing a new more robust Video Editor included in the game with special effects, audio clips, wipes, sound effects, speed manipulation, player locks etc. like in previous iterations of the game? Or will we have to rely on using the very limited Share Factory, and Upload Studio to enhance our highlight reels? Also on that subject, will the audio portion be available to users when storing replays on their next gen systems? Audio was inexplicably absent from replays in NBA2K14 on PS4 and XB1.
Question 6)
In NBA2K15, 2K has been promoting #YOUR TIME IS NOW.
I’m of the mindset that with next generation hardware and accessories (PS4 Eye, XB1 Kinect HD 1080p cameras) that 2K should technically have the ability to scan users into the game somehow. Rainbow 6 on the xbox360 had that feature by scanning the user’s face from the front and the side to make a convincing replication of the user with in game assets. Will this feature of scanning users into the game be making its way to NBA2K15 or future iterations of the game?
Leftos was only able to answer questions on MyLEAGUE and MyGM, nothing about gameplay or anything else. These questions also came in after we finished recording, so we wouldn’t have been able to ask them anyway.
We recorded the show earlier today, look out for it to be released next week as Episode #95. Thanks to everyone who submitted questions!