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NBA2k14 Next-Gen is Always Online and other messed up business decisions
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This is all well and good until you realize you cant do simple shit like set your lineups without it. like I said not a big deal to me since I often earn crazy ammounts anyway.
My main issue with the game is that they took away features that are in the game. I get it. Next Gen sports games often cut stuff and its a new engine but CAP is technically in the game...so why can't we use it outside of MyPlayer mode? Defensive settings, single player co-op and more are in the game pre-patch but now they aren't? Fucking why?
The always online stuff is bad but explainable. Douchebags were ruining it for everyone. Fine. I don't like the way they have tried to stop it but whatever. But taking away features and shit? Nope.
Like I said, the game part is great but everything that surrounds it is garbage. someone needs to call Kotaku lol.
MiamiWesker
Member
There is grinding in an NBA game? WTF is this?
jordan0386
Member
The game loads nba.com stat information and video highlights straight to your console. Of course it has to be online. And you access your rosters by pressing triangle at the team select screen.
Keep calm.
Keep calm.
Except this wasn't an issue in previous games. Why should I HAVE to save my roster to their servers (which are ass)...when in every other game, it's a normal save. Same thing for every other mode. The sad part is that saving a roster to your hardrive is in the game...only accessible when the servers are dead.
I don't mind online features. NBAToday requiring the internet is fine and great but all this other stuff. No.
also they TOOK features away via a patch. That is just dirty.
nope.
You have to upload your own personal rosters and then download them everytime you want to use them. and if the servers are down you cannot access them.
You're on your own there Jim Jones.
I'd put up with all of this bullshit before ever playing another EA sports game.
jordan0386
Member
Its only the first weekend. We'll see what happens if they release a holiday big patch.
bluecapsule
Member
The problem is when they design games around microtransactions such that the game is unplayable/unbearably grindy unless you spend money on the microtransactions. Problem not solved.
jordan0386
Member
I think they want to cap your usage of VC to your myplayer so he won't be godly.
Fun Factor
Formerly FTWer
Whelp, they lost a sale.
FloatingDivider
Member
2k13 was halfway here, and I guess they've completed the implementation of their always online let's monetize fun plan. 2K13 was all but unplayable due to the grinding for vc that you needed to do if you didn't feel like paying. I gave up on playing 2K13 when I calculated that I'd need to play 180 hours of it to get my myplayer to the point I'd like him at. That wasn't even fully maxed out either. I was also already 60 hours deep at that point so I don't know what the fuck they're expecting from me besides extra payment, it's like F2P but you've actually paid for a product already. This will also make it easier for them to force people to move on from product to product so they cal resell them the same content and vc points again.
It's a sad day when big publishers start fishing for whales.
It's a sad day when big publishers start fishing for whales.