NBA 2K11

Paully D

Since NBA Elite has been scrapped, I'm sure basketball fans will have picked up NBA 2K11 instead.

I'm just wondering what people think of it?

Da GOAT

elite is gone? no way, ive nba 2k11 and I like it. its improved enough over 2k10 to make it worth a buy.

my player mode is improved alot and the jordan related stuff is cool.

overal gameplay is much slicker with more realistic moves put in.

Zero-Cool

Will pick 2k11 up when it is a bit cheaper, a lot more games on my hitlist at the moment. Absolutely shocked when I heard Elite was scrapped. After they reinventing the system an all, man someones getting fired over at EA sports!

Bubs101

This game is absolutely unreal. The commentary is the best I've heard in ages

gammon_steak

How does the online play in 2k11 play? Are there disconnections/lag as with previous 2k versions?

Surprised to hear Elite has been scrapped. Demo was great.

Liam O

gammon_steak wrote: »

How does the online play in 2k11 play? Are there disconnections/lag as with previous 2k versions?

Surprised to hear Elite has been scrapped. Demo was great.

Online is very good, still no lobbys :mad: but the connection quality hasn't let me down yet and it's fairly easy to get into a game.

GTR63

I played the demo of this recently.I'm wondering is this availible in Irish shops or is it hard to find a copy.

Liam O

GTR63 wrote: »

I played the demo of this recently.I'm wondering is this availible in Irish shops or is it hard to find a copy.

shouldn't be too hard, I got it on release no problem anyway and there were plenty of copies. maybe best to wait til after christmas because last year anyway it was real cheap online.

Zero-Cool

Saw a Gamestop FAIL a while ago, shelf full of NBA Elite 11 with 'reserve now' stickers on them!

Unless it's being released again????

Sea Devils

NBA Elite was definitely cancelled AFAIK.

I got this game a couple of weeks ago and I'm loving it. Light years ahead of 2k9 which was the last B-Ball game Ive played. . One thing I really like is that the different strengths and weaknesses of each team really show through. When I played Houston, I had trouble in the paint against them. Against Golden State, I scored at will in the paint, but they turned me over a ton of times and got a lot of fast break points.

I'm slightly adjusting the sliders for stuff like fouls and 3 point success (it's too low for both me and the CPU, IMO), but this is the first b-ball game that I've played that has minor glitches, but nothing major. I haven't found a real glaring weakness yet, I only have minor complaints.

EDIT: This was probably one of the reasons why NBA Elite was shelved

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpkHlLgz2VE

corcaighabu92

Is this really good. I enquired in one games shop the other day and compared NBA 2K10 to NBA Live 2010 and they said Live was way better. I was going to get that until I heard all the talk about 2K11. Help please!!!

Sea Devils

corcaighabu92 wrote: »

Is this really good. I enquired in one games shop the other day and compared NBA 2K10 to NBA Live 2010 and they said Live was way better. I was going to get that until I heard all the talk about 2K11. Help please!!!

I didn't play either of those games last year so I can't compare them but I would recommend this game straight away. It's hard though...you gotta play real basketball or else you're gonna turn the ball over A LOT.!

Just to let anybody who is looking to buy the game know, its on sale on play.com for both ps3 & xbox for €25.49 with free delivery

http://www.play.com/Search.html?searchstring=nba+2k11&searchtype=gameall&searchsource=0

Da GOAT

i traded for it in gamespot, got huge trade value for 2k10. people should try amazon

Bubs102

This game is superb and I don't even like Basketball. Put's Fifa to absolute shame

yoursister

anyone know where i can get this??

cant find it anywhere in galway!and play.com said it could be up to 28days before they have stock of it.

anyone know anywhere in dublin it can be got??

dsmythy

yoursister wrote: »

anyone know where i can get this??

cant find it anywhere in galway!and play.com said it could be up to 28days before they have stock of it.

anyone know anywhere in dublin it can be got??

I've been looking for it everywhere in Dublin, not a shop with it. Cant even get it online with any Irish company. Really dying to get it after hearing of it's good reviews.

yoursister

yoursister wrote: »

anyone know where i can get this??

cant find it anywhere in galway!and play.com said it could be up to 28days before they have stock of it.

anyone know anywhere in dublin it can be got??

Ya it's pathetic really.

I went to HMV first, he said sold out, i reckon they didnt even get it, thats what they told me when i was looking for NHL 11(so i remarked ''Do ye not get in American sports games?'')

Then to Game where i was told it was ''hard to get'', he made it sound like there was a shortage... ya a shortage of copies brought into the city.

None in Gamestop, Xtravision, Smyths or Currys either.

Was surprised with Smyths as when i couldnt get NHL in town and went there, they had a good stock.

Apparently it's because they don't sell much.

But how hard is it to keep 4/5 copies in stock, it's out since October, it's disappointing having to import it like a rare collectable.
They all have 50+ copies of COD even though they'll never sell them all as there are always loads of trade ins as well.

Think i'll order it of HMV.co.uk, it's £37.50 including delivery.

You can get it for E35 including delivery on ebay from Hong Kong but there could be a week+ wait.

raze

yoursister wrote: »

anyone know anywhere in dublin it can be got??

I bought it the week of release from HMV Grafton St, and I think I've seen it since in Gamestop Stephen's Green, though not sure if either still stock it after the shelves got covered in the Christmas rush. It's a quality game, shame it gets pushed out so stores can have Kinect/Move peripherals and COD sequels floor to ceiling.

I find it the same with the NHL games - gotta buy 'em in the first two months or you'll have to keep trekking around to find a copy.

Minstrel27

Basketball is one sport that I cannot watch on tv but the games I do enjoy. Ordered for the PS3.

richymcdermott

i remember trying to get nba2k10 last year , multiple people told my dad it cant be got because it doesnt sell well in galway.
though i went to xtravision or hmv and i can find at least 3 copies of american football , idiocy

Jayo180

Trying to get hold of it as well, sold out everywhere, even online. the usuall suspects like amazon and game etc who would e reliable enough dont ave it :mad:

dsmythy

The one thing that really irks me when looking for it is the amount of copies of NBA Jam I see.

dsmythy

dsmythy wrote: »

The one thing that really irks me when looking for it is the amount of copies of NBA Jam I see.

Nearly the same situation here in Galway as I mentioned previously(with 2k11).
Although Smyths are stocking it(NBA Jam), the others would rather concentrate on having a 100 copies of games like MoH etc...

I noticed as well that the ''new games'' sections in Game and Gamestop were as good as gone.
They had a charts section, which funnily enough in most stores contained Move games that wouldn't have sold half as much as they were making out(obv' trying to get new ''gamers'' to look and go ''wow might get a move and the PS3''), then they'd have a tiny section with new games and 90% of space was reserved for used games.

Seems that selling what people are looking for isn't a priority any more. It's just about buying used games and selling them for a profit.

Robko

Best sports game of the year, no two ways about it. Maybe even ever! The only thing it's missing is the Phoenix Suns '93 team which would have been awesome but Barkley must have wanted too much money for it. Anybody here play on xbox live?

Liam O

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Ya it's pathetic really.

I went to HMV first, he said sold out, i reckon they didnt even get it, thats what they told me when i was looking for NHL 11(so i remarked ''Do ye not get in American sports games?'')

Then to Game where i was told it was ''hard to get'', he made it sound like there was a shortage... ya a shortage of copies brought into the city.

None in Gamestop, Xtravision, Smyths or Currys either.

Was surprised with Smyths as when i couldnt get NHL in town and went there, they had a good stock.

Apparently it's because they don't sell much.

But how hard is it to keep 4/5 copies in stock, it's out since October, it's disappointing having to import it like a rare collectable.
They all have 50+ copies of COD even though they'll never sell them all as there are always loads of trade ins as well.

Think i'll order it of HMV.co.uk, it's £37.50 including delivery.

You can get it for E35 including delivery on ebay from Hong Kong but there could be a week+ wait.

http://www.asda-entertainment.co.uk/games/platforms/xbox-360/nba-2k11/10208063.html

say you didn't already order?

Liam O

Liam O wrote: »

http://www.asda-entertainment.co.uk/games/platforms/xbox-360/nba-2k11/10208063.html

say you didn't already order?

Nope as i got NBA Jam instead this week, going to order next week.

I already came across Zavvi selling it for £18 squid anyway

Jayo180

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Nope as i got NBA Jam instead this week, going to order next week.

I already came across Zavvi selling it for £18 squid anyway

Finally somewhere has it in stock

DRose

Got this the day it came out and havnt stopped playing it since! F*** COD, this is the most addictive game ive ever played!

dsmythy

€25 on play.com at the moment.

Minstrel27

The game arrived yesterday and I am blown away by how amazing it looks, how great it's presented and how great it plays.

My defence needs some work but I am really happy with my purchase.

Jayo180

Minstrel27 wrote: »

The game arrived yesterday and I am blown away by how amazing it looks, how great it's presented and how great it plays.

My defence needs some work but I am really happy with my purchase.

Where you get it from? Ordered mine off Zavvi, they supposed to have had it in stock but has not been sent, i dont think they even had it when they said they did, such a joke :mad:

Jayo180

finally got it for the ps3! any tips on defense? need some work on it, cause at the moment it aint too good!

Liam O

Jayo180 wrote: »

finally got it for the ps3! any tips on defense? need some work on it, cause at the moment it aint too good!

I pretty much only play online so don't apply this to offline. it's quite hard to get used to and obviously some players are impossible to stop. LT or L2(depending on console) is great for keeping locked on to people but I assume you know that. I like to give them space from outside (especially on their weaker players to try to lure them into taking a lot of 3s because they are quite difficult to hit consistently outside of the likes of Ray Allen etc. Always contest shots no matter what as even easy layups can be missed if you put the right pressure on.

I'd say the most important thing is just to predict where the guy with the ball is going to go and cut him of before he can get inside and help run down the clock. Don't under any circumstances allow superstar players to get on a hot streak as Kobe and Lebron will score 90% of the time.

Sea Devils

I've been playing My Player a lot recently and it's been fun and all but I don't like the fact that you really can't explore Free Agency in the offseason like you should be able to do.

Dizzya

Jayo180 wrote: »

Where you get it from? Ordered mine off Zavvi, they supposed to have had it in stock but has not been sent, i dont think they even had it when they said they did, such a joke :mad:

I cancelled mine and went with Play.Com.

SO EXCITED! CAN'T WAIT TO GET IT! Anyone ever heard of Chris Smoove? Youtube commentator. Getting me super-pumped up for My Player mode

Sea Devils

=Dizzya;7088063! Anyone ever heard of Chris Smoove? Youtube commentator. Getting me super-pumped up for My Player mode

I'm sure you'll enjoy My Player mode. You can even act like a jerk in press conferences since there are 4 options on how to answer their questions. Professionalism, Arrogance, Loyalty, Indifference.:p

Dizzya

Sea Devils wrote: »

I'm sure you'll enjoy My Player mode. You can even act like a jerk in press conferences since there are 4 options on how to answer their questions. Professionalism, Arrogance, Loyalty, Indifference.:p

Sweet. Sounds awesome!

Cannot wait, I mean, literally am going to be so so happy when it gets home.

How long did it take you to really get going and pick it up?

Zero-Cool

I watched a lot of Chris Smoove vids for nba 2k10 which made me get that. I only ever played my player mode, loved it but was well tough. I'm gonna pick this up at some point when I finished with ME2 and TDU 2. Can ye tell me if in my player, you still get called greedy for calling for 1 pass? or did they lighten up on that a bit?

Also, is there any street ball mode? Loved those NBA street games of 3 on 3

whiteboii

Paully D wrote: »

Since NBA Elite has been scrapped, I'm sure basketball fans will have picked up NBA 2K11 instead.

I'm just wondering what people think of it?

its pretty good but prob not the best game tho

whiteboii

whiteboii wrote: »

its pretty good but prob not the best game tho

Its a great game if your a basketball fan TBH.

whiteboii

Deleted User wrote: »

Its a great game if your a basketball fan TBH.

ya i am but it can be improved still ok tho

whiteboii

whiteboii wrote: »

ya i am but it can be improved still ok tho

What do you not like?

Passing could be improved I will admit that.

Sea Devils

Dizzya wrote: »

Sweet. Sounds awesome!

Cannot wait, I mean, literally am going to be so so happy when it gets home.

How long did it take you to really get going and pick it up?

It didn't take me that long to be honest. It helped that in the intro you can play the 1991 Finals game 1 so I got sucked into the gameplay straight away. .Like I said it's one of the few Basketball games that has no obvious weaknesses out of the box and this is coming from a guy who wasn't a huge fan of the previous NBA 2k games.

Deleted User wrote: »

What do you not like?

Passing could be improved I will admit that.

The only problem I have with it is that don't like how the production's split between the stars and the role players. Right now I'm playing as the Lakers in association mode and Kobe is averaging 32PPG on 54% shooting but Derek Fisher is only getting 3PPG. I don't think that the CPU puts enough defensive attention on the stars, so they go off against single coverage while the role players don't get many shots.

One last little quibble is that I don't like how important height is. The giants dominate in this game. Yao & Roy Hibbert just destroy me. I don't know if that's a me issue, or if that's a flaw in the game.

Dizzya

Sea Devils wrote: »

It didn't take me that long to be honest. It helped that in the intro you can play the 1991 Finals game 1 so I got sucked into the gameplay straight away. .Like I said it's one of the few Basketball games that has no obvious weaknesses out of the box and this is coming from a guy who wasn't a huge fan of the previous NBA 2k games.




The only problem I have with it is that don't like how the production's split between the stars and the role players. Right now I'm playing as the Lakers in association mode and Kobe is averaging 32PPG on 54% shooting but Derek Fisher is only getting 3PPG. I don't think that the CPU puts enough defensive attention on the stars, so they go off against single coverage while the role players don't get many shots.

One last little quibble is that I don't like how important height is. The giants dominate in this game. Yao & Roy Hibbert just destroy me. I don't know if that's a me issue, or if that's a flaw in the game.

Tbh, I've never been able to stop the giants. Yao is just a beast in most games. I hate him, but he's great to play with in Live 10

Uncle Mclovin

Picked this up for €20 yesterday.

I'd never played any basketball game before and only recently started following NBA so I don't understand the whole thing.


Theres absolutely no help for beginners. You can't just throw on a quick match and start playing. Anyone got any tips on where I might go about starting to get better.

Zero-Cool

where did you get it? seems to be sold out in most shops!

Uncle Mclovin

sheehy83 wrote: »

where did you get it? seems to be sold out in most shops!

http://www.play.com/Search.html?searchtype=allproducts&searchsource=0&searchstring=nba+2k11


It was in gamestop in Tralee at the weekend for €30.

Zero-Cool

18.99 euro on play with free delivery :eek:

tonydude

sheehy83 wrote: »

18.99 euro on play with free delivery :eek:

€17.43 on thehut with free shipping
http://www.thehut.com/games/platforms/ps3/nba-2k11/10208064.html

Zero-Cool

What! well class but I thought that was only free delivery in the UK?