The Ascension boards are one of the most rewarding, but nervy experiences I’ve had in a mini-game with a sports video title. 2K has added so many layers to the experience that it is difficult to encompass everything in a few paragraphs. Collectively, all of these untouched or under-developed details makes this aspect of the game more of a negative than positive. Much of the commentary is the same as last year’s game as well.The halftime show, pre-show, intros and national anthem are almost identical to NBA 2K20. The menus are extremely bland, taking the simplistic and clean approach to an unfortunate extreme.That said, there’s nothing present that will keep me from muting the entire thing on the first day of play. I’m kind of over soundtracks in these kinds of games, but as it is, there are some definite bangers.This is a double-edged sword, which I’ll get to in a minute, but for what it’s worth at this point, the story of Junior, the reluctant second-generation star was pretty compelling. The voice acting and script in the M圜areer story is particularly strong this year.With the exception of a few guys with different hairstyles, or perhaps a few more tattoos, this is visually the exact same game as NBA 2K20. It’s a delicate balance because they want to maintain the flow that originally made 2K a more fun game to play than NBA Live, but there needs to be a game within a game in this component, and 2K still misses the mark a bit in this regard. 2K still hasn’t quite figured out the cat-and-mouse game between dribbler and defender. Playing defense is still based too much on running into the ball-handler rather than cutting them off with some relation to impeding their progress to the basket.Real basketball heads will gain some enjoyment from watching the various offenses work to get their best players the ball. The freelance offenses are beautiful to watch unfold, and diverse as it relates to the different teams.2K also announced a hot-fix for the lower difficulty levels that will launch on Sunday, September 6, which should meet novices where they are. It’s not coming as easy to the 2K community, which can be one of the most spoiled gaming groups, but it’s coming. In Neighborhood features, most are struggling mightily if they haven’t acquired enough badges. In offline modes and MyTeam, accuracy greatly improves with shooters with high attributes and related badges. I like the increased difficulty, and I believe there is some rhyme and reason to it. There is a new shot meter that is giving most of us the flux, but I’m seeing improvement in my own play, and most definitely in others. The shooting is a major hot-button issue in the 2K community, and without question, it is much harder to drain threes in this year’s game than in most versions of the game. It feels as if the handcuffs have been removed from the user, and some truly impressive and gratifying moves are available with some skill required.
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