NBA 2K16 PS4 Early Access

In September, a large number of console games beckoned to players, from the explosive "Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain" and "Mad Max" at the beginning, to the battle between "FIFA16" and "Pro Evolution Soccer 2016" in the middle and late September. The surprises of this month seem to be enough to make console players' hearts beat faster.

Don’t be in a hurry. At the end of September, another sports blockbuster will also be launched on the next-generation console. As a 3A masterpiece of basketball games, "NBA 2K16" is about to bring this month to a perfect end.

On September 29, the new series "NBA 2K16" developed by 2K Sports will meet console players. After hard work, we finally got the latest series of this basketball masterpiece on the 28th. In addition to 2K's unchanging gameplay every year, what kind of surprises will this year bring to players?

Earlier, 2K Sports announced that the three stars on the cover of this year are Stephen Curry , James Harden and Anthony Davis. After entering the game, the cover of "NBA 2K16" also features these three famous stars. Even Harden didn't believe that he could be the cover of the game at first.

Why are these three people on the cover of 2K? According to veteran basketball expert Meng Ge, it’s because these three are all very cool.

Competition process

The usual style of sports games is to experience a quick match at the beginning, but the opening of "NBA 2K16" is much more comfortable than "FIFA16", and you can freely choose your team.

However, the setting of the opening game is a bit tiring. Each quarter is 6 minutes, and there are 4 quarters in total. The game process cannot be fast-forwarded or skipped, and the time speed is the same as normal. Players can only play a full 24-minute game. However, except for veterans, long games can allow a novice to master the basic operations of this game.

Compared with the previous game, the characters' movements are smoother during the game. The growth of AI is also one of the highlights of this game. Both the players' steals and the referees' decisions are slightly more difficult than the previous game.

The operation still follows the previous generation, but this generation has added a lot of extraordinary moves, so you may need to spend more energy on fancy basketball.

Nowadays, sports games are becoming more and more realistic. For example, the real-life capture technology of players in "FIFA" and "Pro Evolution Soccer" has also been reflected in basketball games. The graphics and character design of this generation have reached a new level. Whether it is the expressions of the characters or the sweating of the players, they are all portrayed vividly.

Game Mode

After the game, 2K's face-shaping function is back again. In the game, the character construction options are richer, the content is more abundant and complete, and you can basically create a character that everyone wants. This game also retains the player marking system and the sneaker design system.

NBA 2K16 still uses the facial scanning of the previous generation, but unfortunately, the use of PlayStation camere to model the faces of reviewers with simpler facial contours not only failed, but also caused the PS4 to crash. The previous generation even created all kinds of weird looks. It has to be said that in terms of facial scanning, PlayStation camere is indeed not as good as Xbox One's Kinect.

Of course, the game is not limited to quick game. After the opening game, the true face of "NBA 2K16" is fully revealed to the players. From the picture, we can see that the Chinese localization of the game is not yet completely in place. Except for the quick game, the other options are all expressed in English.

The next generation of NBA 2K includes 5 game modes: Quick Game, Brilliant Career, Legendary Manager, Ultimate League and Online Battle.

There is no need to say much about the quick game. As a basketball fan, it is indeed a refreshing thing to be able to choose your favorite team to sweep the entire league. The street basketball in it has more fancy basketball skills than the previous generation.

Although the MyCareer game follows the player career mode of the previous "NBA 2K", "NBA 2K16" subverts the previous tradition.

Compared to the previous work about a down-and-out player rising to the peak of his life, the new work directly becomes a career of a poor boy who carries his dream from high school to stardom step by step. At the same time, the script "Living in the Dream" created by the famous producer Spike Lee is more like a struggle film.

At the same time, the CG animation and dubbing of the career mode are also performed by basketball stars specially. It can be seen that 2K has put a lot of effort into making this game show different characteristics.

The changes in Legend Manager are not that big. Compared with the previous generation, as a team manager, some details about team management have been added, such as player salaries, team allocation, etc.

As the name suggests, Ultimate Alliance allows players to build a strong team. The game content is not much different from Legend Manager. Of course, the Legend Manager mode is just about managing the team's daily life, and only when combined with Ultimate Alliance can the entire team be led to glory.

NBA 2K is becoming more and more realistic. Sports games are becoming more and more realistic.

Following the many battles between "FIFA" and "Pro Evolution Soccer" over the years, football games have gradually developed towards realism. Among sports games, "NBA 2K" is undoubtedly the top masterpiece among basketball games. Similarly, the authenticity of "NBA 2K" is also increasing year by year.

Thanks to the development of technology, the capture of facial expressions and movements of characters has freed technicians from the huge data calculations, and what is shown in the game is gradually comparable to real players.

However, for sports games, the core is always the same, and the game methods and more modes are also familiar to players. However, this time, NBA 2K16 obviously surprised players.

The career mode, produced with the participation of Oscar-nominated filmmaker and famous New York Knicks fan Spike Lee, subverts the previous game method that starts with a draft. It focuses more on showing a poor boy who rises to the top step by step with his dreams from the bottom.

It is reported that they have shot a 90-minute CG animation based on this, and in the game this 90-minute animation will be expanded into about 12 hours of story content. Whether it is the protagonist and villain in the story, or even the team games, they are all real shots, allowing players to integrate into a simulated real environment and show their basketball talents.

Even in the game, when the player wins a difficult game, the family in the story will cry and celebrate in the stands.

Of course, there are relatively few such examples in real life, but the new ideas added by 2K can still allow players to see their determination to present real games, and in the game content, both the operating experience and the plot pictures have been put a lot of effort.

As the reputation of football games has fluctuated among players, the NBA 2K series has been improving year by year. Moreover, on consoles like the PS4, the perfect adaptation of the handle is more suitable for players' games than the unsmooth keyboard operation on the PC platform.

As the latest masterpiece of "NBA 2K", "NBA 2K16" will undoubtedly push basketball games to another peak. For players, "NBA 2K15" has already demonstrated the unique charm of basketball games, but the emergence of "NBA 2K16" is totally worth your money.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.