Current Events > So NBA 2K19 is on sale for $3 on the Switch.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Is there something I should know about this game

Cause even if it's just basic ass basketball this seems like a good deal
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Literally everything is monetized
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it was also $3 on xbox recently. its fucked to hell by microtransactions but its still 2k
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It's the worst version by far
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2K is the worst company for monetisation out of all of them. It's really impressive how grubby they are. I'd shy away from it pretty hard.
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What's the monetization focused on

I just want to play some matches lol

If people still bought it at full price I can't see it hurting for $3
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I've been playing the career. Your team AI is laughable but it's pretty fun. I almost never play the 2k games online because I'm no where near as good as most of the people who play.
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Im p sure its just like, the myplayer and ultimate team or whatever shit thats monetized. you can probably play pickups or seasons just fine
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It's got the whole shebang

Loot boxes
Microtransactions
Virtual currency
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if you like online modes dont get it

if you like doing GM/Franchise modes in single player then buy it.
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Welp, bought it

I've taken bigger impulse risks before lol
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Alucard188 posted...

2K is the worst company for monetisation out of all of them. It's really impressive how grubby they are. I'd shy away from it pretty hard.

I agree . I play 2k and my overall is only 74. litterally would have to put in like 80 hours to get to a level 79. I feel bad for people who spend 300 dollars on a character just to release another game next year and start all over.
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Alucard188 posted...

2K is the worst company for monetisation out of all of them. It's really impressive how grubby they are. I'd shy away from it pretty hard.

worse than EA?
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TreyFlowers posted...

Alucard188 posted...

2K is the worst company for monetisation out of all of them. It's really impressive how grubby they are. I'd shy away from it pretty hard.

worse than EA?

It's as bad , if not worse
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TreyFlowers posted...

Alucard188 posted...

2K is the worst company for monetisation out of all of them. It's really impressive how grubby they are. I'd shy away from it pretty hard.

worse than EA?

Sadly yes
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2K makes EA's monetization look like Nintendo's
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voldothegr8 posted...

TreyFlowers posted...

Alucard188 posted...

2K is the worst company for monetisation out of all of them. It's really impressive how grubby they are. I'd shy away from it pretty hard.

worse than EA?

Sadly yes

DarkRoast posted...

2K makes EA's monetization look like Nintendo's

gaming is fucking trash these days
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So what was the last good NBA 2K game?
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last nba game i played was 2k18 (i think) and that basically felt like a mobile game
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I've been playing it since it came out.

- If you are just planning to play pick up games then yeah it's pretty fun. You pretty much do anything technical that you see NBA players do as far as moves and gameplay goes.

-The graphics are good and the character models are pretty nice.

Now for the negatives.

-If you play MyPlayer Mode (Where you make a character and play him from college to the NBA) it is basically a grind and you don't get to pay to advance (you would think 2K would allow this.) Every game you play on quickplay or your career gets you VC (virtual currency) and you use that to upgrade your stats. However, once you get to level 90, you will have maxed all the stats for your guy. However, you also gain MyPoints after each game of MyCareer you play and those points are used to Increase the max threshold for certain stats. The problem here is the fucking grind. One game I play in MyCareer with 9 minute quarters gets me a 3% increase in MyPoints. (Once you hit 100% then it increases the stat threshhold.) You don't get to buy Mypoints, so once you get to that level 90, it is a damn grind. So I made a SF when I first got the game. I really want to make other characters at different positions but it will just take too late to build them up.

- If you play on harder difficulties, everyone on the other team can shoot 3's.

There's probably some other stuff I'm missing. But that's the main stuff. For $3 man you will have a lot of fun I think. Do you have any questions?

Do you have any questions?

Is there any sort of minigames/street ball

I refuse to buy NBA Playgrounds 2 after how they did people dirty with the first one
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How's the framerate? I bought last year's version and couldnt get used to the 30 FPS after playing the Xbox and PS versions for all these years.
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AvantgardeAClue posted...

Do you have any questions?

Is there any sort of minigames/street ball

I refuse to buy NBA Playgrounds 2 after how they did people dirty with the first one

Yeah they have a bunch of different games but I've never played any of them.

TheRock88 posted...

How's the framerate? I bought last year's version and couldnt get used to the 30 FPS after playing the Xbox and PS versions for all these years.

I'm playing on PS4 and it has been fine.

I4NRulez posted...

if you like online modes dont get it

if you like doing GM/Franchise modes in single player then buy it.

This is the best opinion, I usually buy the NBA2k games on release day each year, and this one as far as online play, earning VC, and them just slapping you in the mouth with very minimal rewards unless you spend money is by far the worst of any game.

But for single player? It's a perfectly fine game, and that mode is fun. I pretty much only play Pro Am online, and regretted my purchase this year.
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bought it for 20 felt ripped off even at 3 its noit worth it
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BobanMarjanovic posted...

TheRock88 posted...

How's the framerate? I bought last year's version and couldnt get used to the 30 FPS after playing the Xbox and PS versions for all these years.

I'm playing on PS4 and it has been fine.

Talking about the Switch version, framerate has never been an issue with the PS4 and Xbox One versions.
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