I have become so fed
up with NBA 2K18, that I actually deleted the app a couple weeks ago. This is
not coming from a “I hate 2K everything is trash” stand point but more so from a player
long time player that is 100%
disappointed in the game, so much so that not even my favorite modes like
mycareer (ruined) and myleague could keep me playing it.
NBA 2K18 is the first
year since 2k15 that I didn’t reach “shirtless” rep, and to be honest I really
don’t care. Online modes seem to be getting worse each year, and I’m pretty
much over them, especially when it comes to 2K. After losing all of my players
every time they shutdown their NBA 2k servers, it has come to a point where I’m
like, what’s the point? That’s my time, energy and most of all my money down
the drain.
I know that I'm pretty hard on 2K, but it’s only because I
want the game to get better. I feel like these companies should give their VERY
BEST. WE as fans and paying customers deserve that. It seems like 2K’s main
focus is trying to milk every penny out of our bank accounts. Each year 2K
becomes more and more focused on online money modes and less focused on what
really made their game great in the first place, the gameplay and many modes we
could play (that didn’t cost MONEY).
In NBA 2k18 you can no longer convert your online mycareer offline. Not
only that, offline career has absolutely ZERO
FEATURES. You don’t get a mycourt, you can’t change signature styles
(yes, you’re stuck with the terrible default jumpshot and dribble moves). You
can’t use the custom jumpshot creator, you can’t wear customs shoes. You can’t
even buy clothes, shoes or accessories. You don’t even get to choose 95% of the hairstyles available in the game. Why? Well everything is ONLINE ONLY! Online = virtual currency, virtual currency =
MICROTRANSACTIONS, Microtransactions = MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKET.
My biggest beef with this is, when 2K
turns off their servers for that game, YOU
LOSE EVERYTHING. If you’re like myself and enjoy playing the older
games from time to time, you can see where my issues lie.
When the 2k15 servers
shut down, I lost 2 maxed out players, my myteam progress, and over 200k VC that
didn’t get converted to SP to use to make A
NEW PLAYER. When 2K shutdown the
2k16 servers I lost FIVE MAXED OUT PLAYERS, over 100k VC and all of myteam players. I
have 5 maxed players on 2k17 and 6 players that are at least 85 overall on
2k18, go ahead and add that up. Guess what’s going to happen when the servers
shutoff? 2K WILL DELETE IT ALL.
Do you not see the trend? Not only that, on 2k17 and 2k18
once you play offline, as I stated you can’t change your signatures styles. At least in 2k15
& 16 you can still change your signature styles (dribble moves &
jumpshot).
You’re basically investing this time and money if you
choose to pay to play for a good year and some change and then it’s gone in a blink of an eye. That’s a waste in opinion. I still have all of my last gen games with players I
made some 8 years ago, no issue.
2K is moving in a terrible direction when it comes to their
NBA franchise. Not only do they make the grind unbearable to upgrade your
player, they make it EXPENSIVE. Just to get your player to an 85 it costs
around 190,000 VC which equals about $50 USD, that's not including clothes, hairstyles, shoes, accessories, and animations.
NBA LIVE 18 costs
nothing to upgrade your player and it’s very easy to max out your player and
get to the action (enjoying the game) the way it SHOULD BE. 2K seems like they don't care to make their game more fun and less of a
player grind. I can understand grinding to unlock prizes, but spending months
to grind unlocks for attributes you don’t even get to choose what you max out?
NO! It really puts things in perspective with where 2K’s priorities lie.
I, like thousands of
other people in the community is disappointed with NBA 2K18. 2K could have done
so much. They could have given us possibly one of the best basketball games
ever created. Instead we were hit with probably one of the greediest, if not THEE greediest microtransactions filled basketball game of ALL time, well at
least for now, we don’t know what’s next. Literally EVERYTHING in NBA 2K18 cost
virtual currency right down to hairstyles and facial hair.
2K really tried to go
GTA on us with this “OPEN WORLD” RPG type feel, but failed miserably, you see even
GTA 5 lets the player preview hairstyles and gives free virtual money here and
there. It costs nothing to build your character and although their prices are
steep when it comes to the finer things (Cars homes etc.), I personally have
never spent a dime on microtransactions in GTA nor have I felt the need to.Playing NBA 2K18 the feeling is the total opposite. 2K makes certain modes unbearable to the point where you feel like you NEED to buy VC to build
your player, buy myteam packs etc. to have a good experience. I actually
feel bad for the people that spent money on this game, only to find out the
experience is still pretty much the same.
NBA 2k18 feels like one long
advertisement commercial, and that is not even the least of its problems.
Gameplay took a huge hit, from the sloppy slip and slide dribbling, to the
clipping (players and the basketball going through bodies) being the worst it has
ever been. The terrible A.I team defense functionality, to the shooting and
defense online, 2K has been disappointing all around the board, with few things making you feel like the game is good. 2K HAS A LOT to work on, and that’s to say the LEAST! Will they
be able to redeem themselves? Well I’ll tell you one thing, If they follow my
wishlist, they’ll be well on their way!