NBA 2k17 the ultimate wishlist

It’s june, but I started writing this wishlist blog back in April, dedicated yes I know!

April 2016 thoughts “So, NBA 2k changed their twitter to 2k17, so we all know what that means. It’s pretty much a wrap for 2k16. They never give us a full year of anything. Which is why I think they should spend 15-18 months making these games. It’s more logical and it gives them time to give us the best game possible and work out any little kinks along the way after launch. BUT, we all know that will never happen. So we might as well start spamming 2k with our wants! Now I’ve made a few videos on the subject, but I didn’t want them make them too long. So this blog entry will go much more in depth. But before we get started, feel free to check out my videos if you haven’t already.  Youtube.com/TruKING187 I even made a playlist, quick and easy for you to view.”

Things that should be added in NBA 2k17

I’ve gotten tons of request, over 350k views and hundreds of comments about my NBA2k17wishlist videos, so I know EXACTLY WHAT THE NBA 2k community WANTS.

Summer circuit ( WE NEED THIS)

Now MOST thought NBA 2k16 Pro am would actually be like the real thing. We play against the pros in a streetball setting. Obviously we were all wrong. Pro Am is basically a crew battle or Rec without rep. We need a real Pro Am. 2k17 HAS to have a summer circuit like EA did for NBA live 16 (the best mode on that game by the way). We should be able to battle with the CPU in a streetball setting, either with other players or by ourselves (like NBA live 16). We can team up with people on our friends list, randoms or of course my favorite, play alone. In Summer circuit mode we should be able to unlock new courts, unlock special sneakers, clothes and accessories that are not available, and of course win VC.

New shooting system

Dear 2k, its time for CHANGE. It’s time for 2k to get a BRAND NEW SHOOTING SYSTEM. We need to know the percentage of the shot that we took, was it a 75% shot, 44% etc. , was the release too slow, too fast etc. It should say, shot off the dribble, contested, perfect etc. This should be in EVERY MODE (especially mypark etc.)

We need a NEW shooting bar, for example NBA live 16 shooting bar is nice, just bad execution (the percentages are way off and the shooting is kind of broke).

 Forget the trying to get it on the line, most of the time you miss shots on the line, if it’s not GREEN. And the GREEN releases. I can’t count how MANY GREEN RELEASES I HAVE MISSED.  Whose idea was it to make us miss green releases? TERRIBLE IDEA. I can understand nerfing the amount of green releases a person gets (WIDE OPEN) We should never get a contested green release (Like in NBA 2k15) but to have us miss a green, that’s a little too extreme. The shooting in 2k16 is JUST TRASH PERIOD, it’s too inconsistent. I’ll have games where I’m shooting 100% then the next game I’m broke, missing wide open shots! I go on 10+ win streaks all of the time, I’d say I shoot 100% maybe 3/10 games. I’m not saying we should make EVERY single shot. But to have us missing multiple wide open shots and then letting people hit contested makes absolutely no sense. It’s like 2k rewards poor defense.

Created players/Myplayer creation

Hair dyed tips or the option to change any part of the hair a different color like in WWE 2k16.

Adjustable hair length (I mentioned this before), designs for fades, waves, hitops, dreads with fade option etc. like 2k14 on PS4. Scars and slits in eyebrow option, piercings for mypark/blacktop mode.
Better facial customization options: 2k has gotten better with their create a player engine, but it’s still not in depth enough for those of us that don’t mind spending time tweaking created players. We should be able to adjust the eyes to however big or small, wide or slanted. We should be able to move the eyebrow bone higher or lower, more of an arch, or sad or happy look. The cheek bones and jaw bone structure should have more tweaking features. 

We should continue to be able to use facescan from our PS4 etc. cameras, but we should also be able to upload face images from the PC. With this feature we can literally make any kind of customizable player. It may also be easier for the people that are not that good at creating custom players from scratch. A lot of people have also talked about a possible app like NBA LIVE 16. I personally feel like EA failed, most android users were not able to use the app( like myself and I tried 4 android devices). Android 5.0.1 and a few others had compatibility issues.  

 I was finally able to use my cousins Iphone 6, that's pretty inconvenient. 

Customizable BODIES. ( I have a video on this as well)

Body types, body types we need CUSTOM BODY TYPES. We can only make our players taller or shorter, change shoulder/arm/body length. If you use the normal, ripped etc. it looks EXACTLY the same. We should be able to play around with the body shape, really skinny, really fat, ripped, bulky, athletic and everything in between. We need a scale, like WWE 2k16. For example if you go to the skinny side too much you will see bones or the athletic side you’ll see more abs and of course if you go too far to the bulky side you’ll get fat rolls. I already know we’ll be seeing some obese guys dunking at the park if giving the option. That would be pretty funny though. 

I made a video about new parks, Blacktop mode, customizable mycourt etc. so there’s not too much more I can say about that, but let’s do a recap for those that have not watched my video yet. Mycourt should be 100% customizable, like my league and Pro AM courts. We should have the option to have inside or outside courts, and the option to turn off the tv. A new addition that should be added is the option to invite teammates or other players in the league for a 1v1, 3v3 etc. similar to Blacktop mode but right there in your mycourt. It would give us the option to play around with moves and test new jumpers against cpu without having to leave mycourt and go back and forth. 

Mini mycourt games

Right now all we can do is play 1v1, 2v2 etc against friends. There should be a horse option, for example if I shoot a deep three, the spot should light up and the next person has to shoot from there. If they miss they get an H, first person that get H.O.R.S.E loses. 

Another game, around the world. For those that never played, you basically start from one corner and work your way around the perimeter to the other side. If you miss a shot, it's the next persons turn and you have to start back at the corner. To keep the game from being too long, whoever makes it the furthest in say 5-10 mins WINS. A new way could also be if you miss one shot, you go back two or you get the option to take a second shot, if you miss that then you have to start all over. 

Blacktop mode (SINGLE PLAYER)

Blacktop mode needs a HUGE facelift. I remember how fun past games used to be. I still spend a lot of time on blacktop (I’m more of a single player gamer than a multiplayer gamer) Blacktop mode is not nearly as fun as it used to be. We need the crowd and DJ back. It really hypes you up when the DJ yells something out about what you just did or the crowed goes wild over an ankle breaker, dunk etc. Blacktop mode should have special dunks and special ankle breakers, moves like off the heezy (hitting the ball off of someone's head) Crazy alley oop dunks etc.

There should be a make it take option for 1v1 and 2v2. There should be a preferred position for 2v2 and 3v3, for some reason that option is only given for 4v4 and 5v5. Playing one position is great practice for going online to play mypark and other PVP(player verse player) modes, and it’s just fun.

We should be able to use custom created players without adding them to a custom rosters. There should be NBA league tab, Throwback teams, Myplayers, Celebrities (if they bring this feature back) and regular created player tab for Blacktop mode.

TEAM JERSEYS, no matter what players are on your team! For example team one in white and team two in black with team colored sneakers and accessories. Street clothes option, all players are in street clothes like NBA like 16. Shirts vs skins (shirtless) option. 

Custom rosters, we should be able to load custom rosters into blacktop (without having to start Myleague or whatever else mode to get into Blacktop).

Customizable game settings, for example, no fouls, no backcourt, no out of bounds, play to 11 or 15 instead of 21, only 3’s count, all buckets are worth 2 or 3 or 1 point, or only dunks count, make it take it etc. We should be able to choose a day setting or night setting.

Mypark

We need a better rep system. We should NOT have to guess how many games it will take us to reach a new milestone. We need rep points, not just a bar. We need to know how many more rep points we have until we reach the next level. We need better prizes. We should not have to wait until we get to Legend 1 to go shirtless. We should be able to have the shirtless option at any rep. People really want this option, they want it so bad that they have found GLITCHES to make this happen. After working so hard to get L1, shirtless option and a few new animations is just not enough. the VC is nice, but we should get something else. L2 we should get a hoverboard. Who the hell wants to grind to L4 for a skateboard? Few, i'll tell you that. I have only seen a few L4's on the PS4.  L3 should remain where its at mascot ( I personally don't care about being L3) L5 was just way too much 8-10k games, that's excessive. Then for the few that have gotten there they had to buy the tiger, L4 had to by the 50k skateboard, bascially the money you get for hitting the milestone you spend it on the "prize" that's crazy. If you make it to the milestone you should get a FREE prize. 

GOT NEXT, now this is something that I despise. I can’t count how many times I waited on got next for a game to end just to have a squad come up and take it as soon as the game is ending, because there was only one other guy on the got next with me. Or all of the courts are filled or courts are empty. Some people just stand around. We should have multiple options. If people want to stand around at the park cool, but at least give others the options for instant matchups like Pro Am, play now etc. NBA live 16 has this feature, you literally only sit there waiting for about 30 seconds, only two real players have to be there for the game to start, if no other players join then you have CPU players on your team. There should also be an option for squad travel to instant matchups. We should NEVER have to stand around the park waiting 10+ minutes to get into a game.  We need better animation options. The directional buttons are the easiest way to do a celebration. We should be able to celebrate on offense and good defensive plays. For example if I block a shot, I should be able to do a celebration if it goes out of bounds. One last thing, for PS4, the steal button should be changed from square to X. I can’t tell you how many times I have stolen the ball or teammates and didn’t realize it, clicked square and shoot from FULL COURT. It’s the same with the analog stick, for some reason even if you have your settings changed, every now and then the right analog stick will make you shoot. I can’t count how many accidental full court shots I have taken because of that. Change the analog pump fake/shoot, I have my shooting settings on buttons for a reason!

Teammate grade 

This should not happen in 2k17

TM grade is so broke! That and who to guard needs a serious revamp. Half of the time we're getting defensive breakdown on players we ARE NOT even supposed to guard. 2k will drag you all over the court, even when you have defense on ZERO. If you take who to guard off, you'll get defense breakdown even more, because 2k is constantly SWITCHING THE DEFENDER. We should never get defense breakdown or allowed rebound on players we are not assigned to at the beginning of the game. Allowed rebound really pisses me off. You can block a shot or your TM blocks a shot and the player you're guarding grabs it, allowed rebound. The ball hits the rim, bounce off someones back, goes down court, the guy you're guarding is lucky to grab it, ALLOWED REBOUND. WTF! That has to GO. Someone pokes the ball lose, (spamming the steal button) or the ball hits someone, not only is it 9/10 a collision turnover. You get a minus for lose ball. How the hell did we know the ball was going to get knocked loose? It's the same with getting a minus for a block shot, like we KNEW the ball was going to get blocked. Really 2k?

Mycareer

Badge tracker is a MUST! I don't understand why we don't have this feature.

We need mycareer celebrations. There are a couple in the game but we have no control over them or when they happen. We should be able to pick what celebrations we do. We need the option to have shorter seasons. We should at least be able to play a 44 game season. 82 games is just TOO LONG for some people, and by some people, I mean people like me. 

FIVE practices for ONE attribute is too many. That would only be fair if we could skip games WITHOUT skipping over off days. Even then it’s still TOO MANY.  3 practices, we should be able to upgrade a new stat. I hate that it’s even like this in the first place. But I’m sure this was added to keep people from getting to 99 quickly. Which really did nothing but make people (not me fk no!) spend hours and hours on the game fouling out until they got to 99. 

My highest guy was (R.I.P 2k deleted him, my fav player!) a 96 overall, I was done, that was enough for me. 99 overall means nothing in the game, especially with the terrible attribute caps. It’s basically a WASTE OF TIME. I guard 99 overall all, I keep so many of them at ZERO. 

We should be able to have the option to have only 3 games in the playoffs. I would personally choose 1, 1 and done! But that’s just me.  Seven games is way too many for some of us. In 2k16 I dreaded heading to playoffs, having to play all of those games. Over 20+ practices we were not able to use! A few times I threw the playoffs on purpose, not wanting to be bothered. I hate 2k16 mycareer, and I've always been a MC fan. I just can't deal with the trash shooting and terrible collision turnovers. 

We should NOT have to have caps on our players for mycareer.  Its called MYCAREER we should be able to build an unstoppable superstar, a true GOAT.  It’s time for mycareer player to split from mypark player.

2k should build a cap engine for mypark or something if it’s that serious, but MYcareer, should 100% ours and 100% customizable, even the sliders if we want to make it easier or harder. The key word is MY. If we want our center to be able to be a great outside shooter then we should be able to in mycareer. I personally think that it’s crazy that players like Durant and Carmelo have better ball handling than my point guards (BECAUSE OF THE CAPS) Just because you’re taller or shorter does not make you a better or worse shooter, ball handler etc. The Caps this year are terrible.

I can understand they did it so that bigger players like SF etc. wouldn’t be so overpowered, but they really just ruined it. Now the most over powered offensive position is little 5’10, 5’7 PG’s, although it does seem like centers shoot better than most. Sometimes there are centers splashing from deep while you have guards missing mids, it’s CRAZY. The centers can dribble just as good as the guards, the only difference is they loose the ball easier and get stripped the most. But...I’m not about to rant about the broken 2k16 park. 

NBA 2k17. We shouldn’t have caps in mycareer. The shooting should be a lot better. It should be FUN. If we want to shoot from deep, that curry range we should be able to. Wide open with the maxed stats we should be able to hit those shots. I mean what's the point of having limitless range badge GOLD? Speaking of badges, CPU SHOULD NOT be able to drop our badges down to silver or bronze. What's the point of having badges when they can become void? 

We need better cut scenes and more voice choices with option to make the voice deeper or higher pitched.

We need commentary settings that save. For some reason in mycareer the commentary doesn’t save on all of my players. I have to tune the setting EVERY game, that’s annoying. Connections, this was a cool addition, but annoying when you have to choose between that, practice and endorsements. Endorsements should go back to the way they were in 2k15, as you rise in the NBA you get deals, the end. We shouldn’t have to waste off days on them. That way we can spend our off days at the gym or doing connections. It would be nice to have cut scenes for the connections.

Overall NBA 2k17 should be brand new from top to bottom. We should not get a recycled 2k16 game with updated rosters.  We have had 6 patches in NBA 2k16 and yet there are still glitches and exploits in the game, the collision turnovers have yet to be fixed. They added a weird dribble trip animation. We still get stopped dead in our tracks on ankle breakers and crossovers by some invisible wall. Simple passes (not even full court) gets thrown out bounds for no reason, it’s terrible…and we’re stuck with it, because 2k has moved on. 

Hopefully they’re busy making NBA 2k17 the best basketball game ever created, and hopefully, they WILL listen to the community.

2k, we need change.