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    Still downloading. One of the user reviews asked why they couldn't just reuse some of the 84GBs from last year's install. I know it's meant as a dig on how little changes but ... they should absolutely do that.

    Okay, knocked it down to Rookie and the shot meter is still unreliable. I have no faith any three point attempts will hit, regardless of timing. Inside the paint, it's only slightly better.

    Took the CPU sliders down to 0. Game doesn't save the sliders. Or your camera changes.
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    Apparently there's a patch coming today to sort shooting out. Playing with all the sliders at 0, I still need that patch to get decent points on the board. Even at 0, I've yet to see the AI miss a free throw, for whatever that's worth.

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    Been watching Nepenthez playing it and it's clearly completely broken.

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    The 2K staff bloke suggests holding L2 to give the shot a boost. It works on uncontested 3 pointers but not in actual game time. The 'fixes' I've seen on youtube involve badged up MyPlayers which, y'know, doesn't really solve the problem.

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    They've just released a game, for what, £60, where shooting is utterly broken.

    Absolute farce.

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    I bought it today and it's pretty damn fiddly.

    I lost my first couple of TTO offline games but that was because I was trying (and failing) to evo up Shaq.

    I had a bit of time just practising jumpshots and I think if you can master the system then you'll end up shooting really well. The problem is that a lot of casuals will pick it up, not be bothered to put the time into practising and bin it.

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    Nah, the timing's too tight and it differs from player to player. In a sport about momentum, it's asking for trouble.

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    A players "Green Window" has always differed from player to player.

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    I remember being to turn that off at some point.

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    Can't wait until it's £4 again and they should have all this nicely patched up.

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    Bought this guy today:

    https://2kmtcentral.com/21/players/8220/allan-houston

    And in practice mode I hit a high amount of greens with him, in game still finding it tricky.

    I still haven't won a game of TTO offline and I lost my first domination game on Hall of Fame in the final minute and a half.

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    Allan Houston was my favorite player for the ~3 years I cared about basketball.

    Those Knicks - Pacers series.

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    I'm going to switch to the shot stick and see if that helps. That seems more about aim but, shock horror, I keep triggering fancy dribbling when shaping to shoot.

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    I use the stick on this version I think it's easier.

    You have to pull down to shoot on this version, before it was up or down.

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    Just won my first game on MyTeam. A Domination game on HOF difficulty.

    My biggest lead was 14 and I lead most of the 4th quarter by double digits but only won by 2 with the AI missing a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

    This game is seriously tough.

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    Finally hit my first 3 pointer in a game. Bill Laimbeer

    Also, the shooting buff does not apply to HOF or higher difficulty which is why I've been having so much trouble. I also won my first TTO offline game (24-21) but it was not easy, the sliders in that mode are insane.

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    Started MyPlayer with my 6"9 power forward, "Batman Wonderwoman." I keep reverting back to the shot button so my big lump with squinty eyes needs to go exclusively for dunks. I didn't have subtitles on the first cutscene but I assume they were talking about 'game' and 'hustle' and maybe somebody died.

    I'm convinced that hotfix isn't coming so I'm going to turn my lanky twat into an assist machine. Also, I'm taller than my on-screen Dad.
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    The new patch has made stick shooting offline (HOF or higher) even harder.

    The aim window is now no longer in the same place. Apparently the slower you pull the stick down the more left of centre it is, the faster you pull down the more right it is.

    Even easier online (as well as offline lower than HOF) now though as you can use a modded controller to create aimbot.
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    I can't go back. It's done.

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    I was just starting (slowly) to get the shot stick too.

    I hope they change it back fast.

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    This is special. How in the fuck have they made it worse?

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    They didn't like that so many online guys (mainly the competitive guys so a really low number of the player-base) were greening so easily.

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    Tried a game of TTO Offline with stick shooting but no shot meter.

    I thought it would be a mess but I hit 4/5 with Trevor Ariza and it felt quite nice. Layups feel even easier too (flick up instead of down) and 3's were going in.

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    The game is so much worse post-patch.

    It was hard before but I was still enjoying myself. They've made it even harder to score against the AI as they defend so much better and they seem to make so many more shots now.

    Games against the AI are just so sweaty now and you have to pay attention to pretty much the whole game whilst making very few mistakes.

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    Am I the only one who's never actually been able to defend, anyway? Playing career I just kinda stood infront of the oppo trying to delay him, with the odd steel. However, if they drove, they always beat me, every single time.

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    That's how I roll. Reaching in barely leads to anything other than fouls for me. If I want to trigger something, I tend to jump at the net or in the shooter's face.

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    I thought I was alright last year but I think that's mainly because I was using two monsters at PG (first Giannis then Ben Simmons) and it was pretty damn easy.

    So far I've done ok but I'm using my SG or SF as the player I use to defend with so I don't see as much action.

    I'm fairly good at stopping my guy not drop threes but a bit crap on the inside as I bite on fake shots too much.

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    They've finally changed the difficulties of the Domination games in MyTeam.

    They were Pro/All-Star/Hall of Fame and they've been downgraded to Rookie/Pro/All-Star.

    Really big help as 3's are going in a lot easier and the AI doesn't cheat nearly as much.

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    They keep sending us emails telling us the shooting's changed. I'm going to revisit it on my week off and maybe follow the review up.

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    It hasn't changed since the patch on the 14th or whenever they made it so much worse.

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    I reviewed it before the 14th dropped so I'll give it a look.

    It's better but not world changing. I'm still relying on power-levelling my stats and going for assists when the game seems to demand I fuck shots up.
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    I haven't played it yet today but a new patch has come out:

    "Increased the size of the shot meter, based on feedback from the community.
    Adjusted Single Player Triple Threat and Triple Threat Online difficulties, based on community feedback.
    Added a new page to the back of Player Cards that lists the Upgradable Badges for that player."

    These are easily the best 3 items in there for me.

    AH is still a mess though.

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    They've patched the stick shooting to how it was from day 1

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    They released a patch to fix a skill move and they've ended up breaking a hell of a lot in MyTeam.

    Online games right now result in an error code 99% of the time and they've broken the badge search even more.

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    Is this likely to be one of those where so much effort has gone into the next-gen that they've just farted out whatever for the current gen like with Madden? (Go Sheawks) I was looking to get this along with PS5 just to coo at it but if it's as buggy as all that I might leave it a few years again or until it's £3.

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    They have two different teams, the better one is working on next gen.

    The PS5 version on paper sounds like a different game.

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    I hope so, the trailer looks great but still seems just a shinier version of what they've got so I'll definitely hold back and see how it's received.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wullie View Post
    I hope so, the trailer looks great but still seems just a shinier version of what they've got so I'll definitely hold back and see how it's received.
    From having read all the courtside reports it seems like a lot is changing.

    The current gen is pretty buggy and there is a lot wrong with the gameplay because most people think 2k don't give a shit about it and want a polished next gen game.

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    It seems that the next gen version is even worse...

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    Wouldn't surprise me. I'm struggling to see what the improvements are from the footage I've seen. Managed to recover my US PSN account so nabbed the free upgrade. The free upgrade only accessible with the $99 edition of the PS4 game.

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    £4 for the PS4 version or £25 for the PS5 one now, is the new one different and improved enough to lean that way?

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    Haven't played it since I reviewed it. It felt fundamentally knackered.

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    It's on Gamepass for free as well. Heard it was rotten, but might give it a download.

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    Yeah the fact it's already on Game Pass didn't bode well for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wullie View Post
    £4 for the PS4 version or £25 for the PS5 one now, is the new one different and improved enough to lean that way?
    The PS4 version is utterly broken and the PS5 version is slightly broken.

    It's not a good outing this year.

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    Downloaded it and Lamelo Ball being at Charlotte makes starting as them an interesting proposition. Whether I'll bother is another matter.

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    I'll leave it and hopefully they get on a solid footing for the next year's one. 2K having a bit of a mare with their annual updates recently

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    Played a six minute quarter last night and it seemed fine, albeit very similar to 20.

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    The Hornets itch won't go away, so think I'll start tonight. On the downside, I need to sort all the settings out again, which is a colossal ball ache. Quite glad I bored everyone to tears with them in here as I have a record as a result.

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