The Sticks
Hi again, 2K fans.
It’s Mike Wang, Sr. Game Designer, back with another Insight for you about Control to follow up on
Rob Jones Insight. I also wrote an Insight about
Making the Game Smarter which ties in here nicely. And this week, I’m going to talk a little bit more about what we’ve done in the control department with this year’s title.
If I had to sum up the primary goals for our on-court play this year, the two first words that come to mind are: depth and responsiveness.
Depth is one of the main things that people love about NBA 2K. As a first time user, you can pick up the game and get the basic fundamentals down in a matter of minutes... but the game really shines when you dig deeper and start to master all of the advanced game controls that are available. NBA Basketball is an elegant game, and in some ways, form is just as important as function. Signature Style is the cornerstone of our franchise and we believe it to be one of the most essential aspects of gameplay. Not only does it allow us to portray each NBA player correctly from an aesthetic standpoint, but it also gives us the ability to make players feel different. Player ratings and under the hood attributes help differentiate the star players from the lower tiered players, but we found the only way to really make the superstars shine was to give them superstar-caliber animations and equip them with the unique “pet moves
