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How do you defend the post in this game? It seems if the other team (CPU in particular) gets the ball in the paint, it's an automatic score.

Also, why can't Ben Gordon hit a three any time during the game except in the clutch? I'm not buying that Kirk Hinrich and Derrick Rose can hit three pointers, and Gordon can't. They had to have messed up the ratings on that.

Also, the dribbling controls are less accessible than last year's game.

I might have to check out NBA Live, because 2k9 is definitely a step down from 2k8. I know Live 06 was better than 2k6 (which was utter crap), and I didn't play Live in 07, but 2k7 was pretty crappy too. They redeemed themselves in 2k8, but it looks like they went from a really good game 2k8 (think 2k3), and then ruined the game by changing too many things in 2k9 (think 2k4).
 
I'm 0-4 in my association. I just can't win. And it's not like a blowout, I lose by just a few points. I would switch Superstar to All-Star, but then both sides start scoring more, and it gets unrealistic.

Also, I have a hard time getting on a fastbreak. The opposition seems to ALWAYS catch up.

IMO, 2K9 is better than 2K8, but these slider issues are causing a problem. The developers really need to release a patch.
 
Hey Soul, I'm not at home right now, but feel free to add me for PS3 at ToFuSmurF.

Moo, I dunno how to get the optimum sliders for the game, it is so damn confusing.

BG7, Live 08 was good, I played Live from 03 til this year, when I got peer pressured into getting 2k9.

Fast breaking is difficult cause not only do my guards not even go for a regular lay up or dunk, the opponents are always there to fuck with me. It is way too easy to score with Yao, Ray Allen and Hedo can't shoot 3's unless they are open. Noone dunks over other people except Yao, K-Mart throws floaters up...random

My association I'm 3-7 I suck!
 
The Joker said:
I'm 0-4 in my association. I just can't win. And it's not like a blowout, I lose by just a few points. I would switch Superstar to All-Star, but then both sides start scoring more, and it gets unrealistic.

Also, I have a hard time getting on a fastbreak. The opposition seems to ALWAYS catch up.

IMO, 2K9 is better than 2K8, but these slider issues are causing a problem. The developers really need to release a patch.
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Wow the Options are sounding A LOT more complicated then in Fifa 09. Literally the options for Difficulty are Amateur(Easy) Semi-Pro(Medium) Professional(Hard) World Class(Very Hard) and Legendary(Ridiculous)

I play in World class and my biggest result was 4-1 which was Arsenal 4.5/5 star team against West Brom 3.5/5 star team :(

I'll probably ask to get 2k9 for Xmas.
 
Max said:
Wow the Options are sounding A LOT more complicated then in Fifa 09. Literally the options for Difficulty are Amateur(Easy) Semi-Pro(Medium) Professional(Hard) World Class(Very Hard) and Legendary(Ridiculous)

I play in World class and my biggest result was 4-1 which was Arsenal 4.5/5 star team against West Brom 3.5/5 star team :(

I'll probably ask to get 2k9 for Xmas.
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360 or PS3?
 
DynastYWarrioR6 said:
360 or PS3?
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360. I could get it on PS3 (My Brother has one in his room) but for three reasons.

1) His room is a complete and utter Tip
2) I'm not too keen on the PS3, Prefer my 360
3) His room is a complete tip.

What do you have it on DW6?
 
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I have very little money ATM (Hence why i don't have 2k9) and was thinking of buying this. Any Good/Bad things about it and should i get it?
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I have Homecourt the street game on PS3 and it follows the Street franchise well, they really traced the roots of streetball in homecourts, it's pretty fun.
 
Isn't freethrows harder then mug to anyone else. On quick rank matches freethrows are the reason why I lose. Got all my loses in one day. Loss to a dude with a 16% win record. Then beat a dude by 27 with a 90% win ratio. He didn't play smart by not fouling me. God the freethrows are the hardest it's ever been.
 
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Isn't freethrows harder then mug to anyone else. On quick rank matches freethrows are the reason why I lose. Got all my loses in one day. Loss to a dude with a 16% win record. Then beat a dude by 27 with a 90% win ratio. He didn't play smart by not fouling me. God the freethrows are the hardest it's ever been.
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Free throws are like 100x easier than in 2k8.
 
Yeah, I scored 50 points with Kobe but missed like 15 free throws. Had like 30 attempts.
It didn't make it easier that crowd was chanting M-V-P in the clutch. :sigh: Still won the game though.:ghoti:
 
Touching on a few things here...

I currently am playing on Superstar...which seems like HOF from last year. They seemed to have ramped up the difficulty of the game tremendously.

As for sliders....the one thing I've done is docked the CPU shooting sliders down. You basically have to do that. Their shooting sliders, for me, are in the low to mid-40s. I also pumped a couple of mine up a bit, mainly the 3pt shooting (otherwise you miss all of them), close shots (otherwise you miss way too many "bunnies"), and layups (otherwise you miss way, WAY too many layups.

I also tweaked their stealing slider down to 45, dropped their blocking all the way down to 30, and put rebounding down to 45 for them on both offensive and defensive.

For those, it was necessary as well. I had PGs blocking me when I went for a three with Michael Beasley...and it happened numerous times. Beyond that, I think I had probably a dozen jumpers blocked that game as it was, which is just ridiculous. There's no way PGs and SGs should be racking up blocks against anyone, so blocking had to go down. As for their rebounding....if you don't do that, they'll kill you on the glass. Sometimes it doesn't matter how good of position you have, they still get the board. I probably got outrebounded by 20 in the first game I played, my opponent had to have grabbed close to 20 boards that game. Since I turned their rebounding down and put mine up a bit (up to 53 I think), rebounding has been a lot more even.

In all...a solid game, probably better then last year, it's definitely more challenging. If you really want an optimum game from this though, you have to take the time to tweak sliders to your liking, because quite frankly, default sliders suck in most sports games, and this is definitely no exception. I recommend tweaking down their shooting sliders, as well as rebounding and blocking sliders. I also recommend you tweak your shooting sliders up a little bit, as well as stealing and rebounding.
 
A couple interesting questions I have for this years versions of NBA games big two:

NBA 2K9: How sick would it be if they added the feature to relocate teams like in Madden?!? The Thunder can relocate back to Seattle or Finally get a team in Las Vegas or St. Louis!


NBA Live 09: With the 2K guys dropping the College game, could you please, please, please add back in the College draft class option to shift players from the NCAA to Live. I don't know why Live took the option was taken out, but I already miss this option in 2K9!!!

Just some ideas floating around in my head...
 
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I've won three in a row with these default settings.

Kenyon Martin hit a buzzer beater to win the game for me from the left elbow, with Dwight Howard on him. Fun shit.
 
I just beat Golden State in OT and my lord they are tough.

I had to defend the shooting of Baron Davis, JR Smith, and Jason Kapono.

JR Smith and Baron make wayyy too many of their random threes....
 
when I buy games, I always ALWAYS look for glitches. I love them. (in 8th grade years ago I was writing a short book, "the glitches of War Zone" , followed by it's sequel a year later, "the glitches of WWF Attitude! " )
I've found some so far- the dancers dancing DURING the game, and the players running through them as if they aren't there. Coaches walking into players standing on the sideline, but the coaches keep walking without moving anywhere. Brook Lopez caught a rebound and started vibrating out of control! And, a not so fun glitch- I tried to take the game online, but it froze on me :(
 
2k9 is a poorly crafted product imo.

I won my last game in overtime by 7, but it should have been a blowout, if not for....Chris Paul, the alleyoop to Chandler, off Chandler's hands. David West, the oop to Chandler, off his hands. Paul, the oop to Chandler, off his hands. Paul, the oop to Chandler, off his hands. Stojakavic, the oop to Chandler, off his hands. Paul, the oop to Chandler, off his hands.

Maybe I missed something, but I thought that Tyson Chandler was one of the best alley oop finishers in the NBA last year, not a guy who can't even catch the pass when he's wide open.
 
Yea, for some reason, the alleyoop is impossible in this game. I was able to connect on it pretty easily in 2K8, so I don't know what the deal is in this game.

As far as glitches....I was doing the three point training with Michael Beasley. After one of the misses, one of the guys rebounding the ball got the rebound, but instead of passing it back to me, he started running around in circles for a good 20 seconds, single-handedly costing me that training session.
 
Finally won a game in my association, and that was after I switched difficulty from Superstar to All-Star, mid-2nd quarter. Managed to get a lead mid-4th and won by 4 points. I guess I'll be playing on All-Star mode for now.

I also trade Mike Miller for Jason Richardson.
 
Has anyone played Live yet? I'm getting the suspicion that Live is probably better than 2k9.

I think the worst thing about 2k9 is that there is no real defense in the paint against stars. What they did, was they found it was too difficult for guy's like Kobe, etc. to score in traffic, when they sometimes do that in real life, so they made it so while there is a defender there, the game just pretends that there is no defender there, for so many players in the game. If you take a dumb shot in traffic, it should be missed, not have the game act like there is no defense.

They really dropped the ball on 2k9, there is so much wrong with this game.
 
The defense in the paint is horrendous...and the superstars in the league get whatever they want...like Wade hitting 5 three's in my last loss with a hand in his face at all times.
 
I don't really see the issues you guys are seeing. The superstars torch me, sure, but it's my own fault they do that. I've also managed to slow down superstars too, so yea, not sure what you guys' problems is.
 
Having K-Mart is awesome. One game, he wins me the game. Tonight, decides to hit a straightaway three pointer for no particular reason :D
 
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