ESPN NBA 2K4 Impressions.
It's another win for SEGA's basketball game this year. The graphics are tuned up and the players animate like never before. The bodies look more realistic this year. The sound is great although the commentary could be better. They have a new announcer this year along with one of the old one's. The control is flawless and they have a new mode called 24/7 which is done in real time so you have to have your clock set correctly on your console. Here is a sniplit from IGN about this feature:
Out of virtually nowhere, Visual Concepts introduces 24/7 mode, a mode where you not only play the game, you are the game. Living the life of a baller 24 hours, 7 days a week, the goal is to create your own character, outfitting him with clothes, sunglasses, tats, and maybe a throwback, then send him into training to increase his b-ball skills. Once your baller is ready for prime time, you can then check the schedule that uses the real-time clock from your gaming machine, and depending on what day and time it is, not to mention your baller's location on the map, you'll be presented with different challenge games. The games start out as one-on-one contests with certain rules like no jump shots or no steals, then as you progress and beat the NBA players on their own courts (sometimes in their own driveways), they'll then hook you up with their cell phone numbers so you can give them a call later on and ask them to help you out if your encounter a two-on-two game in your area. You'll also encounter a series of bosses, ala NBA Street.
I don't know much about this mode as yet but it sounds interesting. LIVE can't compete with this baller. Alot of sites including IGN are calling it the best B-Ball game this year. I have to agree.
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Second of all, I only played the demo it looked pretty good, I just had some rebounding issues but that was just the demo. I am going to wait until ID comes out next week to decide on my B-ball flavor.
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