It's interesting to me how they said they couldn't put the new "MyNBA Eras" mode, the 1P mode that lets you start in 1983, 1991 or 2002 if you want, in the last-gen versions like this one, even though most of the elements of Eras are already here: the old-school chyrons and screen filters, the vintage commentary tracks, a good chunk of retro jerseys, courts, arenas, and even the old draft classes needed to make it work, it's all already in the game. But they insist they couldn't get Eras to work on PS4 & Switch? Sus.
"Play 30-year old games you might already own a dozen times, including on the Mini we just released 2 years ago, except now they're sorta-kinda online!"
As limited as the Virtual Console was it still appealed more to me than this. They want me to pay $20 a year for this and Splatoon? I'll pass.
As for the framerate thing... meh. 60fps is nice looking, but a game not running at that speed isn't a dealbreaker for me, and while NBA 2K13 for Wii U ran at 30fps and it was indeed noticeable, it wasn't a huge issue.
The film industry adopted 24fps as the standard because that's the minimum framerate a film (or game for that matter) can run at without looking choppy, so as such that's my dealbreaker as well - as long as it's smooth, stable and consistent, anything above 24's fine with me.
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It's interesting to me how they said they couldn't put the new "MyNBA Eras" mode, the 1P mode that lets you start in 1983, 1991 or 2002 if you want, in the last-gen versions like this one, even though most of the elements of Eras are already here: the old-school chyrons and screen filters, the vintage commentary tracks, a good chunk of retro jerseys, courts, arenas, and even the old draft classes needed to make it work, it's all already in the game. But they insist they couldn't get Eras to work on PS4 & Switch? Sus.
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"Play 30-year old games you might already own a dozen times, including on the Mini we just released 2 years ago, except now they're sorta-kinda online!"
As limited as the Virtual Console was it still appealed more to me than this. They want me to pay $20 a year for this and Splatoon? I'll pass.
Re: NBA 2K18 to Have All Modes and Support amiibo on Switch, But Won't Hit 60fps
As for the framerate thing... meh. 60fps is nice looking, but a game not running at that speed isn't a dealbreaker for me, and while NBA 2K13 for Wii U ran at 30fps and it was indeed noticeable, it wasn't a huge issue.
The film industry adopted 24fps as the standard because that's the minimum framerate a film (or game for that matter) can run at without looking choppy, so as such that's my dealbreaker as well - as long as it's smooth, stable and consistent, anything above 24's fine with me.
Re: NBA 2K18 to Have All Modes and Support amiibo on Switch, But Won't Hit 60fps
@justin233 I'm hoping for "Nintendo characters as free agents", 'cause making a Nintendo All-Star Team would be awesome.