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Re: Review: NBA 2K18 (Switch)

coolaggro

@FlashFan207 The Raps wouldn't let me trade for Valun so I guess they rate him highly enough! I'm a Rockets fan but have become a Raptors fan since you have had so many ex-Rockets over the year. I love Lowry and love DeRozan too. I always wish the Raps could get over Lebron, been sad they haven't been able to.

If you like NBA 2K games, this is a great buy. But the controls for me just didn't feel good enough. Capela and CP3 and Harden are some of the best PNR guys in the game, they make it look smooth as butter. Yet the game makes it feel so clunky because you have to hold down the bumper button for so long (L). One of a few complaints I have, shooting being the other really large one.

Re: Review: NBA 2K18 (Switch)

coolaggro

I've always been an NBA fan but have become a diehard fan recently. I watch every game from my team, am constantly on forums, I know all the players pretty extensively and keep up with different strategies and gms and rumors and all that. My team has a great and crafty GM so the GM simulation thing really appealed to me. I decided to dive in as a way to get pumped up for the upcoming season.

I hadn't played a good simulator like this in a while. I'm fairly good at most games. But the controls on this, although extensive, are just clunky. Pick and rolls are the butter of the modern NBA and yet it's extremely awkward to use. I played as some of the best pick and roll combos in the league and it was still not even close to smooth. The inclusion of the right stick having similar motions do different things is awkward as well. Several times my player would stop and shoot a floater or almost post up move but I wanted them to keep going and shoot a layup. Basic things like layups just feel not right to play as.

The key to all games are the gameplay. It has to be fun or else story, characters and all that are meaningless. The MyGM thing is OK, the league thing is huge, but overall playing the actual game can be kind of fun but is far from as polished and good as it should be. The controls need serious work.

Re: Review: Pokkén Tournament DX (Switch)

coolaggro

@rockodoodle Sure, not knocking Mario Kart at all or Pokken. Great games, just not games I would double dip in. Very few are-- Smash, Splatoon, and World of Goo (just to support them) are about what I would double dip on.

Re: Review: Pokkén Tournament DX (Switch)

coolaggro

I enjoyed the original but I'll just play it on the Wii U, no need for me to double dip. Same as Mario Kart.

Smash would be the only one I would consider. Even then, I would want a revamped online-- like Splatoon where there's a true way to move up the ranks.