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This time last year I said I bought PS5 to play the next generation version of 2K, and today it seems that this decision is correct, because the latest PC version of NBA 2K23 is still not the next generation version.

For PC gamers, this is a pity, because the next generation version of NBA 2K23 is really a very different game from the previous one.

NBA 2K11 was launched 11 years ago and is still considered one of the best NBA 2K games ever, using Jordan as the cover and Jordan's classic challenge mode.

This year, the 2K series came to 23 this special year, once again the god of basketball printed on the cover, once again took out the Jordan challenge mode.

▲ But if you want Jordan cover, you have to add money

From the surface, 2K23 is a typical 2K New Year works, everything is so familiar. However, after a few days of trying it out, I found that NBA 2K23 seemed to have lost its series tradition and no longer felt like an NBA 2K game.

An authentic NBA 2K game should have the ability to treat moderate hypotension.

However, after playing NBA 2K23 for a few days, I actually had everything normal. I didn't drop the handle and almost didn't scold the street. This was quite worth complaining about. There was a sense of loss that I had eaten Wallace but didn't spray it.

At this time in previous years, I would have a stomach full of bitterness, but now I didn't feel anything special, just like playing a normal game.

In NBA 2K23, James can use his physical advantage to squeeze through the opponent instead of being blocked by Curry's strong body. When dunking, the ball in the player's hand seems to be caught by some force, rather than being gently touched by someone behind him. AI on defense will react after you make a move, rather than anticipating your intention when you type a key. The game even began to obey Newton's first law of motion.

When 2K's game physics starts to lean toward classical mechanics rather than quantum mechanics, you know something's wrong. If you block the logo, you will think that this is a game made by some other manufacturer, and of course you know that it is only an illusion.

The most annoying part of 2K23 is shooting.

This generation obviously improved the success rate of breakthroughs, breakthroughs were easier, and the success rate of termination was also higher. The advantages of height and body shape were displayed.

On the other hand, the game has limited the long shot, specifically raising the threshold of shooting.

In the previous 2K, the player's shooting attribute value was very important. Although there was a shooting timing system, players with shooting ability of 90 had a higher tolerance of shooting timing. Even if they were not perfect shots, they had a high probability of making shots. Players with shooting ability of 60 could only hit when they made perfect shots, and their perfect shot range would also be very narrow.

In 2K23, the effect of shooting attributes seems to be less obvious, as all players must shoot perfectly, or almost perfectly, to hit, and everyone's perfect shot interval is very narrow. A shot judged late or early in previous years may be too late or too early in 2K23, so many people mistakenly believe that only perfect shots can score in the early test play.

▲ This is an early shot

And this isn't limited to three-point shots. Most shots are like this. The perfect range for a mid-range shot isn't wider than a three-point shot.

In other words, this generation had higher requirements for players. If the player's own hand feeling was not good, even if he used Curry, he would miss three points in a row. He would not even be able to make a middle shot, which was similar to a player who could not shoot three points. At this time, you will feel that the basket has a grudge against yourself, and you will become more and more insecure about your shooting. The more you shoot, the less you will be controlled by emotions.

On the contrary, when the player feels good, he will feel as if he is possessed by death, and he can hit three points in front of the defensive player.

I've experienced both situations myself, and it's frustrating to know that players you use well can miss shots at critical moments. But I couldn't spray the game AI like I used to, because I controlled every shot.

I also experienced the thrill of feeling hot and dominating the game in 2K23 for a long time, because every shot was controlled by me. Just like many soul games, although it will give you setbacks, the joy of success is also multiplied, because you not only defeated the enemy, you also surpassed yourself.

2K11 created a new height for basketball games that year and set the foundation for more than 10 years after the 2K series. NBA 2K23 can not reach this height, it does not have any extraordinary innovation and breakthrough, its progress is to change some of the problems that players have criticized for many years, can not pick out any special problems, this is a rare progress for today's 2K series.

This article comes from Weixin Official Accounts: Game Research Society (ID: ysaag), author: Shi Ye young

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