Uniqueness That Is In The NBA 2K18 Game That You Must Know
Speaking of Basketball-themed games, NBA 2K can no doubt be its current king. Yep, the basketball video game franchise that awaits basketball lovers every year returns with NBA 2K18. The game which was released since 15 September 2017 has brought many changes and new features. Not only changes in terms of existing players or clubs, NBA 2K18 also presents many new features that you must try.
Overall in terms of appearance, NBA 2K18 actually still relies on the same style. All existing content still relies on NBA-style television viewing style. Starting from the model of the players, to guide the show "Halftime Show" conducted by Ernie Johnson to silly actions from Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny "The Jet" Smith.
Well, 2K Sports as a developer is ready to release the latest NBA 2K19 series next month. Before that, you'd better know the facts of NBA 2K18 so you can compare with NBA 2K19 when the game is released. Listen, let's go!
1. The Myth of Curse for Cover Athlete
As a high-end game franchise that shows off the splendor of the US basketball league, NBA 2K has an interesting fact that 'haunts' its cover star athletes. Since the NBA 2K14 (2013), the NBA stars who became cover boys seemed to get a curse that made them definitely leave their old team to the new team the following year.
The NBA superstar who currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers club, LeBron James, was a cover athlete in the NBA 2K14 edition. At that time, he was playing for the Miami Heat when he was appointed as a cover athlete. The following year, he moved and returned to his old team that had raised him since 2003, the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The same 'curse' applies to NBA 2K15 cover athlete (2014), Kevin Durant. He left the Oklahoma City Thunder to join Stephen Curry at the Golden State Warriors in 2016. Paul George who was a cover boy in NBA 2K17 (2016) also moved from Indiana Pacers and joined the Oklahoma City Thunder.
NBA 2K18 also can not be released from the curse. Kyrie Irving who became the cover athlete of the main version of this game was also exchanged from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Boston Celtics. Interestingly, the transfer occurred shortly after he was appointed to be a cover athlete. This also makes 2K Sports have to change the cover design to match the current conditions.
The same thing applies to Canadian regional edition NBA 2K18 cover athlete, DeMar DeRozan. The Toronto Raptors club player was just exchanged a few weeks ago to the San Antonio Spurs club. In fact, before the player was considered safe from the curse because he had extended his contract with his old club until 2021.
Certainly interesting to wait whether this curse will really apply to NBA 2K19. Greek player from the Milwaukee Bucks club, Giannis Antetokounmpo has been appointed as a cover athlete. Do you think the curse will continue or stop in NBA 2K19?
2. Changes and Improvements in My Career Mode
As for the gameplay, there are fundamental changes when compared to last year's edition. This time, 2K's more serious enhancements were tried by shooting the ball, controlling the players and the match, to managing the formation and strategy.
In addition, there are additional teams whose players are incorporated in the heading "All-Time". This feature allows you to use the best team of all time from the club you choose. At least, there are options for up to 30 teams or more that you can use.
2K Sports also made changes in MyGM mode. In this feature, you don't just manage the operation of a club. In this mode, added the ability of each coach that can teach players according to their respective abilities. So, the basketball player skills you play will differ depending on the choice of each trainer.
3. Variety of New Features
One of the new attractions in NBA 2K18 is a new feature in My Career mode, namely "Neigborhood". In this online feature, you will create a virtual basketball player who will live in a virtual city. There, you will determine the fate of your own basketball player who was just a basketball player on the road to a professional basketball player.
Interestingly, this mode is connected to other game modes such as MyCareer, MyPark, and ProAm. In addition, Neighborhoods has an open world design that players can explore when interacting with other players. Some activities can be completed to improve attributes. Of course you can also change the appearance of your players to be more stylish.
4. A flood of positive responses
NBA 2K18 was officially confirmed in January 2017 and released worldwide on September 19, 2017. This game is the first series in the NBA 2K franchise that was released for the Nintendo Switch. In addition to the Switch, this game was also released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows.
NBA 2K18 received positive reviews for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One game versions. IGN gave a value of 8.4 out of 10 with the comment that this game is far more exciting and feature-rich than the previous game.
Game Informer also gives a positive value of 9 out of 10 with more objective comments. They say this game has many weaknesses. However, they also cannot cover up that this game is truly entertaining as a sports simulation game.
Meanwhile, Polygon gave a value of 7 out of 10. They praised the visual quality which looks quite changed compared to the previous edition. However, they criticized the micro transaction elements in the game which were quite 'fierce'.
5. Award for NBA 2K18.
In addition to getting positive responses from various leading game critics, NBA 2K18 was also commercially successful. This game successfully topped the sales ladder in Australia and New Zealand. Meanwhile, in his home country this game only ranks second. This game also has good performance in the UK, Japan and Europe. Overall, this game became the best-selling in the history of the NBA 2K franchise with six million copies after a month of release.
NBA 2K18 also received many awards and nominations. They won the title "Best Sports Game" at the Game Informer's Best of 2017 Awards, and were nominated for "Best Sports / Racing Game" at The Game Awards 2017. Meanwhile, this game also managed to get the award of "Best Graphics", "Best Presentation "," Best GM / Franchise Mode "," Best New Feature "and" Best Sports Game "at the Reader's Choice Best Awards 2017.
