Which illustrates one major proviso as far as NBA 2K17 is concerned, which particularly applies to British gamers: the game makes absolutely no concessions to those who don’t live, breathe and know pretty much everything about basketball. Covington’s script gives you the nickname President (generally shortened to Pres), which becomes a recurring motif.Īt the beginning, you also have to pick your position, as well as your “archetype” within that position – for example, playing as a centre, we had to choose between options like 'Post Scorer' or 'Glass Cleaner'. You also have fine control over his height, weight and aspects like shoulder-width.
Before you do anything, you must create your player and as far as his appearance is concerned, you’re given some of the most advanced tools ever seen in a game you can even scan your face and strip it onto his body. There’s good news for those who felt that Spike Lee’s story for NBA 2K16 rendered proceedings rather too linear: the story in NBA 2K17 feels more free-form and concentrates more on plunging you into the action – albeit backed up with plenty of cut-scenes in which the dialogue is pleasantly snappy. Like you, Young is a highly-rated high-school basketball player, seeking to develop a reputation in college basketball, before becoming a leading light in the NBA and the USA national team. This time around, Creed screenwriter Aaron Covington takes up Lee’s mantle, and his story features Creed star Michael B. Last year’s NBA 2K16, in particular, caused a real splash, since M圜areer, its main mode, was written by Hollywood auteur, provocateur and basketball nut Spike Lee, coughing up a typically gritty rags-to-riches story.
And these days, the prime means of doing that is via 2K Sports’ NBA 2K franchise, which has forged ahead of its only real rival, EA Sport’s NBA Live.
Those of us who inexplicably failed to grow to a height of 7 feet can forget about a career in the sport, but at least we can live out our fantasies via a tightly-clutched joypad. Basketball is a sport that could have been designed to be played on games consoles.
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