Hair on the PS3 is just a flat matted texture, which can be seen easily during close-up shots. Player models are more details on the PS4 to an absurd extent over the PS3. NBA 2K14 is one of the few games that I can actually say looks astoundingly different on next-gen platforms. Simply put, NBA 2K14 is better than NBA 2K13, and worth buying even if you picked up last year’s release. Perhaps there is something more that the game is missing that a hardcore b-ball fanatic would catch, but for the life of me, I can’t see it. The game satisfies everything that a casual basketball fan like me could want. Pick-up games are easy to set-up and proceed at a quick pace. It’s easy for random passersby to mistake the game for a real broadcast, so long as the camera isn’t inadvertently focusing on the back of a player’s head or something.įrankly, there’s not much more to say about NBA 2K14. The announcers are absolutely astounding, calling each game enthusiastically and with great precision without sounding like they are just sound clips copy and pasted together. The cinematic presentation does a great job of making the game look like an actual TV broadcast. Thankfully, the game compensates for these few minor graphical snafus in other areas. Wild passes and loose balls sometimes cause characters shake left and right as they decide what to do, or sometimes simply stand there without reacting at all. However, when the camera zooms in after a shot to catch a player’s reaction, they seem to jitter a bit and move robotically at times. While moving, passing, and shooting, animations look fluid and realistic. There is still something jarring about the animations of the players on the court. Unfortunately, the game isn’t without its issues. It’s not necessarily the best single-player campaign we have seen out of the NBA 2K series, but it will certainly keep you playing till the end. In a way, it feels more arcadey than anything else, and it’s a good feeling. It doesn’t spend too much time outside of games, and the only real stipulation you need to fulfill to continue onward is to win. It has a real sense of pacing and never feels like a grind. It’s basically just one gigantic “what if” question framed as a campaign mode, and it works. System: PS4*, Xbox 360, PC, PS4*, Xbox One

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