[360] - 2k8 Demo Out Now! Post impressions here

[Point_Blank]

Damn, I can't wait to get off!

[Point_Blank]

Some vids..
Nba 2k8 Demo- 2 minutes 41 seconds of qrt 2. game 1 - Brightcove

NBA 2k8 Demo- Big Z wide open drive dunk - Brightcove

NBA 2k8 Demo- Lebron Facializing Entire Spurs team - Brightcove

The 3rd one is amazing!

[sg_Kyle515]

darn, i should have started the download before i came to school. thanks for letting us know.

[Cane Till I Die]

Just played a few games, i was very impressed

Bron Dunks over everybody, but he misses sometimes if he tries to jump over everybody

It is hard to drive so that should be good

[Point_Blank]

This game is amazing. Cheesers will have a hard time doing what they do this year. I've played like 5 games and only seen like 4 dunks. Which is a good thing.

[Cane Till I Die]

Originally Posted by Point Blank

This game is amazing. Cheesers will have a hard time doing what they do this year. I've played like 5 games and only seen like 4 dunks. Which is a good thing.

Yeh, i was testing it to see if there would be holes in the game like last year, but you cant get around defenders easily, or throw the ball down court on the inbounds pass.

[ironhorse75]

Some things I've noticed:

The gameplay is smooth. I didn't notice any forced animations, everything the players do looked natural. I remember last year diving for the ball could sometimes look pretty out of the ordinary but not here.

Coaches/Refs can be ran into and players will dodge them.

Lead pass isn't a button anymore. Its now "get open" I'm assuming it has to do with moving your player without the ball. Something I haven't tinkered with yet.

Players will lose their balance. I was playing as Drew Gooden posting up and stopped dribbling, defense was pretty strong and he almost fell over trying to keep his pivot foot on the ground.

Help D seems to be more prevalent. I was able to get into the paint a fair amount but on numerous occasions I was stopped by a double team or Tim Duncan swatting the **** out of me.

Player tendencies seem to be on spot. Outside 12-15 feet Tony Parker wasn't taking any shots, and that was giving him 3-4 feet of room. He was also slashing to the hoop A LOT.

LeBron's headband is now over his hairline, his free throw pre motions are identical to his real life motions, and he has the baller bands on. I haven't looked for it yet but some people said LeBron even bites his fingernails when others are at the FT line.

Players will "pound" fists after a nice play and slap hands after free throw attempts.

[ironhorse75]

Comparison video. Live vs 2K

Shown side by side is when its really obvious how far behind Live is in the animation department.

YouTube Video

Some videos (posted on OS)

Sick give n go.

NBA 2k8 Demo- Lebron Facializing Entire Spurs team - Brightcove

Bron shooting free throws

Nba 2k8 Demo- 2 minutes 41 seconds of qrt 2. game 1 - Brightcove

NBA 2k8 Demo- full qrt. game 2 - Brightcove

[ANN-ARBOR-MI]

Ok im not off yet till 10 pm est, is 2K8 better than NBA Live be honest!?!?!

[Cane Till I Die]

Originally Posted by Ann Arbor Mi

Ok im not off yet till 10 pm est, is 2K8 better than NBA Live be honest!?!?!

so much better