2K sports has announced a preview of sorts for the best NBA Basketball game around.
NBA 2K10: Draft Combine is set to precede NBA 2K10’s full release this fall. You will be able to create yourself and experience the on-court life of an NBA hopeful leading up to the Draft Combine. The game is a downloadable title that will be 400 MS points or $4.99 on PSN.
While I am excited about this (the NBA 2k series is the only sports franchise that I play on a regular basis), it kind of seems like a cash in. This would be perfect if it was free, but at $5, it could be a hard sell -especially considering that it releases just a few weeks before the actual game.
Features of NBA 2K10: Draft Combine include:
• Building custom players by working with a mentor, the 2K Insider, and increasing their NBA stock through a variety of challenging basketball drills and 5-on-5 games.
• Over 300 different signature customizations, including player-specific shooting animations, dunk and dribble packages and more to allow each created player to have his own unique personal style.
• Ability to strengthen all parts of the created player’s game with a variety of drills, such as shooting, post offense and defense, attacking the basket, dribbling, challenging shots, boxing out for rebounds and more to progress through the NBA Draft Combine.
• Organized games that will allow players to gain valuable skill points and offer a variety of specific in-game objectives that will need to be accomplished in order to gain them. At the end of each game, a full analysis will be available for gamers to review their player’s performance and strategize their further improvement.
• All players created in NBA 2K10: Draft Combine will wear a special patch on their uniform throughout the rest of that player’s career to denote that they have completed the NBA Draft Combine.
• Online leaderboards to track the highest ranking custom built players, and where a player stacks up against the competition.
• Opportunity to unlock special achievements on Xbox 360 and trophies for PLAYSTATION 3 system.
• Fans can take their custom built players from NBA 2K10: Draft Combine and use them in the all-new My Player career mode in NBA 2K10 launching this fall, allowing them to continue their journey of becoming an NBA legend.
2 Responses
Clarence Brown:
I see this as a good addition. Good to see them break out some of the stuff that they may have normally included in the regular game as more less a teaser up until the release of the actual game for those who can’t wait to get their 2k fix. These mini-games could have more value as a stand alone title with the intention to integrate fully into the actual game upon release. Although it would have been better to see this released months rather than weeks before the actual title.
Posted on July 29th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Kary Brown:
I can’t wait to get the full game…
Posted on July 29th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
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