the mycareer cpu back then was actually skilled on offense , so when they scored it was like “damn i’m getting cooked” now they just make smothereds over and over
to add to that , the cpu defensively back then actually reacted like human , you could set them up and blow by them/ get a open shot to score , now they’re just glued to you and you HAVE to have strength to score consistently, if not your getting clamped regardless of build/attributes
That’s facts, I feel bad for any new or casual player that picks up 2K cause there’s no way they’re getting open in MyCareer unless they’re on rookie 😭
@@Nayeem4Kyou're supposed to play 5 minutes quarters and ball out then intentionally foul 5 times to make the game even shorter and still get 1600 vc, stop spreading bs lies lil man, its why your channel will continue staying dry, not only that but u can get close to 7k vc every hour by playing disco at the street courts, you will continue being a lil man
Dont forget your teammates will purposely run into your path on a drive to prevent a score and bring their man to you. They will run full speed towards and just stop in you path or run across you path just to bring the help defense..
Yeah that’s outrageous, cause that’s baseline knowledge even some HS basketball players would know so for an NBA Player to be doing that makes no sense
That actually happened to me a lot in 2k17. Justice would handoff to me and then run half speed in front of me on my attempted drive. So I was essentially guarded by him, and 2 defenders. Course, Justice coming out of nowhere to steal my asts on fast breaks was why I finally learned directional passing but that is another story. (Not to mention how for an alleged lockdown defender how often I had to bail him out because he couldn't get around a screen or stay with a cutter to save his life)
All the content creators made 2K horrible with their ideas, then get mad when the game is trash. No story, y’all asked for that. Too grindy in career, y’all asked for that too. Kept saying how “we shouldn’t have to play career mode to level up”. So guess what, they stopped making career matter. The game is bad because they tried to accommodate content creators.
@@NNOutBurger_GamingYou asking for 2k to take one mode and split it up into two. That’s stupid. Ppl gon be playing park with 60 overalls unless they pay to upgrade they player, this is a terrible fix
@@1ncognitoooHe lowkey right tho. We get on 2K for not listening to the community, but damn… we don’t give them the credit when it’s due. They listened on some of these things and it turned out to be trash, can’t blame them for listening to what we wanted just because we realized shit is ass.
The reality that is Mycareer is way too tedious and the rewards for playing mycareer are not worth it. Sitting through 20-30 minute game after game of playing the same silly cpu is just not fun. And to do all that for maybe 1k vc isnt worthwhile and 2k knows this. Its all to incentivize you to skip the grind and pay for VC so you can actually get to the fun part which is playing people online. The my career endorsements are tedious and worthless since they dont make any VC. The goat rewards add no new experience to my myplayer. 2k could honestly keep everything the same but offer lets say 3.5-5k vc per game and that would make it worthwhile. Or make the endorsement challenges 10-20k vc and that would be fine. But of course that doesn’t help 2ks ultimate goal which is making money so here we are.
Hopefully they can change for the better 💯, there’s so much untapped potential they could reach, but unfortunately I don’t think that’s their main priority What makes it worse is that some of these things we already had but then they change it for their own gain at the cost of our experience (Like with how much VC we can earn)
indeed, just giving us more VC is the wave honestly, it’s the easiest fix. Tbh tho you can get that if you play on HOF and put up numbers you would on like Pro. If they just make that VC a lil more obtainable it’d be solid, but like you said they a business and doing too much monetary stuff that it’s impacting the fun
I can't stand how the CPU plays in Mycareer they have 500 sigs and the CPU doesn't use ANY of them. They will literally dribble directly into your chest over and over until they get some goofy blow by or just warp past you. They don't do any cool stepback moves and spin shots. They shooters just chuck BS and make it no matter how SMOTHERED especially when the shot clock is about to go out. LAZY PROGRAMMING!! The CPU just hits red contest after red contest..ive seen 100% smothered go in..and your teammates are always garbage nomatter what or who they are. The game cheats so blatantly that it's literally unplayable if you have any basketball know-how.. the only offline mode with playing is MyEras at least you can edit the sliders and negate the cheese but the CPU doesn't use any flashy moves its so boring watching them dribble around like it's 1967. Crappy game design to force you to spend money..
You just made me realize ain’t no way there’s 500 sigs & the CPU hardly even utilizes it 😭 When you compare it to the CPU of other games like For Honor, you’ll see that the AI will do different combos & patterns but it seems like 2K’s AI doesn’t have much variation (In MyCareer atleast)
you explained all my issues with 2k over the past few years, especially about how the cpu's goal is to stop you from getting good stats towards your vc vs actually playing to win the game. it becomes annoying having to pass out of the same double teams over and over, and to have your AI teammates make dumb decisions to prevent you from getting assists or cause you to get a turnover. i miss 2k11 myplayer mode and how the AI in that game actually put up a real challenge, used different defensive schemes on you based on their team roster and matchups (not just spamming double teams). if a team had a good perimeter defender, thats who would guard you, if a team didn't, they would send double teams. also the game wasn't based on microtransactions then, so just doing drills in practice netted you a ton of skill points as it was called at the time to upgrade your player. now everything is geared towards making you lose out on vc, hindering your progress, or just making you take extra long to get the same amount of vc it would take less time in previous 2ks. if this current trajectory continues, by 2k30 , you'll be getting less than 500 vc total for nba games with A+ teammate grades.
I feel like the AI did have flaws in the older 2K’s, but atleast the best perimeter defender would try to come guard you rather than mindless double teams & rotations coming at you all the time
Been playing free to play starting off at 60 overall and I’m only an 80 overall after a full season and winning the nba championship like bruh that took me 2 months only playing 2k after work everyday
And when the AI is playing defense im tired of running on the court and my player feels like he has string attached to his body to legs from a fast break to short separation from your defender i hope im not the only one
Nah bro u ain't the only one. Like I have an 85 speed why does running up the court on a fastbreak feels like I got a 60 speed, why tf is rudy gobert able to catch up to me that quickly. Shit makes no sense
I blame the people who were saying “Cut the stories out, I just wanna play basketball” like no. I used to play 2k for the MyCareer stories. 16, 17, even 18, they were all fun to me because of the stories. That, and the grind is just so much more tedious. For me as a casual player now, I can’t be any good because I don’t take the time to grind the way it wants me to anymore.
You all must’ve forgot that the community began complaining about MyCareer having more development attention that the park and the original Jordan Rec center. This was one of the first times they actually listened to the community, and began to slowly shift from the MyCareer experience to place more emphasis on the park/city.
Shout out to you my bro, I have never seen anyone really speaking on this topic in this amount of depth. I have been playing career and park consistently since 2K15 and I have also seen what these modes have changed into over time; especially post 2K19. There are so many things wrong nowadays and it feels like you are playing 1v9 sometimes, I thought it was just me creating weird conspiracy theories, but the scummy tactics such as grade manipulation and horrible rotations/shot selection from your own team just destroys the experience. I am glad people like you are exposing it, with well put together videos and great commentary. One of my New favourite 2k RU-vidrs. Loved the park video too btw!
Appreciate You For Tuning In 🎒💯 and yeah you’re definitely not just creating conspiracy theories, it’s not fair to us when there’s such a high premium just to have a decent experience on the game in the first place
Only “tip” I got for MC is to complete the GOAT skill tier stuff. Once you get it to where it activates multiple times a game it’ll reset your stamina whenever it activates.
The changes came when 2k listen to the online park heads. They think it was too easy to get the same reward they got playing in the park. 2k just needs to connect my career back to online rewards
Insecure park heads have slowly turned this game into what we see today. Less fun, more pride and arrogance. Don’t even get me started on these wannabe pro players, pub stomping the rec, complaining about how the game isn’t tailored to them.
That is true (online heads complaining about the rewards being too easy in MyCareer). In hindsight now , I wouldn’t be opposed to it cause a player with mad time to grind rep is gonna do it regardless of if it’s in MyCareer or Online
You forgot the most important issue - the storyline. The plotline was 2k's biggest advantage over other sport career modes, but it's getting worse every year. The storyline was great in 2k2016 and 17, and last year it was nice, but this year you just need to get ranked in a podcaster's tear list, it's just lame and boring, 2k need to make great mycareer storylines again.
what about the fact that the literal storyline is "the best rookie since LJ" but you start off 60 overall, makes no sense. Online mode is also no fun when you're dogshit, toxic as hell playerbase, you're forced either to a absurd grind or to pay for vc to have some fun
Please make this into a series. These videos are perfect for the demographic who's joy has faded away with this game. I went from preordering this game without hesitation every year to not buying at all.
Issue is they took any motivation for playing it, before there was at least a story line to follow for a decent amount of time which helped mask the grind. Then they made it so grinding gives back minimum amount of reward because over the inflating cost of player upgrades and clothing, so why would anyone play it except to just enjoy some time away from the trash issues online
The bigger issue is that MyCareer doesn't make 2K money so it's becoming more and more of a sideshow. The fact is that the people who cried to change MyCareer were the sweatlords in the park. Coincidentally, these are also the people that dump cash into the game buying VC, animations, clothes, etc. I played 2K for years, mostly singleplayer in MyCareer because I don't feel like dealing with kids and sweatlords trying to treat a park game like it's the final 2 minutes of the NBA Finals. Until I played multiplayer, I rarely spent money on the game because there wasn't really a big need to. You could grind your first season on easy mode, then crank the difficulty after that season when you got your VC to upgrade. However, with all the crying about 'too much story' and 'MyCareer is too easy', 2K made the singleplayer mode unplayable and instead went all-in on their cash cow multiplayer, riddled with its microtransactions. You can trace the growth of microtransactions and see a direct correlation with 2K's continued emphasis on multiplayer modes that push people to spend money. Give it another few years and MyCareer will be a complete shadow (if existing at all) and the game will be all multiplayer with limitless ways to pay-to-win.
BRO I SWEAR I PLAY WITH GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS IN MYCAREER💯I HAD STEPH & KLAY SHOOTING 100% SMOTHERED & AIR BALLING WIDE OPENS IN THE 4TH QUARTER🤦🏾♂️🤣🤣MYCAREER IS UNPLAYABLE 2 ME💯😮💨
needless to say. NBA2k24 will probably be the last 2k for a lot of people. It will certainly be my last. I spent money for the first time getting to level 40. for the first time and last. The money greed is real. We have literal virtual game inflation. It's a literal copy an paste now
This why I went back and played 2K17 and 2K12 my career. Sure it’s kinda dated now cause the cpu just be shooting random stuff💀But atleast its fun and doesn’t feel frustrating. Also it’s not repetitive like ofc Lebron’s gonna go off cause its Lebron but you got players like Rudy Gay and Jeff Teague cooking too.
This is a great video. By the way in 2K 25 the drop in teammate grade is still happening. I’ll have an A+ teammate grade doing everything perfect and then all the sudden after a change of possession, it’ll just drop to an a for no reason
the most annoying part of mycareer is the damn performance colors, these randoms are so terrible it forces u to play w good ppl only, because if yo color drops u playing with only the noobs
It’s so many issues in my career and my park nowadays that I am gone make a full video on it this summer 💯another reason people don’t play 2k anymore is because they force u to buy VC so people just quit I remember back in 2k15 it was 110K thousand VC to get your first 75 upgrades which was from a 60-90 overall and back then u had high rollers which for money hungry reasons never return back in game and in 2k16 it was 140K to go from a 55 overall to a 88 when u max out your player back then u can buy Levels on your badges buy clothes,animations all that and still have VC left over after buying 200k VC nowadays that would barly upgrade your player to a 85 overall and forget about it when u get upgrade overall points after that because u have to buy more VC again better yet buy clothes and animations for him 😭💯my points is VC back when it was first introduce back in 2k13 had enough ways for u earned it that it was a luxury to buy VC it wasn’t mandatory like it is now unless u wanna spend 300 hours on a player which isn’t worth it’s fucked up that da amount of VC u make on Mycareer now is da same amount u made back then but it’s literally quadruple da price for da same shit that’s just da world we living now 💯
They need to bring back the T shirt creator but expand on it and let us make shits, hats, pants. I wanna run my own brand like Lavar Ball. Unfortunately I don't think they'll let you do that because they want to make money from microtransactions instead.
There’s a glitch in the cpu, I’m a 7”1 center when you get the Def rebound don’t outlet pass bring the ball up court and drive directly towards the opponent’s PG he’ll pick up on you instead of the CPU center now you are free to back the PG down into the paint and he won’t be able to stop you as you’ll be to big. Rinse and repeat, this works on a HOF difficulty.
The thing you said about the AI also bleeds over into MyNBA cuz when I get 20 points with a player before half they double like crazy which leads to my other players getting 30/40
I just finished my carrer as a rookie in 2k24...number 1 defensive player, rockie of the year, finals MVP and League's MVP... When it came to close my deal for renewal, the game sent me straight to the free agent market, didn't even allowed me to stay with my original team... Worst of all, I pretty much had to start from scratch, not even in the starting lineup.
I just don't understand why MyCareer and MyPlayer/Park/Rec STILL arent separate game modes..... They know they'd miss out on so much money fr. Make it fun for the people who just want pure NBA career simulation bro we shouldn't have to play the same game as people who want to buy VC and left right cheese all damn day on rec
Might be a Hot take but “the city” ruined 2k games. When 2k18 came out with the neighborhood and they expanded on it everything got worse as the years went on. That’s when prices of things got ridiculous and vc prices spiked. 2k17 was the last good 2k and it’s been downhill since. They focus more on that than the actual gameplay and game because that’s where they make all their money. Same reason they focus so much on myteam
The Park ruined MyCareer. Ever since the Park, they limited the attributes and badges of your MyPlayer so fucking hard a maxed out 99 OVR has the attributes and badges of a Ruby MyTeam card and its impossible to make players with attribute distributions or even physical measurables true to IRL players like Kawahi, LeBron, basically anyone tbh since your MyPlayer sucks by design
Honestly, people just gotta stop investing in new 2k's for like 2-3yrs.... If we can play GTA V for years online or not, do the same with 2k... make them feel what NBA Live felt and maybe theyll aim to make it fun, realistic and challenging. Other than that its the same game "Literally" every year with worse things added and them asking for more money... its a joke
The one thing I hate about my career is the teammates are horrible like why is Lebron missing a layup on Chris Paul this happened today to me for the game winner for semifinals I know it’s hall of fame but game makes no sense cause there’s no world where Lebron James is missing a layup over Chris Paul 2k needs to make the players in my better cause I know the whole reason of hall of fame is to make you go through hell but it’s annoying watching D’Angelo Russell miss 3 wide open threes 💀💀shi tragic
I think the cpu is just dumb. Doubling him in the Shawn clip you showed is right (doubling the main scorer when he’s hot late in the shot clock), but they didn’t double with the right player. The cpu on your team rarely rotate properly, and spacing is terrible. They run into you when you call iso, and they Jack up dumb shots early in the clock.
Man I just want to play offline and enjoy a regular ass Career. 2k won't even ket me do that fuck this company. Hopefully NBA live will give us a career mode. That isn't a fuckin casino
It’s showing the evolution of corporate greed. 2K will keep grifting their consumers as long as it makes them more money. They need a real competitor like NBA Live or something similar, and fast, to stop them from this bullshittery.
This is an AWESOME breakdown. Time to boycott money grabbers of all companies until they not only change up, but give us massive bonuses in advance as incentives to start back… Monopoly Go Destiny 2 NBA 2K Fast Food Potato Chips Bags Half Full etc.
if the 2k team actually "cared" about the community they swear up and down that they "love so much" and "listen to", they would actually take constructive criticism and watch this video because it delves into everything wrong about mycareer in ridiculous depth, it'll open their eyes and maybe, hopefully theyd genuinely try to make it so that something that is supposed to be enjoyable isnt an absolute waste of time and energy, as well as money
I just think its insane how they actually have some decent ideas like the accolades and goat records to beat and YET they give you *ZERO* VC FOR ANY OF IT. I break the single season scoring record, and I get no VC, I win the in season tournament, and I get no VC. Win the All star Game MVP and you get no VC, it's just ridiculous how taxing the grind is and the incentive is bare minimum. The Badge regression system is the scummiest mechanic i think I've ever seen in a sports game easily, every game instead of playing how you want that game, or to how the game is flowing depending on the other teams defense you have to babysit badges and try get every single type of shot or thing to make sure your badges don't decline. I can't even imagine how it effects online play since I strictly play My Career.
NBA 2k23 would be a bit more fun but if there minus like 4 quest or 7 it would take so long and we play more games inside the nba and endorsement actually make a bit longer and pay more now 2k24 my career is not that grindy and ankle breakers are rarely seen with a 76 ball handle with a 72 speed with ball
thank you for the commentary on the 2k scene, its nice to hear someone else put it into words. The corporate greed leeching into a basketball sim is insane
i stop playing in 2020 why because all they were doing was and is still doing is not making it fun and milking as much time or cash both actually. and its still getting worse wait till they charge you per shot you take
I have played 2k since 2k11 and I have never not one year enjoyed playing my career, but at least some years I do have a reason to play it. This year I have zero reason to play it so I don’t.
-Get rid of the stamina bar -Get rid of the giant map -Get rid of battle pass -Badges are earned through my-career and are permanent -return rep and or a reason to play the game
Am I the only one that feels like nba 2k will give you horrible animations on offense or at the very least give the Ai some cheesy animation when your on D that allows them to make it or something similar?
The 2K community ruined Mycareer, 2K listened to all the complaints, now we have the most boring vanilla Mycareer ever. People complained about the cut scenes, 2K made them skipable, but that wasn't good enough.... so now we have minimal cut scenes, which means there's is no storyline or anything, just playing game after game chasing stats. They complained about being drafted to teams they don't want to play for, we got the option to force a trade anywhere we want after about 10 games.... still not good enough, so now we don't even get drafted anymore. The dumb part is that most of the people that complained about Mycareer are the park, rec and pro-am players, they wanted no part of Mycareer, they just want to make a build and jump online, yet they complained about having to go through a few cut scenes, so now we all have to put up with an extremely dull Mycareer experience. I'd love to go back to the high school, college, combine, draft and summer league with a storyline. It used to be MYCAREER, it has become MYBUILD. There is also no incentive whatsoever to grind Mycareer, you can't even gain xp for the season pass. Rep is tied to online play, why can't they let Mycareer grinders level up the season pass, at least the free pass? I'd normally grind my guy up in mycareer before taking him online, but there isn't much incentive to grind online either. People just buy level 40 at the start of every season, so it seems pointless. Then they have that top 10 thing, so there is no legend grind at all anymore. I liked it back on 2K15 and I think 2K16 where you had to get to Pro to even travel to other parks, that was awesome. Then it was a big thing to hit legend and take your shirt off. There's just nothing like that to grind for anymore. Also, the cost of the builds and low VC payouts make the game extremely tedious. If you are a no money spent player you have to play the game like it's a full time job just to get your build up to 95+... they've taken the fun out of the game.
