Was there a layup package, or maybe a signature move that you were most excited to emulate and bring to NBA 2K24? It’s something I think we’ve taken to the next level on NBA 2K24. Making the NBA players play exactly like their real-life counterparts is a never-ending journey for us. It’s the animations they get, whether it’s their layup packages, jump shot packages, or their dribble moves. Do they like to drive right or left, do they like to pull up off the drive, or do they like to go to the rim and finish strong through traffic, all these different things. It comes down to the way that AI works, the strategies, and just the brains that we give our players and what they like to do with it. So really it comes down to a lot of things. What are the NBA players doing? What are their moves? What are the shots they’d like to take, and then adding those into our game the best we can to make them reflect who they are. So for us it’s always looking at what is the NBA. There’s a lot of repetitive actions in basketball that people build up their muscle memory for, you can tell KD shoots a certain way. If you’re a fan of the NBA and basketball in general, I feel like it’s one of those team sports where, if you were able to see a silhouette of the game being played, and you couldn’t really see the players, you would still be able to know who’s who, just because people are so distinct in the way they move, the way they shoot. And we’ve always deemed it a signature style. That’s something that we started on a journey of, I think, around 2K7. What was the underlying inspiration for the gameplay improvements regarding specific players’ movements implemented in NBA 2K24? So those are the kinds of things we’re always trying to improve on year after year. Or if you’re getting guarded, and you’re taking bad shots, you get the results you expect. And scoring in the perimeter feels correct, you get the right results when you take the right shots. So the body up, that’s basically our on-ball defense in the collisions that happen when you body up the ball-handler, that system got blown out, especially under the basket/around the rim, that contact there, the post-contact in the paint shots especially–being able to put a body on a shooter in the paint was a big aspect of improving paint defense. That’s one that I think we really stepped into this year thinking, how can we improve it on different levels and different systems in our game. One of the biggest things that the community at large really wanted to see improved was paint defense. Were there any other community-requested changes that the team wanted to make sure were implemented in the game this year? Pretty much every aspect of gameplay was made more accessible. And it really extended to everything from shooting to defense, coaching. So, that was a big focus for this year, in just making the game more accessible. But at the same time, we felt that we could have made it a little more accessible for the newer players and for the players who are young kids or people who are new to 2K. And they loved shooting last year, especially the more advanced and hardcore players really loved how it was more skill-based, and really let the best players rise to the top. That’s where a lot of our design changes come from, directly from the community. That was something we heard loud and clear from our community. There’s a ton of highlights for gameplay, but I think one of the main things we wanted to focus on this year was accessibility. What are some of the changes to gameplay that you’re most excited to highlight for the fans? Gameplay upgrades are a big focus for NBA 2K24. The gameplay on the sticks is what my team is in charge of and what I’m directly involved with. Mike Wang: My role is basically anything that involves the on-court experience, controls, and animation. PlayStation Blog: For starters, can you tell us about your overall role on NBA 2K24? We recently sat down with Gameplay Director Mike Wang to discuss improvements and how the gameplay is more accessible for newcomers in NBA 2K24, available September 8 on PS5 and PS4. The NBA 2K franchise has a storied history of bringing the most authentic hoop gaming experiences to basketball fanatics and gamers alike.
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