NBA 2K17 is one of the best basketball video games of all time. The MyCareer was great because of Justice. “Orange Juice” was the best thing to get. It was like “Team Takeover” in 2K19 and 2K20. The Play Now was the same so I don’t have to talk about it. The MyLeague was the same, too. I almost forgot about MyTeam. MyTeam was one of the good parts of 2K17.
NBA 2K17 is a basketball simulation game that, like the previous games in the series, strives to realistically depict the experience of the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as present improvements over the previous installments. The player mainly plays NBA basketball games with real-life or customized players and teams. As such, games follow the rules and objectives of NBA basketball games. Several game modes are available for the player and many settings can be customized. The game contains many presentation qualities that are modeled on real-life presentations, such as crowd animations, commentary, pre-game, halftime, and post-game shows, camera angles, lighting, and player animations.
NBA 2K17 was officially announced on April 13, 2016; the first trailer was revealed. It was released worldwide on September 20, 2016, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. Players who pre-ordered the game received it on September 16, 2016. An iOS and Android version of the game was released on September 23, 2016. It is the 18th installment in the NBA 2K series and the successor to NBA 2K16.
Aside from the regular edition, a ‘Legend Edition’ of the game will be available for players to purchase; it features Kobe Bryant as the cover athlete and contains several physical and digital bonuses, such as a poster and Virtual Currency. (Additionally, a ‘Gold’ version of the ‘Legend Edition’ is also available, featuring further bonuses.) The 2015–16 NBA season was Bryant’s final season in the NBA so a special edition featuring Bryant was developed as a way of paying tribute to what many consider to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
As such, NBA 2K17 and its ‘Legend Edition’ were announced on the day Bryant played his final NBA game in April 2016. Bryant was also the cover athlete of NBA 2K10. The standard edition cover art for the game, featuring Paul George of the Indiana Pacers, was unveiled in June 2016. George was chosen to be the cover athlete because he is an avid player of NBA 2K games. Visual Concepts also wanted a player who grew up idolizing Bryant.
The audio in the most recent installments of the NBA 2K series was something Visual Concepts and 2K Sports were “simply not satisfied with”. In an attempt to improve it, a team from Visual Concepts traveled to every arena used by NBA teams to record audio for use in the game. One focus was how ball dribbling and arena sound effects sounded; as a result, each arena in the game features distinct arena sound effects and unique dribbling sounds. Along with players’ faces and bodies being scanned into the game like in previous installments, shoes are now also scanned.
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