We hear it everywhere! In every conversation revolving around 2k, people always ask “what difficulty you play on”. How you answer this question will dictate where you are skill-wise when it comes to the game and all you have to say is yes or no. Crazy right? This is an unspoken reality and today I want to shed some light on the types of people who use each difficulty.
“What difficulty do you play on?“
-Every 2K Player Ever-
Pro
Pro difficulty is one of the easiest difficulties in the game and you will find that people gravitate towards Pro in my career if you are sweaty and want to get your badges and overall up.
Very rarely do you find players who play on this difficulty when matching up and if you do I suggest you put down the controller and go back home. Just trust me.
All-Star
Categorized as the most entertaining difficulty, tons of gamers love playing on all star and there’s a list of reasons why:
- They get all the animations they want
- Green lights appear just about every time with a poor release
- Shots fall at higher rate and no matter how much defense you play it won’t affect anything (kind of like that spin dunk in NBA 2k13 or that euro step)
These are the players who complain when playing on a higher difficulty and say that ‘2k is trash” or that “it’s not even realistic”. Oftentimes these players can’t understand why an NBA player misses a shot and expects everything to fall if they’re open. Hints why this proves my point on why players use this difficulty.
Superstar
If you are a big MyLeague person then you will see a lot of leagues set to this difficulty. Superstar is a step up and although you may be considered a good 2k player there are still flaws in this difficulty.
The most known flaw in this difficulty is that any pass you throw is getting stolen and that’s a fact. The CPU jumps on every passing lane, and all you have to do is run your player into the opponent and knock the ball loose and boom you get a fast break layup.
Players who use this difficulty say the following:
- HOF is too hard
- It’s the most realistic difficulty in the game
It amazes me how many people use Super Star as a safe haven. These are the same people who brag about going undefeated in leagues and against their friends, but when you play them on HOF they fold. Funny right?
Hall of Fame
I don’t care what anyone says, HOF difficulty is the best difficulty in the game. When it comes to basketball, this difficulty makes the game become as real as possible.
They take real percentages and track performances by players and implement it into the game. For example, if Jimmy Butler had an off game one night and you used the Heat the same day, then you might not get the results you’re looking for. A lot of times we see guys with low overalls in my leagues because of percentages (mostly badges, but these percentages help a bit).
The whole debate between the realism of the game shouldn’t even be a debate. Just because they are an NBA player doesn’t mean they will make every shot you want. When you come down the stretch and shoot three wide open threes and miss there’s levels to it and most players don’t realize that.
For instance, when you take those threes you’re probably not thinking about the timeliness of the game situation, what team is in the middle of a run, the tempo of the game, and most importantly hot spots.
If you don’t play with these four things in the back of your mind nine times out of ten you will lose the game.
People complain about it being “impossible”, but really you either lack IQ, or aren’t really up to speed on how the difficulty actually works.
Lastly, 2k is a game of runs, and tempo shifts. The game will always lean in favor of one team for a short period of time, but it is all in the stick work.
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