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The 1 Game Impression

Another busy day for me so I wasn't able to get a game of CH in until this evening. First impression is a good one. Here's a few thoughts based on a game with East Carolina (me) and Utah State on All Conference level w/o any slider changes.

• I won 63-56! This game rules!
• Not one funky reverse layup animation! Thank god.
• The control feels a lot like NBA 2K6 although not quite as refined.
• Same FT system as NBA 2K6
• Gameplay has the same feel as CH 2K5. (A good thing)
• Much better animation from top to bottom. Still a tad on the stiff side but several new animations which look a lot better than last year.
• The play by play is very quiet on default sesttings. I had to lower the crowd and other sound settings just to hear the PbP.
• I don't miss the ESPN license at all (thus far).
• My biggie: 3 pointers. On default settings and 10 min halves, Utah State took 10 3's, which is a lot better than last year. That said, there is something that I need to keep an eye on: the Aggie SG (an 85 rated 3 shooter) took several shots where his feet were barely on the 3 point line. The set play seems to not take the SG out far enough. If the 18 footers were counted as 3's Utah State would have fited about 15 3's for the game.
• Of the 10 3 pointers, the 3 point stud took 6, and a 77 rated SF took 2 and the backup SG took 2. If the CPU will shoot 10-20 per game that will be much better than a team shootiong 1 or 2, which happened a lot last year. I'm gonna try a game with a team w/o a 3 point ace to see if anyone fires off a 3 next.