So, maybe the argument is it’s a movie inside a video game. Proving this as one of the great Determinist experiences.
Consider that there’s loads of drama and attention around if you leave school early to go pro or stay in school. The way you couldn’t stop murdering people in Grand Theft Auto IV even though the character was “you,” in NBA 2K16 you have to watch “you” make the worst possible choice in every situation. You can’t tell your idiot best friend to get his shit straight you can’t tell your controlling sister to back the fuck off you can’t tell your team’s owner he’s being a vaguely racist asshole and you can’t shoot your motormouthed agent with a tranquilizer dart. That’s basically a movie, which, fair enough, but don’t use the tagline “Be the Story” when it should be “Watch the Story.” What’s most aggravating is that, after you do get to make two superficial choices – what high school you go to, and which college (after one-sided pitches from recruiters) – you can’t make the choices you really want to make. The most disappointing thing by far about Livin’ Da Dream is that there are pretty much zero choices to be made. Which is so obviously bad, I’m struggling to find a creative way to criticize it. Starting with the title: Livin’ Da Dream. We reached out to 2K Sports, which declined to comment at this time.While the Lee/2K partnership hit nothing-but-net on one key aspect – a person of color created a story about people of color – the airballs were too plentiful, often avoidable and reeked of a lack of oversight. That would allow gamers to go through college and eventual pro careers without replicating any likenesses, but with real school uniforms, logos and branding. It's possible that the addition of college teams will be a feature in the MyPlayer mode, with college teammates and opponents not based on actual college players. One of NBA 2K's most popular modes is called MyPlayer, which allows a gamer to play as a created character throughout an entire career. That's why it's easy to speculate on how NBA 2K could have college teams without running into the same problems previous games had.
To this point, the only apparent obstacle for college sports video games has been using player likenesses, since schools can license their own images however they want, but NCAA rules forbid player payments. It's unclear whether the 2K development could contribute to the eventual return of the NCAA Football series, which ended in the wake of O'Bannon.
In 2013, the SEC, Big Ten and Pac-12 declined to license trademarks for future EA Sports games, in large part due to self-protection from legal punishment.Ī judge ruled against the NCAA in the Ed O'Bannon case a year later, finding that EA Sports had used real player likenesses without compensation.
Self-licensing would be a departure from what schools were willing to do previously.
These programs have been confirmed.ĢK has indeed gotten the licenses to at least 10 college teams & will have college basketball. More than 10 of the top programs in the country appear likely to be playable in 2K Sports's NBA 2K16, scheduled for a September release.Ī records search with the Collegiate Licensing Company found 2K Sports has a license to make video games for the following schools: Arizona, Arizona State, Connecticut, Georgetown, Kansas, Louisville, Michigan, Texas, UCLA, Villanova and Wisconsin. For the first time since 2009, college basketball could be back in a new video game release.