September 30, 2005 - Sports nuts have been waiting for the day when the hardcore Lakers or Knicks fan will look at the TV and not be able to tell the difference between an NBA game and an NBA videogame.
We're one step closer to that dream thanks to NBA 2K6. A game that looks so good, it should immediately jump to the top of your list for reasons to buy the Xbox 360.
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All the footage, from the video to the screenshots are 100% gameplay. I repeat, these are not cut scenes. These are not an artist's interpretation of gameplay. This is NBA 2K6.
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But it's not just the man that makes the mold, it's his clothes, or in this case, the cloth, as the game promises "True-Life" cloth simulation technology to deliver more realistic-looking shorts and jerseys. Add to that the emotion and passion of player faces that animate and natural head-and-eye tracking, and even Kobe Bryant is going to have a hard time figuring out the difference between the 2K6 Kobe and the "I refuse to pass the ball" Kobe who is staring back at him in the mirror (what can I say, Shaq is on the cover, so there has to be a Kobe dis somewhere in the text, right?).
But the players aren't the only ones brought to life as you're going to witness an electrifying crowd complete with 10,000 individual models dispersed throughout the arena. And what better way to capture the atmosphere than through authentic arena lighting arrays sampled from actual NBA venues and a bounce lighting technique called dynamic specularity. Look at the yellow light on Shaq's armpit in the screen below. The light's coming from the yellow court. Amazing.
All of this will be brought home with a new and dramatic broadcast style, including dynamic camera work, and a new camera perspective to bring you closer to the court than Spike Lee…without having to buy a season ticket.
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