The NBA 2K16 Version of Stephen Curry Can't Match The Real Thing
When it comes to simulation games, especially ones that deal with sports, the desire to be accurate is paramount. As they want gamers to truly feel like they’re playing as their favorite sports characters. However, as its a game, they want it to be fair and balanced, which most times isn’t hard to do. But, this year, in the NBA, the frontrunner for the MVP race, Stephen Curry, is playing at such a high rate, that even his gaming counterpart can’t match his skills. This has created an interesting problem for the developers of NBA 2K16, as gameplay director Mike Want notes to Forbes: “To be completely honest, we are still looking for ways to better translate his game into NBA 2K,” says Wang. “He’s a ‘rule breaker’ when it comes to jump shooting … he becomes a problem in the video game world where we’ve been trying to train our gamers [to know] that certain types of shots should be rewarded versus others.” That being said, they’re going to