Recently, I’ve decided to try out the Park – a Mode I’m not very fond of. The Park is where players gravitate toward when they can’t win in the Pro-Am or Rec. While there are 2K events happening, you’ll often find “Park-heads” on the one court outside the event playing. If you aren’t used to the Park, it’s more fast-paced, the difficulty is a lot easier, and the cheese is impossible to contain. Are you worried about not being competitive in the Park? Here’s how to survive.
Your Lineup Matters
There are levels to playing the Park. I’ve experienced it with my 53-60 Park record. If you don’t have shooters and playmakers on the court, it’ll be hard to win. Even if you have a shooter, a defender, and a quick big (6’11″ or shorter) you can manage to pull a victory out. Most people think the Park is a breeze and go in thinking they can play with anyone. Next thing you know you end up like me and have a negative record. Now, I know why I end up making eight builds in 2K.
Everything is different
Being someone who’s addicted to Rec and Pro-Am, I was instantly thrown off by how different the Park was and started to realize a few things. The side-to-side cheese, speed boosts, and steal success are very relevant in the Park. You even think to put the ball on the ground in front of your defender, or it’ll be gone before you can blink.
On top of that, it’s important to not hold “LT” when defending because it hurts you when trying to stay with your man. In other words, if you don’t want that side-to-side cheese then stop hounding that “LT” button on the controller.
The difficulty is set to “Pro,” which means the way you play in your career is the way you’ll play in Park. A lot of people like that. Your takeover activates quicker, and the passing becomes more accurate in transition.
Gameplay
Don’t think for a second that the Park requires no skill because it does. It requires basic basketball knowledge. The ball moves quicker than the individual, so if you ball hog or dribble on the court from side-to-side to get yourself open, you’ll end up with no one to play with.
Make the extra pass, because if you don’t, the game will change in a matter of seconds. For example, on a fast break, a teammate pulled up from three at the hash and missed it. Then he didn’t get back on defense. Suddenly, we were down by two instead of up by four. That’s how quick the Park is, one wrong move and you’ll lose.
Utilize screens, wrap around, fade to the corner, and don’t be stagnant. Shooters will shoot themselves blind if you let them. Ball handlers will turn into James Harden and turn the ball over. If you don’t play team defense you’ll lose.
The Park is a very fragile place to some people because either you love it or you hate to the point where you never look at the courts when you load up into the neighborhood.
How are you doing in the Park? Are you surviving? DM me @JMan_Persources on Instagram or @JMan_PerSources on Twitter.
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 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.
Let us know what level you play on!
@NoLimitJumper
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I miss almost every single open shot. It was bad last year but now it's even worse. What is the difficulty for online games? Hall of fame? Seems like the only viable strategy to is to drive to the basket on every possession. |
Superstar Difficulty for Rec , Pro Am and Beach NYC ..PSN/XBL: MilesAC87 |