I'm really enjoying NBA2K14, but there are still problems with the MyPlayer career system. You start out gimped stat-wise and VC is a little too difficult/slow to come by so the game can be kind of a grind. Seems like they tie your own performance directly to your teams' so if you aren't playing at "A" level consistently, your team is pretty much guaranteed to lose (at least in my experience). Some of the goals seem unattainable unless your player rating is high. For example, my guy is rated 79 out of 100 and my rookie keeps getting put into situations where I can't meet the goal (like, "hey the team is down by 20 points, get us to within 10 or take the lead"). It sounds easy enough, but then one single mistake or missed opportunity on offense completely fucks up the momentum and the opposing team just drains everything or matches you point for point. I haven't won a single game yet and my player averages around a B rating. I can get 20+ points and 5 or more assists a game for my backup point guard role and the team still loses. It's kind of unrealistic and demoralizing. Also, the presentation seems to have cut corners from previous games. No cheerleaders or mascots, only a stat rundown during halftime, and the music gets repetitive very quickly. The trade off is that Doris Burke does sideline interviews. But since my team is always losing, she only interviews the other side which I could give two shits about.
The one big plus is that they actually say my name (or try to). It's just amazing that the game can read my last name and try to assign some vocal track to it. It's not exact, but it's very close to how caucasians would likely try to pronounce it. I was blown away by that.
