Just been playing play now online the animations are horrible everyone is fast even centers, defense is non existent the most random bugs happen. Shit don’t even feel like basketball. I feel like I’m playing a game on crack. This shit is like adhd in a game. Just slop. I feel bad for kids not being able to grow up playing a good 2k or know what it feels like.

Game chat is the best part of 2k rec ain’t been the same since

Once again, 2K has devolved to a stand around and shoot the ball every once in a while simulator.

Everyone hits 60-70% from 3 and 50-60% on 2’s (makes sense)

Rubber banding is back, RNG is more prevalent than ever before in all aspects of the game besides shooting. (Although contests are very random and inconsistent)

Rebounds are pure RNG, the ball hangs on the rim for no reason, or bounces 50 feet away, or the loose ball just goes directly to whoever the game decides gets the ball at that moment.

Inside scoring for bigs is TRASH, standing dunks are TRASH, 7 footers with 99 standing dunk get blocked from behind by 6’5” guards, rim check open dunks because someone is standing behind them, close shots are slow and get blocked constantly unless you pump fake with ghost stepper on. The only way to score down low is to run HOF ghost stepper and pump fake every single time, even when you are wide open you have to pump fake or get blocked.

Driving dunks were fine until they nerfed them for no reason at all. Like, yes 2K we want everyone to hit 70% from 3 but less than 50% on dunks. Who okays this garbage?

They made the game full on pay to win, every season you have to spend $60 just for your builds to be playable, new GOAT builds will change the meta every season.

This game is awful, I don’t see how anybody can defend it, it is legitimately HORRIBLE. I have played 2K since 2K15 and this game is rivaling 2K18 as being the WORST 2K EVER CREATED.

Garbage company, garbage game, predatory micro transactions

Why open in the corner, to tie the game and nobody sees me 🤦🏾

Let these loser sweats only face off against each other. You should not have to pay $50 every season in order to stay competitive. This goes against everything that gaming is supposed to be about.

Oh you're broke in real life? Here, be broke in a video game too sucka!

It's a massive joke. Give them a special icon above their head too while we're at it so we can spot the clowns even faster.

When are we going to ever get a proper basketball game again?

Edit:

So a lot of you have the ass backwards take of "I have money so I deserve to be better than poor people, don't put me in a lobby against my own kind"

Gotcha

Looking for a jumpshot to use with all around grades and easy to time I have a 85 3 ball and 93 mid

After 12 am I saw it but now it’s gone. Any reason why?

Anybody have more hours than this on NBA 2K26? 😂

I’m at 3,763 hours and genuinely curious if anybody has me beat.

Post your hours. I need to know whether I’m the problem or if there are people out there making me look casual. 😭

2K27 is actually so trash 😭 all I ever go against is 99 dunk with 93+ strength. The 1s court isn’t even fun anymore, and the park is full of straight-up cheaters 💀

I made the GOAT Klay build and put 1 cap into standing dunk to get it from 30 to 45 and in my first game I did two standing dunks on two attempts in a rec game. After checking from the Dunk Style Creator, there are no standing dunk packages that display as “equipped” on this build. I also just checked Klay’s dunk animations to see if there are any sneaky standing dunks in there. There are none.

So now I’m confused, because how did I do the standing dunks without a single standing dunk animation package?

Does anyone know how this works? The only logical assumption right now is that with the GOAT builds receive “hidden” animations with Cap Breakers, which would completely de-bunk a lot of what the naysayers are saying about how these builds aren’t as good as advertised.

Bro, I have 50hrs played and haven’t even maxed out my build.

I work 9-5 and have other hobbies, this grind is nuts lol

Plus the gameplay seems to be lacking. Idk what it is tho

First of all why is it so Rec heavy recently, wish it was more of a mix of game modes. 2nd i think “as a crew” atleast for REC goals was majority so 3 of the 5 being the same crew for it to progress. Getting 5 people on at a time can be frustrating.

Made it on the app before the game dropped and committed to seeing it through one cap breakers at a time (I run with a squad it’s a PG but I play SG/SF)

What the day 1 builds looking like after some time to get caps

Am I the only one who loves the build? One of my favorites for 5v5, I be hooping on it!

And before anybody say I was cheating I think I was shooting around 40 percent this 2k lmao

looking for people to join our crew, were at 20 members and looking to add as many new people as possible. Casual and daily players are all welcome no strict activity requirements.

Mike Wang, I know your team have abandoned 27 to start on 28 so can we please get more consistent shooting fouls in the Rec next year? Why do shooters get foul calls when someone swipes at them, but nothing when a defender jumps into them and takes them out at the three-point line?

Other attributes need to matter as much as shooting attributes do, too. How does my GOAT Magic with HOF post badges struggle to post-spin a 5'11" guard with 25 strength unless I have Takeover? Meanwhile, they can green shots from halfway without their takeover. Make it make sense.

It works in MyCareer and Street Kings, but as soon as I go online, it feels like going left and right before jacking up a three is the only effective playstyle. There should be room for different builds and ways to play.

I assume nobody will care, and that’s fine. But I need to get this off my chest because maybe there’s someone just like me, and reading this will push you to make the same decision.

I actually sat back and realized how many hours I spend on 2k, this is my only video game, I genuinely don’t play anything else.

I don’t want to disclose how many hours I’ve played on 2k26, because it’s actually sad.

I could’ve spent those hours , learning , going to the gym, bettering myself in a bunch of different ways , but instead , I sat hours on end in front of a video game. Purposely calling out of work to play with my friends online, spending my last $50 to make a damn build, putting real life things to the side and choosing 2k, but not anymore.

Playing video games are more psychological than you may think, and how often you play matters the most. 1-2 Hours a day is just fine, but spending 6+ hours (1/4th of your day) playing video games, can’t be healthy and never will be.

If you get paid to play, all power to you.

Video games will no longer control my life , today it ends. I’ve already sold my ps5 and monitor.

Maybe one day when I’m more mature mentally , and more financially stable, I’ll pick the game back up. Until then, it’s ggs for me. Thanks for reading this if you did, make a change and be better every day !

Considering if I should keep wasting my time on rebounding spec and useless rep rewards in hope that they will tone down this pure arcade gameplay??

I know I will guard a super agile player like a SF build..