Then again, maybe that's not a bad thing. Also, you don't get to spend a year and a half playing MLB 2k11 because David Stern suspended you for gambling because you are bored of dominating basketball and want to take a baseball sabbatical. I guess this means you won't get to wear Hanes t-shirts under your jersey with a weird little Hitler mustache. For fans of Jordan, it's really cool to see the progression and play as Michael and see what it is like to relive that skill that he had to takeover any game.'The game will let you play all the way up from Jordan's rookie year until age 40. Then as he gets older you're going to see him go with the bald look, then the mustache in the middle years, and his body will bulk up a little bit as he slowly becomes the older Jordan. Adds Boenisch: 'When you start out as a rookie, you're going to start out with the short fade, the short little hair.

'And the cool thing about this mode is that you're player-locked to Michael Jordan, so you're kind of recreating the career and the legend of Michael Jordan.'Young Michael Jordan? Getting pissed off at inept teammates and punching them during practice? Making ridiculous buckets look stupidly easy? Getting books written about being such a demanding, overcompetitive asshole? Sign me up!Īlso exciting is the news that Jordan's physical appearance will transform as he ages in the game. So you're playing with a raw prospect who can do just about anything, but can't deliver in the clutch just yet. 'He is rated a 79 overall, which gives you plenty of room to improve, but he has all of the physical tools of Michael as a rookie - the fast speed, the high jumping, the quickness - but he lacks a lot of the shooting skills and the offensive and defensive awareness. 'The idea behind MJ: Creating a Legend is that you're going to step into today's NBA with a rookie Michael Jordan,' Boenisch says. In this game mode that operate in similar fashion the My Player mode that made last year's game so amazing, you are able to draft a raw rookie version of Michael Jordan onto any current NBA team: After beating all 10 of NBA 2K11's Jordan challenges, you will have the opportunity to play an offline-only, single player game mode called Creating a Legend. However, this article informs us that 2K Sports is taking a step further. NBA 2K11 will feature Michael Jordan with old-school teams, old-school players, and even recreating 10 specific games from Jordan's career. Well, here is your chance to find out.įor all the fun I've had playing NBA 2K10, I've always wanted to see more than just a handful of old-school players available, and of course we all have heard by now that 2K Sports is delivering just what we want. how many more months until NBA 2K11 comes out?Įver wonder how Jordan would fare in today's NBA? With the hand-checking rules on defense changed so that you are no longer allowed to do everything just short of clubbing your opponent upside the head with an aluminum bat, people have long speculated that Jordan could average 40 or even 50 points per game if he was able to play in today's game during hs prime.

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