Then there are NBA 2K21 MT Coins the reflections on the courtroom and this is a place where tried and tested tech wins the afternoon. According to what I'm seeing, I believe the game utilizes planar reflections instead of ray-traced or SSR reflections. Planar reflections are still helpful when applied to one plane like the courtroom but they're much less elastic in a more intricate game world. In cases like this, the reflection is changed by shaders used on the wood flooring to properly distort what you see. The quality and resolution of this reflection seem enhanced on next-gen versus past. It's even more persuasive and thoroughly realistic. The character of planar reflections also suggests that objects could be perfectly duplicated and reflections can seep with no difficulty. The backboard also receives mirror-like reflections which show the hoop itself as well as the ball while the internet receives nice physics since you dip the ball in. None of those attributes are new to the next-gen variant but everything feels more refined overall.
It's as near perfect as you can realistically envision a sports sim can be. It's the Michael Jordan of sports sims, but only if you mean Jordan from The Flu Sport.
VC - the digital money in the heart of NBA 2K21 - is largely to blame for this. Not entirely, and we are going to get to additional flaws in time, but the start and ending of a massive proportion of NBA 2K21's issues stem from the microtransactions the match is built around.
Show me the money
One of the game modes is MyTeam, a card-based team-building game where you must buy players, contracts, jerseys, and anything else you can imagine, either in blind packs or in person auctions.
You can take a decent time playing some offline 3v3, earning coins that are minimal, working on your own abilities, but to really get the maximum from MyTeam, you have to play online. This means you will need to constantly purchase - often with actual cash, though grinding is possible - fresh players and packs. You can not accuse 2K of neglecting on the court drama, but all roads seem to lead back to MyTeam, and the possibility of gamers spending more actual money. VC can be earned for free, but it takes a very long time to make even a Buy 2K MT single package that, in this loot box system, could end up being VC down the drain.
