I’m asking honestly: Does every sports video game have to be 10000% real with every aspect of the real thing?
I ask because NBA 2K23 has introduced hanging on the rim controls.
No, seriously! You can hang on the rim after a dunk! From their official site: “The controls are simple. Use one of the new rim-hang dunk gestures mentioned above when driving toward the hoop, but keep the Sprint trigger held when the player gets their hands on the rim. You’ll hang indefinitely as long as you keep the trigger held, and you can use the Left Stick to adjust the momentum of your swinging body and the Right Stick to pull yourself up on the rim.”
Cool, right? Except if you hang too long in certain situations, you get a technical foul, just like in real life.
Players had thoughts:
Seriously, this is a thing
Who's hanging on the rim in #NBA2K23?
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— NBA 2K (@NBA2K) August 3, 2022
You can now get a technical foul in 2k23 for hanging on the rim for too long 💀 pic.twitter.com/ln9wSlrnDQ
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) September 6, 2022
JaMorant getting a TF for hanging on the rim too long in #NBA2K23 (144p) pic.twitter.com/TH5seHju7G
— Follow 2Kintel (@F2kintel) September 6, 2022
People had thoughts
I can already see hanging on a rim will be annoying as hell. You down with 2 seconds left… you dunk and hang 😭 https://t.co/dTHQn11Tm1
— dashun binns (@dashundaman) September 6, 2022
2k23 I’m hanging on the rim every play🤣
— Aaron Westside 🛩 2️⃣2️⃣♠️ (@JJ_Too_Chill) September 6, 2022
Lmaoao
— Trollin Simp 🐐🚶🏽♂️ (@eggywtf) September 6, 2022
— Bedicute🥷 (@kobbybediako_) September 6, 2022
