On a meta level, it’s a reference to a secret handshake that Michael B. In the story, the name is derived from the idea that they “put the squeeze” on opponents. The name comes about when they’re watching old highlights of Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in Pres’ M圜OURT, and decide they need a catchy nickname if they’re going to be a dynamic duo. That brings us to the name the duo coins for themselves: Orange Juice. This was effective in breaking up the monotony of a long campaign, without being too intrusive or overwhelming of the gameplay experience.
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The tale of Orange Juice progressed far more swiftly in contrast, and kept the story as a backdrop to playing through a full first season. In between, there were a lot of cutscenes.
As far as gameplay was concerned, nearly half of Livin’ Da Dream was taken up by the high school and college games, with your rookie year being mostly simulated. Young is initially resentful of the attention Pres receives, but their shared work ethic leads to a friendship being formed.Īlthough there’s both a significant amount of gameplay and cutscenes before Pres reaches the NBA, it’s far less intrusive and sluggish compared to NBA 2K16. After being invited to play a game for Team USA against the Australian Boomers, Pres is drafted and begins his NBA career alongside another prospect that has generated some buzz: Justice Young, as portrayed by Michael B. There he meets senior Grant Alabaster, who takes him under his wing. The only concrete detail of Pres’ back story off the court was that his father had passed away when he was fourteen, some four years before the story begins with his graduation from Lower Valley High School to attend the college of his choice. NBA 2K17 dropped on-screen family members and went with a back story that was far more one size fits all. As an RPG-style mode that invited gamers to create or scan in their own face however, creating a player of any other background resulted in a scenario that looked like a truly bizarre casting choice had been made, given the appearance of Freq’s parents and twin sister. Spike Lee had clearly intended Frequency Vibrations to be a young black man from Harlem, which would be fine if M圜AREER had a set player character as in Grand Theft Auto. Right out of the gate, NBA 2K17’s tale of Orange Juice addresses one of the biggest problems with Livin’ Da Dream. The name drew some scorn when it was revealed, but how does the story and its impact on NBA 2K17’s M圜AREER hold up today? Pausing for a moment to note that there will be spoilers, let’s take a look back…way back… Together with the MyPLAYER character, The President of Basketball – aka Pres – he formed a duo known as Orange Juice.
Jordan, who starred as Adonis Creed in the aforementioned film, was also signed on to play Justice Young. As such, the story-driven approach would be retooled in NBA 2K17, increasing the amount of gameplay in our rookie seasons while also allowing for more flexibility with the player character.ĢK would also bring in Aaron Covington, co-writer of Creed, to write and direct the story. Although the production values and acting were a lot better, the story had its own issues, and didn’t gel with the RPG aspect of M圜AREER. This week, I’m taking a look back at the story of Orange Juice in NBA 2K17’s M圜AREER.Īfter NBA 2K14 brought us the first story-driven M圜AREER mode, and NBA 2K15’s story delivered us the gift of infamously bad acting from NBA players, NBA 2K16 tried taking the concept to the next level with Spike Lee’s “ Livin Da’ Dream“. You’ll also find old NLSC editorials re-published with added commentary, and other flashback content. Check in every Wednesday for retrospectives and other features on older versions of NBA Live, NBA 2K, and old school basketball video games in general. This is Wayback Wednesday, your midweek blast from the past! In this feature, we dig into the archives, look back at the history of basketball gaming, and indulge in some nostalgia.
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