 Season 5 NBA 2k22 has launched people are reacting and on top of that 2k sports Just acquired three licenses for three new games. They're gonna be working on. Hey, look man There's a lot to dive into first of all y'all new to the channel. Be sure to subscribe Bro, it's gonna make me feel better. I found out I tore cartilage in my wrist on my other channel I was boxing low and I landed a punch that didn't quite land right I shot with my wrist And you know, it's like hey man sometime it happens So we'll see how the surgery goes the surgeon told me that the more likes the more successful the surgery You're not gonna hold me back. Are you I'm trolling but thank you guys for watching. Let's get into it All right first things first NBA 2k22 said boom season five is upon us first of all Let's start with the fact that there's not much hype behind this at least like from my vantage point people are like excited for something new But no one is like breaking down doors to pop on season five NBA 2k22 NBA 2k put out this tweet saying anime themed courts are now in current gen for season five and they actually look good These are the most colorful and Vibrance and actually pretty cool. I've ever seen NBA 2k courts look in the history of the game So to me it's a welcome addition. Hopefully we can see more of this. I can't imagine why not anime theme They know who they're appealing to potentially the dribbleheads now There are there's a decent amount of crossover between people that play 2k and people who appreciate anime So this 2k just showing them some love in season five So everybody was asking the question do the people that hit legend start back from level one answer is yes So here's power drop the screenshot as soon as the season started saying confirmed legends start over at level one So even if you have completed legend, you can still complete level 40 grind every season because you're that type of guy Aren't you you play the game 40 hours a day? Don't you? But once you reach level 40 depending on the affiliation that you're affiliated with well you get a mascot the mascots work A little differently this year batch plug. He's not too happy with it I think the mascots are nice except the night's one. I don't know. It just looks weird. My favorite is the viper What about y'all and man, what am I looking at? What the fuck it? How was that a beast of the east side? Come on, bro This literally looks like a troll version of the cookie monster mixed with the big blue monster from Monsters, Inc This is the Western Wildcat, which in my opinion looks decent. Here's the north side city night's height I actually kind of quit that one and then here is the south side viper It looks a little odd, but it's cool though, bro. The night looks like just like Boba Fett I don't know what it is, bro. He looks just like Boba Fett So if you ever wondered our mascots gonna be in the game. Well, here's your answer They got new ones for you an NBA 2k 22, but not everybody was happy with it I mean aesthetically some of them kind of look odd I mean J. A says here. This is what we're grinding for with the screenshot of the beast of the east side He just looks funny. I don't know what it is man. He just looks funny power says Why is 2k determined to have everybody rocking the same rewards? Nobody wants to wear the same mascot as everybody else and he makes a fair point I mean the past when you reach mascot you had like dozens of different mascots to choose from depending on what your favorite NBA team was So even if a plethora of people reached mascot There was still like enough diversity because there were a lot of mascots to choose from I get what power saying I trust him He's a tryhard at the video games and he's saying like he just loses interest in mascots because everybody has the same ones Although I do think they look good. It'd be nice if there was a lot more variety Maybe some customization allowed to the mascots would be nice, but anyway 2k released, you know, there's seasonal update There was a lot more my team related stuff than city or park divide They're going for is power within they say become the hero of the city and the concha Del Mar deserve and Reach your fullest potential as a legend if you love dropping VC so Ronnie could buy his new Ferrari They got new apparel drops as well dim Mac Jordan X Rui and hyperfly If you're a type person that boots up the game to see what's available to buying swags and in turns off the game You might want to boot it up real quick. You might be wondering are there any gameplay changes? Not really I mean they added Dirk's retired jersey to the Mavericks arena They updated a whole bunch of scans for all of these players You might be familiar with but if you're looking for something to get excited about on these very dry patch notes 2k Says they've made updates in preparation of the my team unlimited 250k tournament They've been doing it for the past like number of years now And there's usually like a lot of flagrant cheating involved where people just like boot others and things of that nature 250k is on the line and 2k never enforces any rules so people say hey Why not but aside from that like when you hop on the game Unlikely you're gonna notice a single difference in terms of what the gameplay feels like people again immediately getting pessimistic The mascot says cool, but it's that the mascots people were used to I guess it's something new instead of the same Refurbished things over and over and over again, but at the same time you know that in a few weeks time because people have already hit level 40 Everyone's gonna have the same mascot So it's not gonna be as exciting to have something if everybody else has it especially when there's no customization available I mean dignified tweeted saying it's something about a new season starting There's not being any hype for it and it being tough to get people to play kind of weird this year I don't know follows up It sucks man like the game in general too many isn't too bad never really had too many complaints about the gameplay Because you kind of deal with the broken stuff But when they have bad rewards and nothing added to change the how builds play make them better it gets boring I immediately had people like Devo reminiscing about the times and NBA 2k 19 where they had a fantastic experience and to be fair It was a much better game. That's the nature of gaming You're gonna appreciate what you were experiencing now probably years from now doesn't necessarily mean the game's always gonna be great But even me I hated 2k 18 but looking back I still hate 2k 18 My point is is that looking back? I at least know that I had a fantastic time playing pro and as bad as the neighborhood was So as it relates to the patch five, I mean there's not too much to talk about but this at least for me is where it gets interesting So well, I saw this report here saying that 2k sports secures a Lego license for sports games Interesting piece one I thought Lego was exclusive with some other company and two they mentioned games are all of them going to be Lego games Does this explain the fact that 2k's been hiring a lot more developers and they tout that stuff in their earnings reports They talk about how many people are hiring the company etc. Etc. The reality is they have so many new games They're adding to their roster those new developers aren't working on the game that you want to get improved most likely But something interesting might come afoot like as a sports Lego title We don't know how that's gonna go So I decided to search up some articles just to get a little bit more information But check this out people with knowledge of the plan said that the Lego group is looking to increase It's video game output once an exclusivity deal with Warner Bros expires Okay, 2k signed a multi-game partnership with the toy company for Lego sports line of titles with the football soccer game developed by Sumo digital they also mentioned a racing game that's gonna drop but this is actually an important note They they're saying is developed by visual concepts Those are the guys that work on 2k which like I'm not gonna like ring the alarm bells or nothing But it's like man. There's already not enough going on with 2k You mean to tell me the same guys working on 2k are gonna spend their time working on a Lego sports title Like it just doesn't feel like the appropriate thing to do given how broken 2k always seems to be I personally have never played a single Lego game I don't even think I've seen gameplay of a Lego game in my life But I always see him at the store or so somebody's buying them if you asked me I think 2k is trying to like appeal to the real boppers out here, bro Like the five and six year olds which makes sense 2k wants people to be fans for life You get them at an early age playing the Lego games and then they're eventually gonna grow into the simulation games And there's gonna be a plenty of like bro They can jump from a golf game 2k has to now racing games 2k has to basketball games 2k has and we know that 2k is Interested in doing something in the arcade football department because EA's Exclusivity license only applies to simulation games So long story short 2k is coming out with so many new IPs and titles and different licensing agreements that even though They're hiring more people is probably not gonna go towards the game that you really wanted to which sucks I get how business works at the end of the day like they just want to diversify their income They don't know how much more 2k could possibly grow They'd rather pivot more into the mobile market then give a fuck about the consoles It is what it is, but it's like man. It doesn't help bro I can't help but be pessimistic, but you should probably be excited knowing that 2k has the game They're probably gonna add a lot of micro transactions, but they might make it a better game in the process I don't know if you guys knew but take two was literally about to collapse like the company that owns GTA The Red Dead's and the NBA 2k's about 15 years ago They were on the brinks of collapsing to come back to the point where they're one of the biggest publishers in the game They're obviously doing something right every time I look at their earning reports to check how their stock is doing is going higher than it did previously But they're doing something right so they're gonna continue to move in the direction of what's working and what's correct That being said season 5 a little underwhelming it's gonna give me a reason want to hop on the game and play for a little bit I'll see what the changes feel like am I gonna grind to level 40? Absolutely not have too many things going on during my day And if you guys want to see those too many things well I have like five other channels on YouTube you can watch me do anything from react to stream clips to a second channel Where I go outside and do IRL content all of that link in the description depending on what you're interested in Hey, otherwise man if y'all missed the last season update You want to catch up on everything that's changed last month in NBA 2k go ahead click that video Otherwise, I'll catch you out in the next one. Peace