Looks as though Pro difficulty will be what I run with this year. AI controlled teammates appear smarter than on other difficulty levels, I feel there is more balance between User and AI controlled teams (not feeling cheated when I lose, offense rebounding balance, notice things like rebounding don't feel unfairly shifted to aid the AI, ect..), more animations are present than on the higher difficulty levels. With a little slider tweaking I should be good to go WHEN I decide to go back to the game.
I say WHEN I go back because there are too many bugs for me to invest serious time at the moment. Which is fine as I have Madden 15 to occupy my sports gaming needs for now, but I do plan on jumping into 2K sometime during the first month of the NBA season. By then I hope 2K has patched most of the more noticeable issues with the game.
My biggest beef with the small sample size of time spent playing is presentation appears to have taken a huge step back. Why was the half time show replaced with a dance number? This was a good idea because? I can't be the only one who misses the stats and league updates during half time. Another thing missing are stat overlays. Announcers will mention a certain player or team's stats, but there is no overlay to be seen. Also not like how replays are presented and the crowd even when loud appear to be dead in the stands. Again, presentation has taken a step in the wrong direction in my opinion.
My opinion of the game could change after more time spent playing and a proper patch is released to clean things up a bit, but as it stands now 2K15 is somewhat of a letdown on PS4. I feel bigger improvements across the board should be happening in year two on next generation consoles. Not just more customization options for the user because honest, they should have been there last gen, but 2k15 should feel like a new game. Which sadly it does not. Another game that suffers from this is MLB The Show.
Both are great games that represent their respective sport better than any other out there, just feels like both games should be further along than where they currently are.