Now over the holidays they have eben been down for 2 straight weeks, then up for 4 days and now down again since 3 days. They are up some days and down again over the weekend. The servers are down nearly 1/3 of the time since release. It has never been hard to enjoy like this year before (okay maybe 2k12 was very hard, too). Most annoying thing with this game: I only buy it to play in my 3 different online leagues, I play for several years now.
The settings in Online Associations do not save any more and you have to change shot feedback and everything else you change from default settings all the time you log into the OA. Furthermore they didn't fix any bugs and just created more. For example you cannot practice plays in Online Association mode anymore.
They even removed working things from the game.
Besides that, 2k14 is just a roster update from 2k13. Some Point Guards showcase chasedown blocks even against players like LeBron James. It also seems like everyone can block every shot/layup now. A Ronnie Brewer with a 62 3pt rating is a better shooter than Steve Novak or Paul George (I have these 3 players in an online association, and brewer hits by far more 3s than the other two with mostly perfect release timings on open shots). GAME! Also it seems like some ratings doesn't matter. There are this momentum swings again, where one team hits every shot, gets every loose ball and so in in one half, just to see the momentum swing to the opponent and get crushed in the 2nd half. You can block layups/dunks now (that this even has to be a feature.that's basic stuff!) and the whole gameplay feels smoother than 2k13. You can block layups/dunks now (that this even has to be a feature.that's basic stuff!) and the The only thing 2k improved is the gameplay. The only thing 2k improved is the gameplay. 2k proudly following in the footsteps of the former Sports Sim kings of EA Sports who they dethroned. The only saving grace this game possesses is that Live2014 was such an epic fail that it basically solidified 2k's monopoly over the NBA simulators market and as NBA 2k14 proves- having a monopoly is good for the company, bad for the product and customers. Måareer/MyPlayer mode is 99% the same as in 2k13- all the bad stuff has been carefully preserved and nothing new has been added so if you intend to spend your time mainly in this mode- save yourself the money and the frustration. A few have been fixed but some are even worse now. Many of the bugs/glitches/gameplay issues from last year are still in the game. The feature "StatsTM" they (2k sports) bragged about for so long before the release isn't working, they also bragged about adding "more than 3000 new animations" for player movement/interaction, but there don't seem to be more than 30, if that many.
Once again most online features are stripped away from the PC version in exchange for a $20 lower price.