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NBA 2K14 is probably the most impressive-looking sports-related PlayStation 4 launch title. Check out the way James Harden extends and wiggles his hands and rolls his fingers in the video above, the way the light gleams immaculately off the contours of his sweating arms (finally photorealistic enough to trick the eye), the way his shirt ripples and compacts as he retracts his arms and shifts his torso.
There’s a fluidness here that’s been missing from today’s games, as well as a sense of being in this world — a solidness to everything that’s only broken when you notice Harden’s beard clipping through the top of his jersey in that preliminary shot.
Visual Concepts / 2K Sports