NBA 2K15 hits retailers Tuesday, but a hotly anticipated feature is still, well, a work in progress. Early adopters of the 15-year-old video game franchise have been riffing on its buggy face-scan option. The game’s idea is brilliant, but the macro notion hasn’t quite delivered on its promise to give you an uncanny in-game avatar in 30 seconds.
The game doesn’t take a photo, but promises to map your image using the console’s video component. Thus, the biggest buzz surrounding the game has been the #facescan campaign, wherein users post their hilarious, monstrous lab results.
2K Face Scan not working bruh pic.twitter.com/TlWy1lAbhJ
— Cutty (@LilCutty) October 7, 2014
Popeyes Jones meets District 9 RT @ChaseBasford: Can you tell me what this is @Ronnie2K pic.twitter.com/yUN2BUjnkH
— Puneet (@puneetsingh) October 7, 2014
3rd and final 2k face scan. I’ve grown up my entire life thinking I was white. pic.twitter.com/4mxOnBd1HK
— Blake168 (@BCDaPrynce) October 7, 2014
Ummmmm what? #facescan @Ronnie2K @LD2K @YMDgento @Chris_Smoove pic.twitter.com/xeRHiUxb4M
— Chris DeVita (@J3di007Rambo) October 7, 2014
Thanks @NBA2K …u turned me into an incest baby deformity #FaceScan fail pic.twitter.com/Cz1vr9rGro
— Bobbaganoosh (@FadeMcCown) October 7, 2014
The accuracy in this game 👌 #NB2K15 #FaceScan pic.twitter.com/WaOEzSnUK0
— G. (@gilberto_thekid) October 7, 2014
LMAO RT @PBnJo: #2k15 #facescan got people’s created players looking like mongoloids. pic.twitter.com/GFQNCk1jzT
— Nick B. (@nbvibes) October 7, 2014
My 2k #facescan didn’t turn out bad either y’all doing it wrong pic.twitter.com/X80NikLFGY
— Trill Withers (@TylerIAm) October 7, 2014
On the plus side, these avatars would look great as the Monstars in Space Jam.
HT The Smoking Section | Screengrab via YouTube.