Kobe Bryant First Look In NBA 2K21 Next-Gen Is Amazing

NBA 2K21 next-gen has a lot of things to prove to fans and so far they’re doing a good job. A couple of days ago, we saw new footage of the gameplay that showed the realism of the graphics and a few new more things. Next-gen is expected to be a revolution for the franchise and things have started relatively good for the 2K company.

In recent hours we had the chance to see Kobe Bryant’s first look in the next-gen version of the game and it’s fair to say it looks as clean as possible. Kobe, who tragically passed away earlier this year, has been the subject of plenty of homages. 2K21 isn’t the exception, putting Bryant as the cover athlete for 2K21’s Mamba Forever edition. Knowing how he looked in this version of the game was a big deal for fans and we finally have an answer.

Twitter account @2Kinsider shared the pic of Kobe in next-gen and it looks great. Some fans didn’t like what they saw, as usual, but most of them agreed that the developers did a great job with the face scan.

Kobe Bryant in NBA2K21 on next gen. (via @2KInsiderr) pic.twitter.com/SwFrUC8xcv

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) October 28, 2020

I can't lie, they've done Kobe dirty in the past but this is crazy

— Yousef🍉 (@KuzzControl) October 28, 2020

I thought this was a picture of him

— Brian Eichhorn (@brichhorn) October 28, 2020

Oh wow looks like current gen !

— jacob (@OneTakeJake2) October 28, 2020

Nailed

— Chaka Luther King (@boogforever) October 28, 2020

https://twitter.com/venezianrey/status/1321562727169642496 https://twitter.com/MoeskiDog/status/1321692003801853953

W

— Ev (@EvInFour) October 28, 2020

https://twitter.com/RealHiramWorld/status/1321562428254113797

Somebody compared Kobe’s face in 2K14 to this next-gen and the differences are surprisingly big. Curiously, 2K14 was more realistic than the most recent avatar of Kobe in the video game. The improvement was huge that year.