Can you easily complete the Jordan Challenge in NBA 2K23 after modifying the stamina?

2K has made some gameplay changes in the new generation of 2K23, and one of the things that can be confirmed is that 2K has made further changes to player stamina, which might make players who are used to the previous version encounter some resistance in the Jordan Challenge.

NBA 2K23 redefines player stamina

A new feature to prevent overexertion in the upcoming NBA 2K23 is the concept of adrenaline boost. Players will have three available boosters per dribble, displayed as three small bars below the endurance meter.

Each time you perform a dribble start or explosive sprint dribble, you will drain the boosters. Once your three boosters are gone, you will notice a significant drop in speed and acceleration for the remainder of your ball control. As a dribble combo, it's essential to play smart basketball and move efficiently instead of aimlessly zigzagging back and forth around the defense.

New Jordan Challenge mode has been added

To give modern players a taste of 80s basketball, 2K23 is ready to take players back to the glorious Jordan era. This challenge features specific tasks issued to players based on Jordan's fifteen legendary games. Players go through the way they like. Joining forces with Jordan's best teammates at the time, they come together to face Jordan's most formidable opponents in his prime, featuring Jordan's appropriate appearance and skill sets at the time to relive these most iconic games in history. Players must win the tournament in order to complete the tasks issued by the system.

Impact of Endurance Mode Modifications on Challenge Tournaments

Perhaps many players still have not realized the relationship between endurance and challenge matches. The official description of 2K above shows that 2K wants players to play a little smarter in the game instead of running back and forth endlessly on the court to dribble the ball. From this point of view, 2K's initial intention is good; as a close-to-reality basketball game, it is impossible to allow the game to have unlimited dribbling such an unrealistic feature exists. So 2K made this change to make the game more in line with the real game and also gained the support of some players. They think this change is positive; most 2k players want to do is to dribble and shoot 3-pointers.

But in this way, it will inadvertently increase the difficulty of the challenge. 2K wants players to play the Golden State Warriors like passing and cutting with the ball in the game and to achieve infinite switch tactics in the game, but most of the gamers are not that professional; they play the game just to release the pressure of work or life and find their own fun in the game.

In the Jordan Challenge, players face the most influential players of the year, and if they accidentally miss a shot and don't get back to the defensive end, then the opponent will take advantage of the opportunity and lose the game. There is a lot of stamina required in the game with players needing the stamina to get to the basket off the dribble and then also stamina to dunk, but as stamina decreases you have to go through several players to complete this step, which in effect makes the challenge more difficult.

If it only affects shooting but doesn't reduce the decrease in dribble efficiency, then players should be able to have a better game experience. Hopefully, 2K will not release stamina cards in the game to boost players' stamina, which will not only break the balance of the game but will also allow players to get "stamina" cards by buying NBA 2K23 MT, which is not fair to those players who don't like microtransactions.