Major League Baseball 2K9 Hands-On Preview (Gamespy)

[jeffy777]

Quote: Originally Posted by tyler289

I agree, it wasn't implemented well at all. The strike zone was HUGE. I was hoping they'd tweak it a little to make it more realistic, but decided to just take it out instead of fixing it. Oh well.

As long as the strike zone is smaller, I'll be happy.

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

I like how "real time" turned into "living world."

I like it. And they should offer other living world theme upgrades, like Dino world, Wild West world, and/or combinations thereof. Imagine a stoppage in play, and the camera switching to a scene of a T-Rex biting the head off of General Custer. Cool.

[JBH3]

Quote: Originally Posted by Damanjinx

"Nobody goes to a baseball game to watch the umpires, and MLB 2K9 looks to feature a more uniform strike zone than before. This should be a nice change, as it's rather frustrating to throw a pitch that looks like a strike and have it called a ball simply because a particular umpire has his own unique strike zone to memorize." That is the quote from gamespy obviously who wrote that is a moron and knows nothing about baseball, i swear to god 2k better not get rid of that.

I could choke dude out for that...WTF?

He just needs to play "The Bigs", and be done w/ it.

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by baa7

I like it. And they should offer other living world theme upgrades, like Dino world, Wild West world, and/or combinations thereof. Imagine a stoppage in play, and the camera switching to a scene of a T-Rex biting the head off of General Custer. Cool.

As long as it's not Elmo's world...lol

I'm sick of that high-voiced, red bastard

[Frek21]

Quote: Originally Posted by Damanjinx

"Nobody goes to a baseball game to watch the umpires, and MLB 2K9 looks to feature a more uniform strike zone than before. This should be a nice change, as it's rather frustrating to throw a pitch that looks like a strike and have it called a ball simply because a particular umpire has his own unique strike zone to memorize." That is the quote from gamespy obviously who wrote that is a moron and knows nothing about baseball, i swear to god 2k better not get rid of that.

I didn't like the sound of that either because anyone who has played or watched baseball knows that every umpire has a different strike zone and will make a bad call every now and then. Also did alot of people have a problem with the umpires having slightly different strike zones?

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by Frek21

I didn't like the sound of that either because anyone who has played or watched baseball knows that every umpire has a different strike zone and will make a bad call every now and then. Also did alot of people have a problem with the umpires having slightly different strike zones?

I think, as others stated, it wasn't an issue with concept, but with execution.

The strike zone never felt tight...only wide as all hell or normal.

I would have preferred correcting the issue rather than removing the feature all together, but oh well.

[Frek21]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoxFan01605

I think, as others stated, it wasn't an issue with concept, but with execution. The strike zone never felt tight...only wide as all hell or normal. I would have preferred correcting the issue rather than removing the feature all together, but oh well.

Ok. Yea I agree with that they needed to have smaller zones too.

[Blzer]

There's a difference among a static strike zone, a varying strike zone, varying umpires, and varying umpires with varying strike zones. I would ultimately prefer the last choice, but if we're going to have one consistent umpire, I would like for the borders to be a "gray" area where it can go either way (refer to the later ASB games). That way it's not a distinct border that you can hit and perfect.

Of course, it would be better if there were some standard deviations involved.