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

[TeixeiraFanatic]

Quote: Originally Posted by lived

Well, the pitches being identified by colour was in last year's game.

Unless i'm missing something i don't recall this in 2K8. the only game that i had this was MVP 2005 if i'm not mistaken.

[BadKermit]

Quote: Originally Posted by lived

Well, the pitches being identified by colour was in last year's game.

Huh? No it wasn't. Maybe when you guessed the pitch, there was a flash of color, but I took from the article that this is more like MVP's "Batter's Eye," and that you can read every pitch. I absolutely loved that feature in the MVP series.

I'm pumped about that preview. Also, I think the "third step" for the pitching just means you can make it so it's exactly like last year's 3-step process. Awesome.

[JoshCA916]

WTF??? why cant 2k ever get framerate issues fixed? i love the 2k series for baseball but having a stroke or seizure is not what i am going for playing a baseball video game

[MizzouRah]

Quote: Originally Posted by BadKermit

Huh? No it wasn't. Maybe when you guessed the pitch, there was a flash of color, but I took from the article that this is more like MVP's "Batter's Eye," and that you can read every pitch. I absolutely loved that feature in the MVP series. I'm pumped about that preview. Also, I think the "third step" for the pitching just means you can make it so it's exactly like last year's 3-step process. Awesome.

That's how I interpreted the pitch type color.. of course I didn't play 2k8 but a few games.

[jeffy777]

Quote: Originally Posted by BadKermit

I'm pumped about that preview. Also, I think the "third step" for the pitching just means you can make it so it's exactly like last year's 3-step process. Awesome.

I agree. I thought last years 3-step process was great, so I'm glad it's still going to be an option, and hopefully with a better looking meter.

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeffy777

It says in the IGN article that you can turn on the pitching release step in the options, so you can make it harder if you want.

Plus as the game go on and pitchers tire and or they get rattled the pitching gets harder. Seems fine to me. That plus cursor+swing stick etc.. has me a tad more excited that a few days ago. Just fix the frame rate issue! Despite The Show being my #1 game, I love baseball and will support 2K if they improve and give an honest effort.

[jeffy777]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

Plus as the game go on and pitchers tire and or they get rattled the pitching gets harder. Seems fine to me.

Plus there are probably difficulty sliders to make the pitching even more of a challenge.

[King Gro23]

I am not worried about the frammrate, they didnt have a fully working 90% build so who knows because he said he would report back when IGN gets a working copy. The game mode best of the best was not working bug crash everytime so it wasnt working. I have heard no gripes on the gameplay no complaints just improvements and people open to their innovations. Sounds like pitch difficulty and step will have to be turned on. I dont like the whole hold down and swing whenever deal, thats allow scrubs to hang with the pack.