Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Mets @ Phillies Top 1st

[JBucc]

I'm liking the game overall. Does the throw meter for fielders work? About 2/3's through that video the RF picked up the ball and threw a rocket to second even though the meter barely crept up.

[capa]

I like the overall look of the game, but a few things stand out.

As baa7 mentioned, everything looks to be hit very hard. Hopefully that is tweakable with sliders.

The animation transitions at end of tplay are pretty poor. Gys just sort of snap from crouch back up.

I don't llike the way the outfielders crow hop on every throw back to infield and how they gun it regardless of how far away they are from cutoff man/base.

The length of the bats seem too big. Could just be camera perspective but they seem overly long.

Don't like the face renditions at all...and this game uses alot of closeups.

Infielders seem almost to throw one way while the ball goes another. On a dp It looked like the ss was throwing home but the ball went to first as it should.

I love the look of the game, colors, crowd, stadiums, camera work, etc. Hoping some of these issues get tweaked before the game drops.

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[bigfnjoe96]

We'll @ least Castillo worked the count some. I also like that Steve missed a couple of his gestures & the ball didn't go straight down the middle & went outside of his target.

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

I honestly wasn't expecting too much out of this year, though I did expect a physics overhaul. Turns out it didn't happen.

There was one vid showing a throw from right-center by the CF that got to third on one hop, and bounced so hard and high it would have ended up in the stands if the third baseman hadn't snagged it. As I watched it I thought, "Blzer ain't gonna like this when he sees it."

[brendanrfoley]

Some videos do show a greater variety of contact, but I agree; a lot of balls appear to be hit "hard." It is better than 2K8, but still not perfect.

I'm going to peek at the OS screen shots of all the sliders to see what could be "tweakable."

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by brendanrfoley

Some videos do show a greater variety of contact, but I agree; a lot of balls appear to be hit "hard." It is better than 2K8, but still not perfect.

The game looks very nice; the presention is fabulous.

At this point, my big concern is whether we can tone down the flyballs and scorchers. Oh, and the State Farm billboard VC erected in Wrigley: that's horrible.

[CarryTheWeight]

Quote: Originally Posted by baa7

At this point, my big concern is whether we can tone down the flyballs and scorchers. Oh, and the State Farm billboard VC erected in Wrigley: that's horrible.

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[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by capa

The length of the bats seem too big. Could just be camera perspective but they seem overly long.

Yes......something kept bugging me on every hit.
It SEEMS(just an "illusion" I guess) like the bat is quite large when a batter makes contact.
Of course it doesn't...it just kind of looks that way.
Something was distracting me...and that's what it is...thanks capa....I couldn't put my finger on it.

Overall though, I must admit...I'm pleasantly surprised at the strides made so far(game play aside...until we play it). I'd really like to hear Steve's opinion on the feel of the game play...but I realize that is verboten to ask right now

M.K.
Knight165