MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[BravesBoy]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

I can't believe this is an early build of this game. I can't imagine what the finished product will look like. Not to mention all the enhancements (rosters, songs, etc.) the community will add to make the "experience" even better.

SCEA....all I can say is Thank You. Thank you for your hard work and love for the game of baseball. I'm so happy the SCEA is tied to baseball. I would hate to see this effort wasted on a different sport other than baseball.

I completly agree...Thanks SCEA

[bhurst99]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Hey bhurst99, would you mind taking a video of Carlos Pena's, Evan Longoria's, and Chase Utley's stances please?

Longoria

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[bigfnjoe96]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

1st of I need to get this out of the way....

XBL>PSN... took me 1:15 minutes to download & another 20 to install... 1 of the reason I'm not a big PS3 fan. MANDATORY INSTALLS...

Now that's out of the way:

Demo looked great. I didn't change anything in the Menu. Lost on a walk-off.

Spoiler

Not sure if it's in 08, but the Walk-Off team celebration is in

Only played 1 game, so I didn't see many new animations. I did see:

Jump Throw & a 1st baseman on a foul ball down the line push it in foul territory with his glove.

Pitching did feel tighter. The transition in lighting is great. For an early build the game played very well. Here some screens I took:

[MaverickisBack]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Game looks sick

I loved the fact that the shadow contrasted with the light from the CF wall was kinda blinding me...but the shadow moved allowing me to hit better.

I noticed i was pulling alot more balls foul....and I actually struck out on sliders that were in the strike zone...that use to never happen

[Kolbe]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

1st of I need to get this out of the way....

XBL>PSN... took me 1:15 minutes to download & another 20 to install... 1 of the reason I'm not a big PS3 fan. MANDATORY INSTALLS...

Now that's out of the way:

Demo looked great. I didn't change anything in the Menu. Lost on a walk-off.

Spoiler

Not sure if it's in 08, but the Walk-Off team celebration is in

Only played 1 game, so I didn't see many new animations. I did see:

Jump Throw & a 1st baseman on a foul ball down the line push it in foul territory with his glove.

Pitching did feel tighter. The transition in lighting is great. For an early build the game played very well. Here some screens I took:

(lots of images nuked)

You should use the in game screen capture utility... way cooler (and easier).

-Kolbe

[CS10029]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

They still have that stupid thing, where the catcher throws it around the horn and it goes through the batter that just struck out.

[Pared]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

1st of I need to get this out of the way....

XBL>PSN... took me 1:15 minutes to download & another 20 to install... 1 of the reason I'm not a big PS3 fan. MANDATORY INSTALLS...

Just HAVE to post that right? Don't worry... your Xbox friends aren't going to check OS and notice you're cheating on them... it's a game system; Enjoy it as such.

[Cubfan]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

In the demo can we pitch from the pitcher view? Hope that makes sence.

[Pared]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

In the demo can we pitch from the pitcher view? Hope that makes sence.

Yes.

[gman2774]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

In the demo can we pitch from the pitcher view? Hope that makes sence.

Yes

[MaverickisBack]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

i liked the fact that the pitching meter was tougher...i gave up 2 walks

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Just HAVE to post that right? Don't worry... your Xbox friends aren't going to check OS and notice you're cheating on them... it's a game system; Enjoy it as such.

It's more of a BR Player to me than a gaming system, but neither here or there...

[countryboy]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

I absolutely love the crowd. 1st and 3rd for the Rays with 1 out in the third, and they get on their feet and roar as they try to help Hamels get out of this jam.

[Artman22]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Art...you sure you're in 720p?
I don't have it.(unless I'm just not noticing it)

M.K.
Knight165

Maybe i should charge my camcorder batteries and show you step by step of me play this game on my Samsung HDTV and the settings at 720p:wink: jk lol but in all honesty yes i'm playing it at 720p and im getting framerate problems but it's only while pitching and batting. Trust me i wish i didnt have to deal with this

[Rod_Carew29]

Re: doubles

I gotta laugh...some of this zeal....like in this case...STAND UP DOUBLES...is NOTHING new....there were MANY doubles in The Show '08....stand up, sliding in, ground rule, bloops, etc...

againm, makes me wonder if guys actually PLAY the game, sim or play 1 or 2 and sim the rest (where no doubt you'll miss everything).

WOW! WOW!! WOW!!!

Unbelievable, I just finished my first game and it was a happy ending.

Rays scored only once with 2 hits and 6 walks (lol) and in the 4th, I ralied against Kazmir. lead-off blooper in center from rollins, werth struck out looking and Utley went DEEP for the walk-off.

hit variety looks good to me, rays had 2 hits and both of them were doubles...STAND-UP DOUBLES! thank you

fielding is improved, it looks much smoother.

check-swings are in the game, but like our experts said, it's more difficult, especially with the pitcher at the plate.

Game plays pretty good out of the box, but I bet it will be huge with a good slider-setting.

Power is probably too much out of the box, I hit a bomb with Utley and one to the warning-track with Howard.
But Kazmir struck me out 4-5 times and I ended up with only 2 hits, if walks are fixed, this is great news.