MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

**Marino** · 02-05-2009, 11:45 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Originally posted by countryboy

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.

CB have you seen the Philly mascot yet?

**Pared** · 02-05-2009, 11:46 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Originally posted by bigfnjoe96

It's more of a BR Player to me than a gaming system

Good for you.

Now, hopefully we can keep the thread on impressions instead of discussing someone's personal issues with a brand.

**joejccva71** · 02-05-2009, 11:46 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Just played my first game and lost 4-2 on All-Star difficulty. Still new to the show series, but the graphics are FANTASTIC. The lighting is awesome, the wear and tear on the field, the CROWD jumped up to try to get my foul balls!! LOL.

The player models are 150% better than they were in 08, and the faces of the players are incredibly detailed. One great animation was when a batter hit a grounder, my 2nd baseman threw to 1st but didn't make a good throw. My 1st baseman caught it, got the out but fell down in the process. Was incredibly realistic.

Also I didn't notice any framerate problems at all and I played on 1080. Unless these guys are talking about a little stutter in the ball when it's pitched (right before the catcher gets it), but I mean you have to actually stare and look for it.

Great game SCEA! GREAT!

**twiztiddarkangelman** · 02-05-2009, 11:48 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Are the crowds reaction and crowd noise much different from 08?

**countryboy** · 02-05-2009, 11:48 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

damn fixes to the outfield. Longoria put one in the gap and I'm so used to being able to just run over and "grab" it that I just let the ball roll to the wall

**harsh128** · 02-05-2009, 11:48 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Just played my first game and went immediatly to legend mode and i can not believe how had it is to even make contact with the ball. When the game was all said and done i struck out 12 times in 6 innings and lost 2-0 aganist Kaz. I lost on a couple of cheapies down the line by Iwamura and Crawford that drove in a couple of runs. The A.I batting was not swinging and missing enough since I had no Ks with Hamels. Also the control was to good for both picther cause no team had a walk. Also anybody figure out how to bring in someone from bench/bullpen?

Overall i had a good time playing. The day/night progression was fantastic. Defenitaly a 1st day buy for me.

**riDIRKulous41** · 02-05-2009, 11:48 PM

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I have the framerate issues AT 720P when the ball is pitched which messes with my timing but i realize this is the demo so not worried.

I saw a great cut scene...A DP was hit to Utley he flipped to Rollions and Rollins dropped the ball as he was about to throw to 1st. The ump called the runner at 2nd out and here comes Joe Madden running out to debate the call. The ump was showing with his hands that the runner was out at 2nd bc Rollins was making the transfer from his glove to hand to throw the ball to first. Madden agrued for about 10 sec...that was pretty cool, never saw that in '08

I also had a play were Pena was thrown out trying to stretch a single to a double (man is Pena slow)...There was a cut to the dugout that had Madden come sit next to Pena, put his arm around his shoulder in what looked like to be some type of coaching to him....GREATNESS

**countryboy** · 02-05-2009, 11:49 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Originally posted by marino13882

CB have you seen the Philly mascot yet?

not yet.

**CS10029** · 02-05-2009, 11:49 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Originally posted by Art1bk

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

Yeah I get it too. I actually had it on 1080i and it was doing it. So I switched it to 720p and it is still doing it.

It isn't a big deal to me though. I'm sure it won't be in the final version and I can live with it now, knowing it won't be there later.

**CS10029** · 02-05-2009, 11:51 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Originally posted by riDIRKulous41

I saw a great cut scene...A DP was hit to Utley he flipped to Rollions and Rollins dropped the ball as he was about to throw to 1st. The ump called the runner at 2nd out and here comes Joe Madden running out to debate the call. The ump was showing with his hands that the runner was out at 2nd bc Rollins was making the transfer from his glove to hand to throw the ball to first. Madden agrued for about 10 sec...that was pretty cool, never saw that in '08

Apparently it was in '08 too, but I saw it for the first time today in the demo.

**gman2774** · 02-05-2009, 11:52 PM

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Not to start a TV tech forum but I can't find a setting within my TV menu that lets me choose the resolution. I have the PS3 set to detect up to 1080i. Should I only have the PS3 detect 720 to maximize The Show?

**Artman22** · 02-05-2009, 11:53 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

[quote=bigfnjoe96;2039155928]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

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:

[quote]
Joe maybe you need to step up your internet provider game:wink: lol jk. It only took me 20 minutes to download the game. What do you have DSL?

**flymrfreakjar** · 02-05-2009, 11:54 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Wow. So my first MLB 09 game was pretty insane. Game starts with a lead off triple by Iwamura— 145 pitches later Cole Hamels ends up my winning pitcher with 13 shutout innings. Going into the 13th tied 0-0 and back to back doubles by Utley and Howard win it for the Phils. I had it set on H.O.F (not trying Legend yet haha...) difficulty without any other tweaks other than pitching w/ the outfield cam.

Initial impressions:

Bat speed just seems WAY quicker overall than last year, which is great. Took me a long time to adjust, but it feels like you can really let pitches get in deep before swinging which is beautiful. I look forward to playing another game and getting used to it. Regardless hitting seems quite a bit more difficult in general.

Pitching is still very, very easy. That being said, I'll give it a shot on Legend and see how it goes

**joejccva71** · 02-05-2009, 11:54 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Can you guys exactly clarify what framerate issue it was? I know it happens during pitching/batting, but I mean the only time I ever saw a stutter was when the ball was moving in the air and it was RIGHT before it got to the catcher.

It didn't happen every time, and I had to stare at the screen to see it. Not a big deal but just want to understand what some of you are seeing.

Playing on 1080i with my 22" Viewsonic LCD monitor, just FYI.

**blinkfan77** · 02-05-2009, 11:55 PM

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About this frame rate thing...

If I have an expensive TV and a game that is optimized to run at 1080p, why shouldn't we be able to play it without issues on 1080p?

I take it everyone just means to play the DEMO on 720p, but please, when the full game is released, there's no excuse to not be able to play this on 1080p.

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