MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[peterrod]

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

I played the demo on thursday and had a great experience.
Game when to the 6th inning when utley was at bat.
I had a feeling of hitting a walk off. so i press power swing and he did hit a walkoff. Utley rounding first base was a hybrid of Joe Carter's walkoff in the WS and Big mac's 62 homerun. Awesome celebration.
One thing i noticed yesterday when Cole Hamles is pitching from the stretch position. His delivery looks identical to J.C Romero.
Can someone explain this?

[sask3m]

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in my last game i hit a deep fly ball where the rightfielder had to cover a lot of ground to get to it, hit his glove and fell out ,lol, don't think i've seen that one before, i had a guy at 2nd at the time and in my amasement of the error i never advanced him

[BleacherCreature]

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Nice to see the lighting go from day to night as the game moves along, and also nice to see the "2 out force at second" fiasco has been fixed. You know, the one where a grounder to second with 2 outs, you try flipping to the SS for the force but your 2B stood there waxing his carrot too long and the runner was safe.

[billyo]

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Guys, I'm an old guy like Jim and need all the help I can get. I tried the "offset" hitting angle and it helped me alot. For those who are having trouble hitting, try it. I homered in four straight games with Howard after I changed! Default all-star.

[mgkibbles]

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I just drew back to back 4 pitch walks. Hamels just threw 8 straight out of the zone...

Show + Me =

That isn't realistic. For most pitchers it would be, but not for Hamels.

[sask3m]

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Guys, I'm an old guy like Jim and need all the help I can get. I tried the "offset" hitting angle and it helped me alot. For those who are having trouble hitting, try it. I homered in four straight games with Howard after I changed! Default all-star.

yeah it helps me with my timing, only problem is i then find it hard to tell whether its a ball or strike.

[twiztiddarkangelman]

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I haven't played the 09 demo. (I know me if I did I'd never make it to the 3rd.) But I thank all of you who did get the demo and shared the experience either in words, pics, or vids. Thanks.

[messygravy94]

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just played a few games of the demo. its GREAT to see they have fixed the fielding as you can now hit doubles down the line. its also possible to hit the ball past the outfielders. to me, this was the biggest issue last year. the game looks and plays great!!! hit variety is amazing. hitting seems more challenging this year which is a good thing. i dont think we will see as many double digit hit games which is also great, and realistic. pitching is perfect in my opinion. they just tweaked it enough to make it a little more challenging. presentation is awesome as usual. scea fixed the things i thought needed fixing (fielding especially). great job scea!!!! and this is only the demo!!!

[phant030]

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That isn't realistic. For most pitchers it would be, but not for Hamels.

smh...anything is possible

[wyrm187]

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does anyone know if the actual manger's faces will be in the game this year? ? ?thanks

[EnigmaNemesis]

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does anyone know if the actual manger's faces will be in the game this year? ? ?thanks

Considering that they got the pitching coaches, and base coaches dead on, I would say yes.

Scratch that, they are, I remember Utley getting a lecture in the dugout in the demo.

[wyrm187]

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Considering that they got the pitching coaches, and base coaches dead on, I would say yes.

Scratch that, they are, I remember Utley getting a lecture in the dugout in the demo.

thanks that is ****ing awesome

[J-Unit40]

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What I would really like to see in '10 is a fielding camera like the broadcast or press box cam. I don't like low, not really feeling medium (again) and high is just too high.

Outside of that, beautiful demo. I'm really looking forward to March 3.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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What I would really like to see in '10 is a fielding camera like the broadcast or press box cam. I don't like low, not really feeling medium (again) and high is just too high.

Outside of that, beautiful demo. I'm really looking forward to March 3.

You should try Low ... it brings you in the action much more, has a better challenge, and feels more broadcast-ish.

But would be neat if they had a broadcast type camera for next year, where it will be different camera angles, depending on where the ball is hit, etc. Would make it feel more fresh while fielding.

[michaeldu]

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High does seem to high. Medium seems to me to be the closest to a broadcast cam. It would be so cool to see the replay broadcast cam as a playable camera next year.