MLB 09: The Show - Impressions

[burds13]

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Wow man, that should NEVER HAPPEN...Pie hittin' a bomb off of Rivera that is

Kaboom. He left a cutter middle in and it was basically the first time all day I hit the square button.

Game froze after Pie touched home plate. Crapola.

[mets4eva78]

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Sorry man, I started to make a post but then my battery died.

Anyway, my guess is we're not going to get a stadium update like that, but honestly I think that posts like this that I'm making light a fire under SCEA's butt even more to just prove me wrong that they can do exactly that, and thus would. That's the kind of developing team that you're dealing with here, and that's the kind of devotion they have to making their community happy.

So it wouldn't be impossible to get the things like this that you said (the jerseys probably not), but then again changing the color of the wall probably isn't as easy as using the Magic Wand tool and changing the hues. Maybe a developer could step in and answer this for sure.

Anyway, most patch updates address things through coding, not cosmetic changes. That doesn't mean that stuff can't be done.

No worries, thanks.

[burds13]

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Not a huge fan of the swing differencial between this year & last year's game, but I guess I'll adapt. As has been mentioned numerous times, it's damn near impossible to check swing.

[Motown]

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Not a huge fan of the swing differencial between this year & last year's game, but I guess I'll adapt. As has been mentioned numerous times, it's damn near impossible to check swing.

I have NO problems check swinging...'till the 3rd B Ump says "Yeah...he went!"

[Skyboxer]

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Not a huge fan of the swing differencial between this year & last year's game, but I guess I'll adapt. As has been mentioned numerous times, it's damn near impossible to check swing.

Not true. I can check swing with no problems. Every batter, No. But a good amount which I'm sure is ratings related.

[burds13]

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Not true. I can check swing with no problems. Every batter, No. But a good amount which I'm sure is ratings related.

You're a better man than me. I can't check swing whatsoever and that's basically how I drew most of my walks in last year's game.

I'm sure I'll adapt, but the difference is extremely noticeable.

[Motown]

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Not true. I can check swing with no problems. Every batter, No. But a good amount which I'm sure is ratings related.

yeah, Sb i'm w/ ya...i have no problems either...j/m in the other post.

[Skyboxer]

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You're a better man than me. I can't check swing whatsoever and that's basically how I drew most of my walks in last year's game.

I'm sure I'll adapt, but the difference is extremely noticeable.

You're right that it is noticeable. Main thing is in 08 the check swing was a sort of a crutch for all of us as you could check swing with everyone easily.
This year they really have it tied to ratings and not every player can easily check swing.

[burds13]

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You're right that it is noticeable. Main thing is in 08 the check swing was a sort of a crutch for all of us as you could check swing with everyone easily.
This year they really have it tied to ratings and not every player can easily check swing.

I just hate losing to the Yankees.

I'm sure I'll develop actual patience at some point.

[ehh]

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RTTS, I love the new settings and the over look of the mode. Unlike a regular exhibition game, I cannot hit squat in RTTS. I'm 0-11 right now with 4 K's LOL

This is another pretty big improvement from '08 IMO in terms of the hitting system. I had trouble really telling one guy from another in '08 but I can tell if I'm using A-Rod or a scrub in '09.

I hit two homers with A-Rod at Citifield and both barely got out of the park, I knew I didn't hit the pitch completely square but knew I got a lot of it - possibly enough to get out of the park. Both ended up just clearing the fence, I posted a vid of Beltran just missing robbing one of them. I def can't do that with other players in the Yankee lineup, it was cool because it was A-Rod who still had enough power even though he didn't get all of it.

And then I started my RTTS, I total disaster.

I think I was 4-35 to start the Spring, I don't remember the exact stat line but I posted it earlier in this thread. Hit a ton of weak ground balls and in general looked pathetic at the plate. Played one last Boston/NYY game after that debacle and hit three homers off Beckett. Love the difference.

[HokieB]

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Not really a game impression -- but I really like the Flash banner ads they've made for The Show. Makes me want to play

[slthree]

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I have had zero issues with check swings but it may be due to the fact that I'm a poor hitter & very indecisive. I swear I check swing 2 or 3 times per inning, if not per batter.

And as far as Citi Field goes, I believe the SCEA team told us they did not get permission to tour the stadium as they wanted to.

That prompts a question for the devs. Why wouldn't MLB want you to see a stadium that's going to appear in a game that bears the name "MLB"?

[mets4eva78]

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And as far as Citi Field goes, I believe the SCEA team told us they did not get permission to tour the stadium as they wanted to.

That prompts a question for the devs. Why wouldn't MLB want you to see a stadium that's going to appear in a game that bears the name "MLB"?

That's not an MLB thing...that's a Mets thing. Not related to The Show, but I've read they have been very, very secretive about letting in photographers and such into the field.

Still wouldn't surprise me to see blue walls end up out there just because they want to throw everyone off about until it's officially ready.

[michaeldu]

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Hitting is a blast. You really have to be patient. I took Lincecum deep twice to staright away center in Dodger stadium with Andre Eithier. Both times Rowland jumped at the fence and just missed them. It was awesome.

[CMH]

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Check swings work fine. I haven't had any problems being subtle enough with it. Maybe I'm going crazy, but it seems to me that the later you are on the swing, the least likely the hitter will hold up. I tend to be early, so maybe that's why I can check easily. Maybe SCEA can confirm this.

As for walks. There are plenty. Patience is important. Just because it's 0-2, doesn't mean it's a done deal. Last game I played, I got Lackey to throw over 100 pitches before being taken out with a runner on first and no outs in the 5th inning (Scoscia should have never put him in there to start the 5th!) Lackey also walked me five times in the process and the inning prior, he got into four full-counts. It just wasn't his day. I could tell off the bat with the way he was missing the corners. So I sat and waited for good pitches.