MLB 09: The Show - Impressions

[mer1in20]

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Damn I hate the change-up

[J-Unit40]

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Umm...

I know it's early... I haven't even had my coffee yet... but can someone explain to me how this is possible?

Did the Yankees hit a walk-off 6 run HR? That's pretty amazing. This game has everything!

C'mon now Pared. You know there is no such thing as a 6 run HR. The other guys were right. I was the Tribe playing against the Yanks. Did you not see that "I" hit 3 HRs with Grady? LOL

Yeah, I got embarassed in the top of the 10th by the Yanks. It was funny almost.

Then, my next game, I play as the Mets vs Houston at their place and only put up one hit vs. Oswalt. I lost 1-0.

NYM 0 1 0
HOU 1 6 1

Talk about two different types of games. I get the offensive fireworks in the AL and then an awesome pitchers' duel in the NL. Both games were a lot of fun.

[Rattler17]

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I will agree with people. This game is incredibly hard. I have gone all the way down to rookie and adjusted sliders and STILL the computer can spank me and hit the long ball. Sometimes it does seem scripted but i think its the fact they learn and adpat from inning to inning. HOWEVER has anyone actually ever played baseball at an extremely competitive level?? Well i have and i can say that even in real life baseball is hard so i think that SCEA has only tried to show people that baseball is actually a challenging sport.

[OSUFan_88]

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Lincecum is...unbelievable. Only person who could hit him was Manny, who got two hits *and a jack* on him. 11k's, 1r, 3 h. Chad Billingsley matched him, carrying a No-No into the 5th, but they got me in the 7th for 3 runs. Still, 6 k's on 5 hits is not bad at all. Wilson came on and made it an adventure for the save.

I love how this game has a big difference between someone like Lincecum and someone like Paul Bryd. Lincecum just absolutely dominates.

[bears5122]

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While I think the doubles/triples have improved, they could still use a little work. I think the one problem here is that the ball tends to die to easily on the outfield grass. This is especially true on balls hit down the line that rarely ever reach the outfield wall. If the ball didn't die halfway there each time, I think you'd see a few more doubles and triples.

[ehh]

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On default HOF this morning I managed to make Johan Santana throw 38 pitches in the 4th inning alone! I drew two walks, scored four runs and had five hits. Yummy!

[countryboy]

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I threw 102 pitches with Jamie Garcia(AAA Cards starter) in 5 innings in a minor league game I played this morning.

[Rattler17]

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While I think the doubles/triples have improved, they could still use a little work. I think the one problem here is that the ball tends to die to easily on the outfield grass. This is especially true on balls hit down the line that rarely ever reach the outfield wall. If the ball didn't die halfway there each time, I think you'd see a few more doubles and triples.

I find that to be true with the Human batting. The computer seems to hit endless amounts of line drive doubles and triples. Maybe its the timing or pitch selection?

[kubankaos]

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Wow, I finally got to play the full version. I have it set for 1080p and I'm blown away. I thought the demo was pretty good and maybe since I was playing with my team this time, but wow is all I can say. The demo felt kinda the same as 08 to me, but not the full version. Not sure, but it's is a nice upgrade over 08.

I mean I was getting killed at home and I pitch from the pitcher pov and people were leaving in the ninth. A few would leave, and then another couple of pitches a few more would leave. Not only that I loved how different people would leave their seats all game long and I would see the same person coming back later to their original seats. I kept on yelling at my girl, look at this...look at that...

I almost feel like taking a day off to play this, but work is just way too crazy right now.

[KOL]

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I love the way you can just foul off good pitches, working the count for me is so realistic, you really get a feel when your hitting against an ace.
The new fielding animations look great especially the way outfielders now realistically field the ball.

[Pared]

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C'mon now Pared. You know there is no such thing as a 6 run HR. The other guys were right. I was the Tribe playing against the Yanks. Did you not see that "I" hit 3 HRs with Grady? LOL

Yeah, I got embarassed in the top of the 10th by the Yanks. It was funny almost.

Then, my next game, I play as the Mets vs Houston at their place and only put up one hit vs. Oswalt. I lost 1-0.

NYM 0 1 0
HOU 1 6 1

Talk about two different types of games. I get the offensive fireworks in the AL and then an awesome pitchers' duel in the NL. Both games were a lot of fun.

It's all good man. I figured it was either too late for you or too early for me.

[Tigey75]

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I was hoping that somebody who has the game can answer actual hardcore baseball related questions that I feel make or break games:

1) How does player development work? As in, do minor leaguers improve from year to year/get worse/stay the same...

2) Do they use actual MLB roster rules, such as players refusing minor league demotions/waivers/60-day disabled list......

3) How is the management mode done? Is managing a game in sim mode worthless or do you have any control over what goes on....

4) Are there bidding wars for free agents or does the computer just give up if you offer more $$??

5) Do fielding skills actually matter? such as with errors/bad throws/slow reaction time.....

Thanks to anyone who can answer these. I'm a veteran OOTP player so this game has a lot to live up to before it gets my 60 beans......

[number_21]

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So I finally go to playing a couple of games and started my RTTS.

1) I liked the reading off off the full lineups in '08 where you could see if people were on hot or cold streaks as their names were being read. Also in RTTS the starting lineup was read before everygame. If your first at-bat isn't until the 2nd or 3rd, you still got to see the visiting team lineup.

2) Fielding is a bit more difficult than 08, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. In RTTS, though there were a couple of time I really couldn't tell how deep and how hard some balls were hit into the gap.

3) Still getting used to the new baserunning in RTTS.

4) Hitting is much harder. I had a streak in RTTS where I struck out 5 out of 6 AB and that was in Veteran! Granted this time around I wasn't using guess pitch, but I could usually put the ball in play.

5) In RTTS, I'm still debating whether I like the new transition mode between your actions. I liked having the screen that showed the situation upcoming before your scene happened. I wish they showed your goal more prominitely on the screen before your at-bats.

6) Love being able to save replays!

7) Graphics and new animations are awesome!!

8) Please fix lag on online games. (for those of us who have that issue.)

That's all I can think of for now. Great game!

[wsu_gb23]

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After playing many games thus far, I can say that the small stadium details and mascots are terribly overrated...I have only seen a mascot once, mostly because I don't watch that many cut-scenes. And the talk about scoreboard stuff doesn't really add up... I only notice stuff when the scoreboard is directly behind the pitcher (chase field for example)

Basically, I wish SCEA would have worked harder on pitching deliveries this year and not worried so much about adding more cutscenes, mascots and scoreboard stuff....

[PSNation]

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I reached first on a passed ball 3rd strike last night. The funny thing is the game had the cpu catcher running the other way first almost like he was looking for the ball and then finally found it. It was brief but it was cool that he didnt' run directly to the ball.

I've reached first on a passed-ball twice at least.