Community Day Questions, Answers, and Impressions

[Elvis8471]

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Maybe some of the guys still at the event can check for you today.



Again, you're pointing to fluidity and delivery. That has nothing to do with commentary being "good or bad." They just need to work with the tech. a bit differently.

And 2k's commentary wasn't easy because... it wasn't. It took them years to implement a solid commentary in their sports games. But that's an entirely different thread...

Pared again not to start anything but it didn't take them years. I believe that Gary Thorne and Steve Phillips were new last year and John Miller and Joe Morgan were in 2k8 and they never had that fluidity and delivery. So to say they worked on it for years is not true. Plus Kush hasn't worked on the game in 2 years its VC so to say and I quote "2k's commentary wasn't easy because..it wasn't" that a pretty bold statement and there is nothing behind that statement to back it up.

I love MLB The SHow but why can't you just say 2k has better commentary not just fluidity but delivery and the lines..Please come on now..lol

[Yankees_CT]

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And the game will always have that you guess right you get great timing and its a popup. You will also still see those instances where you guess wrong your timing is off and you get a HR but no one ever talk about those.

This!! This!! This!! Please stick to your guns on this one. The batter/pitcher dual in this game is bar none the most realistic and most satisfying thing in videogames. I would go as far to say to not even try to improve on it, it is perfect the way it is. I was concerned that the hitting system may have changed this year and it is the reason I am holding on to '09'.....just in case

[EnigmaNemesis]

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Give it a rest man.

[Pared]

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If someone has time could you check to see if there are more human controlled errors in the field this year. Not throwing errors but fielders booting grounders etc. Maybe if you have to you could crank up the error slider. Thanks.

Yes, nemesis had a couple with players he was controlling. Unfortunately they came for him while we were playing.

*SNIP*

I didn't say they worked on it for years, I said it took them years. And it did. The tech. they used last year was the tech. they incorporated in NBA. Prior to that, it wasn't used as extensively, and there's a reason for that. Seems like you're more interested in discussing 2k. And I've actually never said which one I prefer, either, because it's not cut and dry and I don't like making finite statements on things that aren't definite.

If you're this interested in discussing their commentary, do it in that forum. This has gone on long enough.

[baseball66]

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Maybe even an option to turn off the color commentators. That would help.

[bcruise]

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Yes, nemesis had a couple with players he was controlling. Unfortunately they came for him while we were playing.

I saw several human controlled errors as well, including an underhand DP toss by the SS over the 2B's head, A low throw in the dirt by the 3B over to 1st (he couldn't pick it), and a booted ball by none other than Derrek Lee!

Again, default sliders - we barely touched them at all on this trip, except to see that they were still there.

[Elvis8471]

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Yes, nemesis had a couple with players he was controlling. Unfortunately they came for him while we were playing.



I didn't say they worked on it for years, I said it took them years. And it did. The tech. they used last year was the tech. they incorporated in NBA. Prior to that, it wasn't used as extensively, and there's a reason for that. Seems like you're more interested in discussing 2k. And I've actually never said which one I prefer, either, because it's not cut and dry and I don't like making finite statements on things that aren't definite.

If you're this interested in discussing their commentary, do it in that forum. This has gone on long enough.

Ok I said my peace..I never said I liked 2k better then the show as a whole. I just think 2k has better commentary and thats my opinion just like you have yours. So no offense I was just stating something that maybe you have your facts wrong is all. But since you say you know then you know..lol

Plus you said in your original post that it took them years and in my post I also said it took them years, not that they worked on it for years. Ok I am done just wanted to make a point sorry guys

[PsychoBulk]

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Just want to say thank you to the community day guys for doing a great job in covering a lot of different topics. Needless to say, I'm ready to report to spring training.

Just to back this up.

Tremendous effort guys and fully appreciated by the baying masses here at OS

[sixmillion]

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Totally get the point ... but if you've done everything right from a player standpoint ... timing, location, guess right pitch you should be rewarded with good contact ... not a HR ... not even a hit ... but good contact.

To your point, if you do everything wrong as player, you absolutley should not be rewarded with good contact. Maybe a bloop hit ... maybe a seeing eye single ... but if you guess wrong on location, pitch and timing ... it should be a strike or weakly hit.

Wouldn't that be right from just a real baseball approach?

I may be a solitary voice on this, so forgive me if I'm beating this to death.

I was thinking the exact same thing, other wise it would be just fluke and no physics involved at all. That should never happen. Please don't tell me this is correct Russell ??

[EnigmaNemesis]

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Just read your impressions Pared.

Thanks, lots of juicy information there. Especially on fielding. I am pumped!

[billman29]

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This is such a small thing but during the playoffs in Arizona, Do fans have the white poms poms they've used in previous post seasons or do they have towels ?

[bcruise]

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Just read your impressions Pared.

Thanks, lots of juicy information there. Especially on fielding. I am pumped!

There's definitely going to be a learning curve involved with it, but it's not going to be a complete re-learn. I think it'll ultimately be more rewarding because missing a throwing branch is no longer fatal.

I'm pretty sure it's unanimous that all of us who saw it these last few days loved it.

[Skyboxer]

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Hope I can grab the game early this year....

[EnigmaNemesis]

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There's definitely going to be a learning curve involved with it, but it's not going to be a complete re-learn. I think it'll ultimately be more rewarding because missing a throwing branch is no longer fatal.

I'm pretty sure it's unanimous that all of us who saw it these last few days loved it.

Sounds great. Can it be compared to HH or MVP? If so, then I should feel right at home.

[Pared]

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Sounds great. Can it be compared to HH or MVP? If so, then I should feel right at home.

It is getting there. I'm sure the devs hate the comparison so I'd rather say it is just becoming a LOT more responsive to user input. The times where you need to wait until animations played out is being lessened more and more. Throwing felt instantaneous in many scenarios...

It's such a little thing, but being able to make a routine throw on a routine grounder by CHOICE as opposed to throwing a bullet and beating the runner by 13 steps with a tap of the button is a most welcome addition.