Kiosk Impressions (Best Buy Build IS NOT FINAL)

[DickDalewood]

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I doubt it is going to get patched and try it yourself before hitting the panic alarm.

Yah, it seemed absolutely fine to me.

[Cubfan]

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Yah, it seemed absolutely fine to me.

It's not like its going to bounce around like a pinball.

[Willis135]

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I thought the ball physics were great, very realistic to me.

[NEOPARADIGM]

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I doubt it is going to get patched and try it yourself before hitting the panic alarm.

I'm not panicking, I was making the point that I doubt it's a "work on this for next year" issue if it's in fact a problem. Dude writes a 400-word post, and I'm the one panicking because I say it's likely patchable, lol ... man you guys crack me up sometimes.

[nemesis04]

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I'm not panicking, I was just making the point that I doubt it's a "work on this for next year" issue if it's in fact a problem.

Its not a problem, it is a direction they chose for this year. It is going to be very different because the bug that was caught in the game was doubling up the friction and causing the ball to come to a screeching halt on the grass. Also, we have high choppers in the game this year which could be causing some of the higher bounces. I really do not think it is going to throw the balance of the game off.

[chuckm1961]

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I'm not panicking, I was making the point that I doubt it's a "work on this for next year" issue if it's in fact a problem. Dude writes a 400-word post, and I'm the one panicking because I say it's likely patchable, lol ... man you guys crack me up sometimes.

People are not "panicking," sir. They may be over-reacting a bit and that's because they are concerned about the integrity of these forums.

We see this every year. At this time every year, there are a flood of post-release posts about how X needs to be patched, and Y better be patched, and when will Z be patched. It gets completely ridiculous.

[Fordobaggins]

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I hear your pain nadasfan. I also live in the cities area and played for about an hour yesterday over in Eden Prairie before I had to go back to work. Luckily I only work about 5 miles from Ridegedale BB so I'm hoping to run over there on my lunch break to get some more action in.

I was very impressed with the game. 2 years ago I convinced my wife we needed a PS3 just because of this game. I have been a loyal fan to the Show for the last 2 years always buying a copy, but for us Twins fans this is a must pick-up this year. I am so excited to start a franchise and not have to have over half my games in the homerdome. This year is gonna be amazing.

I am very impressed with how well they captured Target Field being this is the first year. The only gripe is no granite behind the plate, but I noticed the dugouts had the stone. The skylike is really well done and the new lighting makes the games come alive.

My first game I played the Yanks under the lights. I noticed right away how much better the lighting was even at night. Night games look spot on. Graphically, the light reflections off the helmets look better and the atmosphere makes me feel like I am already at the stadium. I was able to adjust the volume and can tell you the fans really get into the game. In the third inning Mauer hit an opposite field HR just over the left field wall. How realistic is that! Haha, and the fans went nuts. I could swear I was watching a live game. Then the next batter (Morneau) I struck out and the croud settled back down. But I liked how they replayed Mauers HR in between innings. Very nice touch.

The players this year move much more realistically. Especially when I put the controller down and took a few steps back. The TV at the BB I played at must have had the sharpness and contrast up very high. Started to hurt my eyes after about 10 minutes. I was able to get a full game in without an interuption besides a couple employees and lost to the Yanks 6-4. I was swinging at almost everthing though, but I couldn't be happier with the game. Even though how some people have mentioned the menus are stale and what not, I agree, but it's what happens while playing the game that will make or break the purchase for me. And I have to say, with the new presentation cameras and tighter controls, this is a step up from a solid game last year.

So I want to say thank you to all the people involved in this game for giving us the most realistic and fun baseball game I can think of once again.

[nemesis04]

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I hear your pain nadasfan. I also live in the cities area and played for about an hour yesterday over in Eden Prairie before I had to go back to work. Luckily I only work about 5 miles from Ridegedale BB so I'm hoping to run over there on my lunch break to get some more action in. I was very impressed with the game. 2 years ago I convinced my wife we needed a PS3 just beacuse of this game. I have been a loyal fan to the Show for the last 2 years always buying a copy, but for us Twins fans this is a must pick-up this year. I am so excited to start a franchise and not have to have over half my games in the homerdome. This year is gonna be amazing. I am very impressed with how well they captured Target Field being this is the first year. The only gripe is no granite behind the plate, but I noticed the dugouts had the stone. The skylike is really well done and the new lighting makes the games come alive. My first game I played the Yanks under the lights. I noticed right away how much better the lighting was even at night. Night games look spot on. Graphically, the light reflections off the helmets look better and the atmosphere makes me feel like I am already at the stadium. I was able to adjust the volume and can tell you the fans really get into the game. In the third inning Mauer hit an opposite field HR just over the left field wall. How realistic is that! Haha, and the fans went nuts. I could swear I was watching a live game. Then the next batter (Morneau) I struck out and the croud settled back down. But I liked how they replayed Mauers HR in between innings. Very nice touch. The players this year move much more realistically. Especially when I put the controller down and took a few steps back. The TV at the BB I played at must have had the sharpness and contrast up very high. Started to hurt my eyes after about 10 minutes. I was able to get a full game in without an interuption besides a couple employees and lost to the Yanks 6-4. I was swinging at almost everthing though, but I couldn't be happier with the game. Even though how some people have mentioned the menus are stale and what not, I agree, but it's what happens while playing the game that will make or break the purchase for me. And I have to say, with the new presentation cameras and tighter controls, this is a step up from a solid game last year. So I want to say thank you to all the people involved in this game for giving us the most realistic and fun baseball game I can think of once again.

We need some paragraphs, lol. I can't read this!

[NAFBUC]

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We need some paragraphs, lol. I can't read this!

Try these..........

[skynyrdchief]

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Aaaaaaa just went n to walmart they had the game listed as a new release, got the guy to get it out from behind the glass, had the game in hand and when the lady went to ring it up the register wouldn't allow it to ring up, unreal she tried overriding it and couldn't figure out why but wouldn't sell it to me. Gonna try again same place tonight maybe a different person will sell it to me.

[Pared]

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Next year? If this is as serious as you're letting on, I can't see why they couldn't just patch it. Seems like it would be a fairly simple tweak. "Tuned ball physics - balls will now behave more realistically when bouncing off the environment." Doesn't seem out of line with any other patch note I've seen for sports games.

I'm not panicking, I was making the point that I doubt it's a "work on this for next year" issue if it's in fact a problem. Dude writes a 400-word post, and I'm the one panicking because I say it's likely patchable, lol ... man you guys crack me up sometimes.

Ok calm down and step back from the ledge.

It's not a problem, but the bounces can be a slightly softer. But in no way is it a "problem."

Instead of focusing on this (which OS likes to do) maybe people will be more enamored with the hits down the line this year, or the high choppers, or the better defense on bunt hits.

There's lots of improvements this year, and this one little thing, while it can be tweaked, isn't a game-killer if it never gets addressed. (Patch or no patch)

[SA1NT401]

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OMG! Some of these complaints are just out there! Number one, its a freaking video game people. Pixalted batting gloves? Stale broadcasting. Let me say this about that. If you play the game as much as most of us do here. Any team of broadcasters or scripts for games would get stale in a week. Maybe next year the devs can have Matt available to us all to do live broadcasts for our games. I just think its a bit sad that some would wheel out complaints like this. A complaint would be something like. "The issue of throws to home still being way offline are still a problem." Things like that. And not. "Well I don't like the color of this guys eyes." C'mon and give the devs a break. This game is not perfect. . . but I have yet to play a game that was. Just be a bit more realistic. Sorry for the rant but this is really getting annoying. Its not rocket science!!!

PREACE it BROTHA.....

Me and my son spent about 40 miins at BB last night. As far as what i saw/played in my limited chance, to say i was blown away is an understatment. The developers did an AMAZING job in every single aspect of the game.

The GAMEPLAY is outstanding. The graphics are GREAT. The animations are spot on (there are some transition issues, but NOTHING major). The commentary is more than adequate (i think its GREAT).

The bottom line is this.....The game as a whole is AMAZING. If you love baseball.....THE SHOW will meet and exceed all of your expectations. I can not wait til tuesday personally. It looks like another year where i will be playing baseball the entire year (which for me is unusual).

PLAY BALL!

[cardsfan2222]

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<style>.wysiwyg { FONT: 10pt verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000 } .wysiwyg { FONT: 10pt verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000 } P { MARGIN: 0px } .inlineimg { VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle } </style>I got a chance to play for about 20 minutes last night, Cards at Pirates. No 80's blues for the Cards again, so that was a bit disappointing. I felt like it was easier to read pitches this time. I'm not sure if it was because I was about 6 inches away from the screen, but I could see the break a lot better. My timing is off, but I'm thinking that's just because I haven't played in quite awhile.

The pitching meter is much more difficult this year. I was extremely late stopping it every time. It will definitely take some time to get used to. Fielding is much more realistic now. McCutchen hit a long fly ball to left, and Holliday didn't get sucked into catching it until he was right there. The throws from the infield looked more realistic as well.

I hit two doubles to right center, and they skipped right to the wall. The ball friction has obviously been reduced. It looks a bit different at first, but it feels more realistic since the outfielders won't be able to cut off balls they shouldn't anymore.

A few issues I noticed: At PNC Park, the fans didn't lean over the rails on foul balls. Not sure if the fans are farther away there, but 3 foul balls rolled by the stands and none of the fans made an attempt.



Second, I hit a line drive foul down the left field line, and it hit the wall and bounced all the way to left center field. Like Blzer said, it was just too much in this situation. The ball wasn't hit that hard and it shot off the wall. There will probably be more complaints if someone loses a game because of a bad bounce.

Also in my game, the coaches didn't move out of the way of the ball. I hit a chopper toward the third base coach, and he just stood there and let it hit him in the same spot Holliday let one hit him in the playoffs.

Overall, I wasn't that impressed with the changes. I'm hoping once I get the game Tuesday, I'll have a more positive opinion. There just wasn't that much to get me excited after only playing 20 minutes or so.

[DarthRambo]

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I play auto baserunning, and last year the runners would go from first to third alot and get thrown out. I only saw this once so far in the game as I've played. It was a blooper to center that dropped(one-hopped) in front of the CF, the runner tried for third(Carlos Beltran).
Does anyone else play with auto baserunning and notice if this has been fixed or not? Want to go back today and play, but was there for 2 hours on tuesday, and about 3 hours yesterday lol. I may just go to a different BB here and see if they have it up to play. But this heavy rain game is pretty addicting so may stay in to get through 1 play through today.

I was looking at trophies yesterday, and noticed alot of them were gained by hitting HRs in certain areas of different ballparks. I remember one being to hit 2 HRs in one game over the green monster. One was to hit the apple at the mets stadium. Another was to hit on into "splash zone" at Giants ballpark. Most of them seemed to be a pretty difficult feat to accomplish imo.

[BXBRUINS]

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All I can say is "I cant wait to get full updated rosters and tweaked sliders so I can start my Pirates dynasty!!" Go Bucs!! does anyone know if they raise the jolly roger after Pirates wins? Just curious? If not add it to little things list!!