Cheesing in Video Game Baseball

[ac11367]

Baseball video games, unlike its football and basketball counterparts, is less susceptable to players' cheesing when playing against another human. But nevertheless there are still some exploitable features in games that one can utilize to his/her advantage that otherwise would not have happen in real life.

Example:

High Heat 2004--you can bunt for base hits successfully like 60% of the time with fast runners, like Juan Pierre and Luis Castillo, even with the infield drawn in. Since I'm pretty sure there's no bunt defense in that game.

What about you, do you remember any cheesing in any video game baseball throughout your gaming career?

[Blzer]

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MLB 2005 - Throw breaking balls that end up out of the strike zone all day. Should your opponent choose to fish at it, he/she will miss it. Thankfully, you're finally allowed to make contact with balls out of the strike zone in this year's game.

[stalsy2310]

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MVP 2005:
this game was not cheesy at all but one part was you had no 1st and 3rd base coaches.

[DrJones]

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MVP 2005:
this game was not cheesy at all but one part was you had no 1st and 3rd base coaches.

That may indeed by "cheesy", but not in the way the other posters mean.

BTW, lack of base coaches was a memory issue. More people on the field = slower framerate.

[tc23]

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MLB 2005 - Throw breaking balls that end up out of the strike zone all day. Should your opponent choose to fish at it, he/she will miss it. Thankfully, you're finally allowed to make contact with balls out of the strike zone in this year's game.

That wasnt the worst part of that game. I can deal with the junk pitches because at some point they'll have to come over the plate. It does make for a long, boring game though.


Worst part of that game was the guess pitch glitch. After your hitters have batted around once, you could press R2 to see the pitch history and it basically would tell you what the pitcher is throwing this time instead of the previous at bat.



MLB 2k6 has the same issue with bunting as was mentioned in High Heat 04. The defense in that game is terrible period.

[MassNole]

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Back in the old PS1 days I know I had a friend who put Deion Sanders at Catcher because there were no consequences defensively.

[tc23]

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forgot to add this one about 2k6. Online you cant turn off autoturn so guys will automatically make the turn towards second on a hit. Very rarely they'll run straight down the line (except for infield singles). What guys will do online is fire the ball back to first to catch your runner in the turn for the cheap out