Official MLB Power Pros thread!

[Blzer]

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Is the framerate 60 FPS? No assumptions if you're going to answer. Sorry if I sound demanding or rude, I don't mean to.

Thanks in advance.

[bluengold34_OS]

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Is the framerate 60 FPS? No assumptions if you're going to answer. Sorry if I sound demanding or rude, I don't mean to.

Thanks in advance.

Blzer, I'm not sure if it is or not, but it runs flawlessly and seamlessly. I have not experienced one hiccup at all while playing it. The transitions and animations flow just great.

[matthewk]

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There are alternate jerseys, but you have to unlock them. Looks like just jerseys that were worn during the season. The only throwback uni I noticed was the Brewers home from 1982, but they've been wearing those all year on Fridays.

[Jimplication]

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Is the game fun, and do you recommend it?

[gleditts]

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Anyone playing this on the PS3? If so, how is it?

[XiaNaphryz]

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My local Best Buy had copies in stock, woohoo! Picked it up for the Wii.

I'm already impressed by the manual, colorful and full of info on the various game modes. Much bulkier than the typical 2K manual.

I'll try to get in some game time later and post impressions.

[bcruise]

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My local Best Buy had copies in stock, woohoo! Picked it up for the Wii.

I'm already impressed by the manual, colorful and full of info on the various game modes. Much bulkier than the typical 2K manual.

I'll try to get in some game time later and post impressions.

Oh well....I wasn't going to get any sleep anyway (Cubs fan jonesing for playoff action). Looking forward to the impressions!

[statnut]

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Zammer here from JapaneseBaseball.com...

Who wants to form a team to edit this game like crazy and make an accurate 2007 version save file?

BTW, Japanese fans got completely kicked in the balls. They don't even know full edit is in right now. They're gonna be PISSED.

I'd be happy to help with the rookies. I'm an avid Baseball America and Prospectus reader.

[bluengold34_OS]

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Anyone playing this on the PS3? If so, how is it?

I am playing it on the pPS3 and it looks great. Not grainy at all like some of the other games.

[koolranch]

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I've never had as much fun editing players as I have with this game. The special abilities really make things interesting, and deep. I'll be tinkering with this for the rest of eternity.

[tecumseh]

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I am so completely thrilled about this game, you can't believe it!!! I have spent the last 3-4 years lamenting the lack THIS baseball game in the States. Now, finally, it's here, and it sounds as though it is everything I wanted: An accurate baseball engine in a smoothly running graphic engine.

I have to say, between this game and FirePro Wrestling R, which is coming out for the PS2 in, I think, November, my gaming budget is going to get a nice break...except, of course, for College Hoops 2k8. Many of those other 360 and PS3 games at $60 a pop will now have to wait for the bargain rack!

For the record, I would also be willing to assist in any type of 'community' roster work, if it's possible to be done. I'll have the PS2 version tomorrow...

[gobyrandom]

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Is there a create-a-player option?

[XiaNaphryz]

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Is there a create-a-player option?

Yep, you have to complete the Success Mode to do so.

Been messing around in Edit Mode, Practice Mode, and played an Exhibition game. Lost as the Giants vs the A's, 2-1. It was a bit easy to strike out batters, but I was playing on one of the lower AI levels so I'll have to bump that up. Even at the lower AI levels though, you could tell the CPU was starting to pick up on your throwing patterns if you're too predictable (i.e. if you consistently pitch away, they'll start to cheat a bit and setup the batting cursor there earlier).

I only had 3 hits, A's had 5. Saw several foul balls, a few double plays, and a throwing error by the A's catcher trying to catch one of my steal attempts. AI showed good decisions with field adjustments - they always moved their infield and outfield out deep when Bonds was up to bat (no extreme shift available though, so no "Bonds shift"). The AI did put in 2 pinch runners in the late innings when someone got on base, which was a bit odd.

Haren and Chavez were named co-players of the game - Haren for the complete game, Chavez for hitting the game-winning single in the top of the 9th.

[CMH]

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Co-players of the game? Very nice.

I'm going to bed now so I can wake up, go to GameStop, and play this game.

[XiaNaphryz]

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Still getting a feel for what settings are most comfortable. There's multiple hitting options, with the most difficult being completely manual batting and the easiest being a setting called "Best Try" or something like that - basically, the game will treat ANY bat contact as if you had hit the ball with the sweet spot of the bat. In-between are the different lock-on settings, and "Normal" batting mode defaults to Lock-on level 2.

There's also an option to Hide or Show stats in the pre-game setup. This defaulted to off, so I was confused during gameplay as to why there was no player info on the screen unless I paused the game (I'm used to this being on in older Pawapuro games). Changing that option addressed that easily.

There's a ridiculous amount of stuff to dig through, I don't think I'll be able to get to all of them until after work tomorrow. Looking through the manual is promising...I'm seeing a mention of "Team All-Time Records" and "Career Records" and other similar items for Franchise mode, so I'm hoping if a player breaks a key record we'll see a little cutscene acknowledging the achievement like in the Japanese games!