Official MLB Power Pros 2008 thread!

[ComfortablyLomb]

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Hey all, just a quick note that I'm sitting in on a Power Pros conference call on Thursday. I know we asked you guys for questions for a Q&A before (which will go towards this conference call), but just in case you have any last minute ones, you can ask them here and I'll try to get them answered.

Has AI pitcher control been tweaked so we might see more than about 1-3 walks per 100 at-bats?

[fsquid]

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When will your notes from the conference call be published?

[ChaseB]

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When will your notes from the conference call be published?

I'm going to try and live blog it

Heads up for the live blog though, I'll post it on the front page around 5 p.m. EST so you guys can check it out.

[duke776]

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I'm going to try and live blog it, and also I will post a legit news story for the morning.

Heads up for the live blog though, I'll post it on the front page around 5 p.m. EST so you guys can check it out.

Cool, I'm looking forward to this.

[bsb13]

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Not only do I hope it easier for the user to draw walks, I hope its more difficult for the user to throw strikes, so the cpu can draw some walks too.

[ChaseB]

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Not only do I hope it easier for the user to draw walks, I hope its more difficult for the user to throw strikes, so the cpu can draw some walks too.

Rob Nelson seemed hesitant to say that walks would directly be better, he just said the AI had been tweaked etc. It seems most of the gameplay-related questions he danced around, which in a way tells me the focus was more on the modes and other surrounding elements.

[falcons2003]

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Well they said you can edit rosters via Arrange mode which we already knew, the more important factor was DO YOU HAVE TO UNLOCK that feature, which is why i posted that questions,,,which was hell last year, but unlocking the feature wasn't mentioned which sucks so now I gotta wait and see before I buy the game now.

Does anyone know the deal with that for sure, and maybe I missed it?

Or do we still not know for sure, if we can edit all the rosters straight out of the box, or have to get all those stupid points to unlock that feature.

[Cletus]

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I was really excited about this game, but after the conference call, I'm kinda turned off. Either 2k isn't serious about this game or they have no idea about it. Every question they danced around. It seemed like they had a script and if the answer wasn't on the script they didn't know what was going on. 2k is in enough trouble and putting out conference calls like this doesn't help people get pumped for their games.

I know power pros wasn't a big seller that people get pumped for like Madden or NCAA, but you have to at least get some momentum. Look at backbreaker, and it seems to me to be nothing more than a way to show off an engine. If you can get people to get hyped for that, then power pros with it's fun gameplay and modes different from any baseball game this year shouldn't be a problem.

[grismosw]

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Me too Cletus, I'm looking at this Little League game that is supposed to be coming out before I decide on which to get.

[ChaseB]

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Carlos just wrote an article that involves Power Pros 2007, in case anyone cares: http://www.operationsports.com/feature.php?id=613

[XiaNaphryz]

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Sounds like the MLB Life bit was incorrect in the OS 2K chat, it is reconfirmed to be 20 years long. Sweet!

[ChaseB]

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Sounds like the MLB Life bit was incorrect in the OS 2K chat, it is reconfirmed to be 20 years long. Sweet!

Odd, wonder why Rob said the wrong thing during the chat.

[TheMatrix31]

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Tried getting the game today through the store I go to that gets some games before release date but to no avail. Too bad. I'm anxious for it!

[e0820]

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So will the Wii version work with Gamecube gamepads?

[falcons2003]

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I think i'm just going to try to rent this Tuesday and see if Blockbuster has it, but if they don't, I hope someone here will post if you can edit rosters in arrange mode and use all the teams in season mode WITHOUT HAVING TO UNLOCK

I don't want to risk the purchase if this feature is annoying as it was last year.