MLB 2K5 WS Edition Impressions Thread

[hockynut]

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If I remember correctly the Camera angles s*cked in the original. Did they make any changes there or are the options the same?

[rock85]

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totalownership,

Had a ball go over the outfielders head as before. I was turning around and, woops, there it went.

The animations are exactly the same.

Dam this sucks i was hoping that this was fixed.How is the sound of the bat is that toned down.What about when you are playing a game in June can you still see the players breath,also how about wind im prretty sure there was a problem with no wind in the first game was that fixed

[CaptainZombie]

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This game has one thing that all the rest of the bball games don't, great crowd and atmosphere.

[Sancheezy]

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So, has the roster glitch been fixed in franchise? If so i may pick it up tomorrow.

[Sportsforever]

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I haven't seen anyone mention if the franchise bugs have been fixed. I am mainly talking about the confidence, injury, and pitchers/fielders having their health reset after a game. Anyone noticed if these are fixed this go around?

[rock85]

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I haven't seen anyone mention if the franchise bugs have been fixed. I am mainly talking about the confidence, injury, and pitchers/fielders having their health reset after a game. Anyone noticed if these are fixed this go around?

I like to know this too.I'm going to pick this game up anyway right after i get done workingout so maybe later i can give you an answer

[inkcil]

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Candyman,

Sorry if I came off like I was being hard on your post. I just didn't get it, that's all, being that your post was somewhat prophetic (but it's still in the air if the prophecy proves true, at least as far as bugs/glitches are concerned).

Jim and others w/ the game,

Are there still those automatic "Web Gem" catches in the game, or have they been taken out. Also, does ev batter's swing still have that same canned animation that has their body/head turning towars the left feild line after every swing. Also, any new camera angles?

Thanks.

[nemesis04]

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The game is not that boring to me, it's like a breath of fresh air. Now, go play MVP Baseball for 2-3 years and talk about boring. Granted MVP was solid this year with gameplay and other features, I just was bored.

I didn't own the previous edition of this game, so maybe I'm not too aggravated with 2K/Kush with this release. I could care less for Pennant and WS mode but they are a nice addition when I get bored with GMCareer.

I am peeved at these rosters. They are older than 8/27, I know this because this was the date that Matt Lawton was traded from the Cubs to Yankees. WSE gets released 10/19, how come they couldn't get these rosters updated around the end of September? I think this has to be the biggest thing on my part since I don't know as much about the problems from before.

I have read here through over 21 pages that a lot of the bugs have been cleared up. I think that this is what we expected, them to fix the bugs.

I think the game is worth the price of admission especially if you never played this before. I am working on a set of rosters and will try to get them to be better than this crap offering. Even for those that have the original, I think they fixed enough things from reading here and added a few things.

The rosters are my beef and I know others are mad that old save files don't work.

I contacted 2ksports about the rosters. The rosters were locked at the trade deadline. They said if they waited until the end of the season, like I suggested in my email, the game would have been released after Thanksgiving. To that I say so what! Then release it after Thanksgiving. Don't say the rosters are updated then!

You misunderstood my quote. I was talking about Manager mode not the whole game experience. Also, a majority of the bugs are not fixed and that pisses me off!

[nemesis04]

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Also, does ev batter's swing still have that same canned animation that has their body/head turning towars the left feild line after every swing. Also, any new camera angles?

Thanks.

When the batter hits the ball whether lefty or righty, they all have that exaggerated swing!

[inkcil]

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A few extra questions:

Is the glitch fixed where the camera view does not allow you to view the play at 2nd base when a runner is attempting to steal 2nd?

Can you adjust season length in Franchise Mode?

Can you view CPU vs. CPU games in Franchise mode?

Thanks, guys!

[nemesis04]

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A few extra questions:

Is the glitch fixed where the camera view does not allow you to view the play at 2nd base when a runner is attempting to steal 2nd?

Can you adjust season length in Franchise Mode?

Can you view CPU vs. CPU games in Franchise mode?

Thanks, guys!

The camera problem still pops out its ugly head. But there were a few times that it seemed fine.

I believe you can adjust the length of the season.

Not sure about the third question but you can in the manager mode, so I think you could in franchise, I will check later for you!

[jim416]

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Are there still those automatic "Web Gem" catches in the game, or have they been taken out.

Do you mean lock on by the outfielder. I think it is, but there may be an option to turn that off, if I remember, but I don't have the game anymore.

[Emjay]

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I think he means those catches where you see the outfielders is going to (or have to) dive for the ball and they come up with the catch EVERY TIME. If that is not what was meant I aplogize for speaking for the poster, but I personally hated that about the game.

[inkcil]

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I think he means those catches where you see the outfielders is going to (or have to) dive for the ball and they come up with the catch EVERY TIME. If that is not what was meant I aplogize for speaking for the poster, but I personally hated that about the game.

It mainly is what Jim said - there are times when the ball is hit and w/out you even have to touch the controller, your fielder will dive for the ball and then "web gem" would flash on the screen and they would replay the play.

These "web gems" were automatic gimmies that some suggested the developers stuck in the game to make more exciting. Kinda like a gimmick pre-programmed into the defensive code of the game.

Now emjay, what you described goes into more detail about one of the many feilding "issues" with this game (the original version). The "web gems"
were always automatic catches, and the general sliding and diving plays made by CPU outfeilders always ended up as catches. The problem is that Kush only had about 8 different animations for feilding. So there was no "bobble" or "drop the ball I'm diving for" animations. Which is somethign we saw in MVP. Basically, if they dive, they catch it. That IS a part of the larger problem, but specifically I was referring to the "web gems," which may not be called "web gems" any longer since that term is probably owned by ESPN.

[ehh]

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Well thanks for all your hard work guys, especially jim and nemisis. I hardly played the first 2k5 at all cause of the glitches and never played a franchise in it so the inability to load old files doesn't bother me. I'm gonna head down to my Gamestop right now and buy this, even though it's probably a mistake.

The pennant mode, etc is something that I'll probably like a ton so what the hell, I need my baseball game fix.