Gamespot hands on

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http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/sports/majorleaguebaseball2k6/news.html?sid=6142222

The announcers are the same, and its a little more detailed.

[The GIGGAS]

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At this point, the major drawing point of the game seems like the Inside Edge technology. It sounds really great.

However, I don't know... I'll probably give it a rent.

[Blzer]

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Meh, I'm actually sort of disappointed that we kept Miller and Morgan. That's weird to say, also... because I love the duo. I guess I was just hoping for the best with Dan Stevens and Peter O' Keefe.

Like the other poster said... nothing that we haven't seen. This preview, however, said that with the Swing Stick, when you release it, it will be a line drive (as opposed to a ground ball). I guess that's how those lower hits are all created. I wonder if home runs are possible that way?


At this point, it sounds like the authors of these previews are plenty optomistic, which is a good thing. However, they haven't played it yet first-hand, so we'll just have to wait and see. You can talk all you want... but if you can't prove what you say, it's useless.

[baa7]

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I was right about John and Joe... Glad to see them back -- best ever in a sports game. Payoff Pitching sounds like it could be a great way to accidentilly throw balls -- if it's programmed properly of course. If not, maybe there's some sort of accuracy or payoff rating one can lower so that when you miss your aiming spot, it really does miss by a lot.

[jim416]

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John Miller is just the best, imho. Good combo, glad to see they will be back.
I'm just sort of tapping my fingers here, not sure what to think. New stuff, new stuff, new stuff.....hmmmm. I dunno.

[baa7]

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John Miller is just the best, imho. Good combo, glad to see they will be back.
I'm just sort of tapping my fingers here, not sure what to think. New stuff, new stuff, new stuff.....hmmmm. I dunno.

Nothing wrong with looking at the potential positives... while keeping in mind that hardly anything they programmed into the game last year worked, of course. (Which is what I was getting at when I said "COULD be a great way to accidently throw balls".) Take John and Joe: great announcers, great sound bytes, great idea and inspiration to have them in the game. Yet they mis-programmed John and had him announcing the name of the guy who caught the ball: "A great throw by Giambi to get the runner at first!" Or how about those comments on pitchouts: "And that ones's outside/misses by a mile!"

Something to maybe consider is they couldn't possibly screw up the programming so badly again... could they? And of course they fixed all these mis-programmed glitches from last year's game, before adding all the new stuff... didn't they?

[sask3m]

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or how about, so and so comes up third next inning maybe he can get something started , geez, if your going to use good announcers in the game at least have them saying things in a rational order.

[jim416]

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Something to maybe consider is they couldn't possibly screw up the programming so badly again... could they? And of course they fixed all these mis-programmed glitches from last year's game, before adding all the new stuff... didn't they?

What have we gotten historically with new stuff like I've seen mentioned?
Bugs. We serious gamers have been pleading with these developers to fix the baseball portion of the games FIRST. Baa7, bet you a turkey dinner (well, dinner of your choice) that we will have a long "glitch list" again to include this new stuff and stuff they never fixed.

I will remain pessimistic with this as there will be more than enough gamers who will "ooh and ahh" at this stuff. I hope they're right, but they're going to have to show me.

[Scooter3]

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I'm glad to see Jon Miller and Joe Morgan back, they work good together! I get a kick out of Joe's laugh when they talk about his Home-Runs to center,
Or "how does it feel when you get a fat pitch like that" Joe's reply is " Happy Birthday To Me" Good Stuff!

Likewise I hope they fix some of the misquotes like giving the throwing credit to the guy who catches it.

I know this is off subject but a couple of times when I was playing 2K5 World Series, My guy hits a Home-Run and and instead of rounding 3rd, he runs straight toward the stands.

All in all it looks like it's shaping up to be a good game this year, we will have to wait and see!

[baa7]

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bet you a turkey dinner (well, dinner of your choice) that we will have a long "glitch list" again to include this new stuff and stuff they never fixed.

I will remain pessimistic with this as there will be more than enough gamers who will "ooh and ahh" at this stuff. I hope they're right, but they're going to have to show me.

I am guessing the horrible lineup glitch is still there in some form. The fact they never fixed it for WSE suggests they can't figure out what's causing the problem. And they know there's a problem with the lineups -- it was well-documented here and on the 2K site. I'm also betting the "CPU always walks the 8th batter with 2 out" glitch is still there -- that and the AI logic where the CPU will still continue intentionally walking your batter, even if the guy on second gets picked off during the intentional walk.

Hopefully they actually have improved the AI logic as stated in one interview. Between the 3B guy who never charges rollers, and 1B guys who throw to third trying for the lead runner instead of simply stepping on the first base bag three feet away, there really wasn't any part of the game that one could say actually worked, or was programmed properly, or was free of bugs and glitches.

[Cardot]

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Meh, I'm actually sort of disappointed that we kept Miller and Morgan. That's weird to say, also... because I love the duo. I guess I was just hoping for the best with Dan Stevens and Peter O' Keefe.

I have had enough of Dan and Peter. The one guy sounds like a voice out of the Simpsons. Did you ever see the Halloween episode where Bart has super powers, gets mad at Homer and turns him into the football in the game that is on TV. The announcer says "The kick is up, and the ball is turning it to a bald fat guy". That is what I think of when I hear Dan and Peter. And the other guy with his Spam in a Can.....eishh.