POTD 360 VIDEO IS UP...

[Scottdau]

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OK, now I know for sure. I do not like the fan moving around, they move, stop and then go the end of the row and turn around and come back. It looks like a shooting gallery. I do like the fact that players have team color shin guards! And this will be funny, but the shoes look great! lol. Wow shoes! That is funny!

though stadiums are really sweet though!

[SportsorDeath]

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The stadiums definitely look nice. The graphics overall look fine to me (except the way the player models look) but a lot of the animations are simply comical. I am not playing judge, jury, and executioner here since there has been very little media released, but it looks like some odd meshing of next gen graphics with PS1 or N64 level animations sometimes throughout what I just saw. I don't foresee it derailing the game's enjoyment for me, but I can't help but chuckle at the way the fielders throw the ball across the diamond.

[kennyacid]

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lmao man that home plate collision looked funny. He just bounced off the catcher and ran to the dugout.

[nemesis04]

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After watching these vids again, I really think they had the 2k receptionist do the mo-cap for those double play animations! I would have loved to have seen that session. My god we are in trouble.

[Blzer]

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You rather play the game on XBOX .....LOL. PLease Blzer, don't hate because you don't own a 360.....

Okay, well while my last statement was pretty much a joke, I see some rather off things on here that I don't think I would see on the Xbox version... mostly with the oversized players (and bases). You guys can't possibly keep a straight face and say that the proportion of the infield is the correct size with the players.

That, and it's unbelievable that they ditched the self-shadowing! IMO that's what makes the Xbox graphics (and what kills the PS2 graphics). The jerseys seem to properly move, etc. I couldn't really see the crowd too much in this, but I thought an interview said you'd see them get out of their seat and walk up the stairs, etc.? Oh well.



Honestly though, I expected more...

[rickypro]

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I hope this game is good but why do the white shoes always turn up on the end like genie shoes???

The announcers seemed to always be about 3 or 4 seconds behind the action too.

[Pared]

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I really don't believe some people were impressed by those videos. You either:

1) Are REALLY desperate for a baseball game on the 360
2) Are easily impressed
3) Both

From the videos alone, this game looks like a joke! While I was hoping for some 360 hardball, it looks like it simply ain't happening this year. Oh man, what a horrible turn for the worse this series has taken!

The PS3 and MLB by 989 can't get here soon enough for TRUE next-gen baseball!

[CaptainZombie]

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Thats as fat as a player can be in this game. He is all the way up on each of the body size settings. Thats weird

That sux.

[dabears2121]

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Okay here is my impression. I just got 360 and couldnt wait for this game. Though just seeing this game i am not to happy. The A's look like the Michelin man with the ripples in the jerseys. That dp was terrible. Did you see how the second baseman flicks the ball and the ball was traveling higher than the first baseman and then just kinda sucked in the mit. That D*mn organ or music playing nonstop. The crowd sounds good. The cracking of the whip hit it terrible. It looks like i am going to rent and wait for NCAA FB.

[mjb2124]

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Send your complaints to EA because if not for the NFL exclusive license there would be no MLB exclusive license. Exclusive licenses in sports games are bad for both the industry and consumer.

Actually that's not true. As another poster stated, these type of licenses were coming regardless. Don't blame EA for 2K being lazy and putting out a shoddy product. Not everything is EA's fault.

[mjb2124]

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Ummm, yeah.... That's about all that comes to mind after watching those videos. It's obvious to me now that the fine people at 2K don't watch much baseball.

1. David Ortiz looks like he's 180 lbs. Minor gripe, but it does look bad.

2. When has a Catcher ever FLOWN backwards 5 yards in the air after a collision at the plate? Just plain ugly.

3. Groundball to the 3B who goes to turn the double play and does a jump spin off the wrong foot as he throws to 2B. First, if the 3B has to do a jump spin and can't set his feet, they aren't going to get the double play. Second, it's off the wrong foot and looks awkward.

4. The swing animations look better. Why? Because they cut away as soon as the hitter makes contact. Kind of odd looking on some of those videos.

With that said, I'm more interested in the gameplay aspects. Can't tell much from the videos though.

I'm just not overly impressed with some of those animations. And to think, fielding animations was something 2K specifically stated they were overhauling on the 360 version.

[Dealin Rams]

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I really don't believe some people were impressed by those videos. You either:

1) Are REALLY desperate for a baseball game on the 360
2) Are easily impressed
3) Both

From the videos alone, this game looks like a joke! While I was hoping for some 360 hardball, it looks like it simply ain't happening this year. Oh man, what a horrible turn for the worse this series has taken!

The PS3 and MLB by 989 can't get here soon enough for TRUE next-gen baseball!

I agree completely. I'm just thoroughly thoroughly unimpressed by this game, even if these videos are low-res. But maybe that's just because I'm thinking about what MVP 2006 would've looked like on the 360 (sorry if that touches anyone off). Seriously, exclusivity is the worst thing to ever happen to sports gaming. The only thing that people should be doing is boycotting this game (and yes, I'll eat my words if it turns out the gameplay is spectacular once people get it) - but, as mentioned above, people have just accepted exclusivity and are now desperate to justify this game, which looks as if it plays like a poorly done port of MLB 2005. No thanks.

[jim416]

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I thought the videos were just okay. I'm right now not expecting much with all the negatives on the xbox game and the so-so videos I've seen here. I'll keep the fingers crossed, but dunno.

[luv_mist]

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Kill the casual gamer but I thought the game was impressive enough for me to try to give it a go. I'm definitely not going to buy it at $60 or anytime within the next month or two but I'm definitely buying this game. The depth of the franchise makes me want to give it a go and really try to get into baseball like I'm into basketball. Since the football game on the 360 is subpar, I might as well try another sport that's good enough to try. The movement looked pretty smooth to me. Not as excited about it as I was seeing NBA 2K6 for the first time or even CH 2K6, but it's not too bad. I also know that the throwing of the double play was too stiff. The arm should have wound back realistically. That's one thing about 2k lately. They have honestly been slacking with putting unrealistic movements into their games.

One thing that I'm giving them is that it's the beginning of the installments. They do need a basis for the system so they know how far they go and what not. Can't put all their strength into the system when they don't understand it completely. I'm sure they'll step up next year cause they know they're seriously warned. Just like Madden. Madden will step up next year, MLB will step up next year, ect.......

[DMB82]

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2K just can't get accurate looking player models. The player models in The Show on PS2 look better than these. Everyone on these videos looks the same, and they just don't look right on top of that.