2K7 preview and trailer

[Artman22]

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I'm confused here, I mean you guys go through this every year, about how great it looks. Show me one screen with a stat overlay, score on it batting zone ect... This was to me a CGI movie, nothing more nothing less. Show me a gameplay movie or screen and I'll believe it until then, this is just KillZone from E3 2005.

People go threw this every year but it sure looked nothing like this last year... And im sure everyone here but may not agree... I think it looks good and im glad to see something new..

[Spectre]

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The swing animation is definitely different. When I was watching the video, I was looking at the batter's head. It didn't go flying down the line after contact!! In the Jeter clip, it looks like he hit a fly to right and his head was tracking it. This was good to see, because I need to know that they are working on the batter's swing this year. It has been my number ONE issue with the game the last couple of years.
Bubba4

I'm gonna miss those Exorcist-like head turns after contact. They were hilarious

[aholbert32]

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How do you know those where taking from replays? Just a question not a snide remark just curious?

2K Sports PR. They never use CGI for their trailers. As you can see from the previous NBA 2K, College Hoops 2k and Top Spin trailers, the footage looks exactly like it does when you get the game.

Now I'm not saying that they didnt edit the trailer to hide game flaws and issues but the graphics will pretty much look like that.

[Spectre]

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Wow, million times better than the crap we had to see in the current version. The batter would be looking at who knows what, their follow through was ridiculous, and there was no logic to where the player's head was going after the swing.

This looks miles better than the 2K6 swinging animations. I'm sure they're still refining them. Kush finally seems to be catching up with the rest of VC's ship.

From this brief video, it seems like Brinkman has righted the ship.

[ehh]

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^^^ The hands/arms motion is a thousand times better in that than in the past.

[EWRMETS]

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I really hope this game is good. MLB2k6 was putrid. Not exactly happy with Inside Edge either. I think it's a cool feature, but should be a lot more subtle than it was in 2k6.

[Blzer]

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By the way, I'm trying to come up with a theory on the position of the sun, seeing as though it is different for every different game we see on the trailer. Ever since 2K2, the sun's "position" was always a little more geared toward behind the third base line, as the shine would hit the backs of right-handed hitters and the fronts of left-handed hitters. As you can see in this video, this isn't always the case.

So, either they have specific sun positions for specific stadiums, the games are running at different times of day and the time of day is "progressing" as the sun goes down, or both.

Okay, I'm convinced that it's not based on the stadium that you're in, and it has to do with the time of day. As you can see here:









These are both in Yankee Stadium, correct? Well, earlier when we got our first screenshots, I was a little sad that I figured we were going to get the same position of the sun behind the third base line, like previous years (see bottom pic). But, now the top pic says otherwise. Since we see a shaded from to Matsui and since he's a lefty, that means that the sun is not behind the third base line like it normally is. This can mean one of a few things: 1) The sun moves that much in one day game; 2) The sun behind the third base line may be a new position for the sun for a twilight game or night game.

There are more things to draw up from this, but it looks as though the sun is finally at different spots in this game. I always enjoy a game's dynamics. As you can see, the A's double-play and the Reyes slide have the sun about to fall behind the stadium, where as most every other shot has the sun right above them or to the backs of left-handed hitters (and Santana looks as though there's no sunlight on him, thankfully since he's in a dome!).



This is good news. I can't wait to see some night shots.

[SoMiss2000]

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http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/spor...mballs;title;1


Still the same swing animations, already turns me off. I'm hoping we can be surprised though.

The swing animations look much improved to me. That is my biggest turnoff in the past. If only they had more hit variety, take away the "a" for contact and "b" for power and give me a great zone hitting scheme, I'll be happy. This game HAS to be good as i'm depending on it keeping me from spending the coin on a PS3 before there is a price drop. I need this game to be good.

[brrmikey]

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I agree this game is starting to look like real people running around not robots. I am holding out to see some game coverage but I could be going to get a 360 just for this game

Agreed... no PS3 and no 360 yet because of MLB2K6 vs The Show 07

[Spectre]

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^^^ The hands/arms motion is a thousand times better in that than in the past.

No doubt, I really don't understand what the hell they were doing with the batting animations the last couple of years. The whole animation was fubar

[Scooter3]

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Is it live or is it Memorex?
I'm excited! I believe the "Next Generation Baseball game" is here! I can't wait, till March... I already have a 1080p waiting for this game and "The Show", Take me out to the Ball-Game baby I'm ready, I can almost smell those Hot-Dogs now...

Scooter...

[Blzer]

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I could be mistaken as it's been a LONG time since I played 2K6 on the 360, but I thought that was pretty close to what the 360 versions swing looked like?

I don't know man... take a look at this video:

http://www.2ksports.com/media/movie....d=19&platform=


At the end where Rodriguez hits the home run, before it cuts to the home run cut-scene. Notice his turnout? Same thing in current-gen 2K6. And, if I know one thing about current-gen 2K6, it's that it is far inferior to 2K7's swing and follow-through.

[nemesis04]

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Is it live or is it Memorex?

The begining part of his swing is off a little, the middle is just about spot on and the back end of his swing is off. They have his body motion heading too far off into the end of his swing. Overall, there are definately improvements.

[richierich]

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looks great and can't wait to play it. Hopefully they will be nice and release demo's for us to download and play on our systems just before it releases!!

[RoyalBoyle78]

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I don't know man... take a look at this video:

http://www.2ksports.com/media/movie....d=19&platform=


At the end where Rodriguez hits the home run, before it cuts to the home run cut-scene. Notice his turnout? Same thing in current-gen 2K6. And, if I know one thing about current-gen 2K6, it's that it is far inferior to 2K7's swing and follow-through.

I'm sorry I still think the swing animations look off, plus those dumb fireworks at yankee stadium.