It finally dawned on me why I don't like MLB2K's batting interface. I've struggled with both the right stick and button hitting. While using the right stick I was pretty much like everyone else, it was either a HR or strikeout. Don't get me wrong I had my share of hits but it was always slanted for the bomb.
The right stick is still not intuitive enough, where you naturally want to pull back and then push forward like a real swing. So when you connect it's usually out of the park if the pitch was thrown in your zone. The hit swing needs some thinking as well as it doesn't feel natural just pulling back and releasing to achieve singles, doubles etc.
On to the button swing. Should be pretty simple right. See ball, press button, viola hit ball. Here's where IMO the interface needs some work and this applies to the right stick hitting as well. You barely see the pitch or have enough time to see where it's going before you need to swing.
The batting interface is nothing more than hoping the ball was thrown anywhere in the strike zone before you need to commit. That's not skill, that's Las Vegas. Either you guess right or you guess wrong.
In MLB The Show it's the other way around, thankfully. You are allowed enough time to read the pitch before you commit. In MLB2K7 you commit before reading the pitch. I can't count the times i've struck out after being up in the count....why? Because I purposely allowed the pitcher to throw several pitches hoping the pitcher would throw balls. Ok so he did and now he throws strikes so the count goes even. Now i'm faced with swinging at something I have little idea of where it's headed just playing my Vegas Odds and swinging before I barely see the ball out of the pitchers glove.
The result, swing and a miss for a strikeout. Th ball was out of the strike zone. If I were allowed to see more of the pitch and read it I might have had more time before committing.
The right stick is still not intuitive enough, where you naturally want to pull back and then push forward like a real swing. So when you connect it's usually out of the park if the pitch was thrown in your zone. The hit swing needs some thinking as well as it doesn't feel natural just pulling back and releasing to achieve singles, doubles etc.
On to the button swing. Should be pretty simple right. See ball, press button, viola hit ball. Here's where IMO the interface needs some work and this applies to the right stick hitting as well. You barely see the pitch or have enough time to see where it's going before you need to swing.
The batting interface is nothing more than hoping the ball was thrown anywhere in the strike zone before you need to commit. That's not skill, that's Las Vegas. Either you guess right or you guess wrong.In MLB The Show it's the other way around, thankfully. You are allowed enough time to read the pitch before you commit. In MLB2K7 you commit before reading the pitch. I can't count the times i've struck out after being up in the count....why? Because I purposely allowed the pitcher to throw several pitches hoping the pitcher would throw balls. Ok so he did and now he throws strikes so the count goes even. Now i'm faced with swinging at something I have little idea of where it's headed just playing my Vegas Odds and swinging before I barely see the ball out of the pitchers glove.
The result, swing and a miss for a strikeout. Th ball was out of the strike zone. If I were allowed to see more of the pitch and read it I might have had more time before committing.
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