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Yea, I'm not sure if I could buy MLB2k8 if that isn't fixed.
Problem is I'll want this game on release date and probably won't find out until I sim a season and see what happens."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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I honestly care about only one thing, the batting. You could have every real minor leaguer in the game, every minor league stadium, real life graphics running at 60 fps, and everything else, but if this game doesn't fix the "triple play" like batting where every hit is a single or a HR, then this game will be a failure again.
All of the other stuff is side dressing. Baseball games win or lose based on the batter/pitcher interface. Thats where the game is made fun or completely frustrating or in the end, completely unrealistic.
I really hope what Ben is saying is true, that they acknowledged the singles/HR nature of the hitting system, and they are making this much more "sim". Of anything in that interview, I really hope this one is the truth.Comment
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I think the positive is that Ben acknowledged that this was present in MLB2k7 and in past iterations.
If he's aware of it and he's going to go out and say you'll experience a difference then I'm inclined to believe him. Like I said before, Ben doesn't have a habit of promising something unless he can back it up."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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Nice interview. I hate to be a pessimist, but talk is cheap. Ben's in marketing mode right now and rightfully so. Let's see these things in action.
As for the minor league teams and whether or not they have full rosters, I thought it was not possible to name minor league players due to MLB licensing? In other words, if a player had not played or been on a Major Leauge 40 man roster, the game developers could not use their name in a game.
I'll wait for the final product before I buy anything he's saying.
While 2k7 ran 60fps for the 360 last year, I would hardly call it a smooth experience. I still think the graphics and batting animations were stuttery.
Frankly, I think the only way to fix a broken product is to start from scratch, because old mistakes are bound to haunt the series for its entirety.
Brinkman is a salesman in that interview, nothing more.Comment
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Ups and downs (and balancing the ups so that our expectations don't get TOO HIGH)...that sums up next-gen gaming for me.
I played MLB on 360 and enjoyed the visuals, but not the gameplay...I played it on PS3 and was appalled by the visuals AND the gameplay...so I am excited that Ben says the PS3 version will be improving visually AND that both versions will improve gameplay-wise. His interview was one of those "up" moments, and I am going to enjoy it. Like someone said earlier, he has a history of delivering...so now I am thinking that 2k8 may actually compete with The Show this year on my PS3, and that is a good thing. So I am going to enjoy this interview and hopefully the gameplay vids will back him up....and hopefully the gameplay experience will back up the vids...if not, well, then those are the "downs."Unofficial OS Ambassador of "CPU vs. CPU"
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I agree with this completely.
I'll wait for the final product before I buy anything he's saying.
While 2k7 ran 60fps for the 360 last year, I would hardly call it a smooth experience. I still think the graphics and batting animations were stuttery.
Frankly, I think the only way to fix a broken product is to start from scratch, because old mistakes are bound to haunt the series for its entirety.
Brinkman is a salesman in that interview, nothing more.NBA2K is the standard of sports games period.Comment
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At least we finally get to rid something about 2k8. Ben talked about some of the big things they wanted to accomplish in year 2 without letting any real "detail" out about this year's game.
I played a ton of 2k7 after the patch and I'm really excited for this year's game. A definite preorder for me. I can't wait to see the game in 60fps glory.Comment
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At least we finally get to rid something about 2k8. Ben talked about some of the big things they wanted to accomplish in year 2 without letting any real "detail" out about this year's game.
I played a ton of 2k7 after the patch and I'm really excited for this year's game. A definite preorder for me. I can't wait to see the game in 60fps glory.
so tell me if i understood this correctly..
the PS3 AND the 360 version will both be at full 60 fps. except the cutscenes will be 30 fps on both as well?LG 77CX OLED / Sonos Arc Soundbar / Xbox Series X / Apple TV 4KComment
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Now I don't see why they couldn't just run the cutscenes in 60 FPS also!
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