2K8 Brinkman Interview

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Re: 2K8 Brinkman Interview

I guess my problem is I want the players to have real numbers to their counterparts. If they did that it would be great, but then what happens if a player in real life has a coming out year. I just think it is too hard to have that.

well said....that was always my feeling with HH....everything seemed so scripted....so tied to those stats/ratings (all based on history) with really no chance for the user to 'rewrite' history

[CMH]

Re: 2K8 Brinkman Interview

That being said High Heat's strike/ball option while pitching is my choice for best pitching interface in a video game.

There's no way you could avoid having realistic pitch counts unless you wanted to throw every pitch down the middle. And in that game you'd get burned for that.

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Re: 2K8 Brinkman Interview

That being said High Heat's strike/ball option while pitching is my choice for best pitching interface in a video game.

There's no way you could avoid having realistic pitch counts unless you wanted to throw every pitch down the middle. And in that game you'd get burned for that.

yup...i agree

[brudjazz]

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Why can't they add "one pitch" mode like OOTP has? For example, you could come up to the plate with batterXYZ and the you immediately would see a 3-1 count while waiting on the pitch. Your next batter might face (talking about when you actually have the option to swing) a 2-0 count, the batter after might be facing an 2-2 count. That way the pace of the game is a little faster, and the pitching stats will be more realistic in the end. The idea being that user interaction is good, but the less the better. It's implemented very well in OOTP, so I know it can be done.

[Spectre]

Re: 2K8 Brinkman Interview

Why can't they add "one pitch" mode like OOTP has? For example, you could come up to the plate with batterXYZ and the you immediately would see a 3-1 count while waiting on the pitch. Your next batter might face (talking about when you actually have the option to swing) a 2-0 count, the batter after might be facing an 2-2 count. That way the pace of the game is a little faster, and the pitching stats will be more realistic in the end. The idea being that user interaction is good, but the less the better. It's implemented very well in OOTP, so I know it can be done.

High Heat did this magnificently

IMHO we won't see a solid one pitch mode until we get a solid manage-only mode. I'm not holding my breath on manage-only, its a shame that this series hasn't jumped onto that bandwagon. It's essentially the only way I play baseball games.

[CMH]

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ASB had one-pitch mode too.

The idea is nice. I'd welcome it. But I hope they could find a way to get real pitch counts without going to that extreme.

[Scooter3]

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Are you talking about the Full Count feature? Or was that only for batting?

YankeePride,
I was thinking about "Control Options" where you could assign defense or offense control of any player to yourself or the cpu...This included the pitcher...
I had the cpu control the pitcher on defense only, and I controlled all the fielders and batters...It would lean towards more sim pitching stats..

The Generated Count feature included batting and pitching...


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