IGN MEDIA THREAD!

[bsb13]

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I wonder if any of these new hitting and pitching systems are going to be in the PS2/Xbox version of the game?

[dodgerblue]

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It seems as if good pitching will control good hitting in this game just like it does in real life. I watched all 4 videos and every ball that was hit hard was a meatball except the Tulowitzki HR. In this case it was still a hanging changeup and you can tell this by the announcers. But everything else was mistake pitchers or in this case "meatballs". You can tell by the red circle that lights up as the pitcher releases the ball. The one routine ground out to 3rd in the AZ vs COL game was a well placed "97" rated change up.

I agree. All the pitches that were hit hard were mistakes over the plate. The only thing that I would like to know is if you can miss outside the zone by making a mistake with the new controls. I would hope you can, so that you are wild out of the zone as well as just throwing "meatballs".

[slickzeus]

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do you think we could see some new videos on monday from ign? I mean they had the weekend to continue playing (if they play video games on the weekends)...Or could we see some videos from some other sites like gamespot or gametrailers?

[Glenn33]

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I remember in the 2k7 demo the jersey's were flapping like a flag but in the actual game it hardly ever did it.

Ditto... There are a lot of valid concerns in this thread - I just don't think this is one of them.

[countryboy]

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I wonder when 2k is going to release their official trailer of the game. That will tell you alot... well at least as much as a short video can.

[slickzeus]

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many time in the videos 2k has the wind on max so that the jersey flapping is exagerated so you can see the cool feature. In the actual game you will prob hardly ever see them flapping, unless its windy.

[Pared]

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...except these were videos by IGN, not 2k.

My issue is more focused on the minimal impact on the flight of the ball if the teams are playing in a game this windy.

[davewins]

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I agree. All the pitches that were hit hard were mistakes over the plate. The only thing that I would like to know is if you can miss outside the zone by making a mistake with the new controls. I would hope you can, so that you are wild out of the zone as well as just throwing "meatballs".

I hope so too and I REALLLLLY hope that the timing and swing and attributes are still JUST as crucial on any other swing. What I mean is I really hope they don't just bump up your shot at getting a hard hit just because of the fact that it's a meatball. It seems to me like games have done this in the past (MVP with the red mistake pitches). I just hope that you still have to put a GREAT swing with PERFECT timing to really hit the ball good.

[Scream]

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I have a feeling those videos were horrible examples of what we will actually get. 2K is probably cringing that those were the first look the public got to see.

I feel confident 2K8 will be a fun ballgame.

[El_MaYiMbE]

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I agree too....I honestly dont think the game looked bad at all....alot that im hearing is nitpicking so it wasnt as bad as people make it sound....but at the sametime I think the game is mos def better then what we seen...mostly because u had 2 guys playing that dunno how to play making for bad situations in hitting, pitching, and batting....

[michaeldu]

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I have a feeling those videos were horrible examples of what we will actually get. 2K is probably cringing that those were the first look the public got to see.

I feel confident 2K8 will be a fun ballgame.

I agree. I also wouldn't trust giving my game to IGN again.

[Oldschool17]

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I agree. I also wouldn't trust giving my game to IGN again.

2k has nobody to blame but themselves..Their marketing Dept should have made certain they released their own media showcasing the game in a manner that is appropriately representative of what the game really looks and plays like.

Can't fault IGN..I've never liked their sports coverage anyway

[stealyerface]

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Would you let a dude named Hillary review your sports game? I thought not.

Seriously though, there has to be some baseball fans on staff at IGN that would be able to run through a couple innings of SIM ball to showcase what the game has to offer. If after a half a game the game turned out to be a homerun derby, abysmal-fielding, train wreck, then at least we could have seen it as such. Let some of the cutscenes run for a bit, let us see the replays in their entirety to see if the ball gets vacuumed into the glove or the fingers never touch the ball... It seems to me that sometimes the guys who review the sports games are guys that are better suited reviewing the platform games that are less about the actual game they are portraying. Baseball guys ought to review baseball games. Period.

So Hillary, when you are headed back to your cubicle to review your advance copy of Spongebob Squarepants: Underpants Slam! perhaps you could drop off the MLB2k game with someone who watches a baseball game or two.

SYF

[jim416]

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2k has nobody to blame but themselves..Their marketing Dept should have made certain they released their own media showcasing the game in a manner that is appropriately representative of what the game really looks and plays like.

Can't fault IGN..I've never liked their sports coverage anyway

100% correct. If everyone here jumps on the wagon crucifying IGN, then 2k should have known also. Damage control was started almost immediately by Kushgamer with his thread that the game wasn't as bad as it looked and new threads were started by the 2k fans that wanted nothing but positive things seen in the vids. That says something.

More should come out this week.

[JBH3]

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100% correct. If everyone here jumps on the wagon crucifying IGN, then 2k should have known also. Damage control was started almost immediately by Kushgamer with his thread that the game wasn't as bad as it looked and new threads were started by the 2k fans that wanted nothing but positive things seen in the vids. That says something.

More should come out this week.

What I don't understand is after a poor display by IGN how can you not have your site up and running yet letting people know what it is really like.

I guess that they figure the only ones who will really be critiquing it are people like us on these message boards which make up 1% of the people who will buy the game.

All weekend I expected to see something on the 2K site showcasing the new game w/ videos and stuff according to what Kushgamer, or 2K would want us to see but I didn't.

That's a disappointment because by not putting out anything to the contrary of what we saw on Friday 2k is basically saying that is their product...at least right now.