IGN MEDIA THREAD!

[a4reak]

Re: IGN MEDIA THREAD!

Remember how the first screens of 2k7 were HORRIBLE!? Remember the one of Pujols with his mouth open, remember this is a preview disk, not necessarily the full thing.

Exactly. Listen I dont want to avoid the negative things I saw such as jersey movement etc but when people say things such as it looks just like 2K&, I say yea whats your point?

[Knight165]

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So damn true, and they (SCEA) openly admit it isn't fixed this year.

Such double standards.

FLAT OUT WRONG....

HERE is the answer that Kolbe(SCEA) gave to that EXACT question.



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39. how much tweaking (if any) has gone into the hitting engine this year? And if you wouldn't mind sharing what the team's general opinion is on the hitting component and what you guys liked, didn't like, want to refine etc.
Tons. We have one guy literally dedicated to tuning the hitting and pitching models. I really dont have the time to go into a ton of detail just know we spend A LOT of time on it each and every year.
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40.I thought '07 was a very solid sim but many of us felt it had it's share of quirks. Namely an over abundance of opposite field hits (even when contact timing was on or in front of the ball) and the frequency of singles up the middle. There also didn't seem to be enough penalty for late swings IMO.
See above answer.

You guys should really be more careful when throwing out info on what OTHER people say..

M.K.
Knight165

[SPTO]

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Man you guys are massacring this game. I was a little disappointed too but c'mon let's not throw it to the curb based on 4 videos!

[Glenn33]

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the show was in game, not a highlight reel

Sorry - I didn't specify. I meant the very First videos...where they showed the new features and such.

[a4reak]

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You see the video on gamevideos.com and see the damon opposite field hit. Then tell me what you have to say

[mjb2124]

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Funny b/c on one of the first vids shown for The Show, Johnny Damon hits an inside pitch to the opposite way into the gap. No one complained about that but now people are done with 2K. lol

Can you give me a link to that video as I'd like to see it? I thought I knew which video you were talking about, but the one I just got off GameTrailers had Damon grounding out to SS on an outside pitch. Abreu then lined one off the green monster on a pitcher over the plate.

EDIT - Nevermind. I'm watching the Gamevideos.com video right now.

[StevenSeagalsLipitor]

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You know what? I'm buying this game no matter what, not only because its the only one for the 360, but because its a good solid game, I don't care about the little things like grass. Im a hardcore baseball fan and hell, I COULDNT MAKE A BETTER GAME AND NEITHER CAN YOU. They did the best they had in the time they had, give them a break, you're going to have to buy it no matter what if you're a baseball fan and only own a 360.

[mjb2124]

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You see the video on gamevideos.com and see the damon opposite field hit. Then tell me what you have to say

That pitch was right over the heart (EDIT - after looking at it again, it's over the plate, but inside a tad). I'm trying to save it to a JPG, but not having much luck. I was able to pause it at the right time. I'll try a few other things to extract the image. Not that it should really matter at this point.

[BadKermit]

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You know what? I'm buying this game no matter what, not only because its the only one for the 360, but because its a good solid game, I don't care about the little things like grass. Im a hardcore baseball fan and hell, I COULDNT MAKE A BETTER GAME AND NEITHER CAN YOU. They did the best they had in the time they had, give them a break, you're going to have to buy it no matter what if you're a baseball fan and only own a 360.

Come on, man. That's a pretty ridiculous argument. The guys at 2K couldn't do my job, either, which is why they're not getting paid to do so.

[spankdatazz22]

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After seeing four 4min vids of the game:

I think I've seen enough, I'm getting a PS3 and the Show 08.

Sorry but a lot of the comments in this thread are so over the top it's ridiculous. To each his own of course. I'm laughing and shaking my head at the same time

[EnigmaNemesis]

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Just watched the videos in lower res. And they had no chop at all. So I think there is an anomaly with the higher res versions.

[bowlerguy92]

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Come on, man. That's a pretty ridiculous argument. The guys at 2K couldn't do my job, either, which is why they're not getting paid to do so.

Being a Cubs fan? Your right they probably couldn't do your job.

[mjb2124]

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You see the video on gamevideos.com and see the damon opposite field hit. Then tell me what you have to say

Here goes:

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[mjb2124]

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Just watched the videos in lower res. And they had no chop at all. So I think there is an anomaly with the higher res versions.

That's probably it. My guess is IGN did a poor job at recording and decoding the video feed. Not very surprising though.

We all need the demo to be released to get a good feel for how things are. Hopefully that will come out in the next 2-3 weeks.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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FLAT OUT WRONG....

HERE is the answer that Kolbe(SCEA) gave to that EXACT question.



Quote:
39. how much tweaking (if any) has gone into the hitting engine this year? And if you wouldn't mind sharing what the team's general opinion is on the hitting component and what you guys liked, didn't like, want to refine etc.
Tons. We have one guy literally dedicated to tuning the hitting and pitching models. I really dont have the time to go into a ton of detail just know we spend A LOT of time on it each and every year.
Quote:
40.I thought '07 was a very solid sim but many of us felt it had it's share of quirks. Namely an over abundance of opposite field hits (even when contact timing was on or in front of the ball) and the frequency of singles up the middle. There also didn't seem to be enough penalty for late swings IMO.
See above answer.

You guys should really be more careful when throwing out info on what OTHER people say..

M.K.
Knight165

I could have sworn I read on there, from him that they couldn't get it 100%, and that was something for 09 when they redo it completely.

He still doesn't say it is no-existent.

Regardless, there is double standards here! Plain and simple. The opposite field hit in that video BTW for 2K8, leaning to the outside of the middle half of the plate. Paused it there. So it wasn't out of the ordinary for solid contact.