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  • Scottdau
    Banned
    • Feb 2003
    • 32580

    #16
    Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

    I must admit this is a realy good review by the original poster. I think it is tough to tell how bad or good the game will be. So just wait until the demo comes out before you all worry!

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    • stealyerface
      MVP
      • Feb 2004
      • 1803

      #17
      Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

      I guess the more important question, as a former Division III pitcher, is whether or not the batter can dictate where that ball is hit based on the direction of the swing stick. If I am batting, and recognize a slider down and away, can I pull the R-stick back, and then push it forward to the 2 O'clock position, and take that ball into right field? I know Brinkman said that the where the ball is hit is based largely on timing and the player ratings, but if the pitcher is working me away, away, away, will the game give me the control to go with that pitch, and make the pitcher pay for living out there on the outer edge? Likewise, if I try to sneak a 2 seamer on the inner half, can the batter pull back and go to the 11 O'clock spot on the R-stick and yank that pitch to the left side? I am honestly happy that there is no pre-loaded Power or Contact decision, and I believe this will help make the game play a bit more realistically. Sometimes that easy sweet stroke launches the ball farther than trying to crush it. But even a .200 Bush leaguer can go with an outside pitch and push it to the opposite field. I sure hope that they had the sense to make the swing stick directional at the very least.

      SYF
      "Ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know"....GD

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      • Blzer
        Resident film pundit
        • Mar 2004
        • 42533

        #18
        Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

        Originally posted by stealyerface
        I guess the more important question, as a former Division III pitcher, is whether or not the batter can dictate where that ball is hit based on the direction of the swing stick. If I am batting, and recognize a slider down and away, can I pull the R-stick back, and then push it forward to the 2 O'clock position, and take that ball into right field? I know Brinkman said that the where the ball is hit is based largely on timing and the player ratings, but if the pitcher is working me away, away, away, will the game give me the control to go with that pitch, and make the pitcher pay for living out there on the outer edge? Likewise, if I try to sneak a 2 seamer on the inner half, can the batter pull back and go to the 11 O'clock spot on the R-stick and yank that pitch to the left side? I am honestly happy that there is no pre-loaded Power or Contact decision, and I believe this will help make the game play a bit more realistically. Sometimes that easy sweet stroke launches the ball farther than trying to crush it. But even a .200 Bush leaguer can go with an outside pitch and push it to the opposite field. I sure hope that they had the sense to make the swing stick directional at the very least.

        SYF
        Just remember that timing is the only important thing in hit direction, but with that direction there will be some determinants in the quality of that hit. That said, say you're a lefty and try and pull a ball that you're swinging late on (be it an inside or outside pitch... doesn't matter). Will you pull it? No, because you swung late. The combination of the pull attempt with the late swing should probably result in piss-poor contact.

        Now, say you're that same batter on an outside pitch, and you swing early enough to pull the ball with a pull swing. Well, you probably got the barrel on the ball, but you hooked the wrong kind of pitch, and probably grounded out to second base. At least, this is the case in real life. Hopefully they replicated this in 2K8.

        And finally, you got the inside pitch that you wanted. You swing early enough to pull it with your pull swing, and you connect. That should be the best possible resulting hit you can get. Hopefully this is how it was done.
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        • e0820
          MVP
          • Jan 2003
          • 2070

          #19
          Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

          Does the framerate seem jerky in the videos? Is it the framerate or is it the video itself?

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          • stealyerface
            MVP
            • Feb 2004
            • 1803

            #20
            Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

            Blzer, I would be happy either way. If, and this is the big IF, they replicated the timing of the swing enough to dictate, at least in part, where, and with how much gusto the balls goes where it would go in real life....I am a happy guy. My beef with the games of yesteryear has always been the ability to throw normal physics and laws of motion to the wayside, and pull off feats of impossibility at the plate. Can studs time a swing right and yank a pitch on the outer half, and pull it over the wall? Sure thing. Joe Carter was an animal, and Mike Schmidt used to pull pitches that had no business being pulled. But David Eckstein is not, I repeat, NOT going to take a two seamer on the outside black, and pull it 425 feet. So as long as they have at least taken some sort of natural laws into account, and the timing of the swing actually dictates where the ball ends up... Well let's just call that a step in a positive direction.

            SYF
            "Ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know"....GD

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            • slickzeus
              Banned
              • Jan 2008
              • 405

              #21
              Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

              real life hitting is all based on timing...your not gonna hit an inside pitch the exact same way that you hit an outside pitch, you let the outside pitch get deep and the inside one you hit out in front. Its all timing, and so is mlb 2k8

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              • a4reak
                Banned
                • Jul 2006
                • 1093

                #22
                Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

                slick hitting is not all timing its location and timing

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                • Rob_NYY
                  Jedi Master
                  • Dec 2004
                  • 2495

                  #23
                  Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

                  Originally posted by a4reak

                  Can You figure this one out?...........Ortiz fouls one off and it hits the line. You see chalk pop up, nice little touch.
                  Yeah, I noticed that too. That is an awesome little detail.

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                  • twistaeffect2003
                    Rookie
                    • Sep 2004
                    • 56

                    #24
                    Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

                    Very good objective post by the thread starter. I think people were expecting way, way too much from the get go. This is a case of people wanting too much, too quickly. WE have got to remember that this was just 4 game play videos, and it was of a preview version of the game. Who knows where that version of the game is at, compared to what the finished version is gonna look like.

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                    • bowlerguy92
                      MVP
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 1034

                      #25
                      Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

                      Anyone have any idea when new videos should start coming up?

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                      • raptor25
                        Rookie
                        • Jun 2004
                        • 148

                        #26
                        Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

                        i do hope you can control where you "aim" your swing. i shouldnt have to intentionally swing late if i want to hit a groundball to the 2b side so i can advance a runner to third.

                        and while i dont need a "power" swing (although i wouldnt mind one if it actually demanded you be more accurate with your timing), i do think you should be able to influence groundball vs flyball.

                        "the bigs" did all of this right. push the stick to pull an inside fastball? power hit to right for a left hander. push the stick to pull a a fastball a little outside? weak grounder or popup because you couldnt pull it. same for trying to push a hit down the 3b line, do it on an outside pitch and it works, on an inside pitch and you are punished with a near automatic out on weak contact.

                        i dont get the feeling 2k8 is going to have a system like this. timing is obviously crucial, but major leaguers arnt always just neutrally going up there trying to hit a ball as well as they can... sometimes you need to just get the ball in the air for a sac fly or a grounder to advance a runner and such. trying to pull a ball to right would substitute for a power swing, but with the proper pros and cons instead of just nearly automatic HRs or robbed HRs. i want that control.

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                        • EnigmaNemesis
                          Animal Liberation
                          • Apr 2006
                          • 12216

                          #27
                          Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

                          Originally posted by a4reak
                          3D grass? I dunno, after further review I have yielded a conclusion of ?. I looked at various angles and all the vids but I just dont know for sure
                          It is hard to tell because these video transfers have a lot of pixel blur.

                          But if you pause it, on the video [diving play] where it shows Mark Reynolds coming up to bat, and it shows the cut scene of him getting into the box, you can clearly see the "3D Grass" for a split second before the video decides to blur itself.





                          Now that the storm is settled and we can go over all the videos slowly, you can see all the player controlled mishaps that is NOT the game.
                          Last edited by EnigmaNemesis; 01-27-2008, 10:35 AM.
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                          • K_GUN
                            C*t*z*n *f RSN
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 3891

                            #28
                            Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

                            could it be that cut-scenes only are 3-d grass?
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                            • EnigmaNemesis
                              Animal Liberation
                              • Apr 2006
                              • 12216

                              #29
                              Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

                              Originally posted by K_GUN
                              could it be that cut-scenes only are 3-d grass?
                              In 2K7 the 3D grass wasn't as noticeable in gameplay versus cut-scenes as well.
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                              • a4reak
                                Banned
                                • Jul 2006
                                • 1093

                                #30
                                Re: My MLB 2k8 Video Thoughts

                                The ign vids were not really HD so im waiting for a site gametrailers to release videos

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