Hands-on at Gamespot

[metal134]

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Yeah, I really couldn't care less about that card system.

[expls2]

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But didnt 2K say they were looking at the boards among other things to see what the people playing the game want. I remember all these other issues being repeated to death but not once did I read something saying. "OMFG why is there no trading cards"

[metal134]

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But as you said, they were looking at the boards, among other things. I'm sure the card idea was invented with the casual gamer in mind, not the hardcores that visit these boards.

[joncmu99]

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I'm sure the card system was an idea from Marketing or something. They probably signed a deal with Upper Deck or something. I'm sure that many at 2k were more concerned with creating a better game, but sometimes you just have to do what is asked of you. For someone at 2k who probably wanted to work on better bat sounds or crowd ambiance they got stuck working on a card system.

Awww my first post. *Dons flame ******ant suit*

[expls2]

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I wouldnt mind the card system if the circumstances were different. If this game was like The Show and had its gameplay and details down pat and wanted to just add a little meat to the bones that would be fine. But 2K8 is still a ways from that. This seems to me like something like that should of been saved untill year 3 of the 3 year plan for turning this game around.

[sask3m]

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the trading card thing seems to be what Brinkman gets most excited about, lol, i guess marketing told him he better , one thing that i was really hoping they would add but from the look of all the videos they didn't was the option to turn off the ball icon when pitching, that just makes it to easy to am

[ryan720]

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to me, the card feature seems like added incentive to play franchise mode

I mean not only does it make me want to play it more, it'll have some replay value after I play a 20 year franchise

Not to mention it allows online fantasy teams, which I believe is the goal of the cards in the first place.

[Gangrel]

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Not to mention the fact that it rains in retractable roofed stadiums and All Star Baseball for the Gamecube had a deeper franchise mode.

Ya, but where is ASB now?

Like it or not, the "hardcore" sim crowd is a small percentage of the market. Thus, we get games that are "mostly sim" but also try to be "fun to play".....

It's just the way it is.......

[sask3m]

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to me, the card feature seems like added incentive to play franchise mode

I mean not only does it make me want to play it more, it'll have some replay value after I play a 20 year franchise

Not to mention it allows online fantasy teams, which I believe is the goal of the cards in the first place.

hmmm, 3 posts, your not part of the marketing team are you

[bukktown]

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2 things jumped out at me while reading this thread...

The quote about the pitching meter--"let go too late and it will go in the dirt, let go too early and it will go high"--sounds way too much like the fielders throwing meter and I am calling this one a mix up.

And the quote about the hitters eye being used as a cursor to hit...I am gonna call that one as pure bs.

If anything can be mentioned as half-*** then I would have to say this gamespot hands-on is it.

[ryan720]

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it's the gameplay that makes or breaks games

all the little bonus features, create a player, minor league teams, card system, etc. are exactly that, bonus features

[expls2]

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I thought the Bigs was the game designed for the whole arcade fun to play crowd. Not to mention the also put out Power Pros or what ever its called. Why cant this game be for the hardcore.

[sask3m]

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Ya, but where is ASB now?

Like it or not, the "hardcore" sim crowd is a small percentage of the market. Thus, we get games that are "mostly sim" but also try to be "fun to play".....

It's just the way it is.......

fun to play, yup, i guess thats why they make it near impossible to throw a ball in their games, not enough action then

[ryan720]

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lol and I'm sure I'm not part of the marketing team

[baa7]

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And the quote about the hitters eye being used as a cursor to hit...I am gonna call that one as pure bs.

Why? It was stated by 2K (Brinkman? Kushgamer?) that the hitting system is new. What info do you have to contradict that?