I’m not expecting big changes to 2K9. 2K8 needs a lot of polish and has tons of minor nuances, distractions, errors, problems and glitches that need the bulk of attention.
Because of that, I’m looking at 2K10 before we see any drastic changes or additions to the series.
Here goes my initial Dream List…feel free to add to it.
1) A copy cat of MLB 2008’s “Road to the Show”. I’ve never played the game, but absolutely love this idea. It is great in many ways. It offers a variation to the typical 9-inning baseball game. It is something that could be played along side a franchise. It allows the user to actually play through a player’s career and generate stats and chase records.
2) Create a Team. Here we are in 2008, damn near 20 years post Baseball Stars, and we don’t have a create-a-team feature. Basketball games have it, football games have it…why not baseball? We should be able to personalize everything (city, state, mascot, colors, stadium type, etc.)
3) Expansion Mode in Franchise. Similar to #2, it would be awesome to start a franchise in an expansion year and create a team from scratch.
4) Relocation in Franchise Mode: You could be able to relocate a failing franchise to a different city. Similar to expansion in the fact that you would have new uni’s, colors, stadiums, etc, but would keep your roster.
5) Create a stadium. I could go on for days about this topic, but use your imagination. Don’t go the MVP route of starting with a small stadium and adding to it…it’s not realistic at all.
6) Enhanced GM mode: Arbitration, Rule 5 drafts, 40-man rosters in September, etc.
7) Actual Spring Training-This would be a neat little twist to play games in the Spring in smaller stadiums, with different uniforms with huge rosters.
8) Spring Training Drills-Instead of having the computer generate increases and decreases. A series of trainings (mini games) could be used to improve certain traits of certain players. Long Toss to improve arm strength, BP to improve contact/power, running drills to improve speed, fielding and throwing drills to improve defense.
9) Re-do the Presentation from the top down. Hopefully 2K9 will have new announcers, but everything about the presentation needs to be redone. The cut scenes are old and boring. The fans involvement is rarely on key. New sounds need to be recorded for big games and playoff games to really capture the atmosphere of these games
10) I would like to see the inclusion of a “catch” button defense. The inclusion of the new pitching system and hitting system have arguably increased the user input (though swing is arguably easier because of the lack of a direction needed). I think it’s time to do the same for defense. Catching a ball should require more than running into the ball.
Feel free to add to it.
Because of that, I’m looking at 2K10 before we see any drastic changes or additions to the series.
Here goes my initial Dream List…feel free to add to it.
1) A copy cat of MLB 2008’s “Road to the Show”. I’ve never played the game, but absolutely love this idea. It is great in many ways. It offers a variation to the typical 9-inning baseball game. It is something that could be played along side a franchise. It allows the user to actually play through a player’s career and generate stats and chase records.
2) Create a Team. Here we are in 2008, damn near 20 years post Baseball Stars, and we don’t have a create-a-team feature. Basketball games have it, football games have it…why not baseball? We should be able to personalize everything (city, state, mascot, colors, stadium type, etc.)
3) Expansion Mode in Franchise. Similar to #2, it would be awesome to start a franchise in an expansion year and create a team from scratch.
4) Relocation in Franchise Mode: You could be able to relocate a failing franchise to a different city. Similar to expansion in the fact that you would have new uni’s, colors, stadiums, etc, but would keep your roster.
5) Create a stadium. I could go on for days about this topic, but use your imagination. Don’t go the MVP route of starting with a small stadium and adding to it…it’s not realistic at all.
6) Enhanced GM mode: Arbitration, Rule 5 drafts, 40-man rosters in September, etc.
7) Actual Spring Training-This would be a neat little twist to play games in the Spring in smaller stadiums, with different uniforms with huge rosters.
8) Spring Training Drills-Instead of having the computer generate increases and decreases. A series of trainings (mini games) could be used to improve certain traits of certain players. Long Toss to improve arm strength, BP to improve contact/power, running drills to improve speed, fielding and throwing drills to improve defense.
9) Re-do the Presentation from the top down. Hopefully 2K9 will have new announcers, but everything about the presentation needs to be redone. The cut scenes are old and boring. The fans involvement is rarely on key. New sounds need to be recorded for big games and playoff games to really capture the atmosphere of these games
10) I would like to see the inclusion of a “catch” button defense. The inclusion of the new pitching system and hitting system have arguably increased the user input (though swing is arguably easier because of the lack of a direction needed). I think it’s time to do the same for defense. Catching a ball should require more than running into the ball.
Feel free to add to it.
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