Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Screenshots

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Screenshots

Not bad... Not bad @ all. The graphics look much tighter & cleaner. As for the crowd, In that shot it makes me think VC went the route of APF with the crowd. If they did then the crowds will look 10x better than 2k8.

Here's a APF Screen for comparison:



Here's hoping this is the beginning of a nice media push by 2k.. I also love the Lincecum's Sig Style & talk about detail, look @ the grip on the ball & the 1st baseman preparing to play defense

[King Gro23]

Re: First Screens on Pastapadre...

Some Positives about the 2 screens..
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- I really like the player models and faces they look more athletic, and realistic
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- Visual Concepts have always had phenomenal crowds NBA 2K8, 2K9
NHL 2K's and NFL/All-Pro 2K's. So what makes you think MLB 2K9 won't?
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-Umpires wearing right colors, obviously better graphics
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- It's nice to see real sponsors in the crowd, compared to the constant Cool base and majestic signs everywhere. I see Pepsi, New era ( or majestic can't quit tell) and State Farm. Giants Penants hangin over the edges of the decks.
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- More Natural colors, 2K8 looks jacked and jagged, Framerate issues obviously
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Negative
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- Lack of maybe self shadowing
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- No genreal depth of field, just clear and then an instant drop off to blur
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- Maybe some still out of wack colors ? who knows
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thats it

[slickzeus]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Screenshots

the high res pics really look awesome! i hope thats what it looks like with an HD tv! give me a silky smooth 60 fps and i will be very happy! quick question, how was the framerate with nba 2k9? because if that game ran smooth maybe we can expect mlb 2k9 to be the same since its VC

[SeaNNyT]

The character models look good, but they did last year too. The grass and dirt however look like the same low rez crap textures.

[slickzeus]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Screenshots

The character models look good, but they did last year too. The grass and dirt however look like the same low rez crap textures.

i thought the character models sucked last year...lets hope the triangle legs are gone when you wear high socks

[King Gro23]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Screenshots

I thought last years models were too lanky and uncordinated and pretty bad to top it. Stiff necks that jerked all directions along with wobbly shoulder
and you had a goofy looking game hence MLB 2K8

[Bat]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Screenshots

I don't like the shoes at all. They look like dress shoes. Small complaint but whatever.

[Stroehms]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Screenshots

I like I like. Go 2k!

[e0820]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Screenshots

Looks pretty good, cant wait to see more! Hope the framerate is fixed and hope the game plays as well as 2k8 did (seriously, just finished a 2k8 season and it does play good despite the framerate)

[Riotboy]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Screenshots

I thought last years models were too lanky and uncordinated and pretty bad to top it. Stiff necks that jerked all directions along with wobbly shoulder
and you had a goofy looking game hence MLB 2K8

I concur. I love the 2K7 models as for 2K8 we parted ways really fast, I try to put those images behind me. These screenshots look pretty decent but after last year's shady graphics/framerate filled release known as 2K8 I'll wait for the gameplay videos and playable DEMO before I can reach a verdict.

/ALL black shoes... Interesting

[NumberOneRB]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Screenshots

The more I look at the high-res screens the more impressed I am with the overall improvement made over last year's version. I know I shouldn't be making this a priority given that we don't even know how the gameplay looks, but I wonder now that VC has taken over the game will PS3 owners finally get 1080i resolution? I'm one of those "1080i only" hdtv owners and it would pain me to know I coudn't take full advantage of the graphical fidelity.

[slickzeus]

Hey for all the people talking about the all black shoes dont forget that you can edit all the colors on the shoes and customize them. So dont worry about the all black shoes.

[NeoExelor]

Re: First Screens on Pastapadre...

That's what I was wondering about, and I certainly hope not. If so, I'm going to The Show. That's the first thing that sold me to this series back in like 2002... the self-shadowing. It was just epic to see something like that!

I think the lack of self-shadowing, plus the look of the uniform, is really giving the "MVP" look, which was great last generation but isn't what we should be getting this generation.


The high-res pics are doing the game justice in some areas, then hurting it in others. Look at the pants in the second picture and how polygonal it is. Just reminds me of a PC game with a great video card.

Hopefully, all of these reductions will result in still great graphics (and not-as-obvious downgrades) and 60 FPS.

I think you're reading into this too much. It is a night game so self-shadowing really wouldn't be apparent on the pitcher because of all the lights.

[King Gro23]

Re: First Screens on Pastapadre...

I looked at the screens some more and realized, for self shadowing Timmy is not in the proper position to generate self shadows visible for us to see. + like Neoexelor the night game effect on it all

[Riotboy]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Screenshots

SHADOWING the quantum realm of light can be illuminating in more senses than one. The special relationship between entangled photons of light could help us capture images of shadows being obscured on dirt textures, kinda like what we see in these screenshots.