MLB 2K9 Screenshots (Gamespot)

[raptor25]

Re: MLB 2K9 Screenshots (Gamespot)

They look alright, but 2k doesnt have a great track record with the first screens released. Always so touched up.

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: MLB 2K9 Screenshots (Gamespot)

Crowd does look better, but I see a bunch of clones.

Yeah after closer examination I think right..

[brendanrfoley]

Re: MLB 2K9 Screenshots (Gamespot)

Show me a sports game that doesn't have a cloned crowd.

My word, people. Are we going to play a game, or count the number of repeating t-shirts in the stands?

[Blzer]

Re: MLB 2K9 Screenshots (Gamespot)

when are they gonna fix those plastic looking bats? I really am not seeing anything graphically that is standing out for 2K9....looks too much like 2K8 to me....

Even worse, Hunter doesn't use a black bat at the plate (of course, that's editable).

I only say that because it seemed like 2K7 and 2K8 captured their likeness as well as their equipment quite well. Makes me wonder what else is changed this time around.

[Blzer]

Re: MLB 2K9 Screenshots (Gamespot)

Show me a sports game that doesn't have a cloned crowd.

My word, people. Are we going to play a game, or count the number of repeating t-shirts in the stands?

It's not necessarily the repeated people as much as it is the repeated animations. As long as they don't follow a pattern (meaning the person doing the animation that's raising his right arm in joy isn't every 8th person while the person taking a sip of his drink isn't every 8th person next to that other guy, etc.) it will look better.

The other issue is that the crowds have a lot of orange and green shirts. I'm sorry, but unless the home team is the Giants/Orioles or the A's, people don't go to games wearing these colors (and if they do, it's one in a hundred or a couple hundred). I preferred the look of MLB 2K6 (at least for Xbox) that had a bunch of white shirts and team-specific colors:






It felt less "generic," if there's such a term. It's a small complaint yes, but it does make the difference.

[brendanrfoley]

Re: MLB 2K9 Screenshots (Gamespot)

Blzer...

I hadn't thought of the animation cycles. But yes, that would be annoying if every 8th person was doing the same thing. It would be a little creepy, actually.

The crowd still looks like a massive improvement over 2K8, however.

[blinkfan77]

Re: MLB 2K9 Screenshots (Gamespot)

That is one ugly looking Josh Beckett. Holy crap. His hair is not nearly that long.

[baa7]

Re: MLB 2K9 Screenshots (Gamespot)

That is one ugly looking Josh Beckett. Holy crap. His hair is not nearly that long.

I honestly thought that was supposed to be Junichi Tazawa.

[drterb]

Re: MLB 2K9 Screenshots (Gamespot)

This is a small gripe, but a problem nonetheless.

Is Torii Hunter swinging a golf club?? No.

So why does he have an overlap grip?? Three of his fingers on his top hand are overlapping his bottom hand. It looks awkward and it's over the top even for a golf grip.

[raptor25]

Re: MLB 2K9 Screenshots (Gamespot)

You can't really see hunters face, but none of them seem to be particularly good representations.

Lincecum in the first pics was pretty good. Poster boy and all, but that didn't stop them from meh ones in the past.

[Cianfrocco]

Re: MLB 2K9 Screenshots (Gamespot)

My (albiet minor) observations:

Longoria and Beckett have a gray underbill on their caps, which should be black for all teams.

Beckett's delivery looks a bit odd. His glove is palm up and streched wide open. The undershirt should be red instead of royal(?) blue. Plus, the "B" on his cap is huge!