Major League Baseball 2K9 Teaser Trailer #2

[DaveDQ]

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Thorne has a way of treating his videogame commentary as if it were the actual thing. He just gets it. Collinsworth in Madden does the same thing. I thought Miller and Morgan did this too, making it very "lifelike."

To me, this is 2K Sports/Visual Concepts. Maybe I'm just too giddy about them giving it back to Visual Concepts but the atmosphere is there, and that's a big part of making a sports game deep and enjoyable.

[Scooter3]

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My uncle was a genius and a great body & fender man.
His favorite quote was " Making honey out of Dog $**t"

He could take any car no matter how mangled it was and transform it into a new car...

I remember the disaster the 2K Baseball series has been over the last several years but that's all over now!
VC has taken over and transformed this game!

I will have two games this year!
Scooter....

[King Gro23]

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Yea beckett looks grimy

[drterb]

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Overall, The trailer is great!! A lot of promising signs...

• Crowd looks good, definitely an improvement
  
• Animations look solid
  
• Thorne sounds amazing
  
• The upgrade to The Trop is awesome!! They even got the dirt circle around home plate being a different color correct!!!!!
  
• Gross & Price standing on the edge of the dugout (Real-Time Atmosphere)
  
• Pena twitching his fingers leading off from second
  
• After Strike 1 was called, the crowd responded appropriately
  
• First two bat sounds were great, the last bat sound sounds like it was recycled from 2k5-2k8 (boooooo!)
  
• The crowd going for the home run ball
  
• Boston's '09 away jersey is correct (I say this because they had it incorrect in 2k5 & 2k6 I believe)
  
• You can actually hear the umpire call strike. In 2k8, the ump usually mumbled some unintelligible phrase to give you the count instead of whether it was a ball or a strike.

Nitpick a few things....

• ALCS Game 2, Crowd should have started going nuts when the bat made contact. They stood up after contact (good) and then you heard a decent sound level increase when it cleared the wall. Granted, it did sound like some things might have been specially mixed at the end since they did 4 different views of contact, but I want the deafening crowd noise of playoff baseball. If done properly, they should continue being loud into the next at bat. The only game I've seen this done right is NCAA Football '09 and I think '05 or '06.
  
  Don't get me wrong, it's still a definite improvement over 2k8 with the crowd noise.
  
• The hat logos are too big and look painted on...
  
• Will every pitcher open their mouth before releasing the ball?? It would be nice to see a few different expressions right before the release.

[brendanrfoley]

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So much to say, so little time!

The atmosphere in this trailer is world's better than MLB 2K8. It just "felt" like baseball. The "real-time living world" is at work and looks awesome, as well.

Enough can't be said about Thorne either. If the commentary sounds like that in game, and holds up, we're in for a keeper.

[jeffy777]

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Man, I loved it!

When it showed the view from the stands along the third base side, it actually looked like you were watching a real game of baseball.

I don't have anything bad to say about any of what I saw. Animations were excellent. Commentary sounded great, etc.

[bwiggy33]

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Oh, I understand about paying the bills. But a dozen Pepsi banners around the stadium plus Pepsi ads on the foul poles? That's overkill.

Actually there arent ads on the foul poles. It appeared that way in the video but I went through it when the video was paused and thankfully the ad was on the back of the stadium not on the wall. It was really decieving. I almost flipped **** when I saw that the ad looked like it was hanging on the foul pole.

Other than that this trailer was pretty darn good. Beckett looks way better in 2k8 than in 2k9 which I don't know how thats possible, but Pena and Longoria looked pretty good. The fans actually looked like real fans. I love how there are multicolored shirts in the stands. It's not just some pasted in crowd of all one color. I also like the little details of the fingers moving and what not.

Thorne and Phillips sound great. I know most of you guys don't like Phillips but I happen to like him for some reason. As for Thorne I've been listening to him my entire life since he announced hockey on ESPN which sadly is over. Him and Clemment were the best duo ever IMO.

I am happy to see they upgraded the Trop. I am really hoping they upgraded the Metrodome but I am thinking its a no go since the Twins are going to be in a new stadium next year. Why waste their time on upgrading a stadium that won't even be in the game next year? I would be extremely happy if they did though since I am going to be playing quite a few games their in my Franchise.

[ronnyballgame]

Very nice! Less than a month away!

[Scottdau]

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I like it, very nice. The game looks like a winner.

[brendanrfoley]

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Man, I loved it!

When it showed the view from the stands along the third base side, it actually looked like you were watching a real game of baseball.

I though the same thing about the camera view. Excellent stuff.

[Pared]

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Great, freakin' trailer!

Game is looking good. Looks rough around the edges though. Beckett doesn't respond to the ball hit and those jerseys look very "ehh."

[rman]

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the atmosphere is there, and that's a big part of making a sports game deep and enjoyable.

100% Agree!

[Artman22]

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Great, freakin' trailer!

Game is looking good. Looks rough around the edges though. Beckett doesn't respond to the ball hit and those jerseys look very "ehh."

It's something about these baseball games. They just look a lot better on outdoor stadiums. The graphics look better on day games. I'm hopeing it plays really smooth that's all and the graphics already look better then 2k8 so that's good also.

[sva91]

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Great, freakin' trailer!

Game is looking good. Looks rough around the edges though. Beckett doesn't respond to the ball hit and those jerseys look very "ehh."

I agree the graphics are not the greatest, but the broadcast shot they show after Longoria fouls off the pitch is probably the most realistic looking clip in a video game I've ever seen(not exagerrating). The lighting, models, and movement of the player just looks crazy real. With that being said, I still dont like how other aspects of the game look ( most notably faces and jerseys/caps.

[videobastard]

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I like the commentary from gary thorne. He brings excitement the way he calls games. I did not like how the bat sounded on the homerun though. It still has that weird cannon sound.