Yesterday many people saw my post in the OXM Review Thread in which I blasted the game for seeming unfinished & unpolished. YES there are aspects of this game that are unfinished & unpolished. YES the AI Hitters are very aggressive @ the plate. YES IE seems somewhat over-programmed in some areas & still flawed in other areas.
Let me say in reference to the CORE GAME PLAY, this game is good between the lines. OTB the game is all over the place. Once you tweak some sliders, specifically the Pitching & Hitting Sliders the Game Play begins to shine.
I know many will say "OTB games should already be playing well" I will say that YES it should be a standard, unfortunately that's not the case, especially for this franchise over the years.
My biggest gripe around GAME PLAY is the suspect outfield play that happens sometimes. The super fielding infielders & the AI Hitter's being a little too aggressive @ the plate.
In reference to trying to tweak the AI Hitting Aggression what I have seen is if you turn OFF the Catcher's Suggestion Setting & go on your own Pitching Instincts (mixing it up, setting up hitter's by going outside the strike's during an AB) you will see the AI begin to take strikes a little more & get fooled a little more. Not to the point that I would like, but I've seen it when I've tried this philosophy. I've also used IE when Pitching & like I've said before it works pretty good.
Something in my gut is telling me also that the Living Rosters are gonna make a difference in helping with Player Tendencies, which in turn hopefully will also go to make the game play as SIM as possible.
Just another tidbit for everyone, the game play is smooth. The graphics are OK, but the overall look of the game is simply beautiful. Though not polished in some areas, in the area that may matter to many (GAME PLAY) 2K has done a good job..
Let me say in reference to the CORE GAME PLAY, this game is good between the lines. OTB the game is all over the place. Once you tweak some sliders, specifically the Pitching & Hitting Sliders the Game Play begins to shine.
I know many will say "OTB games should already be playing well" I will say that YES it should be a standard, unfortunately that's not the case, especially for this franchise over the years.
My biggest gripe around GAME PLAY is the suspect outfield play that happens sometimes. The super fielding infielders & the AI Hitter's being a little too aggressive @ the plate.
In reference to trying to tweak the AI Hitting Aggression what I have seen is if you turn OFF the Catcher's Suggestion Setting & go on your own Pitching Instincts (mixing it up, setting up hitter's by going outside the strike's during an AB) you will see the AI begin to take strikes a little more & get fooled a little more. Not to the point that I would like, but I've seen it when I've tried this philosophy. I've also used IE when Pitching & like I've said before it works pretty good.
Something in my gut is telling me also that the Living Rosters are gonna make a difference in helping with Player Tendencies, which in turn hopefully will also go to make the game play as SIM as possible.
Just another tidbit for everyone, the game play is smooth. The graphics are OK, but the overall look of the game is simply beautiful. Though not polished in some areas, in the area that may matter to many (GAME PLAY) 2K has done a good job..
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