The CORE Gameplay is GOOD...

[Gennataos]

Re: The CORE Gameplay is GOOD...

Question: Have people here figured out why the unintentional lob throws happen? Are you able to "charge up" a throw prior to getting a grounder in your glove? I think that any time you are holding a button before you're supposed to be pressing it, MBL 2k9 reads that as a single button press. If true, this would explain why I can't complete double plays properly, and why I'm getting random lob throws despite holding the throw button down.

I'd like to hear more about this, too. I guess the throw meter is why you can't charge up a throw...at least I can't in the demo. If that is the case, I suppose I'll just need to get used to the fact and be more attentive when making throws (especially double plays and cutoffs).

[rock85]

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I think that the core gameplay is "improved". "Good" is a relative term, and to me, comparing this game to The Show is pointless b/c 360 users don't have The Show, and I'm not sure why anybody on PS3 would buy this game OVER The Show. I'm only interested in whether this is a solid game, objectively speaking.

The fielding range could be an issue, but I didn't notice it too much. I think the hitting and pitching is vastly improved.

Question: Have people here figured out why the unintentional lob throws happen? Are you able to "charge up" a throw prior to getting a grounder in your glove? I think that any time you are holding a button before you're supposed to be pressing it, MBL 2k9 reads that as a single button press. If true, this would explain why I can't complete double plays properly, and why I'm getting random lob throws despite holding the throw button down.

I find the lob throws to happen when i use the buttons to throw, when using the right stick it is pretty much a non issue for me. When you use the buttons sometimes it doesn't respond right away and then you let go of the button hence the lob throw. The meter is tied into throwing speed. This is why i just use the right stick to throw

[JayD]

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Joe, I have asked this question to others but no answer so if you could just answer one question i have that would be great.

In franchise mode when you trade, call up, etc. a player does his jersey number change automatically if someone on the team already has that number taking care of the problem with multiple players having the same jersey number?

[bigfnjoe96]

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Joe, I have asked this question to others but no answer so if you could just answer one question i have that would be great.

In franchise mode when you trade, call up, etc. a player does his jersey number change automatically if someone on the team already has that number taking care of the problem with multiple players having the same jersey number?

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[BigL]

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In reference to SLIDERS here are my AI Pitching Sliders:

Pitch Success: 25
Pitch Selection: 100
Strike Zone: 15
Pitch Zone: 50
Composure: 75

As for Hitting Sliders I'm still tweaking.

jeffy, I can see myself playing this game for the baseball season until 2k10 hits.

These sliders were much better. The AI threw 106 pitches, 36 were balls and I swang at a lot of others out of the zone.

Id love to see your AI hitting sliders cause i dropped everything to zero and had no success striking them out.

[jeffy777]

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I took the plunge tonight and picked the game up at midnight and have put in a few hours since then.

I have to say I like it overall. There are a few kinks here and there, but there is a lot of good. The hit variety is the best I've seen in a 2K game. Played a game online and it's WAY smoother than last year.

If they can just fix a few things, especially the AI batting aggression, I will be happy with this game.

[kcxiv]

Re: The CORE Gameplay is GOOD...

I took the plunge tonight and picked the game up at midnight and have put in a few hours since then.

I have to say I like it overall. There are a few kinks here and there, but there is a lot of good. The hit variety is the best I've seen in a 2K game. Played a game online and it's WAY smoother than last year.

If they can just fix a few things, especially the AI batting aggression, I will be happy with this game.

I am with you 100 percent on alot of the minor quirks that have to do with gameplay.

Actually, i am going to start a bugs list on the 2K forums i think. lol