Where do you stand on making 2k9 better?

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  • teambayern
    MVP
    • Aug 2008
    • 1702

    #1

    Where do you stand on making 2k9 better?

    Like many here, I'm on the fence over getting this game and have been reading a lot of reactions on this site and others to figure out whether it's as bad as the reviews, and if so, what makes it so bad.


    In reading these posts, it seems like there are two distinct camps of unsatisfied customers:

    1) those that are worried about gameplay (they say it's too arcadish, the AI aggressiveness at bat, lack of walks when CPU pitches, timing for the cursor hitting, 1st baseman errors, franchise bugs, inadequate sliders, ect.)

    and

    2) those worried about some form of visual miscue (incorrect fonts/shades of color on uniforms, missing patches/badges on uniforms, empty restaurants at stadiums, player faces that look inaccurate compared to The Show's, missing clock hands on stadium clock, lack of customizable accessories;

    (editing batting stances and windups falls somewhere in between the two i think, although I still don't think they have a large impact on gameplay)

    Which do you fall into? I know there will be overlap of people who say the want both (we all do), but which is the most important to you as a video game consumer?

    I'll come out and say, while I truly don't mean to offend anyone, it baffles me how many posts I've seen where people are fuming because the alternate away helmets have the wrong shade of blue, ect. I just don't see why that would get anyone so worked up. After all, it's a baseball game, so shouldn't the gameplay come first? Isn't that kind of detail better served by a hobby such as figurine collection, or the like? I'll be the first to admit I am not a diehard baseball fan, so maybe that's my problem, but are these details really worth more than things like realistic box scores and balanced gaming mechanics?

    So what do you think? I'm either going to find out that I'm the lone idiot who just doesn't get it, or hopefully find out that most of us want to see the series focus on gameplay first, then details.
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    Make it play like baseball, then add the details
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    Make it look like the MLB, then worry about gameplay
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  • baa7
    Banned
    • Jul 2004
    • 11691

    #2
    Re: Where do you stand on making 2k9 better?

    The inability to edit batting stances, or pitchers' pitches and pitch speeds, or choose stances when creating a player, essentially kills the game for me. It's inexcusable VC removed those options. Past that, the hitting is good, the pitching is mediocre, the fielding and gameplay is bad, and the faces and skin textures are horrible. VC needs to spend the time to get this game to a point where it's worthy of being called a viable video baseball option, because this game isn't.

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    • jeffy777
      MVP
      • Jan 2009
      • 3325

      #3
      Re: Where do you stand on making 2k9 better?

      Gameplay. If they can put a damper on the AI Aggression at the plate and improve the fielding a bit, then I can overlook an cosmetic annoyances.

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      • kGinGreen
        Banned
        • Dec 2008
        • 515

        #4
        Re: Where do you stand on making 2k9 better?

        Gameplay. Thing is I don't think 2k can fix it. It's the way the game was designed and there are too many issues. It's really accept the game for what it is or don't play it. It's fun at least, but if you expect to get realistic results you are wasting your time and kidding yourself.

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        • bigjake62505
          Banned
          • Mar 2008
          • 1079

          #5
          Re: Where do you stand on making 2k9 better?

          I can really see the difference between 2k8 and 2k9. VC has def made a improvement in the visuals. There are some things that need to be put back in the game like editing the stances and such but there is still the issuse of the fielders slowing down and missing pop outs. Like someone posted earlier I think it is in the base design of the engine that causes some of the issues and it needs to be redone. Unless they totaly scrap it and start over these little things will never be fixed. I am saving right now to buy a PS3 so it will be a while before I get one so I hope they patch the game and it holds me over until I can afford one.

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          • teambayern
            MVP
            • Aug 2008
            • 1702

            #6
            Re: Where do you stand on making 2k9 better?

            Now that I think about it, the way forward isn't any of these things. it's creative contracting between 2k and EA , or Microsoft and Sony.

            Scenario #1:

            Football exclusivity: EA-----> 2k (far superior 2k engine)
            Baseball exclusivity: 2k-----> EA (MVP returns)

            Scenario #2:

            Microsoft: pays 2k large sum to assign exclusivity agreement to
            Sony/the show
            Sony: agrees to make the Show for 360 for 10 years with equal
            feature sets to ps3

            Outcome: 2k gets out of failing franchise with capital to start a new game franchise; Microsoft gives up short-term cash to plug a major gap in its lineup (lots of ps3's bought for this game); Sony- gives up ps3 sales based on the Show for lots of income in expanding the Show's market, which would be sizable.


            Not very practical, but man would it make people happy if the WRONG franchise didn't somehow manage to always get the exclusivity.
            GT: Teambayern5

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