MLB 2K9 Post-Patch Impressions (360 & PS3 merged)

[BadKermit]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Official Patch 2 Available, Impressions Here (360 Only)

For what it's worth, here are my impressions.

I played a full 9 inning game with the Sox vs. the Rays. (Finally got my franchise started.) Beckett lasted 7 innings, and I struck out 7 and walked 3. The most important part of this? I took out Beckett because has was at pitch 98 and started getting tired. Yup... I threw 98 pitches in 7 innings. Awesome.

I threw out ~10 batters at first and never had the glitch.

I caught the other 11 outs in the outfield and never had any problems with the outfielders.

At the plate I got 6 hits and drove in a run off a single + steal with Jacoby and a follow-up single from Dustin.

All in all, I ended up losing the game 2-1 off a string of hits by the Rays off Saito and Okajima.

This is all with on the All-Star setting, so no custom sliders. I would definitely say the patch has worked wonders for me. The last game I played I won 15-1 with no strikeouts and 7 homeruns on the All-Star settings (same teams involved). I'm a very happy camper.

Out of curiosity, do you have release timing and/or zone hitting turned on?

I've found the most noticeable improvement is my inability to pinpoint my pitches. I'm playing on default Pro with release timing and zone hitting turned on. With Harden against the Cardinals, I was cruising along for 6 innings, giving up only 3 H and 0 R. In the 7th, I beaned two Cardinals trying to throw splitters inside. I also threw a wild pitch to the backstop. Harden then gave up a 3-run homer.

I was still leading 6-3 in the 8th, but then Samardzija got lit up for 7 runs (all after 2 outs, which was annoying) in the 8th. I think I'm going to move the difficulty level up to All-Star, but turn off release timing. I know technically the "meatball" is no longer in the game, but I find I get hit very hard if I miss the release of my first gesture and end up with the dreaded "tiny red circle." It's almost meatball-esque.

Quick question. I noticed in the 2K9 demo that when Pat Burrell came up to bat in Philly, the crowd booed him and Thorne made a comment like, "Listen to the reaction for this guy." I hadn't noticed that at all in probably 50 games before the patch. In my very first post-patch game, Torii Hunter came to the plate in Minnesota and got the same reaction. Maybe it's coincidence, but has anyone noticed that?

Also, does anyone else ever have times when they don't have the option to do a mound visit or to realign their IF or OF (this was also an issue for me pre-patch)? When Samardzija was getting lit up, I had Gregg up in the bullpen, and I couldn't stall for time by sending Lou to the mound. In that same game, there was an obvious bunt situation. My IF was set for a double play, and I couldn't change their alignment. Is there an option I have to turn on or off?

[~Guru~]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Official Patch 2 Available, Impressions Here (360 Only)

Guys I posted v1.0 of my post patch sliders in the slider forum


http://www.operationsports.com/forum...post2039383697

[Bwnarrow3]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Official Patch 2 Available, Impressions Here (360 Only)

Guys I posted v1.0 of my post patch sliders in the slider forum

Thanks, man. I appreciate it.

[MLB]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Official Patch 2 Available, Impressions Here (PS3 Only)

Pre-patch: routine throws in the infield actually took some patience and skill; instead of accepting this and adjusting, gamers complained non-stop about the "glitches" with fielding (all of which are still there, proving it was never a "glitch" to being with; what has been done is that fielding is just easier now).

Post-patch: With almost all suspense removed, defense is downright boring. What, am I playing The Show?

Since you own a PS3, that's what you should be doing.. What are you thinking ?

[notasenator]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Official Patch 2 Available, Impressions Here (360 Only)

Guys, seriously, could you all just be as smart and talented as Guru? It would make this thread move along quicker.

[Marino]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Official Patch 2 Available, Impressions Here (PS3 Only)

Since you own a PS3, that's what you should be doing.. What are you thinking ?

Dude, grow up. You have provided nothing at all to this thread, plus I thought you said you were leaving. All you are doing is trolling so seriously just leave.

[JBH3]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Official Patch 2 Available, Impressions Here (360 Only)

How do you delete a patch?



Seriously...

[astronut]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Official Patch 2 Available, Impressions Here (360 Only)

what is hard to figure out about the sliders...they are simple...

which one dont you know what it relates to?

please define what the breaking pitch slider does it seems like it is higher on lower levels and lower on higher levels. I think. I have not tried game in 3 weeks. I will give it another look now that patch is out. I hope the patch helps because I want to like this game does have a lot of potential.

[bkrich83]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Official Patch 2 Available, Impressions Here (PS3 Only)

Looks like they are on the right track. I think this game is quite fun as a change of pace from the Show to play here and there..

different kind of game, but still fun. I haven't seen a definitive answer, (going to download the patch here in a bit), but have the OF issues been alleviated or at least improved?

[kGinGreen]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Official Patch 2 Available, Impressions Here (PS3 Only)

Pre-patch: routine throws in the infield actually took some patience and skill; instead of accepting this and adjusting, gamers complained non-stop about the "glitches" with fielding (all of which are still there, proving it was never a "glitch" to being with; what has been done is that fielding is just easier now).

Post-patch: With almost all suspense removed, defense is downright boring. What, am I playing The Show?

Pre-patch: I thought pitching was perfect. To me, there was nothing like aiming a 2-seamer for the top-right corner and have it dart out of the zone at the last moment, or aiming a slider at someone's knee and have it break into the zone; but gamers complained it was too easy to hit your spots.

Post-patch: you can still throw a strike any time you want, so I'm not sure what was accomplished by making it so pitches tend to float 6-8 inches away from where you aimed them. I guess it's more "realistic" or something, but, from where I'm standing, now there's REALLY no reason to ever throw a ball. Why should I aim for the black (let alone someone's knee) if I really have no idea where the pitch is going to go? So, instead of trying to pinpoint my pitch where I want it to go, I'm trying to pinpoint my pitch having "corrected" for the new "realistic" inaccuracy. Huh? What? In other words, nothing's really any different except where I aim: i.e., I'm not walking more batters, I'm not throwing more balls, I'm not having any more or less success - so what just happened? Instead of aiming a pitch where I want, and taking my chances with that pitch, I'm aiming "somewhere else." Awesome!

Pre-patch: I never had any problems with AI batters being "too aggressive." They tended to swing at strikes and take balls; they also tended to take "good" strikes and swing at "good" balls. But apparently I'm an idiot, or have a special copy of the game, or something.

Post-patch: I don't see much difference here, truth be told, except for the fact that I have in my mind every time I think about throwing a ball, "the AI will take more balls" from the patch notes. So, there again, no reason to throw a ball.

Pre-patch: Something about too many home runs.
Post-patch: Well my team is last in the league in HRs, as well as first in the league in HR allowed, so ... here's to staying in both places.

And there's my impressions.

I'm half-kidding with some of this, as some of it just involves tweaking sliders. Overall, though, I definitely could have done without this patch, especially since it didn't do dick with any of my problems with Franchise mode.

This is a great post man. People complain because they are what they are and don't take the time to learn the controls. I never had any of these so called bugs happen either or the fielding issues that everyone complained about. I agree it's too bad because we are going to end up with a bunch of dumb downed games which i think is a shame. this game has issues at its core, but the learning curve was not one of them. From the sounds of the patch they got some stuff working the way it should(the walk ratings are now correct and reflected correctly in gameplay, this was obviously locked on release because it wasnt finished) but they also are dumbing these games down beyond belief at this point to make a bunch of people happy that shouldn't even be playing these games imo. I know that's kind of mean, but it's also kind of true. This actually had some depth to it and a learning curve and that's why i liked it. I had the cpu taking strikes and was setting my feet and getting in good position to make catches and plays and it was rewarding that way.I would either just miss for a ball or i would throw to get the cpu to chase for strikeouts. sometimes they would. sometimes they wouldnt which lead to good battles and pitch counts at the plate. If that's been changed that disapointing.

[kcxiv]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Official Patch 2 Available, Impressions Here (PS3 Only)

Dude, grow up. You have provided nothing at all to this thread, plus I thought you said you were leaving. All you are doing is trolling so seriously just leave.

Yeah, he's just trolling now.

Anyways, i can finally start playing online and i wouldnt mind joining a league soon here. lol

[dansaint]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Official Patch 2 Available, Impressions Here (360 Only)

My only issue is that the aggressivness still seems to be there.

Cubs/Orioles game I played earlier

Roberts and Jones swung and hit the 1st two pitches Zambrano threw.

A splitter on the inside corner to Roberts and A 2 seamer going away from Jones. Both grounded out to 3B...but I was hoping at least with not a fastball down the middle, I was hoping they'd at least take the pitch.

Not a game killer for me...but kind of annoying is all.

Just wish they'd bring back the CPU Take Pitches slider they had in the game last year.

[Qb]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Official Patch 2 Available, Impressions Here (360 Only)

I played a full post-patch game a little while ago -- that in itself is saying something for me, as I struggled to make it through an entire game pre-patch. I think I can safely say that it is now at least playable for me, however I need to spend some time with the game to see if it'll get some real action through the summer.

It still seemed that the AI batters were a bit over-aggressive, but I certainly saw improvment. I allowed 12 hits through 5+ with Ian Snell, but only 2 in the final 3+ with my relievers... which tells me that some of my problems lie with MY pitching. I think I finally figured out the classic pitching -- I think most of those early hits were from not putting enough power into my pitch. I really do like that if you don't execute your pitch, you will miss your spots. I actually walked two guys (and one IBB for Pujols).

Offensively I struggled, but I haven't played in two weeks or so and didn't even play much before that so it's to be expected. I'm using the "zone" hitting, which is quite rewarding... if I could just make a little more contact. 12 strikeouts I think, not very good. I did draw five walks...

As I said, the game appears to be playable for me now, just need to spend some time to get better with pitching & hitting. I had no issues in field whatsoever.

[gingchicks]

Dumb question: How do I locate the patch so I can download it. I am on Xbox Live - checked out Market place and other locations and I cannot find it....

[DrUrsus]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Official Patch 2 Available, Impressions Here (360 Only)

How do you delete a patch?



Seriously...

Oh, no, its that bad? I hope you're not serious, but if you are here's what you do: LB RB xx LB RB at hard drive screen after pressing Y when it is in view. It will ask you if you want to perform maintenance then answer Y. It clears the entire cache and gets rid of all your patches, so you have to reload the ones you want.