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

[Smallberries]

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

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....

Just load up the game (while on LIVE) and you'll receive a message that the game is receiving an update. Automatic.

[topgundie]

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

[quote=BadKermit;2039383676]
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?

i noticed something like that. when i was at the Metrodome they said that they wondered how the twins will be in their new open-air stadium because the dome has been such a big home field advantage. never hear that in 30 plus games at the dome.

[DrUrsus]

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

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....

You just pop the game in, and it will ask you if you want to update the game. It's not in the marketplace, its automatic if you are online. You can't even decline it if you are online. If you don't want a patch, you have to play the game offline.

[Kane182]

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

Inside Edge Influence just relates to how much of the edge tendencies do you want the outcome to have...

Pitcher Hand relates to how a hitter performace vs a lefty or righty pitcher

Batter Success relates to the outcome of an at bat...the higher it is the higher percentage you get of the hitter hitting successfully...

Unless you actually work for VC I don't think you can say you know for sure what each slider does. I interpret the sliders the same way, but I would not mislead people because I don't think anyone other than the developers really know what each slider does or does not do for sure. Just MO

[Padgoi]

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

Tried the patch, CPU is a bit more patient, definitely not a HUGE change, but I did notice one thing about their patience . . . If you pinpoint your gesture, they WILL take more pitches. If your gesture is poor and the pitch is near the plate, they are MUCH more inclined to swing. Gesture is VERY important.

Also, pitching is A LOT more difficult. I was pitching with Sabbathia and pre-patch, I never walked one person. Post-patch, I beaned one guy and walked 2 others unintentionally. You need to be much more aware of your gesture accuracy, which I think is a FANTASTIC revision to the game, makes you really feel like you need to focus to pitch well, which it SHOULD be. No more just throwing whatever, you do that, you won't have much success.

Fielding is no longer an issue.

Animations are smoother.

Game definitely plays better, just gotta start re-tweaking my sliders.

[JBH3]

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Unless you actually work for VC I don't think you can say you know for sure what each slider does. I interpret the sliders the same way, but I would not mislead people because I don't think anyone other than the developers really know what each slider does or does not do for sure. Just MO

Exactly. Joe and I want the info from the horses mouth. Not someone's interpretation; no offense Guru.

[JBH3]

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Tried the patch, CPU is a bit more patient, definitely not a HUGE change, but I did notice one thing about their patience . . . If you pinpoint your gesture, they WILL take more pitches. If your gesture is poor and the pitch is near the plate, they are MUCH more inclined to swing. Gesture is VERY important.

Also, pitching is A LOT more difficult. I was pitching with Sabbathia and pre-patch, I never walked one person. Post-patch, I beaned one guy and walked 2 others unintentionally. You need to be much more aware of your gesture accuracy, which I think is a FANTASTIC revision to the game, makes you really feel like you need to focus to pitch well, which it SHOULD be. No more just throwing whatever, you do that, you won't have much success.

Fielding is no longer an issue.

Animations are smoother.

Game definitely plays better, just gotta start re-tweaking my sliders.

With your remarks towards pitching/gesture I agree...BUT...

Since I don't know how I well I actually executed my gesture I think it sorta stinks that the nailing of a particular pitch gesture is even more magnified. I unintentionally walked a batter and hit two as well. I've got no problem w/ that so long as I can see HOW I messed, a la gesture score 2K8.

[Kane182]

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Exactly. Joe and I want the info from the horses mouth. Not someone's interpretation; no offense Guru.

Yeah I mean no offense to Guru either. I appreciate the hard work of everyone who puts a ton of time into sliders.

[jerm21]

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

whatsup guys, i just played my opening day game. noticed a lot of changes.

-AI agression has toned down. got a lot of looks, Beckett struck out 9
-all of the default batting stances/windups are changed, they gave them their true batting stance instead of a default one (probably so we wouldn't have to edit batting stances)
-no more batters snapping into batting stance, MUCH smoother
-gameplay is smooth
-i did have one error, that's all
-no 1B glitch
-stats overlay were fixed for the most part, when i brought in a pitcher from the bullpen, it had their picture and said they played LF lol
-i only won the game 1-0 in extra innings, but i'm sure playing with the sliders i will get more offensive production.

All in all, an improvement. it's definitely a solid game now.

something i noticed. progressive lighting for day games, not for night? I mean, towards the end of the day games sunset is going on, that should be when the night games start!!

[~Guru~]

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So if I tell you that a jacket cost 100 bucks.. are you going to go around wondering what I meant

I am not making up the meaning

Insider edge influence means exactly what it reads. If it means something else then is false advertising

I don't get what is so hard to figure out when it comes to sliders when the name of each slider and the section they are located at is enough.

But to each his own....keep killing your brains for no reason

[TheTruth]

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i am playing default allstar and pro. almost every pitch the cpu puts it low and away right in the corner and on the edge. seems 90% of pitches go there. anyone else see this?

[JBH3]

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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.

Well. I only say that because the slider set I had been working on was going great (the one w/ hum success 70/cont 5/Pwr 75). I had neglected to update my thread because I wanted to get more games in, but I was loving the results - and finally hitting the ball hard w/ marginal power guys, getting HRs from Rollins after about 20 some games and various slider sets, and then HRs by Adam Jones and Mora on my BAL team.

As far as the 1st base glitch, it occurred some, but sparingly w/ my sliders - and it didn't really bother me since errors in general weren't really coming all that often, at least it put one in the error column.

W/o the gesture rating, pitching IMO becomes annoying. With my slider set prior to this patch I was getting creamed enough by the CPU in certain games - so pitching doesn't need to be EVEN harder for me.

This is only one game I've played, but I also saw some troubling AI player management that I hadn't yet seen pre-patch; that ex. was posted in here a few pages back.

EDIT: Oh and my user record is 14-16 so I've found a good set, challenging me at least...Too bad its pre-patch.

Anyone know the extent of what the patch does for franchise?

[belljr]

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WHAT THE BLEEP DID THEY DO TO PITCHING.

I can't throw inside to save my life. With Hamels I need to aim over the outside part of the plate for an inside FB....

[koebner]

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I am playing on default All-Star with the patch and I definitely don't see the cpu swing at every first pitch,and if you mix them up good,you can freeze the cpu with one over the plate.Fielding is smooth,no glitches,no 1B off the bag,etc. I think All-Star is probably the best base to work from.

I think at this point I only need to address two things with sliders;
1) Have cpu throw more pitches out of the strike zone
2) Lower contact and success a bit for hum and cpu
Otherwise,this plays a good game of ball and is reminiscent of MVP for old Xbox.

[sportyguyfl31]

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I had a pretty interesting game on default legend.

I played Mets-Yanks, at glorious city field .

I was thrown off by the increased sensitivity of the pitching meter, in a good way. There are mistake pitches now, and the ball can get away from you. This is a positive.

I give up 2 runs in the 1st 2 innings and then settled in from there. Santana was solid going 7 innings, 6 hits, 2 runs, 4ks. Got Jeter looking on a sweet slider, and struck out another guy looking.

I couldnt get much off Sabathia. Its 2-0 still going into the 6th. I get 2 runners on in between a couple of outs.

Runners on 2nd and 3rd, and up comes David Wright. Im looking for something waist high-middle out 1st pitch. I get it, but it is a smidge too fare outside, and Wright end the inning stranding the runners with a pop up .

I get a run off of Sabathia in the 7th off of a Daniel Murphy single, to cut the lead to 2-1. I retire the side in the bottom of the 7th.

The bottom of the 8th is where things got wacky.

I put in JJ Putz, who strikes out a batter, then gives up a single. I accidently intentionally walk the next better..which brings up Robinson Cano.

Putz is now rattled, and I try pressing the back button to do a mound visit...and it would not work! I did throw 1 pitch before, so i dont know if that had anythign to do with it, but that shouldnt matter. Anyway, I end up giving up 2 runs.

Next inning I put in K-rod, and he promptly gets injured his first pitch. I put in a scrub relivever and give up another run. Odd enough, I was able to do a mound visit just fine with him.

I end up losing the game 5-2.

Has anyone had this mound visit issue?