Major League Baseball 2K10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

[Motown]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

Most things I've felt have been touched on but here's a couple things I noticed.
I had a 3-0 count with swisher I think it was and in the top right corner it said he was a .445 hitter with 1 hr with a 3-0 count. Took a strike and it adjusted to .370 with 2 hr in a 3-1 count. Thought that was pretty cool. One bad thong I saw: caught in a pickle shoulda been out by a mile at second but jeter slid around the tag and the second baseman just stood there. This happened alot in 2k9 which is kind of a bummer.
All in all though liked what I've seen.

If they're wearin' "thongs"...ain't NO way in HELL... i'm gettin' this!

[findinghomer]

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Trevy, If you work the plate the AI will take pitches. As for the IE Menu, I didn't noticed the D-Walk Rating because I was busy observing other things.

I brought the issue of the D-Walk Rating when it pop-up in the 1st Pitching Video 2K put-out to Ronnie @ 2k & I will follow-up with him again to see if this will be a problem

but the same could be said for 2k9. when you worked the corners, that was the ONLY time ai would take a strike.in real life almost everyone holds up on a 3-0 count regardless of location.... anyhow im really glad to hear the 2k9 angles are still in there.

and i observed the walk rating right off the bat bc i felt like the ai was taking a 2k9 approach, so i thought hmmmmm i wonder if they are all D's again? sure enough... all D

[jim416]

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Minor gripe: On a 1 out pop fly to deep left, my guy on third did not tag up.

Can someone check on this further as this is not a minor gripe if it happens too often. I recall ASB was exactly like this until I changed some ratings and THEN guys would start tagging up from third.

[findinghomer]

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Yes, I read somewhere that 2K actually makes the game.

thats why its in quotations, we are meant to believe they have changed things around... so far , (although a little better), i see same ole 2k. im not tryin to be a *****, but things they patched LAST YEAR are back... im just losing hope. might be a decent game, but so was 2k9

[nadasfan]

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Unfortunately I can't embed this video because I am at work and it never works from this computer, but here is my first gameplay video from the demo. Not terribly exciting action, as I was just getting used to the controls again, etc. but there will be more to come.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8rrPCmXD0I

If anyone is able to embed this on the forum, please feel free to do so.

[Knight165]

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Nadas....




M.K.
Knight165

[brendanrfoley]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

I played two quick games this morning and I am thrilled.

Every facet of this demo is an improvement over last year's game. Better still, the code in the demo is likely a month old. I imagine Visual Concepts has spent the last month fine-tuning the experience. Heck, the demo barely has any real-time presentation and the developers have said they worked to improve it.

The graphics, animation and lighting are much improved. Screens don't do the game justice; there are moments where it's beautiful. Players look great and animate well the majority of the time. Yes, there are occasional awkward transitions... but Visual Concepts covered a lot of ground between 2K9 and 2K10. Especially in the lighting department.

Fielding is significantly better than it was last year. Oh, and the slow-motion effect while throwing out a base runner trying to steal is flat-out awesome. I haven't had a single hiccup while fielding. Not one.

Some great animations are in there, too. I've seen base coaches hang their head after a big out... and I've seen them react to close calls at first. There are several different looking swings and I counted at least four different "out at first" animation routines. The god-awful robo-walk is also gone.

The defensive swing is terrific. I have struck out trying to foul a pitch off, by the way... I have also successfully lengthened the at-bat and delivered. Nothing feels better than going 0-2, battling back to 2-2 and smoking a ball into the gap. Hitting and pitching really is a "battle" this year.

I don't know how this will compare to other baseball titles. But, I do believe this will be the best title in the 2K series going all the way back to ESPN Baseball 2K4.

I woke-up hopeful this morning. Now, next week can't get here soon enough. I'm salivating.

[SeerMagicX]

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I have to disagree there. I have struck out several just looking and this is with no slider adjustment. This is something they have fixed and it's obvious when you pitch correctly. After last year, and doing so much to try and fix that issue on my own, this demo shows they fixed the CPU swinging at everything issue.

I'm getting high counts and several batters looking at strikes. And that's just 3 games in.

yeah they take 3rd stikes, that's about it. I doubt real seriously I've ever thrown more than 10 pitches in an inning in 8 games.

All their walk ratings are D-, just like last year.

[thornie]

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Unfortunately I can't embed this video because I am at work and it never works from this computer, but here is my first gameplay video from the demo. Not terribly exciting action, as I was just getting used to the controls again, etc. but there will be more to come.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8rrPCmXD0I

If anyone is able to embed this on the forum, please feel free to do so.

That opposite field single you got with Jeter on what looked to be a defensive swing was a thing a beauty and brought a smile to my face. I've seen him do that so many times, it's not even funny. The player models are also phenomenal. The arms and shoulders are proportional, and I love the way they dig in at the batters box.

This game really does like exceptional.

[findinghomer]

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yeah they take 3rd stikes, that's about it. I doubt real seriously I've ever thrown more than 10 pitches in an inning in 8 games.

All their walk ratings are D-, just like last year.

exactly AND in order to K a batter looking. it has to be almost a ball (corner nibbler). it was the same way in 2k9. i k'd people lookin in 2k9, before the patch too. big deal, its still broken. guarantee they patch it... just makes no sense that something that was patched last year, makes it into 2k10. im baffled.

[teddyballgame78]

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why did they choose that batting angle? YUCK

[jim416]

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why did they choose that batting angle? YUCK

Is there another batting angle in the demo. Can someone confirm, as I haven't read through all the threads on 2k, if there are other behind the catcher views.

[brendanrfoley]

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Hitting and pitching views are not adjustable in the demo.

[500Feet]

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... The player models are also phenomenal. The arms and shoulders are proportional..

Nice subliminal shot there

:o

[nemesis04]

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Unfortunately I can't embed this video because I am at work and it never works from this computer, but here is my first gameplay video from the demo. Not terribly exciting action, as I was just getting used to the controls again, etc. but there will be more to come.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8rrPCmXD0I

If anyone is able to embed this on the forum, please feel free to do so.

Nice vid nadasfan!

The AI seems to be wacky at times to me. Having the runner take off for third on a come backer to the pitcher is a big no no. Also, on Tex's strike 3 swinging, that ball looked like it hit the dirt fiirst and he should have been running.

I really like that MVP swing analysis screen. Overall there are some nice things in the game but the AI looks like it could be a potential issue over some games played.