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

[Steel5]

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Another pass of baseball this year. Looks to be improved, but still basically the same game. Unless the reviews come out and are great I'll take a closer look at the retail version.

I really thought with the 2K series that they were headed in the right direction. I thought 2K8 was a good game and a foundation for a potentially great game, but last year's game was awful, and this doesn't seem to be better enough to warrant a purchase.

[Grumpykore]

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2k Baseball is back, good job guys. (posted this on 2k form board too) but OS is where i have been for years, just don't have much to say.

WOW, I just DL the DEMO on LIVE, was in shock when the game loaded up on my screen. What a difference a year makes, OMG, I'm sure all the options are toned down for the demo, but I was almost floored by the way the graphics this year just popped.

I was the phillies, just to try out yankee stadium. All has been redone, finally some sort of scoreboard to track innings and scoring. Thank you, the adds are vabriant and seemed to be alot of variety in the pull downs while pitching.

I did not fell this way last DEMO 2k9, to me last year felt really tight. But this year the swing animations are great, the throwing and all the things I saw in my 3 inning game. Basically this is one of 2k finest jobs so far to give us baseball for the 360.

Funny the first 3 picches I throw to the Yanks where wild piches. I think the new piching scheme is tight, feels right and so does the batting this year. The animations running feel different too and the fielding to the balls. I had a pop up shot sky high and seemed forever to track it down, but i will tell you all, there was no cliiping magical ball stuff, right in the glove it went, oh yeah forget to mention it was even a backhand catch from J-Roll.

Off to the game, I gave up a 2 run monster job to TEX, off of Big Joe Blanton. The came back with one from Werth in the seats, to make it a 1 run game. Overall i'm way excited and I can not wait to see more.

One thing I noticed is 2k is not lyling when they say you have to earn your way this year.

All seemed really fluid and crisp FPS to me. Lighting was off the hook, so far of what I have seen, can't wait to play another game once I get the kids to bed.

Laters, march 2nd, should be a good day for all of us or at least me.

[Checmate101]

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I can't hit doubles for nothing.

[123crkros022410]

I dont see the demo!!! HELP!!

Any Canadians get it?

Yes.

[tj1182]

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In the Gamespot and IGN previews, didn't they say the graphics took a step back this year? Ummm...this is the best they have looked for 2K Baseball. I'm not to crazy about the dirt patches, but other than that this game looks friggin great.

I enjoyed last years demo, but then the retail game came out and so did the massive amount of bugs. That's whats holding me back on purchasing it day one. I'm defintely gonna rent it from GF, but I'm gonna wait to read some impressions on here and see what the review sites have to say.

It's great to see a full development cycle go to good use. (So far)

[Tomba]

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Impressions on the demo

1)Meters and overlays are unobtrusive and well done
2)Game has the lighting back to a 2k7 standard
3)Framerate is very smooth off hitting into the infield or outfield
4)Hitting feels like it did in 2k7
5)Pitching never felt better and feels like a throwback to 2k7
6)Stadiums are very much improved(at least Yankee stadium) and ads look authentically placed minus the non REAL branding but the branding is done as if it's supposed to 'resemble' and not make you laugh...
7)Player body models are better than the Shows. But overall the player models look like ONLY a minor hd step up from last year face wise.
8)When fielding, players run and react TOO fast. needs to be more nuanced.
9)Field "throws' or 'throwing" is just again way too fast.
10)Baserunning looks to fast...
11)Though the framerate is solid and makes everything appear to go off without a hitch. This safeness this clarity that's been gone after makes the game's stiffness come out in it's animations. Players might animate better but they animate like robots waiting for their command line....


Overall? as a demo I can't play it....The ability to not change from the awful batting view(which might be the reason for such great framerates and a trick i did with 2k8 and 2k9 to make it play smoother) the fact that you can't edit a thing bothers me too. BUT that's what retail versions are for!

Come on March 2nd!

[Peter_OS]

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I really like how hitting down the line feels like a double this year. The spacing and speed of the outfielders are just about right IMO.

I'm really enjoying the demo so far. Hitting seems to be a little on the easy side. I'm hoping with some slider tweaks or adjustments to the speed or difficulty will change that.

Love the variety of hits in this game.

This is a different game than MLB2K9, and props to the development team on working on improving the AI, and hitting, batting and fielding for this year's game.

I had a player on second and first with 1 out. I hit a hard grounder to third, the AI picked it up took a few steps to third and threw over to first for the double play! It was nice to see this from the AI.

The players look great!

Fielding animations look much better and you can really tell who is out there throwing the ball and fielding the play.

Can't wait for March 2nd! Looks like we are going to have 2 solid baseball games this year!

[Flaxseed Oil]

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After playing the Show 10 at a Best Buy Kiosk yesterday, and playing the 2k10 demo about 6 times, I can safely say that both games are improved, but that the Show still feels like a better game of baseball.

360-Only owners will have a better year.

I absolutely love the pitching in 2k10, but the game still feels like I am fighting with it too much. I actually rage-quit one of the demos after the CPU made a couple of stupid baserunning mistakes.

I will pick up 2k10 though, because I feel like the pitching is fun enough to carry a My Player career. The Show will have my regular franchise and online games though.

[krazzed]

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Is it just me, or are the bat sounds better in the demo this year than in years past?

[SoMiss2000]

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Meh, the more I play this demo, the more I don't like it. Nothing new, don't like 2K baseball. There was 1 year I did play it alot though. Still find myself going back and playing The Show 09. Glad to see a lot of people are feeling the demo. Competition is always good for us.

[Jistic]

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Just so I'm not missing anything, we can't change anything in the demo right? Can't pick the SP, camera angle, time of day, etc.?

[Flaxseed Oil]

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Anyone else think players look too skinny? A-rod, Ryan Howard, and CC all look thin.

[mwjr]

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What I meant was, nobody was going to play it over and over again if they like the game, in lieu of buying it. Sure, you can play the 3-inning game multiple times (and I have), but like I said, you don't get any sense of flow for the game if you can't play the middle and late innings.

Like as just one example of many, there's absolutely no way to see how stamina affects pitchers in the later innings of a game.

Keep it between only two teams, keep the only mode as quickplay, but really, to give a good impression (especially for a series that people have been iffy on for a while) you should at least give a 6 inning demo, preferably a full 9 inning game.

Best sports demo I played was NASCAR 09. That demo was unbelievably deep. You got a taste of a couple of different game modes, you were able to change some difficulties, plus a few other things. It's the way sports demos should be done.

I do like what I've seen thus far with this demo. Graphics are really good, it plays quite smoothly. I also like that there's a distinct difference between throwing with Bastardo and throwing with Pettite. But there are still so many questions. How do the sliders affect AI pitching? How does pitcher stamina function? Is that stats engine working?

So far so good, but I'm still renting and reading a ton of articles, reviews and posts before I committ $60 to it.

[Tully]

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People appear to be using rose colored glasses with MLB2K again. This game isn't much of an upgrade from last season. The CPU still swings at anything close to a strike. The same ridiculous animations are there when a pitcher throws inside to a hitter. The 'getting angry' animation is way overdone. The hesitation on turning double plays again?

Of course the large font on the jerseys(how exactly does that get through quality control). The game does look better graphically and appears to run smooth. But I played The Show at Best Buy yesterday and 2K really doesn't deserve to get people's money until they get serious about putting out a comparable product. These two games aren't even close.

[ckarlic]

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Anyone else think players look too skinny? A-rod, Ryan Howard, and CC all look thin.

Yeah..I was thinking the same thing.

I played the Demo on my son's 360 to see what it was all about and I must say it is improved from last year. The hitting and pitching are revamped and I like the feel of it. I just don't like the laser throws the fielders make (especially the outfielders)

Im waiting to hear about the PS3 version as that is what I have. Im already getting the other game but was considering trying this one out. I think im going to rent it first.