MLB 2K13 Announced with Cover Athlete David Price, Arrives March 5th

[Mt Oread]

Re: MLB 2K13 Announced with Cover Athlete David Price, Arrives March 5th

They could, in theory, have been developing the game before finalizing the deal with MLB.

This is the team that was a huge no-show by the last month of the season when MLB Today was FUBAR. Worse, what used to be really fun in MLB Today, the playoffs, wasn't even set-up.

2K was done with the game and had no intention of coming back. There has been no development.

Don't set up a make-believe reality that is just going to be the basis for complaining about something no one should have expected. This is going to be 2K12 with a paint job. Personally, I'm fine with that.

[sictransitchris]

Re: MLB 2K13 Announced with Cover Athlete David Price, Arrives March 5th

...so I guess they aren't fixing the freezing issues with 2K12.

[pistolpete]

Re: MLB 2K13 Announced with Cover Athlete David Price, Arrives March 5th

...so I guess they aren't fixing the freezing issues with 2K12.

I have 2k12 on pc which I love and I can keep working with work-arounds. I completely get what you are saying.

[Adfletch1971]

Re: MLB 2K13 Announced with Cover Athlete David Price, Arrives March 5th

This is the team that was a huge no-show by the last month of the season when MLB Today was FUBAR. Worse, what used to be really fun in MLB Today, the playoffs, wasn't even set-up.

2K was done with the game and had no intention of coming back. There has been no development.

Don't set up a make-believe reality that is just going to be the basis for complaining about something no one should have expected. This is going to be 2K12 with a paint job. Personally, I'm fine with that.

Well if u look at the show since 2010, there wasn't to many drastic changes. I'm not looking for perfection, but the fundamentals done as close too the real thing as possible. 2k needs too get the fielding glitches and animations done right, along with the uniform colors. I love the pitcher/hitting interaction and mechanics. The commentary and presentation is top notch. I love the dynamic rating system for players. There's a lot too like about the MLB2k series. They just need too polish what was wrong with 2k12, and if they do, MLB2K13 will be a gem of a game in my humble opinion. LETS GO 2k!!!!!

[Mt Oread]

Re: MLB 2K13 Announced with Cover Athlete David Price, Arrives March 5th

...so I guess they aren't fixing the freezing issues with 2K12.

On what platform? I was unaware of freezing issues with 2K12 on the 360. I've put hundreds of hours into the game, and I don't recall a single freeze.

[pistolpete]

Re: MLB 2K13 Announced with Cover Athlete David Price, Arrives March 5th

On what platform? I was unaware of freezing issues with 2K12 on the 360. I've put hundreds of hours into the game, and I don't recall a single freeze.

On 2k12 pc there is the MLB today freeze which has an easy work-around. I have also experienced freezes with custom rosters.

I was also experiences crashes prior to updating my video card drivers which some may not be doing.

All fairly easy work-arounds.

[Mt Oread]

Re: MLB 2K13 Announced with Cover Athlete David Price, Arrives March 5th

Well if u look at the show since 2010, there wasn't to many drastic changes. I'm not looking for perfection, but the fundamentals done as close too the real thing as possible. 2k needs too get the fielding glitches and animations done right, along with the uniform colors. I love the pitcher/hitting interaction and mechanics. The commentary and presentation is top notch. I love the dynamic rating system for players. There's a lot too like about the MLB2k series. They just need too polish what was wrong with 2k12, and if they do, MLB2K13 will be a gem of a game in my humble opinion. LETS GO 2k!!!!!

I'm not arguing that it can't be improved. There is plenty of work left to do. The issue is, 2K dropped the game and walked away. This was evident by the way they let MLB Today just die on the vine.

Until MLB came to 2K in December, I don't believe 2K had any intention of touching the franchise again. There is no reason to believe the game will sell significant units. Even if they thought it would sell as well as The Show, that is still far below what 2K would be interested in. The number of additional sales by doing what you suggest, which would be great, is just not going to enough to offset 2K's investment.

It would be great if I am wrong. But there is just no logical reason to expect 2K to invest any money in the game beyond what it takes to get up to speed for the new season. Best case scenario is that they are furiously working on 2K14 for the next gen consoles, and this is just a slight diversion to keep MLB happy.

[bigdoc85]

I'm not arguing that it can't be improved. There is plenty of work left to do. The issue is, 2K dropped the game and walked away. This was evident by the way they let MLB Today just die on the vine.

Until MLB came to 2K in December, I don't believe 2K had any intention of touching the franchise again. There is no reason to believe the game will sell significant units. Even if they thought it would sell as well as The Show, that is still far below what 2K would be interested in. The number of additional sales by doing what you suggest, which would be great, is just not going to enough to offset 2K's investment.

It would be great if I am wrong. But there is just no logical reason to expect 2K to invest any money in the game beyond what it takes to get up to speed for the new season. Best case scenario is that they are furiously working on 2K14 for the next gen consoles, and this is just a slight diversion to keep MLB happy.

You nailed it. Anyone who is expecting more than a roster update and some potential "patch-like" improvements is not being realistic and doesn't understand how companies operate and make decisions.

[nemesis04]

Re: MLB 2K13 Announced with Cover Athlete David Price, Arrives March 5th

I have no problem with them offering 2k12 with a fresh coat of paint, bug fixes, moving the Astros over to the AL and proper playoff set-up. I do have a problem with them charging $60 for it.

[BrandH]

Game releases on March 5th, so with 2K's history, first screen shot around Feb 20th and first video on March 4th.

With the demo March 15th.

[Cardot]

Re: MLB 2K13 Announced with Cover Athlete David Price, Arrives March 5th

I have no problem with them offering 2k12 with a fresh coat of paint, bug fixes, moving the Astros over to the AL and proper playoff set-up. I do have a problem with them charging $60 for it.

I agree 100%. In fact I jumped from 2K10 to 2k12 last year and didn't think it was all that different. I enjoyed both games, just not a ton of revolutionary changes over two years. So I wouldn't have expected a big change for 2K13 with a normal development cycle...and all indications suggest it was less than that.

I also would be content with updated rosters and basically a patched 2k12......but not for $60. I think I would be in the $20 neighborhood. If not, I'll carry on with 2K12 as I had been planning to do, and keep an eye out for a price drop.

[tonadom]

Re: MLB 2K13 Announced with Cover Athlete David Price, Arrives March 5th

Here is with Enhanced Graphics, Custom Accessories, Real Jerseys Mod and extreme detailed cyberfaces added. To make this game look real.

Not to mention complete stadium overhauls....

Enjoy!!! MLB 2k12 Modded Edition (BSHADOWS Exclusives)

If a 2k dev is seeing this....this is why the PC version is a must...

- screenshots -

The game looks a lot better in those screenshots, but no amount of modding can change the base style of their graphics like the player shapes and stuff like that.

[bigdoc85]

I agree 100%. In fact I jumped from 2K10 to 2k12 last year and didn't think it was all that different. I enjoyed both games, just not a ton of revolutionary changes over two years. So I wouldn't have expected a big change for 2K13 with a normal development cycle...and all indications suggest it was less than that.

I also would be content with updated rosters and basically a patched 2k12......but not for $60. I think I would be in the $20 neighborhood. If not, I'll carry on with 2K12 as I had been planning to do, and keep an eye out for a price drop.

I am surprised you didn't think 2k12 was that much different. I found 2k10 nearly unplayable -- maybe it was just me but I like 2k11 and 2k12. I though 2k11 to 2k12 was a very minor upgrade.

[Cardot]

Re: MLB 2K13 Announced with Cover Athlete David Price, Arrives March 5th

I am surprised you didn't think 2k12 was that much different. I found 2k10 nearly unplayable -- maybe it was just me but I like 2k11 and 2k12. I though 2k11 to 2k12 was a very minor upgrade.

I am a fairly casual baseball gamer, so I am sure that I am oblivious to many of the subtle mechanics. But with the upgrade to 2k12, for the most part I found the graphics to be simliar, the interface, the controls, the commentary not too far off from 2k10. I did notice hit variety was a little better, pitching a little tougher etc...nice incremental improvements. I liked them both.

What killed 2K10 for you?

[Mt Oread]

Re: MLB 2K13 Announced with Cover Athlete David Price, Arrives March 5th

I am surprised you didn't think 2k12 was that much different. I found 2k10 nearly unplayable -- maybe it was just me but I like 2k11 and 2k12. I though 2k11 to 2k12 was a very minor upgrade.

The biggest change in 2K12 was the way pitches lost their effectiveness if you overused them. It created a necessity to really think out your strategy per hitter, and it was surprisingly realistic.

You had out pitches, and you had decide if you wanted to save it and show a hitter's favorite pitch by throwing out of the zone, or trying to get ahead in the count. It just did a good job of making you think like a pitcher and catcher.

This eliminated the ability to spam any pitch, as guys used to do to throw their perfect games. For me, this made what was already an awesome part of the game, really perfect. It's hard to consider this minor, in my eyes.

2K12 also fixed an issue where you could throw a breaking pitch high and still get a lot of movement. So when you get your curveball up now, there is less break and it is big time mistake.

Hitting was largely the same, but getting the check swing fixed was a significant improvement. The broken check swing in 2K11 really hurt the game, and I eventually just went to classic hitting.

Also, the fatigue in 2K12 was great for position players, but it was revolutionary for pitchers. By showing pitch counts, it made it managing your bullpen so good. Going one more inning with your starter could impact his next performance. And it forced you to really think out over an entire series who you wanted to bring in from the bullpen.

And it helped hitting, too. The Brewers came into town with a worn out bullpen, and I was able to work counts and really make them pay.

Part of why I see generated pitch counts as such a waste was that this was the first game in which you not only saw a realistic number of pitches, but if you didn't work the counts, both hitting and pitching, you would pay dearly.

This alone made 2K12 a really great upgrade from 2K11, in my opinion. The fatigue and bullpen management made this a, "Just one more game," type of game.