Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

[backbreaker]

Re: Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

Wow, you just compared being judgmental towards a videogame feature to extreme racial prejudice.

That's amazing.

I knew the obligatory, "oooooh, you compared this feature to racial prejuidice would come. Just look at what I'm dealing with people, who fear change and comfortable with the status quo. Its a methaphor, and methaphorically speaking if you chose to look before you leap, then maybe you would see the path you chose.

Prejuide or Pre Judge, is what you and others are doing, first learn and then discern it if you must.

As a point of reference so know one will be offended. I'm over 40, from Memphis, Tn. and have seen the effects of Jim Crow south as well as witnessed it, I now reside in Los Angeles, Ca. so before you travelled that road consider the source.

[Afroman4ever]

Re: Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

like VIP, Cribs, and Celeb Profiles in ESPN NFL 2K, this is a gimmick.

and a VERY CORNY gimmick...everytime I see that SLAM ZONE garbage in a video I can't help but start laughing as it SCREAMS ARCADE

[Afroman4ever]

Re: Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

like VIP, Cribs, and Celeb Profiles in ESPN NFL 2K, this is a gimmick.

and a VERY CORNY gimmick...everytime I see that SLAM ZONE garbage in a video I can't help but start laughing as it SCREAMS ARCADE

[backbreaker]

Re: Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

Slam Zone

You have the same feature in MVP this year, only its called "Hitters Eye" great choice of words however. 989, has been using guess pitch since forever, at it hasn't changed since its inception. Pretty much guess pitch type and location, is equivalent to sitting on a pitch. And, both games rely on just the attribute of the player visa vie ratings.

2Kgames, has implemented this feature, and like all its games, allow the enduser dictate the result. Yes, the slo-Mo, and Joe Morgan statement adds to the complaint of Arcadey. But, Just think of the guess pitch for a walk off home run, based on the adrenaline pumping when you're pounding away on whatever button, to fill the meter for a game winning home run.

I also believe that the meter/powerbar will reflect the power hitting attribute. What do I mean, well if you have a player, who's power hitting lets say is 40 out of 100, the meter will pop up at 40% filled, so he will have too work to get to the max of the meters power bar. Now if you have a guy like Barry Bonds, who's power hitting is lets say 90%, he doesn't have too work as hard to get the power bar to full capacity.

We all know, that hitters sit on pitches, so thats all this is, now if it equals arcadey, call me pac man.

To the Slam Zone detractors, I apologize. I just watched the developer interview(gamespot), and Slam Zone isn't even part of the guess pitch like I thought it would be. Pared you were right it not implemented like I thought. Its basically a pitcher hanging a pitch or making a mistake pitch over the plate. Its nothing like 989's or EA's, this just appears to be a random occurrence to add some excitement to the game. I was defending slam zone because I thought it was part of guess pitch, now that I know its not a part of guess pitch, I'm leaning more towards the arcade side but I will reserve judgement until I play the game.

[backbreaker]

Re: Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

Slam Zone

You have the same feature in MVP this year, only its called "Hitters Eye" great choice of words however. 989, has been using guess pitch since forever, at it hasn't changed since its inception. Pretty much guess pitch type and location, is equivalent to sitting on a pitch. And, both games rely on just the attribute of the player visa vie ratings.

2Kgames, has implemented this feature, and like all its games, allow the enduser dictate the result. Yes, the slo-Mo, and Joe Morgan statement adds to the complaint of Arcadey. But, Just think of the guess pitch for a walk off home run, based on the adrenaline pumping when you're pounding away on whatever button, to fill the meter for a game winning home run.

I also believe that the meter/powerbar will reflect the power hitting attribute. What do I mean, well if you have a player, who's power hitting lets say is 40 out of 100, the meter will pop up at 40% filled, so he will have too work to get to the max of the meters power bar. Now if you have a guy like Barry Bonds, who's power hitting is lets say 90%, he doesn't have too work as hard to get the power bar to full capacity.

We all know, that hitters sit on pitches, so thats all this is, now if it equals arcadey, call me pac man.

To the Slam Zone detractors, I apologize. I just watched the developer interview(gamespot), and Slam Zone isn't even part of the guess pitch like I thought it would be. Pared you were right it not implemented like I thought. Its basically a pitcher hanging a pitch or making a mistake pitch over the plate. Its nothing like 989's or EA's, this just appears to be a random occurrence to add some excitement to the game. I was defending slam zone because I thought it was part of guess pitch, now that I know its not a part of guess pitch, I'm leaning more towards the arcade side but I will reserve judgement until I play the game.

[Glenn33]

Re: Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

like VIP, Cribs, and Celeb Profiles in ESPN NFL 2K, this is a gimmick.

No need to crap on VIP. I liked and used that feature thank you very much.

[Glenn33]

Re: Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

like VIP, Cribs, and Celeb Profiles in ESPN NFL 2K, this is a gimmick.

No need to crap on VIP. I liked and used that feature thank you very much.

[pfunk880]

Re: Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

No need to crap on VIP. I liked and used that feature thank you very much.

Yeah, VIP was definitely not a gimmick.

[pfunk880]

Re: Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

No need to crap on VIP. I liked and used that feature thank you very much.

Yeah, VIP was definitely not a gimmick.

[ComfortablyLomb]

Re: Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

Superb job of missing the point and taking it in an entirely different direction.

Strawmen a plague upon the earth.

Maybe if he came up with a relevant argument people wouldn't dump all over him.

[ComfortablyLomb]

Re: Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

Superb job of missing the point and taking it in an entirely different direction.

Strawmen a plague upon the earth.

Maybe if he came up with a relevant argument people wouldn't dump all over him.

[NoSkillz50]

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Yeah, VIP was definitely not a gimmick.

maybe not but it sure didn't work.

i played against my vip from online in which i was 32-2 and it played nothing like me at all. it didn't seem like it did anything. maybe it ran more to one side, big whoop! i think that was kind of a gimmick, it was so underdeveloped it looked like a giant gimmick to me.

[NoSkillz50]

Re: Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

Yeah, VIP was definitely not a gimmick.

maybe not but it sure didn't work.

i played against my vip from online in which i was 32-2 and it played nothing like me at all. it didn't seem like it did anything. maybe it ran more to one side, big whoop! i think that was kind of a gimmick, it was so underdeveloped it looked like a giant gimmick to me.

[Pared]

Re: Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

To the Slam Zone detractors, I apologize. I just watched the developer interview(gamespot), and Slam Zone isn't even part of the guess pitch like I thought it would be. Pared you were right it not implemented like I thought. Its basically a pitcher hanging a pitch or making a mistake pitch over the plate. Its nothing like 989's or EA's, this just appears to be a random occurrence to add some excitement to the game. I was defending slam zone because I thought it was part of guess pitch, now that I know its not a part of guess pitch, I'm leaning more towards the arcade side but I will reserve judgement until I play the game.

It wasn't so much a matter of being right or wrong, just it's implementation.

Like I said though, as long as you can turn it off, I don't mind at all. I just wish it wasn't the default for ranked online play. Ranking doesn't really mean much anyway... so I'm not completely upset.

[Pared]

Re: Slam Zone why do you think its Arcadey

To the Slam Zone detractors, I apologize. I just watched the developer interview(gamespot), and Slam Zone isn't even part of the guess pitch like I thought it would be. Pared you were right it not implemented like I thought. Its basically a pitcher hanging a pitch or making a mistake pitch over the plate. Its nothing like 989's or EA's, this just appears to be a random occurrence to add some excitement to the game. I was defending slam zone because I thought it was part of guess pitch, now that I know its not a part of guess pitch, I'm leaning more towards the arcade side but I will reserve judgement until I play the game.

It wasn't so much a matter of being right or wrong, just it's implementation.

Like I said though, as long as you can turn it off, I don't mind at all. I just wish it wasn't the default for ranked online play. Ranking doesn't really mean much anyway... so I'm not completely upset.