World Series Baseball 2K3 Interview Questions

[Steve_OS]

We will be conducting an interview with the Producers of WSB 2K3. Please post your questions here. Thanks.

[pigpen81]

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Will they make the pitch speeds more realistic?

Tune Sliders maybe

How about ball physics where balls will bounce of facades and the stands when a home run is hit?

How are they improving the batter/pitcher interface as it relates to the cursor.

Are they implementing an improved cut0off system?

How about the ability to play as someones opponent in franchise mode online....adds to the depth of franchise mode...it would be fun.

Are they improving the ball physics so their are an increased variation of hits, outs, flies, grounders, liners, pop-ups, etc?

I'll post when I think of others.......thank you for your time

[rbk416]

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FIRST-1. Did they fix the batter/pitcher interface.

2. Is it the same celebration after home runs and championship wins like in all of sega titles.
3. did they change the swing animations, i dont like how they swing. do they have broken bats.
4. Is the batting stance varied, for example griffey in world series baseball stance is no where near is real life stance.
5. do pitcher in the bullpen warm-up before coming in the game.

6. does it as better roster overall, and player model in wsb the player look like the same size.
7. Did they capture the stadiums uniqueness, like eron have the train.
8. is their more uniforms to choose from.
9.Did they put in editor a player and team/ like change their appearances,etc...

[Heelfan71]

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will CPU baserunning A.I. be better this year??

[2kdude]

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can you edit ratings and change names of draft picks?

[LetsGoPitt]

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are there bad throws? Has the fielding ability been turned down?

[GTheorenHobbes]

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Thanks for setting this up, Steve...

I've only got a couple of questions:

-- Are the camera angles the same, or have any been added? I prefer something that resembles a TV broadcast, kind've like ASB, rather than the angles that they show in every other baseball game, like High Heat.

-- Are there offline throws this year (think this has been asked above)?

-- Have you redone the pitching-batting interface this year? I really liked the one from WSB2k1 on Dreamcast, and wish you would go back to it.

-- On that same note, is the behind the pitcher view actually playable this year?

Thanks for your time.

[Diablo25]

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Thanks for the thread Steve. I have 3 questions:
1. Has the high strikezone been fixed?
2. Has the Baserunning AI been fixed?
3. Is there a spring training mode?

[Padgoi]

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1. Have you fixed the AI baserunning?
2. Have you fixed the AI hitting or will they still score 1 run a game and my whole bullpen will have an ERA of less than one?
3. How about the pitch speeds?
4. Will there be brawls if the pitcher hits the batter?
5. Will there be offline throws?
6. Will there be appeals to the third-base umpire on check swings?
7. Will there be wild pitches?
8. Will I still be able to steal 250 bases per year with the entire Yankees lineup, including Robin Ventura?
9. Will the manager come out to argue calls? Possible ejections?

These are the key elements of a sim baseball game so you should have them.

[bryan_05]

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can i control diving better? When i push the button i want to dive. I don't care if it hits me in the *** b/c i miss play it.

2. does the ball bounce off stuff?

3. Is there a greater variety of hits (outs too, just the way the ball comes off the bat) ?

[BaseballGuru]

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How is the ESPN license utilized? One of the greatest parts of baseball is watching Baseball Tonight after the games are over... will that be incorporated anywhere into the game, other than just overlays and graphics?

What have you done to improve upon your franchise mode?

Any new classic teams/players to get excited about?

Why no online play, and can we expect it next year?

[BDTW]

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Even though there won't be online play, will you be able to connect online and download things such as roster updates?

If so, is it just limited to roster updates?

[cookusu]

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Will it be harder for the CPU offense to score? Part of this was the bad baserunning AI, but with a good pitcher I was virtually unhittable and this is what led me to stop playing the game.

Fielders playing out of position, is this improved?

[Heelfan71]

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will there be any collision detection on HR's hit into the stands ? Or will the ball just vanish?

Will there be a better home run replay camera? Last year it was hard to see the ball.

[Ferpier]

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A few years back in Yankee Stadium they renovated the left field wall and now it has a fiber glass portion in the middle of the wall and a seating area behind it so people can watch the game from there. In the game the wall was the old wall without this, has this been fixed?