Major League Baseball 2K10 New Screenshots (1-25-10)

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Yup. 2k7 was the most "accurate" of all of these. What makes me wonder is how others don't see it and realize just how off the colors are. That looks NOTHING like the traditional Yankees blue.

Nah, I see it. I'm trying to look past it as much as possible, but right now I don't want to sound like I'm simply nagging at everything so right now I'm sticking to this Batter's Eye thing.

The colors are way off and will continue to be by this game's release, and next year things will yet again change. I'm not sure what causes them to do this yet they cease to ever get it right, but they somehow do. Look at the difference between the real Phillies' red and the in-game Phillies' red:





I mean, you can't get much more off than that without changing the color. The dirt at the stadiums is also very "patted" dark, at least in this stadium compared to real life.

I don't know what they base any of these things on (images, real life, style guide), but they need to change it up.

[EnigmaNemesis]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Yup. 2k7 was the most "accurate" of all of these. What makes me wonder is how others don't see it and realize just how off the colors are. That looks NOTHING like the traditional Yankees blue.

I would have to agree with this.

As for the frame-rate others are hoping. Don't bet on 60FPS. They upped the graphics, the frame-rate will drop (it is the case with their engine). As with 2K7 it was 30FPS, this will probably be the same. This close to launch and the frame-rate is not locked down and mostly 30FPS by Chase's preview, it wont be locked down at 60. We go through this every year with this game. Last year 60, with frame drops to 30 and the graphics suffered, same with year before, better graphics as with 2K7, 30 FPS.

To me that is kind of a big deal in a baseball game with fluidity. It detracts from the overall feel when it is 60 then dips to 30. They would be smart to have it locked at 30FPS with no dips in frame-rate, rather than bounce from 60 to 30. That is such a distraction to me.

Thus I will get the PC version if it is any good, so I can hack the frame-rate lock (if there is one) and run it at 60+.

You will have to excuse me if I am not holding my breath for them to be a solid frame-rate game, they have yet to prove it with this series in 4 iterations now. And we are getting the exact same preview reports about it as we do all those other years.

[jeffy777]

Now that I look at the colors closer, I can definitely see that they are indeed off. I guess my thing is that I don't notice it unless I'm making an effort to be critical (different people focus on different details), so it honestly doesn't bug me much, but obviously it would be great if they got details like this more accurate.

The graphics are acceptable to me. Not outstanding, but acceptable. At this point, my main concern is how the game actually plays.

[Jamin23]

MLB 2K10:



Real life:

[Pared]

That's what kills me about this game jeffy. As you said, you don't notice it... so it's one of those things where you don't notice, it doesn't bother you, etc.

Imagine if they got all those features/details right without some random guy on a message board having to point that out to them. I mean, if you're an artist, shouldn't that be your strong suit? Replicating art... you have something to go off of, you compare the two and they don't look the same, you change it until it does.

If this were someone handing in homework for a course, they'd get a C.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

That's what kills me about this game jeffy. As you said, you don't notice it... so it's one of those things where you don't notice, it doesn't bother you, etc.

Like player models.

But yeah, it's like this for everything. And really, people can call us nitpickers all they want, but it takes those thousand little things to get right to make the game look drastically better by comparison. I remember nagging issues about the rims in basketball video games not being orange enough. To some, it's one of the dumbest complaints ever. To me, it's a very valid issue to point out otherwise it will never be addressed.

And it's not like we're calling these gamebreakers, either. However, there was a thread a year or two back asking us about what is the most important aspect in a sports game. Many people will say gameplay, graphics, AI, etc... I say authenticity. Now that's a large and general package that I'm talking about... but aesthetically, soundly, and realistically it needs to do its best in portraying the sport that I watch on TV. I can understand why Yankees fans were up in arms with World Series Baseball 2K3 when they had that royal blue color, or in NFL 2K3 when the Vikings' purple was off. These things make sense, it's an authenticity thing. This is why I want visual aids off, this is why we want to hit with broadcast cameras.

You can tell us that we're complaining, but then we can show you a sub-forum for another baseball game that has thousands of posts devoted solely to the "little things" that all make the game much better in the long run. And rest assured, we don't even have to make note that the color palette is correct in the game, as that should be a given.

[Pared]

Woah there. I wouldn't say we're in the same boat. I know the things look wrong but I don't go writing a thesis on it.

[KeMiKaL]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jamin23

MLB 2K10: Real life:

i see the pics, but other than skin tone, and accessories, what else is wrong? my eyes may be leaving me or something, but it seems pretty decent to me