MLB 2K13 Bugs and Glitches

[kram438]

MY PLAYER BUGS/GLITCHES

I have played through two seasons (and spring training of the third) of My Player now, playing every game each season (about 315), so I have a pretty good idea of the consistent bugs/glitches that have been popping up for me.

They are listed below:

Fielding (I play 1st base)
1. Cannot run a straight line to the 1st base bag after fielding grounders. If I'm already moving towards the foul line to make the play, the animation ALWAYS carries me past the foul line first, and *then* to the first base bag. The only other option for making the out is tossing to the pitcher, but since you're on the run, accuracy is difficult.

2. Simple pop flies become a crazy dance if you're not right on top of them. The game slows your player down, spins him around, flips his arms backwards, etc., in order to properly make the catch. It is NOT smooth at all.

3. When holding a runner on at first base, getting ready for a fielding play, it is almost guaranteed that the batter in the box will foul off numerous pitches just barely past the bag before finally hitting a ball in fair territory for you to field. I have counted as many as 6 or 7 foul balls in a row before I could field a ground ball. Annoying, tedious, unrealistic and a waste of time.

4. When a throw comes in from the outfield from the CPU to a CPU-controlled cutoff man, he just holds it while the runner continues to score from second, never throwing it until the last second when it's too late. This has allowed runners to score from second base on a sacrifice fly, as well as other runs that should've held at third (or been out at the plate)

Batting
1. Goal - "Get a base hit" was *failed* after hitting a home run.

2. There are only two base runners waiting at home plate to congratulate you after a grand slam (should be three).

Miscellaneous
1. Anytime a base runner turns towards or runs near an umpire (after crossing the plate, running past first base, etc.), the player freezes in position and rotates with the camera view until he can "break out" of the umpire's "hold," and then he completes his jog and walks off. *EVERY* time.
-- Also happens occasionally with defensive players on the field.

2. Commentary at times will talk about the next batter who was to follow you in your last at-bat after you sim forward.

3. There is no home plate umpire in auto slow-mo replays of user actions. The umpire is there in the auto slow-mo replay of CPU actions

[timgrooms]

I'm glad I didn't read any of the reviews before I bought the game! I have been a football guy since PrimeTime ('97?), then switched to Madden every year till '11. This is my first ever baseball game and I love it. I guess not having anything to compare it to makes some of the criticism easier to digest. The only glitch in game-play I have experienced thus far in my first 25 games, 10-15, franchise, Braves spring training, is my cutoff man allowing runner to score from second on a deep sac-fly, it has only happened once. It's pretty fun if you're just picking it up for the first time.

The other glitch, which doesn't affect game-play and I find it odd that no one has mentioned it, is the invisible batter taking warm-up swings in the on-deck circle, and occasionally walking up to the plate.

[BigBlue]

Quote: Originally Posted by aghalem

Ground outs with a man on second are pretty much a free pass for the runner to score from second. Once the ball is thrown to first the first baseman just holds it and takes about 3-4 seconds to even realize there is a runner heading home. This happens mostly in online gameplay as the CPU plays realistically and wouldn't take 2 bags while the ball is in the infield.

I hope that this is included in a patch (if any). I remember this being fixed LAST year.

BigBlue

[FreeOJSimpson]

There are an amazing amount of frame rate issues. Times where the players will either go too fast or too slow in certain moves. The outfield is a mess. Many times when you go to catch a flyball the fielder will dance around and make a random over the shoulder or low catch when in real life they'd just stand there with two hands and squeeze the ball like a normal person. There are almost no outfielding catching errors. I play 100% franchise btw. I would like to see the ball get lost in the lights occasionally. The homerun robbing animation works 100% of the time. I'd say a guy who leaps actually robs the HR less than half of the time IRL. Many you guys have already listed like the cutoff man. I've noticed stealing is bogged down sometimes. It may be who you or the CPU's catcher is but I will have maxium lead with a 90-95 speed player and get thrown out while the CPU will have minium leadoff with a mid 80s speed guy and swipe. When in the field in between innings some guys will have long hair when they usually do not. Some players such as Wilmer Font have messed up stats. It says he has 0 yrs experience rookie eligible while he has stats from last year. the bunting catcher thing is annoying. Some batter animations are weird. if you take a bad hack and hit a flyball out to the outfield sometimes your guy will hold the bat and slam it down but if you watch him his frame rate is way too fast. Almost all of the awards at the end of franchise mode are terrible. The NL rookie of the year batted .220 with 18 HRs in my latest franchise. The headlines page on franchise sometimes doesnt display important events. I threw a perfect game and the headline read Braun lifts Indians past Royals with 2 HR night, 6-0. and if you hit a guy in the head with a ball he stands there shakes it off and runs to first. If you get hit in the head batting i doubt A you would be okay enought to go to first or B your teams staff would even allow you to contiune without being looked at. Just some of the stuff I looked at.

[arein0]

In "my player," I have played the same game 3 times and won each of them and when the loading screen popped up it froze. I just want to get past this game! Maybe it is freezing because I am supposed to lose?

[Yanksrbeast]

Well, yesterday I was going to play my MLB Today Season Mode and I noticed that all the stats were messed up (It said that Cano had played only 16 games and hit 8 HR.

[reno420]

about 20 games into my franchise and posey is on a rehab stint and i can't call him up from AAA but it says he is healthy???? will i ever be able to call him up?

[NHL_MLB4]

There is a glitch where the computer keeps throwing the ball around the field on double play balls