Major League Baseball 2K9 Hands-On Preview (IGN)

[NumberOneRB]

Re: IGN 2k9 Hands On

Yeah, but think about it this way. Assume a sports game basically gets a 1-year development cycle. That's 365 days of development (I know, weekends, holidays, etc.). Divide that into 10 segments, and even at 90% complete, they have about 37 days to work on that final 10% (again, I know, testing, pressing discs, shipping, etc.). If all they have left to work on is improving the frame rate in that last 10%, they probably have over a month to work on it exclusively.

10% of a game certainly isn't an insignificant amount.

I sure hope so. I want 2k9 to be great and I can't wait for some vids to see how smooth the game plays.

[brendanrfoley]

Re: IGN 2k9 Hands On

If Visual Concepts is unable to lock in a solid, smooth framerate with this year's version... it may be time to scrap the engine entirely. I like a lot of what it has to offer, but something under the hood is giving programmers fits.

[Artman22]

Re: IGN 2k9 Hands On

Yeah, but think about it this way. Assume a sports game basically gets a 1-year development cycle. That's 365 days of development (I know, weekends, holidays, etc.). Divide that into 10 segments, and even at 90% complete, they have about 37 days to work on that final 10% (again, I know, testing, pressing discs, shipping, etc.). If all they have left to work on is improving the frame rate in that last 10%, they probably have over a month to work on it exclusively.

10% of a game certainly isn't an insignificant amount.

They have less then 30 days to fix it IMO. It will not be an instant purchase for me. Ill wait and see the reaction here. Anyway we will be able to tell from the gameplay videos from different websites. I remember last year all the guys who didnt want to accept the fact about framerate were blaming IGN for recording the videos wrong lol.

[dorismary]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Hands-On Preview (IGN)

Do to their prior history in these and many other issues I wouldnt touch it until somebody plays it online and especially for the ps3 !
Plus they doctored some screens last year also

[boomhauertjs]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Hands-On Preview (IGN)

Glad I bought a used PS2 to get The Show in case this game is a flop like 2k8. VC does great work with the NBA series, but there may have been too much to fix to save this game in time.

[Blitzburgh]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Hands-On Preview (IGN)

The batting camera has been lowered and now sits directly behind the batter. No angle, no tilt; just straight-on right behind your main point of interest.

I have been asking for this since forever! This will allow you to be smarter at the plate and be able to read pitches better. I always hated that angle they switched too when you were a RH batter facing a RH pitcher or v-versa.

[Mercury112491]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Hands-On Preview (IGN)

Everyone is talking about how horrible the framerate was in 2k8 but I thought I rememberd if you did some stuff like turn off the live ticker at the bottom as well as those horrible in game replays combined with the patch they released that the framerate was not a huge problem anymore. I found the meatballs and the awful batting mechanic to be the biggest problems.

I gotta think even if they fix the framerate a little bit combined with the ability to install the game to the HDD that it should run pretty smooth.

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Hands-On Preview (IGN)

Everyone is talking about how horrible the framerate was in 2k8 but I thought I rememberd if you did some stuff like turn off the live ticker at the bottom as well as those horrible in game replays combined with the patch they released that the framerate was not a huge problem anymore. I found the meatballs and the awful batting mechanic to be the biggest problems.

I gotta think even if they fix the framerate a little bit combined with the ability to install the game to the HDD that it should run pretty smooth.

Mercury I can understand where your coming from, but the truth is we shouldn't have to be jumping thru hoops in order to get this game to run smoothly OTB.

If you can't lock 60fps, then you shoot for 30fps & move-on from there.

[brendanrfoley]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Hands-On Preview (IGN)

Everyone is talking about how horrible the framerate was in 2k8 but I thought I remembered if you did some stuff like turn off the live ticker at the bottom as well as those horrible in game replays combined with the patch they released that the framerate was not a huge problem anymore.

The framerate in 2K8 was far from smooth, but I never found it to be quite the problem others did. I think it's all an issue of preference.

If 2K9's framerate is better, I'll be happy. If it's the same, I'll be disappointed. If it's worse, I'll be pissed.

[Motown]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Hands-On Preview (IGN)

The framerate in 2K8 was far from smooth, but I never found it to be quite the problem others did. I think it's all an issue of preference.

If 2K9's framerate is better, I'll be happy. If it's the same, I'll be disappointed. If it's worse, I'll be pissed.

ALL yall need to take your blood pressure medicine...Jeez

[Fatalah]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Hands-On Preview (IGN)

I came from another thread--- do we really have a contact from VC assuring us about the framerate?

Where is this guy? Where's his quote? I will not shell out $60 bucks for another game of glue. Sorry. This year is a total "wait and see" year for MLB2K9. I'm not going to get screwed again.

[wsu_gb23]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Hands-On Preview (IGN)

Mercury I can understand where your coming from, but the truth is we shouldn't have to be jumping thru hoops in order to get this game to run smoothly OTB.

If you can't lock 60fps, then you shoot for 30fps & move-on from there.

couldn't agree more....they should have built upon 2K7. I would rather see a consistent 30fps with awesome visuals...2K7 just needed better ball physics, fewer homeruns, and better bat-on-ball sounds...

[SoxFan01605]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Hands-On Preview (IGN)

I came from another thread--- do we really have a contact from VC assuring us about the framerate?

Where is this guy? Where's his quote? I will not shell out $60 bucks for another game of glue. Sorry. This year is a total "wait and see" year for MLB2K9. I'm not going to get screwed again.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...gamespy-2.html

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[thescoop]

That preview was enough to prove that 2k still doesn't get it. That with the review of their current front office game have proven to me that they wont make a good baseball game.

I'm glad I have a choice this year.

[dorismary]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Hands-On Preview (IGN)

I will not be 2ks Guinea pig this year ! They have mislead/lied too us many times .