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drterb · 02-05-2009, 09:36 PM

Overall, The trailer is great!! A lot of promising signs...

Crowd looks good, definitely an improvement
Animations look solid
Thorne sounds amazing
The upgrade to The Trop is awesome!! They even got the dirt circle around home plate being a different color correct!!!!!
Gross & Price standing on the edge of the dugout (Real-Time Atmosphere)
Pena twitching his fingers leading off from second
After Strike 1 was called, the crowd responded appropriately
First two bat sounds were great, the last bat sound sounds like it was recycled from 2k5-2k8 (boooooo!)
The crowd going for the home run ball
Boston's '09 away jersey is correct (I say this because they had it incorrect in 2k5 & 2k6 I believe)
You can actually hear the umpire call strike. In 2k8, the ump usually mumbled some unintelligible phrase to give you the count instead of whether it was a ball or a strike.

Nitpick a few things....

ALCS Game 2, Crowd should have started going nuts when the bat made contact. They stood up after contact (good) and then you heard a decent sound level increase when it cleared the wall. Granted, it did sound like some things might have been specially mixed at the end since they did 4 different views of contact, but I want the deafening crowd noise of playoff baseball. If done properly, they should continue being loud into the next at bat. The only game I've seen this done right is NCAA Football '09 and I think '05 or '06.

Don't get me wrong, it's still a definite improvement over 2k8 with the crowd noise.
The hat logos are too big and look painted on...
Will every pitcher open their mouth before releasing the ball?? It would be nice to see a few different expressions right before the release.

02-05-2009, 09:36 PM	#64
drterb Rookie OVR: 7 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Milwaukee, WI	Re: Tease 2 going live in minutes. Overall, The trailer is great!! A lot of promising signs... Crowd looks good, definitely an improvement Animations look solid Thorne sounds amazing The upgrade to The Trop is awesome!! They even got the dirt circle around home plate being a different color correct!!!!! Gross & Price standing on the edge of the dugout (Real-Time Atmosphere) Pena twitching his fingers leading off from second After Strike 1 was called, the crowd responded appropriately First two bat sounds were great, the last bat sound sounds like it was recycled from 2k5-2k8 (boooooo!) The crowd going for the home run ball Boston's '09 away jersey is correct (I say this because they had it incorrect in 2k5 & 2k6 I believe) You can actually hear the umpire call strike. In 2k8, the ump usually mumbled some unintelligible phrase to give you the count instead of whether it was a ball or a strike. Nitpick a few things.... ALCS Game 2, Crowd should have started going nuts when the bat made contact. They stood up after contact (good) and then you heard a decent sound level increase when it cleared the wall. Granted, it did sound like some things might have been specially mixed at the end since they did 4 different views of contact, but I want the deafening crowd noise of playoff baseball. If done properly, they should continue being loud into the next at bat. The only game I've seen this done right is NCAA Football '09 and I think '05 or '06. Don't get me wrong, it's still a definite improvement over 2k8 with the crowd noise. The hat logos are too big and look painted on... Will every pitcher open their mouth before releasing the ball?? It would be nice to see a few different expressions right before the release.