MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

**dave_sz** · 02-18-2009, 05:28 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Originally posted by The Bimmer

Like i said just fine!!!!!!

sorry to be quoting all these old posts but i just got the demo so I'm reading and commenting on things as I go.

It's pretty obvious that in that picture he's already in his hitting stride. His back heel lifted, his hands went back and down and about to go forward. If this picture was taken a few seconds before, the stance would look as it does in the game.

**dave_sz** · 02-18-2009, 05:31 PM

Re: doubles

Originally posted by Rod_Carew29

I gotta laugh...some of this zeal....like in this case...STAND UP DOUBLES...is NOTHING new....there were MANY doubles in The Show '08....stand up, sliding in, ground rule, bloops, etc...

againm, makes me wonder if guys actually PLAY the game, sim or play 1 or 2 and sim the rest (where no doubt you'll miss everything).

When I played 08 on my ps2 I had a ton of easy doubles as well. That was at the beginning when I turned my contact and power up and turned cpu speed down.

**dave_sz** · 02-18-2009, 05:37 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Originally posted by gcoons22

Not to start a TV tech forum but I can't find a setting within my TV menu that lets me choose the resolution. I have the PS3 set to detect up to 1080i. Should I only have the PS3 detect 720 to maximize The Show?

as someone said, it's the ps3 that switches the resolution at which it runs. 720p>1080i, especially for sports and games. Also as someone said, mony TVs have the GAME mode to which you should set it to. I've had no framerate issues that I have noticed under 720p or 1080p...

**dave_sz** · 02-18-2009, 05:40 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Up - Impressions

Originally posted by blinkfan77

About this frame rate thing...

If I have an expensive TV and a game that is optimized to run at 1080p, why shouldn't we be able to play it without issues on 1080p?

I take it everyone just means to play the DEMO on 720p, but please, when the full game is released, there's no excuse to not be able to play this on 1080p.

1080p stresses the vid card more than 720p, I think. Either way, if the game is optimized for 720p, there is no advantage to play at 1080p.

**areobee401** · 02-18-2009, 05:45 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

Thanks for the reply Knight thats a huge plus as the throwing meter was hurting the game for me.

Again sorry for the stupid questions guys. I'm new to the series and im dealing with all new options from what im used to.

**Knight165** · 02-18-2009, 06:00 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

Originally posted by areobee401

Thanks for the reply Knight thats a huge plus as the throwing meter was hurting the game for me.

Again sorry for the stupid questions guys. I'm new to the series and im dealing with all new options from what im used to.

Not at all.
No stupid questions bro...

M.K.
Knight165

**dave_sz** · 02-18-2009, 06:54 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

Originally posted by cmc2of3

One of the things that impressed me is I could tell solid contact from a blooper just by sound. I don't remember '08 doing that.

That's interesting cause every hit in the demo sounds exactly the same for me...

**rckabillyRaider** · 02-18-2009, 07:09 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

Thanks for replying to the "demo crowd" issues. Atmosphere is a huge selling point for me and I'm glad the final version will be beefed up in that category.

**countryboy** · 02-18-2009, 07:51 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

Originally posted by areobee401

Thanks for the reply Knight thats a huge plus as the throwing meter was hurting the game for me.

Again sorry for the stupid questions guys. I'm new to the series and im dealing with all new options from what im used to.

Don't apologize man. If you don't ask you won't know. Any questions you have, fire away. We'll do our best to answer them.

BTW....Welcome to the Show.

**Rod_Carew29** · 02-18-2009, 07:55 PM

@ dave_sz

'08 most definitely does....no doubt about it!

Originally posted by dave_sz

That's interesting cause every hit in the demo sounds exactly the same for me...

**Lewis160** · 02-18-2009, 08:41 PM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

Originally posted by rckabillyRaider

Thanks for replying to the "demo crowd" issues. Atmosphere is a huge selling point for me and I'm glad the final version will be beefed up in that category.

i noticed that at my last at bat the crowd cheered for like 3 seconds then quiet down and then loud again on my next pitch ..it should be loud the whole at bat not for a short time...

Also in the demo it showed that there were 23,000 people in the stadium,,impossible after being the world champs

**vinny_b** · 02-19-2009, 12:54 AM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

Originally posted by delo2beatu

Hey I just have to say this..... BASEBALL 2K9 LOOKS HORRIBLE!!! What is up with the 2000 pepsi ads everywhere in every stadium? That looks soooooo freakin' stupid! I've never been a fan of 2k9 series in baseball but this year I believe they have taken it to a new low! Once again I could care less because I don't play it but I mean who designed that? Who approved that? lol its very weird... Lets just get this over with right now, 09 the show takes the award for baseball game of they year! 2k is done, ea is crap. Hey sony... design a football game, betcha it badass!!!

actually, i don't mind the Pepsi adds, cuz their red/white/blue. What bothers me, is when billboards appear in stadiums which aren't color-coordinated. In the new Yankee Stadium it looks like SCEA placed a yellow/gold color billboard in left-field. It is an eye-sore. Even if it looked that way in real-life, no need to replicate it in the game.

ditto for any of the other off the wall color billboards, in stadiums.

**hojusimpson** · 02-19-2009, 12:59 AM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

Playing a quick game tonight (two-player), I slammed one straight at the mound with Howard. It hit the base of the hill and shot up perfectly between Kazmir's legs as he was finishing his follow-through.

I'm an idiot and completely forgot to take a screen and, of course, I'll likely never see it again. I did zoom in on the replay just to ensure that no clipping problems were the cause but it was a clean pass.

So, anyhow, reacting quickly, my wife stopped and jumped, snagging the ball with Iwamura. With Howard being slow as he is, she was able to land and throw me out easily.

Man, I wish we could save replays in the demo as (cool as the feature is), a single screen would never have done the sequence justice.

P.S. I won 2-1 in the fifth on a walk-off solo shot by Victorino, my third or fourth game-winning blast with him!

**jim416** · 02-19-2009, 01:02 AM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

A man beats his wife at the game and brags about it....tsk, tsk.

**hojusimpson** · 02-19-2009, 01:17 AM

Re: MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

Originally posted by jim416

A man beats his wife at the game and brags about it....tsk, tsk.

Seriously, she's pretty good -- I mean she always her own franchises in sports games and I have mine.

edit: And to clarify, she plays on Veteran. She can hit and pitch All-Star but not field. I think she's better at '09, not only against me but also the computer so we'll see!

Last year, she took on a rebuilding Royals squad and had them play .500 baseball. She doesn't know all the players but, yeah, I'd say I can only win around 70 per cent of the time.

She's also very capable at Winning Eleven but man, she's boring to play against in that one!

The funny thing, though, is she's awful at hockey and it's our favourite sport! :wink:

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