MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

**nemesis04** · 02-21-2009, 04:54 PM

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

Originally posted by uraz3r0

Tie game, Top 7, the Rays (CPU) just put on a suicide squeeze on me and it worked.

Didn't see that last year at all.

Yeah, you have to watch out the CPU is very aggressive in trying to get that run in. All scenarios have to play out in your mind.

**SoxFan01605** · 02-21-2009, 06:34 PM

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

Originally posted by nemesis04

It looks like neither game has collision detection for 09. The adjustable camera is a nice addition to MLB 2k though. The show has a lot of camera angles in the game that they use for development purposes, it would be nice if they carried it over to the retail version.

I agree. This game would jump leaps and bounds just from camera work alone. It's so d*mn pretty...show it off...lol.

Not to jump ahead (and please people, don't take this as unappreciative or overlooking 09...I assure you it's not

) but I agree with Tomba in that regard.

Add in the updated player models, collision detection and hopefully some more broadcast cameras (I LOVE the one shown off in those early videos this year) and it would be the major jump some might be looking for here.

Also, I appreciate the touches made to fielding (and I know they'll be more prevalent and optimized in the final copy), but I really hope for a bit more fluid feel in the future. There is still that sluggish quality to the fielding overall. It has improved, but I hope this continues to be a focus.

While I'm griping...lol...I'd like to see the commentary looked into more deeply to. Matt V is great, and the situational commentary is second to none. I'd like to see more fluid interaction between the "booth" guys though...and maybe a studio or "on field" guy to toss it too (or both

).

anyway, didn't mean to go into 2010 wishlist mode...lol. Just kind of free-firing here

. I think it speaks volumes of the game's quality that my only gripes are more periphial and not really directly tied to gameplay (except the fielding, which is more a user preference than a full functionality issue).

Okay.../end book

**RogueHominid** · 02-21-2009, 10:40 PM

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

I had a really weird play today in the demo. I was playing at the Rays and pitching to Howard. The defense shifted automatically, and Howard hit a grounder to the SS, who was just off 2nd base. I picked up the ball and threw to first, but the first baseman caught the ball like 2 feet off the bag. I watched the replay, and he never actually went to cover the bag on the throw. WTF?

Has anyone else seen this?

**nemesis04** · 02-22-2009, 07:32 AM

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

Originally posted by The Autumn Wind

I had a really weird play today in the demo. I was playing at the Rays and pitching to Howard. The defense shifted automatically, and Howard hit a grounder to the SS, who was just off 2nd base. I picked up the ball and threw to first, but the first baseman caught the ball like 2 feet off the bag. I watched the replay, and he never actually went to cover the bag on the throw. WTF?

Has anyone else seen this?

That was something that was not fine tuned yet. They had mentioned they had recently got players covering the bag/ tagging properly etc. working properly a little before we got there. There was no evidence of this in the version we played.

**RogueHominid** · 02-22-2009, 11:13 AM

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

Originally posted by nemesis04

That was something that was not fine tuned yet. They had mentioned they had recently got players covering the bag/ tagging properly etc. working properly a little before we got there. There was no evidence of this in the version we played.

Okay, gotcha. Thanks! I figured it was a bug in the way the Howard shift was programmed, which is no big deal as long as it's tuned. I was losing the game, though, and mad as hell that I got Howard out technically but that he still got on base

.

Loving this game! Can't wait till the 3rd.

**dave_sz** · 02-22-2009, 01:57 PM

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

Originally posted by nemesis04

That was something that was not fine tuned yet. They had mentioned they had recently got players covering the bag/ tagging properly etc. working properly a little before we got there. There was no evidence of this in the version we played.

but there is no evidence of it in the demo i've been playing either. Just cause you didn't see it doesn't mean it was fixed. I'll bet there will be a few lil quirks like that that will slip through simply cause they don't show up during the testing stage...

**nemesis04** · 02-22-2009, 03:30 PM

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

Originally posted by dave_sz

but there is no evidence of it in the demo i've been playing either. Just cause you didn't see it doesn't mean it was fixed. I'll bet there will be a few lil quirks like that that will slip through simply cause they don't show up during the testing stage...

Autumn Wind just said it happened to him in the demo. And since we had a discussion with the developers and talked about some of these specific items while playing, yeah I am going to say it is fixed.

**mike75** · 02-22-2009, 03:58 PM

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

Can someone tell me why the play by play guy said and I quote " We are amazingly tied" after 1 and half innings played with the score 0-0?

What is so amazing about being tied 0-0 in the bottom of the second inning?

Now I know this is a demo but 08 final version also had some dumb comments like this

**nemesis04** · 02-22-2009, 04:03 PM

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

Originally posted by mike75

Can someone tell me why the play by play guy said and I quote " We are amazingly tied" after 1 and half innings played with the score 0-0

What is so amazing about being tied 0-0 in the bottom of the second inning?

You have to remember you have late game mentality in the demo because after 4, it treats the game like the 9th. I would not worry too much.

**jim416** · 02-22-2009, 04:17 PM

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

Time to put the demo away, lol.

DEMO MID DECEMBER BUILD

**sask3m** · 02-22-2009, 04:34 PM

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

yeah that amazingly tied thing has to go, unless he were to only say it if your tied after 14 or so innings.

**The Bimmer** · 02-22-2009, 04:38 PM

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

Originally posted by jim416

Time to put the demo away, lol.

DEMO MID DECEMBER BUILD

Lol, it would be interesting to know how many freakin times you have had to point this out to the same people!!

**EnigmaNemesis** · 02-22-2009, 04:42 PM

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

Originally posted by The Bimmer

Lol, it would be interesting to know how many freakin times you have had to point this out to the same people!!

3,489,298,346,893,489 and 1.

**jim416** · 02-22-2009, 04:42 PM

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

Well, there are new people that come along and read these things and don't realize how old the build is, haven't read the things that definitely have been corrected, haven't read through the impressions we had at SCEA, etc.

I am currently pausing the game and counting every duplicate button in the crowd and will report my findings.

**countryboy** · 02-22-2009, 04:49 PM

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

nah, the line that gets me is when Matty V says, "its 64 degrees under mostly cloudy skies" and the sun is shining brightly down on the field.

lol

MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

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