Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

[Chad Rogers]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

My thoughts exactly. Why not just put some static scores up there? The scoreboards look ridiculous completely empty like that.



EXACTLY. And that picture ends the argument. The fact that people will still try to defend it just shows a blind loyalism, which gets SO OLD, and seems to be more rampant than ever in these 2K forums. We can't even discuss the positives and negatives in a civil matter anymore without a handful of characters (usually the same ones) bombarding the thread with "What are you talking about, this game is beautiful!!! You clearly are a Show lover!!" Blah blah BLAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

As so many have said already, THE GAME LOOKS IMPROVED, no on has said it doesn't... but it still has blatantly obvious flaws (ex: this homerun). I think everyone with the common sense to view things with a level head agree that VC looks to be taking it in the right direction, it's just not quite there yet.

That might be the most nonsense I have ever seen written. If you don't think a guy with solid power can take a low and away pitch if he were looking for it there and drive it out of the park occasionally you are nuts. To say the game is not there yet having never played it or seen anything of it beyond a pre-demo release is also nuts. Let's wait a couple of weeks before we decide if it's there or not yet.

[DickDalewood]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

That might be the most nonsense I have ever seen written. If you don't think a guy with solid power can take a low and away pitch if he were looking for it there and drive it out of the park occasionally you are nuts. To say the game is not there yet having never played it or seen anything of it beyond a pre-demo release is also nuts. Let's wait a couple of weeks before we decide if it's there or not yet.

Haha, it's like talking to a brick wall...

[sirwoodz]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

That might be the most nonsense I have ever seen written. If you don't think a guy with solid power can take a low and away pitch if he were looking for it there and drive it out of the park occasionally you are nuts. To say the game is not there yet having never played it or seen anything of it beyond a pre-demo release is also nuts. Let's wait a couple of weeks before we decide if it's there or not yet.

- we're dealing with people who play baseball video games, and probably don't watch the game in real life, and almost certainly have not played the actual game of baseball themselves....

a guy with power and also a good hitter (like Markakis), is going to drive that pitch the other way in the bleachers...i've seen manny PULL some balls low and outside for homeruns in real life, I can even remember seeing pete incaviglia(sp) hitting a ball out of the stadium for a foul ball once - hell, TODD HELTON hits almost ALL of his homeruns like this...but let these things happen in a video game, and our baseball "experts" here would argue unrealism...

this whole discussion has become downright cartoonish...

[Jamin23]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

- we're dealing with people who play baseball video games, and probably don't watch the game in real life, and almost certainly have not played the actual game of baseball themselves....

a guy with power and also a good hitter (like Markakis), is going to drive that pitch the other way in the bleachers...i've seen manny PULL some balls low and outside for homeruns in real life, I can even remember seeing pete incaviglia(sp) hitting a ball out of the stadium for a foul ball once - hell, TODD HELTON hits almost ALL of his homeruns like this...but let these things happen in a video game, and our baseball "experts" here would argue unrealism...

this whole discussion has become downright cartoonish...

People go out of their way to find things wrong with this game

[sirwoodz]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

now, FF to 3:21 in this video...tuffy rhodes playing in japan now, hits a homerun EXACTLY like markakis did in this video, pitch is in the same location and everything...and this ball didn't just barely clear the fence either...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqsiZ2fPfbA

are we going to argue that real life has bad programming too? will this even DEAD the argument? I doubt it. carry on kids.

[bubba4]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

I think it's a given that the devs do watch this board from time to time. After reading the last few pages about low-and-away-out-of-the-strike-zone hr's being hit, I am sure that they probably come here for comic relief.

I know we all take our sports games seriously (ahem... maybe a bit TOO seriously), but I hope that the game makers will continue to take us seriously. Even if we sometimes OVER ANALYZE things a bit much.
Bubba4

[BadKermit]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

That doesn't look CLOSE to a strike. It's WAY outside and tailing. End of the bat . . . NO ONE hits that over the left field wall, let alone over the bullpen.

This picture really doesn't give you a good indication of where the pitch was, though. It looks to me like the ball has already connected with the bat, and is heading out to left. Meaning the pitch could easily have been on the outside corner.

[mwjr]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

My thoughts exactly. Why not just put some static scores up there? The scoreboards look ridiculous completely empty like that.



EXACTLY. And that picture ends the argument. The fact that people will still try to defend it just shows a blind loyalism, which gets SO OLD, and seems to be more rampant than ever in these 2K forums. We can't even discuss the positives and negatives in a civil matter anymore without a handful of characters (usually the same ones) bombarding the thread with "What are you talking about, this game is beautiful!!! You clearly are a Show lover!!" Blah blah BLAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

As so many have said already, THE GAME LOOKS IMPROVED, no on has said it doesn't... but it still has blatantly obvious flaws (ex: this homerun). I think everyone with the common sense to view things with a level head agree that VC looks to be taking it in the right direction, it's just not quite there yet.

Jesus. Can you at least wait until you actually play the game before you go Fatal Attraction??

[The Living Legend]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

Jesus. Can you at least wait until you actually play the game before you go Fatal Attraction??

i agree, nobody has played and the only decent movies we have is a old beta. So i dont understand why there are sooo many assumptions like homeruns grounders lazy fly's. Every video has something different in it and people jump on it.

there are cosmetic things i would of loved to have and i do agree about static scores on stadiums that we should of have. But everything else on gameplay is pure assumption and nothing more.

[SoxFan01605]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

I don't watch boston that much. But I know a lot of hitters pound outside pitches for homeruns and pull them. Vlad G., Frank Thomas, Joe Carter for example. I have absolutley no problem with it. If I guy pulls the ball alot, he'll pull outside pitches too (usually to left/center if he's right handed).

No, no...I agree. It can and does happen.

The trouble I'm having with this is that we've seen a couple shots now powered out on these pitches way low and outside. The probability of this happening in the real MLB is not that high. You mentioned guys like Vlad and Thomas. These are elite power hitters and Vlad in particular is a good "bad-ball" hitter. These are exceptions, not rules IMO.

To clarify, I'm not saying I have a problem with the Ortiz shot in general (meaning I agree he's certainly capable) just based on what I've seen in 2K baseball the last few it caught my eye is all...it happened waaay too much in this series...

Which leads to the other trouble, and the one some are seemingly failing to grasp (not saying you...you don't seem argumentative in this), is that this definitely was an issue in the 2K series for awhile now.

We've already seen two in a short sample. It's fair to wonder. Anyone with 2K8 or 2K7 still, can pop it and and take some hacks with any hitter. You'll see some pretty spectacular, physics defying shots from even your most frail of hitters.

Considering this game has not been rebuilt from the ground up, I think it's fair to have concerns in this regard. I'm not talking definites here. Just given the history of unreal power in 2K baseball, these HRs caught my eye is all.

[spankdatazz22]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

I think it's a given that the devs do watch this board from time to time. After reading the last few pages about low-and-away-out-of-the-strike-zone hr's being hit, I am sure that they probably come here for comic relief.

I know we all take our sports games seriously (ahem... maybe a bit TOO seriously), but I hope that the game makers will continue to take us seriously. Even if we sometimes OVER ANALYZE things a bit much.
Bubba4

Well said

[allBthere]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

No, no...I agree. It can and does happen.

The trouble I'm having with this is that we've seen a couple shots now powered out on these pitches way low and outside. The probability of this happening in the real MLB is not that high. You mentioned guys like Vlad and Thomas. These are elite power hitters and Vlad in particular is a good "bad-ball" hitter. These are exceptions, not rules IMO.

To clarify, I'm not saying I have a problem with the Ortiz shot in general (meaning I agree he's certainly capable) just based on what I've seen in 2K baseball the last few it caught my eye is all...it happened waaay too much in this series...

Which leads to the other trouble, and the one some are seemingly failing to grasp (not saying you...you don't seem argumentative in this), is that this definitely was an issue in the 2K series for awhile now.

We've already seen two in a short sample. It's fair to wonder. Anyone with 2K8 or 2K7 still, can pop it and and take some hacks with any hitter. You'll see some pretty spectacular, physics defying shots from even your most frail of hitters.

Considering this game has not been rebuilt from the ground up, I think it's fair to have concerns in this regard. I'm not talking definites here. Just given the history of unreal power in 2K baseball, these HRs caught my eye is all.

sure... the past 2k baseball games were homerun fests. In fact most baseball games I've played are. It was too much and I hope it's toned way down. Usually w/ sliders though you might be able to, you miss out on distance, so every homerun is scratching the back of the wall. I wish for an infinant hit variety

I just though people were upset about pulling outside pitches, which I take exception too because I love pull hitters especially the guys that crank outside shots to left centre. A lot of those guys actually have trouble with inside pitches and you won't see a lot of homeruns from them when pitched inside (if any)

I'm actually looking forward to the game this time, and although there will certainly be issues, it seems like a big step and that there are a lot of people ripping into it w/ some kind of agenda (not you)

[DickDalewood]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

Jesus. Can you at least wait until you actually play the game before you go Fatal Attraction??

Haha I could say the same things to those of you who defend it 'til your last breath. You hvent played the game either so how do you know it's NOT a problem.

And for god's sake, we're just pointing out what MIGHT be concerns. No one said the game will now suck. Here, Ill bold it for you so you guys can hopefully understand.

THE GAME VIDEOS SHOW A FEW CONCERNS AND ALL WE ARE DOING IS DISCUSSING THEM. QUIT GETTING SO DAMN DEFENSIVE. I'VE SAID A MILLION TIMES THIS GAME LOOKS TO BE MUCH IMPROVED OVER LAST YEAR... VISUAL CONCEPTS HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB FOR THEIR FIRST YEAR EFFORT.

Of course, according to your logic, since I can't say things I don't like without having played the game, I shouldn't be able to say things I like either.

[Chad Rogers]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

Haha, it's like talking to a brick wall...

Yes in fact it is. Why would any real pitcher ever pitch the ball anyplace but low and away if it could never be hit out of the park? Do you think that every HR hit is pulled? How are HR's hit the opposite way? I could go on, but I think you get the point. Good pitches, bad pitches get hit out. Like I said, if it happens all the time and guys hit 80 HR's a year which has been the case the last couple of years then you have a case. To write off the game because someone drove a pitch low and away JUST LIKE HE SHOULD is laughable.

[DickDalewood]

Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Orioles @ Bluejays (Hits)

No, no...I agree. It can and does happen.

The trouble I'm having with this is that we've seen a couple shots now powered out on these pitches way low and outside. The probability of this happening in the real MLB is not that high. You mentioned guys like Vlad and Thomas. These are elite power hitters and Vlad in particular is a good "bad-ball" hitter. These are exceptions, not rules IMO.

To clarify, I'm not saying I have a problem with the Ortiz shot in general (meaning I agree he's certainly capable) just based on what I've seen in 2K baseball the last few it caught my eye is all...it happened waaay too much in this series...

Which leads to the other trouble, and the one some are seemingly failing to grasp (not saying you...you don't seem argumentative in this), is that this definitely was an issue in the 2K series for awhile now.

We've already seen two in a short sample. It's fair to wonder. Anyone with 2K8 or 2K7 still, can pop it and and take some hacks with any hitter. You'll see some pretty spectacular, physics defying shots from even your most frail of hitters.

Considering this game has not been rebuilt from the ground up, I think it's fair to have concerns in this regard. I'm not talking definites here. Just given the history of unreal power in 2K baseball, these HRs caught my eye is all.

Exactly. We're just discussing a concern! Why can't we do that without being attacked? No one said the game will blow... I think it looks pretty fun, and I love the real world stuff... But we can't just discuss concerns we see in the vids? Why not?