Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: All Star Game

[Blzer]

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Looks good, so does the day to night progression, I'm not going to use a sun dial to make sure the sun is in the exact position for every game. I do like how the buildings have the lights on at night. Nice touch.

It's not that, it's that when you play a day game, it's going to finish at night. Not only that, but it's going to jump rather instantly in less than an inning!

[Motown]

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It's not that, it's that when you play a day game, it's going to finish at night. Not only that, but it's going to jump rather instantly in less than an inning!

Well, that wasn't a full game clip, & they prolly speeded up the lighting progressiveness due to short clip or in the alpha version...maybe

[Blzer]

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Baa, he pulled high outside pitch, it did EXACTLY what it should have done. He got on top of it and hit a line drive, a tomahok(sp?) swing.

In that screencap it looks like his wrists aren't rolled yet, in case you were thinking that his bat head had already crossed the plane and he was ahead of the pitch. Looks like he's ready to take it the other way.

And again, it just looks weird when he crushes a pitch when it's off the end of the bat.

[ExtremeGamer]

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It's not that, it's that when you play a day game, it's going to finish at night. Not only that, but it's going to jump rather instantly in less than an inning!

Did you notice the innings moved? In the 7th it was getting dusk, and was darker in the bottom of the 9th. It was hardly pitch black in the 9th as well.

Overanalyzing it is all you're doing. It's a videogame. It has day to night progression, I'm fine with that. Maybe because I'm older and been through this for so long, I realize that these games aren't going to be perfect.

You complained about the same thing for The Show. Just be happy it's in both games, that's all I can say, or just complain about it over and over again. We both know you're never buying 2K9 anwyay.

[Blzer]

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Well, that wasn't a full game clip, & they prolly speeded up the lighting progressiveness due to short clip or in the alpha version...maybe

Steve is capturing these videos himself, and he just played the game and used his video editor to cut and splice. Right now, I'm putting my money on it just being because of the beta version of the game and that it won't really be like that, but we can never know for sure. Yes, it would be distracting for my day games to jump and end at night.

This is the third time we have seen it in a "full game" effect, and it first struck me as odd when Steve said that he didn't ever notice any progressive lighting, because it's actually more obvious than ever this way (maybe he was thinking of something else). The Gamespot developer said the same thing though. Maybe they got a new beta code and didn't tell us or something, and at least that way it's showing that they're fitting it into the game and this section is now a "work in progress."

Again, I'm not really calling out the developers on this one because I trust they won't let this happen in the retail version, but I'm actually more alarmed that you guys don't seem to care. It's a big concern, and would account for laziness in my opinion. I'd prefer they just don't have it in the game if it does what it does.

I mean it seems fine for the first 8 innings, but then...

[Blzer]

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Did you notice the innings moved? In the 7th it was getting dusk, and was darker in the bottom of the 9th. It was hardly pitch black in the 9th as well.

It's the first thing I looked for (which is what I do whenever I play these games), and I was getting giddy that it was looking really good. Then the ninth inning was like... whoa.

Overanalyzing it is all you're doing. It's a videogame. It has day to night progression, I'm fine with that. Maybe because I'm older and been through this for so long, I realize that these games aren't going to be perfect.

You complained about the same thing for The Show. Just be happy it's in both games, that's all I can say, or just complain about it over and over again. We both know you're never buying 2K9 anwyay.

I didn't complain the same thing for The Show, because I wasn't complaining. I asked them if that's how it was going to be.

Keep in mind that the main reason I ever state something that's a negative is because I really hope that it will be addressed for the following year. How does my reiterating do that? I do it to hope that everyone else here sees the same issue and we all jump in together in a wishlist and state what's wrong with it. Then SimBaller or someone else notices that it's rather glaring by the community's feedback, and it becomes a priority in the game to address for the next year.

You see? Constructive criticism.

[bigfnjoe96]

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Blzer, there's some type of progression going on. Watch the video again. You can see clouds moving from left to right between the 2 buildings beginning @ the 45 second mark of the video & during the rest of the video.

It just may be not as good as it was in 2k7. The developer's confirmed it was in during the 2k chat

Q: Is there progressive lighting? "A: Yes, we have progressive lighting."

Q:Is the dynamic lighting as great as it was in MLB2K7 or has there been sacrificies to help the overall engine run more smoothly?
A:" It's better than it was in last year's game, it's up to you to decide if it's as good as MLB2K7 or not."

[slimcranky]

I'd love to find out if this was a cpu vs cpu game and what were the sliders used. Looking back at last 3 years , half of those hits would have been homeruns.

[stealyerface]

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Let me pose this question:

If the lighting progression was perfect, I mean, they captured the sun's position to the equator, and made the track of the sun as true as it is in real life, but the left-handed hitters couldn't hit a homerun because of a lefty-power glitch...

Would more of us be happy that the sun's rays are accurately portrayed with regards to their position in the heliocentric universe model (or one of us)

or... would more of us live with the fact that it was darker in inning 8 than it was in inning 6, but the gameplay finally found the target?

Not naming names of course.

syf

[JonahFalcon]

Who cares about the ASG if they're not wearing the correct uniforms?

[The Living Legend]

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Let me pose this question:

If the lighting progression was perfect, I mean, they captured the sun's position to the equator, and made the track of the sun as true as it is in real life, but the left-handed hitters couldn't hit a homerun because of a lefty-power glitch...

Would more of us be happy that the sun's rays are accurately portrayed with regards to their position in the heliocentric universe model (or one of us)

or... would more of us live with the fact that it was darker in inning 8 than it was in inning 6, but the gameplay finally found the target?

Not naming names of course.

syf

usually i wouldnt respond to something like that but i laughed pretty hard.

Im going to go with sun positioning.

Alright joking aside... i feel the gameplay and the hits on that video were fantastic really were everything was believable i think the only thing that has me distracted is how good the computer throws i mean hope powerful the throws are.

[PVarck31]

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I thought the hit variety in the video was fantastic. You got to see a little of everything. Being that it was the all-star game, I am a little surprised it wasn't a home run fest. IMO the only hit that was even questionable was Ichiro's second hit. Other than that, they all looked believable.

When I played baseball, I was a dead pull hitter. I could take a pitch low and outside and shoot it over the shortstops head. So seeing that happen in this game is not a stretch whatsoever. I know someone also mentioned Mauer's hits. If anyone can turn on a high inside pitch and keep it fair for a hit its Mauer. He is strong as an ox.

As far as the lighting goes. I really don't care lol.

[Danny305miA]

Im so excited for this game to come out and after seeing this video it just makes it better. There are so many things to be pleased with, the hit variety, the day to night lighting, the players look good and overall the realistic value that VC has added to the game.

Also as a Marlins fan its nice to see Hanley dominate the beginning of the game. GO FISH!!!

[jeffy777]

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Hit variety looked good. I loved the play at the plate where the catcher got bowled over. Nice collision there.

[Mercury112491]

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Ok as far as Mauers hits are concerned. Since we all seem to be into trying to stop the video at the frame right before contact, look at where the ball is on the hit he jacks down the line for a double. Its not under his chin like some people seem to think. The ball is letter high and on the inside half of the plate, not the inside corner, that ball caught a good chunk of plate. Letter high on the inside half to a good hitter gets crushed.

Now that weird Ichiro hit. I'll admit if you stop the camera it looks like he should shoot it to left field. But if you watch the full animation, you know the way your supposed to, he does reach out and try and pull it. Yes it looks a little jerky and its not perfect but this is a video game, errors occur from time to time. Outside of the animation the result is dead on. If you try and pull and high and away pitch your gonna hit a weak liner to second base which he did.

anything else anyone wants to nitpick on?