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  • Bug
    Rookie
    • Jul 2006
    • 189

    #421
    Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

    I really dont see what the complaints are about the graphics i mean it looks great to me and its just an old build of the game so i know how polished the final product will be this is a pretty solid demo hell if you ask me this demo beats out the final version of 2k8 thats just my input

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    • PVarck31
      Moderator
      • Jan 2003
      • 16869

      #422
      Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

      Originally posted by JonahFalcon
      What's your point?

      MY point is they're f'ing wasting time on analog crap when they COULD be spending that time WORKING ON THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL PART OF BASEBALL: THE HITTER/PITCHER CONFRONTATION.

      I'd rather have them work on making it so that I can work the count as a hitter and have hitters fooled as a pitcher than the idiotic analog stick, and the even MORE idiotic pitching analog which doesn't feel like baseball one whit. It feels like a minigame crammed into the game to give someone with no attention span something to do.

      It doesn't feel like baseball.
      My point is that some actually like the analog controls. Like me. There are options though.

      If you don't like it then don't buy it man. That's all I can really say.

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      • JonahFalcon
        Banned
        • Jan 2007
        • 437

        #423
        Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

        Phillips talking about how the manager should consider the squeeze play with a man on third, less than 2 outs.

        Of course, there's 2 outs.

        Then again, Phillips has always been a dolt.

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        • taco
          Banned
          • Feb 2003
          • 42

          #424
          Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

          Originally posted by ExtremeGamer
          This ends now.

          Impressions ONLY. Anything else is an infraction. Got it? Good.

          And you are?

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          • Lisa_Bonami
            Banned
            • Aug 2003
            • 1293

            #425
            Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

            Based on only 2 quick innings of Demo play here are some high level things that standout:

            Good:

            +gameplay has a more fluid retro video game baseball feel in comparison to last year's mechanical clunky feel

            +hit variety and placement

            +tighter control

            Concerns:

            -some quirky and misaligned animations still present. ie. outfielders crow up to throw in one direction but the ball releases in another

            -On close ups and foul balls, the "Chug" rears its ugly head. You can feel the frame rate dip in situations that seem to include certain camera angles that pan to the crowd or have high poly counts

            -Is the hitting oversimplified for its own good? (hoping this could be a slider difficulty setting to increase the challenge)

            -CPU seems to be too aggressive with the swing and will only seem to hold up on balls way out of the strike zone (hopefully this is also a slider setting to fix)

            Overall, Im satisified with the demo and this year's design team seemed to have a theme to keep the game accessible and most importantly fun. And I believe they are on the right track with this years version. Again, this is based on very limited gameplay and is more of an overall first impressions. I hope digging a little deeper doesnt reveal some uglier findings

            So far...so good

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            • dave_sz
              Pro
              • Mar 2005
              • 575

              #426
              Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

              Originally posted by Riotboy
              and the graphics are way better than 2K8/The Show 09, but not so much 2K7. I
              Ok, seriously? Are we playing the same demo?

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              • bellz666
                Don Mattingly is God
                • Feb 2005
                • 1090

                #427
                Buy a PS3 and get The Show....
                Let's Go Yankees!

                XBox Live GT: cRPGeezus

                Playstation Network: IrreverentGamer

                My Twitch Channel: cRPGeezus (Click me!)

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                • PVarck31
                  Moderator
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 16869

                  #428
                  Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                  Originally posted by taco
                  And you are?
                  He is a senior staff member of operationsports. And you are?

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                  • rdonnel1
                    Rookie
                    • Jul 2008
                    • 80

                    #429
                    Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                    I think the some of the signature styles are terrible...they dont have victorino's stance, werth's stance, carlos pena's stance and utleys stance isnt even good. All these players are pretty big names. I was expecting much more people to have signature stances

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                    • jim416
                      Banned
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 10606

                      #430
                      Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                      3rd inning demo, if it hasn't been posted.

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                      • JonahFalcon
                        Banned
                        • Jan 2007
                        • 437

                        #431
                        Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                        They really nailed the crowd, though. Bases loaded against me - the crowd isn't screaming (it's the 3rd inning), but everyone is standing up.

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                        • kaydigi
                          MVP
                          • Nov 2002
                          • 1432

                          #432
                          Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                          One the fence about canceling my pre order, will wait for a retail impressions thread.


                          - The running out fielder animations are very awkward. They look like plastic man twisting their upper torso.
                          - The swing stick batting completely diminished my pre release hype. I understand you can change it in the retail, but i'm not willing to gamble $60 on the playability on "regular batting". I wish they would have given us a choice in the demo.
                          - The icons and after swing graphics are vomit inducing. Can you turn them off in the retail??
                          -The person who approved the design of the "runners on base icon" should be fired. Static army men cutouts represent baserunners now? I just do not like a lot of the graphic overlays.

                          I really wish sports games had a 2 year development cycle.

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                          • JonahFalcon
                            Banned
                            • Jan 2007
                            • 437

                            #433
                            Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                            Originally posted by pjv31
                            My point is that some actually like the analog controls. Like me. There are options though.

                            If you don't like it then don't buy it man. That's all I can really say.
                            Some people like blood sausage and Adam Sandler movies, too.

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                            • dave_sz
                              Pro
                              • Mar 2005
                              • 575

                              #434
                              Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                              Originally posted by JonahFalcon
                              Some people like blood sausage and Adam Sandler movies, too.
                              I like both....

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                              • dlasp66
                                Rookie
                                • Feb 2009
                                • 73

                                #435
                                Re: Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                                Originally posted by bellz666
                                Buy a PS3 and get The Show....
                                lol is this suppose to be subliminal advertising hahaa

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