Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

[~Guru~]

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

That's because according to xbox360,com it's actually a native 1080p game, unlike the show, so yes it should look better at 1080p. Dammit, I might have to move my 360 to the big TV...

this game is not native 1080p...it dont matter what the box says or xbox says

they put it like that to sell it better as a 1080p game

all xbxo games in the back of the box say 1080p and 1080i and 720p

native for about 98% of xbox games and most games are native 720p or even less

the game should be played on 720p for maximum results...

[RogueHominid]

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

Played the demo today, and I really like several things about this game.

First off, I like the pacing of the game. I love that it's all in-world activity, so letting the time elapse between pitches is much more enjoyable in this game than with the pre-rendered cut scene approach. The commentary is very well tuned to the pace and situation of the game.

I LOVE the pitching camera angle. I would like a different hitting angle, but this one's okay.

A couple of things I'm not so hot on or don't understand:
--the pitching: can someone please break down for me when you're supposed to complete the gesture relative to the circles on screen? sorry, but I'm new to this franchise
--slow fielding response
--fielder arm strength seems juiced

Other than that, I like it. It does seem that the CPU pitcher always throws a strike on the first pitch, and doesn't throw many balls overall, but I assume that can be addressed with sliders. I can live with the player faces, and even the bat sound. I just really enjoy the atmosphere they've created. If the shortcomings are addressable with sliders, then I'm sold

To those with experience with this franchise: of the issues I listed, or of the most generally noticed issues, what do you reasonably expect can be adjusted using sliders?

Thanks!

[dave_sz]

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

WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my 360 just RROD'd

Boooooooooooo! I hope mine doesn't go, it is second hand. But with the hours I'll be putting into 2k9, I wouldn't be surprised...

[StatMan79]

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

I just fired it up again.....Its a night game!! Anyone else seeing this?

I played at about 7 o'clock ET tonight and it was a night start. Clearly it was basing the start time of the game off of the system clock. Very nice touch.

[yankeesgiants]

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

Too those who have not played the demo yet:

The demo is rough around the edges. First thing you notice is the cutscenes and animations are all out of wack. I hit a homerun and was rounding the bases when the starting lineup menu popped up. The announcers egnored the homerun and gave the lineup. No way this represents the final product. All replays and highlights are also removed from the demo. I think it was done that way to highlight specific features so you dont just glance over them. For example, if you want to just hit, you can switch back and forth between each team so you get a feel for hitting. Same goes for pitching. Baserunning has not changed at all from last year.

Things you notice right away:

1. The Presentation: Same as NBA 2K9 in every way. The colors and the backround of the startup screen for each game are the same.

2. When the ball hits the dirt little brown smoke clouds popup.

3. When ball go into the stands, a small cluster of fans reach up to try catch the ball.

4. Tracking flyballs is easier, the angle gives you a better read.

5. Hitting: pretty simple, pull back then push foreward.

6. Pitching: Less frustrating then last year. Either you will like it or hate it.

7. Graphics: Player faces need some work. Cole Hamels seamed to be spot on though. Seems to be alot of hit or miss with the player faces.

8. The fonts for numbers and name on both uniforms are the same. Again, I doubt the final product will reflect this.

Overall I like where it's going, I didn't expect it to be perfect and it's not, but I will give the final product a chance.

[~Guru~]

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

I played at about 7 o'clock ET tonight and it was a night start. Clearly it was basing the start time of the game off of the system clock. Very nice touch.

nah...is random...this morning i played a night game and now i am playing a day game....is random

[dave_sz]

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

this game is not native 1080p...it dont matter what the box says or xbox says

they put it like that to sell it better as a 1080p game

all xbxo games in the back of the box say 1080p and 1080i and 720p

native for about 98% of xbox games and most games are native 720p or even less

the game should be played on 720p for maximum results...

Sorry for the mis-info. I just assumed it was 1080p since that's what the site says and all the ps3 games usually say the true native res. FIgured the 360 games were the same. So native 720p with 1080p upscaling? If that is the case then whoever said the game was much better on 1080p, was mistaken...

[dave_sz]

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

I played at about 7 o'clock ET tonight and it was a night start. Clearly it was basing the start time of the game off of the system clock. Very nice touch.

Nope, I was playing night games at 9am this morning...

[Knight165]

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Just played a game....and I hope I'm doing something wrong.

I hit a gap shot(two separate occasions...both to right-center)....I knew I had second both times....I hit the button to advance my guy as he reached first. He took second and was in easy...EXCEPT..he just ran past the bag and stopped...the ball came in to second and he was out.
I did not need to slide....so that wasn't it. I used the trigger to advance...
Am I supposed to be using a different button to advance my guy?

M.K.
Knight165

[dave_sz]

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

Just played a game....and I hope I'm doing something wrong.

I hit a gap shot(two separate occasions...both to right-center)....I knew I had second both times....I hit the button to advance my guy as he reached first. He took second and was in easy...EXCEPT..he just ran past the bag and stopped...the ball came in to second and he was out.
I did not need to slide....so that wasn't it. I used the trigger to advance...
Am I supposed to be using a different button to advance my guy?

M.K.
Knight165

If no one else is on base I use lt or lb to advance to next base. Thing is unless I slide, the guy ALWAYS rounds the base and then comes back. Is that what you mean?

[Brooklynnets24]

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

I played at about 7 o'clock ET tonight and it was a night start. Clearly it was basing the start time of the game off of the system clock. Very nice touch.

no its not

[Brooklynnets24]

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

Just played a game....and I hope I'm doing something wrong.

I hit a gap shot(two separate occasions...both to right-center)....I knew I had second both times....I hit the button to advance my guy as he reached first. He took second and was in easy...EXCEPT..he just ran past the bag and stopped...the ball came in to second and he was out.
I did not need to slide....so that wasn't it. I used the trigger to advance...
Am I supposed to be using a different button to advance my guy?

M.K.
Knight165

thats happened to me twice already

[Knight165]

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

If no one else is on base I use lt or lb to advance to next base. Thing is unless I slide, the guy ALWAYS rounds the base and then comes back. Is that what you mean?

Yes.
He didn't stop on second and in the interim of his two or three steps...the ball came in and he was out.
The first time...I thought I held the trigger to long...but I was careful the second time and the same thing happened.

M.K.
Knight165

[Pared]

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

Just played a game....and I hope I'm doing something wrong.

I hit a gap shot(two separate occasions...both to right-center)....I knew I had second both times....I hit the button to advance my guy as he reached first. He took second and was in easy...EXCEPT..he just ran past the bag and stopped...the ball came in to second and he was out.
I did not need to slide....so that wasn't it. I used the trigger to advance...
Am I supposed to be using a different button to advance my guy?

M.K.
Knight165

You're probably queuing up the running.

You can use the right analog to point to the base you want to go to, in this case, 2nd, and he will stop there. If you use the triggers, you can queue up more bases and I'm sure that's the case. I don't have any major problems baserunning.

For sure though... the base running control scheme is terrible.

[~Guru~]

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

Sorry for the mis-info. I just assumed it was 1080p since that's what the site says and all the ps3 games usually say the true native res. FIgured the 360 games were the same. So native 720p with 1080p upscaling? If that is the case then whoever said the game was much better on 1080p, was mistaken...

the reason xbox puts that in their games is because the 360 has an upscaler but just because people put their console on 1080p does not mean they are playing the game that way..

if you have a good 1080p tv with a good tv upscaler then you can just set the console to 720p which is the native resolution for the game and the tv will upscale for you...

the ps3 dont put 1080p because they dont have the upscaler..if they put 1080p in the back of the box is because they can support that resolution but most likely framerate will drop like the show 09

eventhough the framerate in the show on 1080p is much better then last year they are not silky smooth 60fps like 720p..no matter what they tell you

the graphics take a huge step up in sharpness but you lose the depth of the graphics like white lines not breaking and silky 60fps

the 360 can put the console at 720p or 1080p and you wont see the changes in resolution that you see if you do it on the ps3

that is why the 360 can advertise 1080p but in reality is just bluff...

madden is nantive 720p and when i play it on 360 with 720p the color of the grass is much nicer then when i play it on 1080p

the ps3 dont allow madden at 1080p because they made the game for 720p and forcing 1080p will just downgrade to 480p

720p is the best setting.....