We have just posted our Major League Baseball 2K10 Q&A Round 2, with Senior Producer, Mark Little.
Check out the exclusive screenshots, right here.
Check out the exclusive screenshots, right here.
Spectre: "If people still think CPU batters are a little too aggressive, are there any sliders to help make it so they are less aggressive?"
Mark: "To make the game as realistic as possible and also bring out the characteristics of the individual players, we use Inside Edge statistics and a set of statistics that we compiled ourselves to determine what players should do at the plate. This includes a lot of different factors such as count, player tendency, type of pitch, ball vs. strike, etc. We did this so that each batter has his own approach at the plate and, what works against one batter, may not work against the next. We really want to ensure that some batters are very patient and some batters are very aggressive. With that being our goal, it does not make sense to have a slider that makes everyone swing more or less, that would not keep with the realism.
In our testing and tuning of the game you can see this play out properly over a large sample set of batters and innings, and we do not see batters being overly aggressive, especially [ones] that have a tendency to be patient at the plate.
I’ve read the posts in the demo thread about cases where a batter swung when it was 3-0 that was cause for concern. While it is not common for players to swing at a curve ball on a 3-0 count, it doesn’t mean that it never happens. That is one of my favorite aspects of baseball -- in a season just about everything that you think won’t occur will occur at some point.
We are open to all of your feedback, so please keep playing and compiling your thoughts, but remember that when we are talking about batting and pitching, player tendency really plays a big factor in what happens."
Mark: "To make the game as realistic as possible and also bring out the characteristics of the individual players, we use Inside Edge statistics and a set of statistics that we compiled ourselves to determine what players should do at the plate. This includes a lot of different factors such as count, player tendency, type of pitch, ball vs. strike, etc. We did this so that each batter has his own approach at the plate and, what works against one batter, may not work against the next. We really want to ensure that some batters are very patient and some batters are very aggressive. With that being our goal, it does not make sense to have a slider that makes everyone swing more or less, that would not keep with the realism.
In our testing and tuning of the game you can see this play out properly over a large sample set of batters and innings, and we do not see batters being overly aggressive, especially [ones] that have a tendency to be patient at the plate.
I’ve read the posts in the demo thread about cases where a batter swung when it was 3-0 that was cause for concern. While it is not common for players to swing at a curve ball on a 3-0 count, it doesn’t mean that it never happens. That is one of my favorite aspects of baseball -- in a season just about everything that you think won’t occur will occur at some point.
We are open to all of your feedback, so please keep playing and compiling your thoughts, but remember that when we are talking about batting and pitching, player tendency really plays a big factor in what happens."
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