03-03-2010, 05:20 PM
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Banned
OVR: 37
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Canada
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Re: Official MLB 2K10 Impressions (360/PS3)
Rental stores failed me again and there was only one copy left so I ended up buying it.
First thing I did was look for practice mode to run classic hitting tests. It seems normal practice has been done away with. I went for a HR derby,in KC,at night with gusty wind,10 outs.
First I did one round with 8 guys and classic hitting:
Classic
Prince 17
Howard 16
Bay 14
ARod 13
Branyan 13
Lind 12
Pujols 11
Ortiz 4
I was a bit distracted by Ortiz's gloves somehow hanging out of his back pocket and being on his hands at the same time but as you can see the sluggers slugged.
For part 2 of this I switched to the stick and used power swings only with 4 of those guys:
Prince 2
Bay 2
Branyan 2
Pujols 2
A huge reduction of HRs. I tried both pressing down then up as the ball was coming in AND holding down before the pitch and swinging at the right time,that was the best result of any of them. Most of the times I hit the ball it was a long fly.
Next I took the other 4 and used the contact swing on the stick:
Howard 3
ARod 1
Lind 1
Ortiz 6
More than the power swings but nowhere near classic. I got mostly flyballs that died just outside the infield. I also held up for much of this time and tried without holding up. It seemed not holding it improved things a bit.
So I went back to the power swings for the next round of this one and did NOT hold up on the left stick:
Howard 3
Ortiz 0
Only to get similar results.
Conclusion: I'm still no good with the stick and classic hitting isn't broken this year.
My hitting experiment was more important so this is based on a single inning on Pro with no slider changes,classic hitting and classic pitching...
Presentation is great.
Batting cameras are still compelte garbage. Going to be another big stuggle to get a decent one.
Classic pitching didn't exactly work how I thought it did at first.
My first hit was a double.
There was an amazing animation for breaking up a double play.
The 12-6 curve has a much bigger drop than last year. Also a big reduction in the AI chasing it.
This shaky cursor stuff is still awful and I want to turn it off but I don't see an option to turn it off? More importantly why is it shaking in the FIRST inning now?
I also commited an error somehow. Perhaps it had to do with the roller to the pitcher that should've been a double play but wasn't even 1 out.
Loved the commentary. TV quality,at least in MLB Today. I wonder if it's progressive through the season in franchise?
These 2K Nav menus are still horrible. They were bad in NHL,bad in NBA and they're still bad here.
I think a fan actually caught a ball. I don't remember one actually catching it before. They'd try but it'd bounce off them or the steps or whatever.
I'd like to yet again compliment the folks that pick the music for these games. 2K9,The BIGS 2 and now 2K10 have all be fantastic.
The balls were getting stuck in the back CF wall at Kauffman during the HR derby testing. They'd hit the part before it bounce up and get stuck. Only glitch so far.
Currently very hopeful. Have to test out sliders,get a decent batting cam etc.
Last edited by goh; 03-03-2010 at 05:22 PM.
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