[Hopeful Cubsfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by speedtrucker

WOW! honestly I never knew that and it probably save my purchase... I had played probably 5 more 3-inning rounds since my original thoughts and was ready to revise my thoughts negatively and cancel my pre-order until I read the above. my settings were defaulted to Hard and it was taking the fun out of the game and beating me over the head with the throwing meter. I was furious that Beltre who is a golden glover didn't have more than a sliver of green on simple grounders. replaying the demo on "normal" made so much difference, this game is actually quite enjoyable and with sliders it will be a ton better. still the away Grey uniforms look too cartoonish compared to the home whites. I like that the CPU pitchers can feel "human" at times, not programmed to start missing the strikezone randomly but rather it felt like a combination of loss of composure and the ump squeezing them due to lack of control.

It's funny you say that, because I feel it is a lot better on 'Hard'. I threw a perfect game in 3 innings with Ogando, and it wasn't very challenging. On hard, the throw meter actually makes sense, because you HAVE to plant your feet in order to get a bigger green bar. If you are preloading every throw while on the move like it was easy to in 2k11, then this new system will kick your butt.