Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Giants @ D-Backs "Zone Hitting"

[SoxFan01605]

Looks alright. Not a fan of their bright giant indicators though (accross the board...what's the obsession with bright yellow?...lol).

Any option to turn that off Steve?

[RedLine]

Thanks for the new videos Steve with the zone hitting. That does look challenging and it's nice to have this new hitting option. However, the big yellow bat does make it look a little busy.

Also, I like the new post game wrapup and the options to show the Top 3 plays, Great Grabs, and Signature Highlights. Big improvement over last year.

Overall I think VC has done a good job raising the bar on the presentation values in this game.

Just waiting for the demo now so we can try it out!

[duke776]

Thanks for all the videos, screens, and info Steve!

Quote: Originally Posted by bigfnjoe96

Love weak grounder after trying to pull that outside pitch. Also did I hear the 3rd baseman call of the SS to start that DP? Also finally saw a different DP Animation from the 2B.. Nice.. Also look like Webb was on his game.. Good Stuff

I'm pretty sure that was Thorne that said "Got it!"

[bigfnjoe96]

Quote: Originally Posted by duke776

Thanks for all the videos, screens, and info Steve! I'm pretty sure that was Thorne that said "Got it!"

Listen to it again duke, the voices are different.

[jeffy777]

Quote: Originally Posted by The Living Legend

Ok im confused on the hitting, is the zone hitting the grey ball in the begging at bat, and then switches to cursor hitting? Cause i thought the icon is for cursor hitting.

The dark grey circle at the beginning of that at bat is the Batter's Eye that is used to try to guess the pitch location similar to how it was in 2K8, 2K7, etc

Then the cursor that looks like a bat is what you use once the pitch is thrown to try and hit the ball as it crosses the plate by lining up the cursor with the location of the ball.

[Scottdau]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigfnjoe96

Listen to it again duke, the voices are different.

It is Thorne he is just excited. Listen to it again.

[jeffy777]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoxFan01605

Looks alright. Not a fan of their bright giant indicators though (accross the board...what's the obsession with bright yellow?...lol). Any option to turn that off Steve?

It's quite smilar to the cursor used in Pro Yakyuu Spirits, except for the yellow color, lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ICO...ure=related%22

I just wish it were more transparent........

[BadKermit]

I wanted to see where off the "bat" Renteria hit the ball, so I got the following screencap:



He swung early and on top of the ball, and rolled weakly out to the SS. Seems like a pretty realistic result to me. Pretty cool.