Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Tigers @ Indians

[Maynard]

i didnt see any called strikes in that video. i also am not liking the fielding view. I hope that changable because i keep seeing the same view. i do like the hit variety, but i dont like the outs i am seeing. seems like alot of fly ball outs in this game. the players faces dont look good either.

the stadiums and graphics look real good though and the game looks smooth. But if there is no demo prior to the release then i will not buy this game.

No demo means something is wrong.

[The Riddler]

Quote: Originally Posted by Maynard

No demo means something is wrong.

Yea.. Did the game even go gold yet ?

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by Maynard

No demo means something is wrong.

No demo today means there's no demo yet. No demo in two weeks means there's something wrong.

[Maynard]

Quote: Originally Posted by baa7

No demo today means there's no demo yet. No demo in two weeks means there's something wrong.

i agree....if it comes next week then its a good sign. i keep going back to 2 games that didnt have a demo before release. 2k8 and rainbow six vegas 2. Both had so much promise based on the previous years game, and both were a huge let down for various reasons. i made the mistake of buying both on their release dates

[The Living Legend]

Well for me i liked video, i mean it a mere video and nothing more.. I mean ive seen plenty of real baseball games were there was nothing but flyballs. and the fact its to hard to see if there is going to be ridiculous amount of grounders or fly balls cause there is to much to influence on the user.

[spankdatazz22]

Quote: Originally Posted by Maynard

i agree....if it comes next week then its a good sign. i keep going back to 2 games that didnt have a demo before release. 2k8 and rainbow six vegas 2. Both had so much promise based on the previous years game, and both were a huge let down for various reasons. i made the mistake of buying both on their release dates

While I understand your perspective given prior history, I don't think the demo release date means much of anything other than [those making the game] planned ahead to release the demo early. I think we on message boards tend to read far too much into these things. Last year NBA Live released their demo like a month before the game released and you had people forecasting doom and gloom for NBA2K9 because they weren't being shown much media or a demo. I think the demo ended up coming out a week prior to release. Obviously a demo isn't going to be fully representative of what the final game will be, many/most just give you a general idea to what the game will be. Anytime I play any demo I go into it with that mentality. A great demo doesn't guarantee a great game anymore than a poor demo (or no demo) guarantees a bad game. Have to take all info - demo, video, impressions, various write ups - and give them the appropriate weight when making a decision on a purchase.

Thx for the vid Steve; as with the others really enjoyed it. Love how the game is shaping up; definitely looks solid

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by baa7

Has any baseball game had that?

World Series Baseball 2K3 had it. In fact, when you held the L-trigger (because that is like the "shift modifier" to pick off a runner, pressing a face button afterward), they would look over to the lead runner as well. It was pretty cool. The AI would do it automatically.

[SwinginAs12]

Does anyone know if you can play spring training like The Show?

- demooooooo?