Major League Baseball 2K9 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

[Glenn33]

Never Mind...Back to impressions!

[kGinGreen]

I'm seeing realistic called strikes at this point and lots of them. It's all connected to how you pitch. The pitching interface is very close to greatness. I'd like to be able to take something off a pitch and fool batter that way which im not sure if i can at this point, but it's working really well if you really try to paint the corners.

[bakesalee]

My impression of the game is that it isn't fun. I found myself only 3 innings into it thinking how long could I hold out on not playing some multiplayer Ghost Recon.

Pitching is a chore, batting almost as bad, graphics look like 2k3 set in "HD," camera doesn't follow ball.

There were some nice touches - crowd seemed pretty next-gen as they weren't just zombies of the past. Fluff is just fluff though when a game isn't fun to play.

[MastorofPuppetz]

Quote: Originally Posted by The Living Legend

Though i love the demo, nothing has wowed me in sports games at all, maybe the graphics on the show but that it the graphics. It stinks that it takes to long to develop games and also it stinks that VC is finally working on the game cause they have the resources now. Here is what really worries me is the fact that we are on what year 4 of the 360 and hadnt had a decent baseball game or even football, hockey yes finally. What worries me is that the new systems are coming out soon which means back to square 1 soon that blows. And games havent even used the tru power of the 360 i think the sports gaming is in serious trouble and i wish there was a way to fix it but there is not. The economy, what fans demand vs profit vs politics, it's all relevant since the 360. Shame really.

New systems coming out soon? Wherever you get your info...

2012 by most estimates, the new systems have longer life spans as adoption rates are not near as fast as the old ps2 gen, imagine how far PC will be ahead by then?

[MastorofPuppetz]

Quote: Originally Posted by bakesalee

My impression of the game is that it isn't fun. I found myself only 3 innings into it thinking how long could I hold out on not playing some multiplayer Ghost Recon. Pitching is a chore, batting almost as bad, graphics look like 2k3 set in "HD," camera doesn't follow ball. There were some nice touches - crowd seemed pretty next-gen as they weren't just zombies of the past. Fluff is just fluff though when a game isn't fun to play.

Pitchign a chore? Most find it to easy, lol.

[The Living Legend]

Quote: Originally Posted by kGinGreen

I'm seeing realistic called strikes at this point and lots of them. It's all connected to how you pitch. The pitching interface is very close to greatness. I'd like to be able to take something off a pitch and fool batter that way which im not sure if i can at this point, but it's working really well if you really try to paint the corners.

Your defintly right i love the pitching mechanics in this game, someone said that you dont have to do both motions to pitch you only have to hold the first part and just let go. You can do that but you will not have the velocity or the break on it, you might get lucky but the computer will smack the crap out of it and i tested it a couple of times.

Also i probably will go back to the 2k8 version seems a little to easy for me but i think if i can adjust how fast it goes then that might be a different story. I like the hitting to might love the cursor though since i loved it in 2k3. After this pitching mechanic was implemented i can never go back to button pressing, just cant.

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by MastorofPuppetz

Pitchign a chore? Most find it to easy, lol.

Easy is simply the opposite of difficult. Chore means it feels like work, and there are easy chores and difficult chores. Two different things. I personally find twirling a stick every pitch to be a chore. That's regardless of the difficulty setting.

[The Living Legend]

Quote: Originally Posted by MastorofPuppetz

New systems coming out soon? Wherever you get your info... 2012 by most estimates, the new systems have longer life spans as adoption rates are not near as fast as the old ps2 gen, imagine how far PC will be ahead by then?

Dont be surprise if you see the new xbox come out before that.