Major League Baseball 2K9 Hands-On Preview (Gamespy)

[JBH3]

What does "Wait a month and we'll see for ourselves" mean?

Does that mean 2K will have videos out of the gameplay, rid of any framerate issues?

Or does that mean buy it, and once you've bought it and played it you'll see the framerate isn't an issue?

In this economy I hope that the latter isn't the idea.

Can someone please elaborate?

[tmac55]

Quote: Originally Posted by SimBaller

Just so you guys know, optimization is at the tail end of the to-do list. It only makes sense to get everything into the game and THEN do FPS optimization. Showing the game to IGN, Gamespot, et al was a formality of showing off our focus and direction with the game this year. In no way does it represent the final product. When you pick this game up off the shelves, it will be running 60. Wait a month and you'll see for yourselves.

Excellent news. I was never doubting VC or their abilities and I mean if FPS problem is gone, then I see a nice game shaping up here compared to mlb 2k8. Here's to hoping it all pans out.

[7stringking]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeffy777

Yeah, I got a laugh out of it too. Thankfully (atleast in this case) the mods over there are just average Joes and really know nothing about what's actually going on at 2K. I'm sure we'll be hearing from Gamespot/IGN, etc in the weeks to come about the progress of the game (and hopefully the improved framerate) before it's released. However, it would be nice to get a little more assurance straight from 2K on their forum.

Wouldn't it be nice tho' if there were mods who actually worked on the games...I mean, not all the time of course, but they could pop in every once in awhile...After all, the Madden and HC guys post here, so why not?

[7stringking]

Quote: Originally Posted by dorismary

Scarry stuff especially for ps3 owners , If I remember correctly they basically lied about this problem that year The framrate watch starts now.

It isn't scary for PS3 owners at all...You have a choice!

[7stringking]

Quote: Originally Posted by dickdalewood

Haha, framerate issues STILL? After last year, you'd think that would have been the FIRST thing they fixed. Just about every sports game has figured out how to achieve 60 fps, yet two years in 2K still can't seem to... Hell, last year they removed half the crowd and couldn't do it, how do they expect to do it with this "living world" idea??? Bad, 2K, bad!!

Yeah, that is what befuddles me about the whole 'living' crowd thing...Sure that is cool, but does it REALLY matter in the end?..It seems like making a high quality SIM BB game is far more important.

Between that and player cards...IDK

Seems like there are better things to do

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by 7stringking

It isn't scary for PS3 owners at all...You have a choice!

And this is why people like you sicken me, because you're so much smarter than I was to buy a PS3 instead of a 360.

[tyler289]

Why would they get rid of different umpire personalities? Not all umpires have the same exact strike zone. A huge part of pitching - especially for softer throwers - is getting those close calls on the black (or not getting them) on any given day. Making every single strike zone, for every umpire, the same exact thing is pretty stupid, in my opinion.

It just sounds like people get frustrated when an umpire doesn't call their pitch a strike. Oh well, it happens in real life, too, a lot. I don't see why that needed to be changed.

Hopefully the framerate issue is fixed.

[JBH3]

Quote: Originally Posted by tyler289

Why would they get rid of different umpire personalities? Not all umpires have the same exact strike zone. A huge part of pitching - especially for softer throwers - is getting those close calls on the black (or not getting them) on any given day. Making every single strike zone, for every umpire, the same exact thing is pretty stupid, in my opinion. It just sounds like people get frustrated when an umpire doesn't call their pitch a strike. Oh well, it happens in real life, too, a lot. I don't see why that needed to be changed. Hopefully the framerate issue is fixed.

Where was this reported?

From my work CPU I can't access the gaming sites that posted previews.

That upsets me too because having dynamic umpires is a definite PLUS - for any baseball game.