Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: Cardinals @ Cubs Top 1st

[gjsii13]

This game looks OUTSTANDING to me

There seems to be no framerate issues at all!

I am so impressed with this vid

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by CarryTheWeight

Anyone else notice that the transition from the walk-in to the batting stance is missing a few frames? It seems that Pujols and Ankiel pull their bats up into their stances too quickly.

Man...I don't want to be the guy..but yeah.
I'm seeing a lot of hitching.

Two things...I'm tired...
...and this is an old build....

I'll watch again tomorrow.

M.K.
Knight165

[phillyfan23]

first impressions:

no framerate issues...big big plus

I'm digging the bat-boy.....very big or baseball atmosphere....

thorne/phillips ....2 thumbs up

graphics while not jaw dropping are good, and the baseball feel is there....

bat sounds are horrible.......i'm guessing that mlb 2k12 when it's on xbox 720 the bat sounds will be fixed

batting animations are not smooth,hopefully we will see more polish in the retail




so far so good!

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by CarryTheWeight

Anyone else notice that the transition from the walk-in to the batting stance is missing a few frames? It seems that Pujols and Ankiel pull their bats up into their stances too quickly.

I saw that, but there were also a couple cutaways that did that too. I'm wondering if someone just skipped throught a couple transitions (meaning pressed "A")? I would be surprised if that happened in the final build (at least that bad).

[Blzer]

Okay, I'll just lay out my personal positives and negatives.

+ Real-time is simply glorious.
+ Commentary is beyond amazing, keeping up the tempo between pitches, but there may be a negative with it...
+ All unique batting stances.
+ All of the camera angles look like something that you would see on TV (sans gameplay cams).
+ The crowd looks great.
+ Strike zones are nice and fit, they all represent the player's stance.
+ Player models are spot on, body proportions correct and what not.
+ Cloud movement is in. I'm still waiting to see on that time of day progression thing.

- Bat sounds are abysmal. Enough said.
- Fielding camera angle is hit or miss. I can see why some people would like it, but it starts to get too overhead for my personal taste.
- This game is a sim at heart, but with them starting over and such I can feel a lot of "arcade" in it. Again, I'm sure it plays sim and tries its best to be sim, but fielder, runner, and throwing speed are all kind of off the charts at the moment.
- Again this may be a negative, but commentary is so specific, I wonder how long it will be until we start hearing those same repeats over and over and over again? Let's pray that there is a lot of commentary in this game.
- Animations just aren't looking fluid. You can see it when Pujols prepares for his stance then gets into it... something's just weird about it.
- There's also something very weird about the replays. They try and use the blur, then go full speed then slow-motion, zoom and then you lose the ball, small "whoosh" sounds on contact... just sort of weird.
- This is only a negative if you're a Cubs fan. I hope you don't mind seeing that large State Farm sign/building out in center field for all of your home games.
- I sort of wish that the heads up display would just stay on screen all of the time. I understand because it could interfere with something in play, but I wish they could do something about that. I don't know what.

? Time of day progression.
? Crowd audio for home team.
? Repetitive commentary.
? Pitching ease.
? Zone hitting fundamentals.

[Badboy49er]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

This game is definitely looking rough around the edges. So far the only really impressive thing is the real time. I think 2K10 is the game that we're looking for. Either way, this could deliver solidly, in a sort of ugly way.

You know Blzer thats exactly what i was thinking. When VC has another year with this game it should be phenomenal. Loving the real time stuff. For this year though i feel it will at the least be a solid title. Looks like no frame rate hitches so thats good.

[PVarck31]

Yeah, the bat sounds are still bad. Thought for sure that would have been fixed. O well, I can live with it. Game looks very solid to me.

[Smitty730]

Quote: Originally Posted by Shakedowncapo

+Smooth framerate all the way through +Thorne and Phillips sound great...Awesome job there VC. How come they cant do this for NBA?! +Like most of the fielding throws...Look good. -Batting stances, especially Pujols looks absolutely terrible. -The atmosphere seems kinda meh but I could be wrong. -That damn organ.. -Bat sounds...Come on VC. Really?!

I respectfully disagree, regarding the atmosphere.It's only footage of one-half an inning, but I feel immersed. The numerous real-time shots are amazing, although hitchy in some spots. What I really enjoy is the chattering of the fans. It has a "first-inning" feel to it, and like I said, I was immersed.