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

[Woodweaver]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwjr

Only concerns I had from the commentary: 1. Thorne says, "Shumaker, here we go!" almost back-to-back when Shumaker (sp?) dives back into 1st base and when he tries to steal on the subsequent pitch. 2. Phillips says (I'm paraphrasing), "The Cubs continue to draw well, even when they're not at home." Seems curiously out of place considering that the Cubs are at home.

Also the Shumaker steal attempt itself looked odd. No slide. It just looked like he was rounding the base. No collision detection during the tag either. They just passed right through each other.

[brendanrfoley]

Four things put me at ease about the framerate we see in this video:

• It's a Beta (unoptimized) copy


• The vids are encoded at 30fps, the game is 60fps -- hence the lost frames


• It already runs more smoothly than MLB 2K8


• Visual Concepts has delivered, so far

[brendanrfoley]

Quote: Originally Posted by Woodweaver

Also the Shumaker steal attempt itself looked odd. No slide. It just looked like he was rounding the base. No collision detection during the tag either. They just passed right through each other.

Agree about the "Here we go!" line.

But, Steve already mentioned he forgot to push the button to slide; that was user error.

[Woodweaver]

Quote: Originally Posted by brendanrfoley

Agree about the "Here we go!" line. But, Steve already mentioned he forgot to push the button to slide; that was user error.

I figured it was probably user error. But, don't you normally stop at the base when you are stealing even if you don't slide?

[mwjr]

Quote: Originally Posted by Woodweaver

Also the Shumaker steal attempt itself looked odd. No slide. It just looked like he was rounding the base.

I chalked that up to the user not knowing which controls to use to do that. I hope that's what it was.

[lived]

Quote: Originally Posted by Woodweaver

I figured it was probably user error. But, don't you normally stop at the base when you are stealing even if you don't slide?

I believe there is an option to make it user-controlled or automatic for sliding. I know it was in 2k8, they may or may not have tooken it out

[brendanrfoley]

Quote: Originally Posted by Woodweaver

I figured it was probably user error. But, don't you normally stop at the base when you are stealing even if you don't slide?

He also mentioned he hit the analog stick and sent the runner to third.

[bryan_05]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trevytrev11

Isn't Wrigley one of the few stadiums that plays the organ during games? Hopefully, it's just a Wrigley thing and not an every stadium thing this year. And if they are going to offer the organ, give us an option to shut it off.

Yes Wrigley uses an organ. I've heard a few Johnny Cash songs pre-game, it's magnificent!