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

[JT30]

The game has potential, but obviously needs a lot of work.

Few things that happened to me....

1. I was in a rundown, and the CPU didnt make any effort to tag me out.. the CPU simply played catch and I was able to run back and forth for over 5 minutes before the CPU threw it away.

2. CPU had a guy on first and I threw a wild pitch.. the ball seemed to pick up some speed before it hit the back stop. My catcher went to the backstop, picked up the ball and promptly threw the guy out at second. It was Crawford who was thrown out at 2B.

3. I caught a fly ball in center field... about medium depth.. CPU tagged up at 3rd base and I threw to home, but I ended up prematurely hitting the button to stop the meter before it reached max.. so I ended up throwing a lollipop. That wasnt the problem. The problem was, the ball landed just outside 2nd base and then rolled all the way to home plate. I guess this game doesnt take into account friction from grass or dirt.

4. I had guys on first and second, 1 out.. and I hit what I thought to be a pop fly in the infield. IF fly rule should be in effect, but it wasnt called. However, the big problem was that the pop fly that I hit, didnt come down from the sky until both my runners advanced to home plate. Then the ball finally fell in the infield..right beside the second baseman.

5. I havent had an AB longer than 3 pitches, and either has the CPU.

6. I caught a fly ball at the warning track with no one on base, and for ha ha's I decided to throw it home... the ball landed just shy of the SS area, in the OF grass and rolled all the way to home plate.

7. Guy on first.. I hit a groundball to the secondbaseman and looking to be an easy double play. Well the secondbaseman tags my guy running to second, which was fine... however, the secondbaseman (after tagging the baserunner) still decides to throw it to 2B for whatever reason. SS catches the ball and doesnt even make an attempt to throw it to first.

8. I successfully laid down 3 bunts in a row for a base hit because the catcher and pitcher couldnt make up their mind on who was to field it... but when the pitcher finally did field it, he throw a lollipop to first... well after the runner reached.

9. Four times, I have had the pitcher try to catch a pop fly in the IF while my 3B was trying to make the catch. 2x, the ball just landed in between them.

10. I have counted 5x where a pop fly just landed next to a CPU IF.


Can't wait for the retail version

[Pared]

I would have to agree on rundowns and bunt fielding. It's terrible in the demo.

You can actually time the rundowns and make it to a base safely. Just get the timing right and you can get there easily.

[MastorofPuppetz]

Hitting to easy? The DEMO is on PRO, there are 3 higher difficulties as well as sliders???????? Too early to say that.

[MastorofPuppetz]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwjr

I don't know. My experience is that the demos are pretty close to the finished product.

Not true, MLb 2K7 demo and final product was vastly different.

[JT30]

Ya so basically, if you see you are gonna be thrown out stealing 2B for instance, you best bet is to get in a rundown...lol

Classic

[boomhauertjs]

I only had time to play one game last night, but I came away with a good impression of the game.

Positives:
Presentation
Pitching is much better this year (and the CPU looked at strikes)
Game is much smoother

Negatives:
Fielding camera, but I think I'll get used to it
Using the right stick for hitting (but in the full game I could always use button hitting)

I'm going to wait until the first day or so of impressions of the full game, but I'm pretty sure I'm buying this.

[BlackRome]

Darn. I was hoping I didn't have to buy a PS3 until they lowered the price again. It looks like they got me. They GOT ME!

My 360 is collecting dust because both NBA games this year were a disappointment online. Sorry. I don't get kicks out of beating the computer. I need real competition to destroy. Hello PS3.

[kGinGreen]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

I would have to agree on rundowns and bunt fielding. It's terrible in the demo. You can actually time the rundowns and make it to a base safely. Just get the timing right and you can get there easily.

I have had them chase me down. It does happen. It's just weird how it's done and wrong. The camera is also zoomed out to far for baserunning and it's just looks really bad and is poorly executed.