Major League Baseball 2K9 Patch #2 Details

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by markprior22

Well, I'm really enjoying the game right now. I have encountered all the known issues that have been posted but the occurrences have been rare. I doubt I will play a franchise...I have never done that with a console game (might give it a go...just not sure yet). The fixes that are already confirmed are a great step. Anyway, as for myself, I'm loving it and am really looking forward to the patch.

That's good. I have no doubt people already enjoying the game will only enjoy it more post-patch. I also have no doubt that several who are trying to get into it (because the generally enjoy the 2K brand of baseball) might be able to finally get going post-patch. Between the patch fixes and the potential roster editor and other PC mods, I'm hopeful to start getting into this game a bit more as well.

I'm speaking more about those expecting this to "fix" a game they find to be completely (or nearly) broken. The more significant issues will hopefully be addressed, but this will still be the same game overall. If one doesn't see any potential in 2K9 (as a current title) then the patch likely won't change their mind.

Just getting that out there before the flood of "THIS GAME IS STILL CRAP...THE PATCH DIDN'T FIX IT!!!" type threads start rolling in...lol

[jeffy777]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoxFan01605

I'm speaking more about those expecting this to "fix" a game they find to be completely (or nearly) broken. The more significant issues will hopefully be addressed, but this will still be the same game overall. If one doesn't see any potential in 2K9 (as a current title) then the patch likely won't change their mind.

I can't stand playing 2K9 right now, but I don't see the whole game as being broken. It's just that the things which are wrong with it are REALLY annoying to me, but thankfully those things are mentioned in the fix list (AI aggression, pickoffs being too easy, flyball issues, homeruns are WAY too easy to hit online) so if those problems can get ironed out, I could see myself enjoying 2K9, especially online.

I just hope they don't let me down like last year when they said they were going to fix the online lag, but never did

[PES3Paul]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeffy777

I can't stand playing 2K9 right now, but I don't see the whole game as being broken. It's just that the things which are wrong with it are REALLY annoying to me, but thankfully those things are mentioned in the fix list (AI aggression, pickoffs being too easy, flyball issues, homeruns are WAY too easy to hit online) so if those problems can get ironed out, I could see myself enjoying 2K9, especially online. I just hope they don't let me down like last year when they said they were going to fix the online lag, but never did

The control/button mapping issue has to be near the top of the list. It's bad enough the game went out with more bugs than Terminix can handle, but it's doubly frustrating for those who have perfectly working Xbox360 wireless or Logitech 12-button gamepads not to be able to calibrate their stuff and make it stick.

[deepen03]

the thing is that this 2nd patch has things in it that should have never been a problem. the devs should have found these problems out during the development of the game. some of these fixes are major issues for a baseball game. If the stuff thats included in both patches was already in the final game, the reviews would have been much much better. the game was hurt by minor nagging issues.

[SDwinder]

The fact that the 2k9 wasnt ready out of the box isnt that big of a deal if they have it ready to go for Opening Day. VC had a limited year cycle to completely overhaul the game, some people seem to forget, so they should get a little more leeway.

The biggest problem all along has been comparing it to the precision of the Sony dev team on The Show, and the end result out of the box. If The Show did not exist, human nature would dictate more latitude with 2K9. With that being said, The Show is leaps and bounds better than 2K9 can hope to be. It is the core fundamentals of the design of the game that 2k9 cannot patch, that hampers it this year. The patch just fixes bugs, hopefully.

[Bahnzo]

Quote: Originally Posted by SDwinder

VC had a limited year cycle to completely overhaul the game, some people seem to forget, so they should get a little more leeway.

Can we please stop with this allusion? VC themselves stated they had a full development cycle with 2K9, so this notion they should be given leeway because they didn't is completely false.

[Bahnzo]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeffy777

I can't stand playing 2K9 right now, but I don't see the whole game as being broken. It's just that the things which are wrong with it are REALLY annoying to me, but thankfully those things are mentioned in the fix list (AI aggression, pickoffs being too easy, flyball issues, homeruns are WAY too easy to hit online) so if those problems can get ironed out, I could see myself enjoying 2K9, especially online. I just hope they don't let me down like last year when they said they were going to fix the online lag, but never did

I'm at the same point right now. Each game I play includes several ridiculous errors that ruin it. It's become obvious to me there's no way 2K/VC didn't know these were issues and released the game anyhow.

So until the patch comes out, MLB 2K9 is pretty much relegated to the shelf. And the quality of this patch may have a lot to do with whether or not I consider buying it next year. I'll have a PS3 soon, so you know what that means

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bahnzo

So until the patch comes out, MLB 2K9 is pretty much relegated to the shelf. And the quality of this patch may have a lot to do with whether or not I consider buying it next year. I'll have a PS3 soon, so you know what that means

That's where I'm at right now too. I'm a bonafide Showaholic, but I want to see this game at its full potential too. I think the upcoming patch (and PC mods) will do that, and I'll probably be giving it a lot more playtime as the season goes on.