MLB 2k12 Impression in few innings of play

[johnny132]

Hi everyone, I live in Taiwan and Taipei Game Show held here every year. This year Microsoft also got a MLB2k12 for people to experience(don`t know what version it is), I went the show earlier today and tried a few inning, try to share some impression here now.
My English is not very well, maybe I can`t describe what I see and feel precisely, also due to few innings of play, there`s something I can`t confirm.

Graphic
Graphic looks good, But since my 2k11 is PC version, I don`t know if 2k11 360 version already look like that.
Like the videos shown before, the icons and interface had been remake.
Shadow still edged.

Hitting
The feeling when you hit the ball is way better than 2k11, how ball fly out is also very good. Like the preview says, the hitting result is more on ball&bat physics.
If the ball is low on the plate but you hit it well, there will be more groundball hits, if the ball is high on the plate, will be easier to hit line drives. (not sure)
There are more hitting animations added, the hitting result and batter`s animation works pretty well, you can see the player is pulling or attacking opposite side through the new animations, or they just had a bad timing swim.
The transfer between batter and runner still not so smooth, but base running animations looks better.

Pitching
As good as 2k always been. When you strike out a batter with a kind of pitch, that pitch`s overall will rise, when getting hit, it will go down.
Next round you face the batter, overall will change again individually result in you strike him out or being hit. (not sure)
When a pitcher is fully warm up, you will get a message.
If you pinch hit a pitcher, next inning you will get a message asking you to change pitcher or not(camera is on batter, so we won`t see batter on the mound if we don`t want to)

Fielding
You can change where you throw now. before the ball is out of a fielder`s hand, you can redirect him to throw any bases or cut off, but it seems like you have to throw it out eventually.
New animations when a groundball hit in front of an infielder, very smooth.
When outfielders catch third out, sometimes they throw the ball to audience.
I haven`t figure out the difference between the green zone and yellow zone, because when I play I just try release the ball at green zone.

That`s all I can memorize so far, anyway, the gameplay is quite good I think, with they still have a month to adjust, I think it will be better.

[mpgm]

hi johnny132
play angle various camera animations replay ?
Various real sights add?
but chek swing Action?

[nemesis04]

Quote: Originally Posted by mpgm

hi johnny132 play angle various camera animations replay ? Various real sights add? but chek swing Action?

Spoiler

A couple nice details johnny132

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by mpgm

hi johnny132 play angle various camera animations replay ? Various real sights add? but chek swing Action?

Johnny found a better translation program. You have been replaced.

LOL thanks for the impressions man. Glad to hear about the hitting and throwing. I still wonder how the PS3 version will hold up this year, but I'm afraid I won't truly be able to know until I have the game on my very own television screen, either by the way of the demo or the actual copy.

[DetroitStyle]

I imagine the game looking exactly like last years edition. Mainly because it's on the same engine. There may be more unique cyberfaces and new aesthetically pleasing menus but that's about it. Also, it will always look better on the PC due to better AA, AF, and shadering.

That's why I'm mostly concerned with gameplay which, from a few impressions scattered about (including the teaser trailor) look to be improved. Including the clunky running animations which now look smooth!

[xBravesx]

Nice! The more info I read the more I am looking forward to March 6. Would like to see some more videos though..

[dodgerblue]

Thanks for the impressions!

Not to highjack the thread, but my .02

I'm always concerned about those "ratings adjustments" when a pitcher strikes someone out or makes a good pitch (positive adjustment for pitcher) or gives up a hit (negative adjustment).

This would create a snowball type effect? Baseball is a game of averages and actually when you think about it, one result (hit or out) increases the opposite effect the next time the batter steps up.

For example, Matt Kemp singles in his first at bat v. Matt Cain. CHANCES are, he will not be successful in his next at bat. Yet, in many video games, the adjustment is just the opposite.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by dodgerblue

This would create a snowball type effect? Baseball is a game of averages and actually when you think about it, one result (hit or out) increases the opposite effect the next time the batter steps up.

Technically, in real life, every at-bat should be considered independent from the other. In other words, though we assume players/teams will come back down to earth after some incredibly hot streak, nothing says they absolutely have to. There is some probability of successfully landing the ball in a safe spot past infielders and in between outfielders when you make contact with the ball, which is the most reflective thing of that law of averages... but that's not to say you can't get it there every time. The only thing that really changes that is how a team figures you out and plays against your hot streak.

So in a way, it's tough to say whether that player should become worse as time goes on, or better, or not change at all. I think there should be some variability in player numbers and that they shouldn't be so specific, but that's just me.

Just to go back to your Matt Kemp example, I want to say that future at-bats are independent in the sense that you can't just say "chances are" they won't do something. However, if you are able to look back at something, then maybe you are able to form a better opinion on something. In other words, if Matt Kemp went 2-for-5 the night before and you are watching the archived version of that game (where you know that he went 2-for-5), and he singles in his first at-bat, you're going to say "chances are he won't get a hit his next at-bat," only because we already know that he only gets one hit in his next four at-bats. However, we can't predict that he won't do something.