MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[K_GUN]

PS.....does ANYBODY have any tips to get Matt Joyce out?

3 games


1 hr
3 2B
2 BB


ha ha ...ughhh

[countryboy]

Ok, if there is one thing that I think may need to be tweaked is the base runner speed.

Am I the only one that feels like the runners get down the first base line too quickly, maybe a step or two too fast? I was playing the Phils and Victorino hits a solid shot to Longoria who grabs it, throws and still only gets Victorino by a step or two?

Anyone else feel the same and community guys, do you notice this in the demo or did you notice it in the later build you played?

Maybe its just me..

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

Ok, if there is one thing that I think may need to be tweaked is the base runner speed. Am I the only one that feels like the runners get down the first base line too quickly, maybe a step or two too fast? I was playing the Phils and Victorino hits a solid shot to Longoria who grabs it, throws and still only gets Victorino by a step or two? Anyone else feel the same and community guys, do you notice this in the demo or did you notice it in the later build you played? Maybe its just me..

Victorino may not be known as a prolific base stealer...but that man FLIES.
(I can't stand him(it's a Phloppie thing right now)

M.K.
Knight165

[jim416]

Countryboy,

Yeah, I noticed some bang, bang plays at first, like WHOO, but you know I always felt like last year too many of these guys were thrown out by a mile.

I know one thing that thrills me though, I haven't seen a chopper hit in front of the plate that has gone into one of those looooooooooooooooong, sllllllllllllllllllllllllllow, double pumps by the catcher or pitcher, but yeah, on some of those plays at first.......I like it.

[Scottdau]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

Ok, if there is one thing that I think may need to be tweaked is the base runner speed. Am I the only one that feels like the runners get down the first base line too quickly, maybe a step or two too fast? I was playing the Phils and Victorino hits a solid shot to Longoria who grabs it, throws and still only gets Victorino by a step or two? Anyone else feel the same and community guys, do you notice this in the demo or did you notice it in the later build you played? Maybe its just me..

I don't know if I agree. Baseruners usually get down the line pretty fast. Even the slows are out by a couple of steps. It really is a bang bang play. Vict does fly down that line. I think this was done to help with Doubles too. They get out of the box at a real point now.

[Scottdau]

Quote: Originally Posted by Knight165

Victorino may not be known as a prolific base stealer...but that man FLIES. (I can't stand him(it's a Phloppie thing right now) M.K. Knight165

Prolific, Knight put the Dictionary down. We know you ARE SMART!

[nemesis04]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

Ok, if there is one thing that I think may need to be tweaked is the base runner speed. Am I the only one that feels like the runners get down the first base line too quickly, maybe a step or two too fast? I was playing the Phils and Victorino hits a solid shot to Longoria who grabs it, throws and still only gets Victorino by a step or two? Anyone else feel the same and community guys, do you notice this in the demo or did you notice it in the later build you played? Maybe its just me..

When we were in SD playing, I thought there was a good sense of who was fast and who was not. For example, I hit a ball down the line with Posada and the developer watching was commenting that is was going to be a double but Posada was just rounding first and I had to hold up because he would have been gunned down. Any other runner and it was a no doubt double.

I would wait and see before doing anything.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Knight165

Victorino may not be known as a prolific base stealer...but that man FLIES. (I can't stand him(it's a Phloppie thing right now) M.K. Knight165

Its not just Victorino, I used him as an example because the play had just happened. It seems there are an over-abundance of bang-bang plays at first.

I understand that not everyone is throw out by a mile and the game doesn't take into account a batter being upset and slow footing it down the paths, but I've had Hamels, Kazmir, and Navarro do the same thing. Hard hit balls right at either the SS/3B and the play ends up being almost a bang-bang play.

Again, maybe its just me. After all, I'm well on my way to killing a 12-pack of Bud Light right now.