Major League Baseball 2K9 First Look Preview

[HK-47]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the HORRIBLY LAGGY online play....I'm more of a franchise guy, so it's easy for me to forget about that.But I did try it out a few times.The first time I quit by the 2nd inning because the lag was so bad,(all the timing in offline play goes out the window when you play online) then I tried it a few months later to see if I could get use to the lag.I played all 9 innings and beat some dude something like 15-3....Thats another reason why I usually stick with franchise mode...Online play is with default settings, and that usually means HR fest!

[BadKermit]

Quote: Originally Posted by brendanrfoley

I played a little 2K8 today. I stand by my original assessment. It is a relatively solid game at it's core, plagued by a horrible presentation and spotty framerate.

I agree with you. I found the pitching to be fun and the fielding to be quite good, which made it a decent experience. Unfortunately, the hitting mechanic is probably the most important of the three, and it was bad. And, as you mentioned, the presentation was embarrassingly bad. I'm hopeful that 2K9 will be the first baseball game since MVP to inspire me play through a full 162-game season.

[Eski33]

SCEA is hammering out the information on The Show while 2K does zero. 2K did a great job getting the information out on MLB 2K7 and that game played great.

Last year, there was very little info and we all found out why.

I was thinking that 2K was waiting until the release of Front Office Manager to start pushing MLB 2K9. Having read multiple reviews of FOM, all terrible, I have no idea what 2K is waiting for.

I am hoping that the game is playable.

[mwjr]

Oh yeah. I almost forgot.

We *ahem* older gamers need bigger text in the menus. I hate having to get up and stand right in front of my TV to read the menu/feedback/text.

[BadKermit]

Quote: Originally Posted by mwjr

Oh yeah. I almost forgot. We *ahem* older gamers need bigger text in the menus. I hate having to get up and stand right in front of my TV to read the menu/feedback/text.

And stay off our lawns!

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by BadKermit

And stay off our lawns!

If kids trample my lawn it just means I don't have to cut it for another few days.

[Jimbo68]

Here's a thought. Why doesn't 2K games take an extra few weeks, let's say, end of March or beginning of April and fix, tweak, improve whatever it is that still needs to be addressed. What's the rush to get an unfinished, an assumption I know, game out to us on March 2nd, weeks before the real season even begins? Just wondering.

[jeffy777]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jimbo68

Here's a thought. Why doesn't 2K games take an extra few weeks, let's say, end of March or beginning of April and fix, tweak, improve whatever it is that still needs to be addressed. What's the rush to get an unfinished, an assumption I know, game out to us on March 2nd, weeks before the real season even begins? Just wondering.

Then people would complain that they took to long. It's 2K we're talking about here. They're going to take heat no matter what they do, and of course most of it is well deserved, lol.