MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[sgthalka]

Just finished my first game -- 7 innings, gave up 2 runs in the top of the 7th ... the CPU actually attempted a suicide squeeze on me (!) and scored.

First impressions:

+ Animation across the board is incredible. Pitching delivery, especially on replays viewing from the mound, feels authentic and real without that subtle wonkiness that old baseball games could never get past. The motion and delivery of the ball looks lifelike. Fielding routes, ball handling, throws and catches ... insane.

+ The overhead fielding view feels more zoomed out ... you get a larger view of the outfield, players look size-appropriate for the space they're in.

+ Ball physics and hit variety feels better than ever. That makes the game right there. Spraying shots over the infielders and outfielders heads won't feel routine for a long while.

+ Pitching/batting duel feels more alive than ever. Dunno if anythign changed, but feels more intense. Pitches coming in faster and closer.

+ Lighting progression is subtle and so awesome. Same for field wear 'n' tear. In-sane.

- The pitching cursor feels like it's "locking" to an invisible grid. When you move the cursor around, it's herky-jerky. Just weird, dunno if that's intentional.

- No frame rate problems, but the game looks a bit upscaled and jaggy at times. Blame it on the demo? I don't know. There were faint halos surrounding players, like they were out of focus, at times, and some details definitely felt more pixelated compared to 08. Anyone know if the demo ships with a lower resolution than the full retail game?

[J-Unit40]

I just made a beautiful backhanded stop by Rollins with the leaping throw to beat out Navarro at first. So smooth. That was sweet.

Perfect opportunity to use the "save a screenshot" feature. I love that. On the demo!

[videobastard]

I lost my first game 2 -1. I hit a homer in the 4th but could not tie the game. I like how the game progressed to night time. This demo will keep me busy untill the retail hits.

[UGA14]

The game looks and plays great!

I had a hit and run attempted by the computer, and it failed... as I was able to get a double play line drive. I did not notice the framerate issue, I'll have to play some more. Playing SOCOM right now... but anyways, game looks good.

[brunnoce]

All im saying is this, guys that know me, will know how happy iam at the moment:

I just finnished a game batting for both teams with contact, timing and solid hits sliders at 0(all the way to the left) on legend
I only got one 1hit and only strike out 1 time!!!!!

BEASEBALL HEAVEN IS AHEAD OF US, THATS IT!

CANT THANK SCEA ENOUGH

this is special for phillyfan(riz),jim, dave(my USA brother lol), alonzo and all the other guys that shared the pain in the past years cause of the "too many hits" issue, and kept loving this game evan with a possible game breaker like that!!!
seems , from the 2 hours ive been playing the demo , this is gone!

Brian_SCEA, did i tell u i love u already?

[Artman22]

Quote: Originally Posted by jim416

According to "us".

No no i'm holding you and Knight accountable

Well, I finally got home from work, but the dl is so slow I'm going to have to let it do it's thing while I sleep.

Keep the impressions coming fellas! They're better than nothing

[~Guru~]

Quote: Originally Posted by Art1bk

I'm glad to see i'm not the only one seeing this. I'm also glad to hear this wont be a problem in the retail version according to you

they are not seeing a frame rate issue like you....chances are this is what it is...i dont see any frame rate issue but some people have more sensative eyes then others

i am even able to play it at 1080p with no issues that would make me not play it...last year 1080p had horrible framerate issues

this year 720p is perfect and 1080p has some but not as bad as last year...

also there is input lag on samsng lcd tvs

go to avs forums and see their findings...that is why i have to play my game on game mode or on 1080p using hdmi 2 and rename it to pc