MLB 09 The Show Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[JerseySuave4]

blzer, one thing about what you wrote, in 08 if the 1st baseman got a ground ball you could hit O and he'd run to 1st base, thats not new.

Upton hit a triple on me in the game i played but what was cool was i got the red/orange/yellow disappearing circle by the wall that tells you when to time your jump and last year that meant you'd either rob it or it was a home run, well i was running back with my LF to the left center gap where it was and i jumped and hit the wall but the ball bounced off the wall slightly to the right of me, Victorino then hit the 2nd cut off man (both guys were right behind each other) and was just late getting Upton at 3rd. Then i struck out Crawford and walked Longoria and had a inning ending strick out of Pena.

[EnigmaNemesis]

Quote: Originally Posted by EnigmaNemesis

Wow, what a game. Kazmir was holding me to a no-hitter, while his team had 4 hits. I gunned a guy down trying to stretch 3 with the cut-off in the second. And then Howard, who struck out the previous at back, ended the game with a Walk-Off Home Run. The Lighting, FANTASTIC. The crowd, AMAZING, especially how you can see the guys scooting by other fans sitting when trying to get out, nice touch. The game looks more polished, and seems to have better textures, etc than '08. The players just "pop" more. The controls are GREAT, they feel much tighter, reminds me of MVP. They dont feel as "floaty" as '08, or rather, '08 now feels a bit floatier than this after playing this. The frame-rate is suspect, as in, it feels to dip when the pitcher goes into his windup, but that can all be due to the early build this is, and easily cleaned up. And the replay cuts are smooth as glass, and dont have that slight hitch '08 had. You can check swings, but I also think that all plays into player's plate discipline, etc in certain counts. More realistic this way. And the meter, while it is much improved, I will still use classic (and did in the demo), since it does not take my eyes away from the action. Love the catcher dropping signs, and batters/players chewing gum. And the behind the pitcher camera angles seem better tweaked, as well as the pitcher when you are at bat is more imposing, than before. Did I mention the progressive lighting was AMAZING? Best I seen in a sports game yet.

UPDATE:

I turned off my PS3 for a bit, turned it back on and played it again.

NO FRAME-RATE STUTTER at all when the pitcher goes into the wind-up. Seemed to do the trick for me.

Playing in my Dell 2407 in my office. Mint!

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerseySuave4

blzer, one thing about what you wrote, in 08 if the 1st baseman got a ground ball you could hit O and he'd run to 1st base, thats not new.

Interesting, I played the '08 demo like night and day until this one, and I don't ever recall it being in there. Maybe I just never tried.

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by nemesis04

It really opens up the game for the extra base hits. Do some replays to check out the entire routes. Pretty impressive!

To me the biggest difference now is that there is a difference between hitting a fly ball to the outfield and a line drive...I think the reaction time is perfect, and on any liner, if it is caught, it was hit pretty close to the fielder...And their range on fly balls is perfect.

I have seen some bloop singles, and there were some liners that got through for extra bases that wouldn't have been last year.

Well Done!

[Mark IV]

One thing I hated to see was the homerun cam thing. It ONCE AGAIN shows the players reaction and then all of a sudden you're rounding second base. One time I never did see where the ball went or what it looked like on the homerun.

Luckily I play RTTS where they show it from behind your player, but I can't believe they left that thing in. Most everyone I've seen hates it, but it's still in there.

[Knight165]

The hits are awesome this year.

I've hit bloopers...and screamers. You can really tell the difference.
Some of my foul balls down the line...SCORCHERS and I was like..."damn, why couldn't that have split the OF'ers?!

M.K.
Knight165

[JerseySuave4]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

Interesting, I played the '08 demo like night and day until this one, and I don't ever recall it being in there. Maybe I just never tried.

well i dont know about the 08 demo, i'm talking about the Final product of MLB the Show 08 you could do that.

also, how do you quit the demo and start a new game once you finish a game, i couldnt figure it out so i quit the game all together with the ps button.

[Infinite202]

I just finished playing the demo, and it was very good. Question: Is it just me or do you actually have to aim where you're swinging at now? (I played in HoF mode)

My only disappointment is that I mistakenly thought that I could go back to playing MLB '08 after playing this demo and I was wrong. I feel like I'm stuck in limbo until '09's release.!